CA-27 Avon Sabre

[GrubbyFingers]

... another piece of the puzzle ...

[GrubbyFingers]

I'm really starting to enjoy myself here ... (Yes I know that's the point.)

Here's the gun blast tube.

[Otterkins2]

That's amazing!!! How on earth did you manage the weld lines?

[santynus]

wow... very very nice work GF your detail looking so great

[Jesters-Ink]

Sod the weld lines, I love the screws, all angles and depths. Top of the mad list.

[Otterkins2]

Oh for pete's sake Jester! Would you kindly stop thinking about screwing all the time? What's wrong with riveting or welding for a change?

[Goodwood]

Good stuff mate, 'specially the blast tube. However, like the tank did, the missile needs more depth to it.

[GrubbyFingers]

Thanks for the kind words, guys. A lot of what I have learned I have learned here thanks to your help and suggestions.

My technique for weld lines is as follows (more or less).

This is a weld from my Sabre drop tank. The technique is basically the same with the blast tube.






1. On a new layer, run a path where weld is to run.








2. Stroke path with solid brush stroke. In this case 25px, 100hd and 100%.

3. Run the Filter/Distort/Ripple filter to give nice crinkly edges.








4. Set up a Layer Style with the following settings:

Fill Opacity: 0 - 5%







Pattern Overlay: In this case I used a Zebra stripe pattern. Blend Mode set to Multiply, Opacity at around 5%, scaled to give me a nice weld pattern.







Bevel and Emboss: Depth 29%, Direction Up, Size 10% and slightly softened. I also change the Shadow Mode and colour to Screen and white.







Inner Shadow: I add a small inner shadow to define the inside of the top edge.







Drop Shadow: I add a large, faint drop shadow to dirty up the surrounding area.








I hope this helps.

Grubby.

PS: Sorry about the double posting of images. I don't know how to stop it doing that. I really wanted to insert the right pics with the right text, and this is the first time I have maanged it!

[Jarink]

Looking at these pictures makes me feel so completely inadequate.


Grubby, I have a feeling this thing is going to be awesome when you get it finished.

[GrubbyFingers]

It's all just bite sized pieces of an elephant!