Yet another antique! Vulcan 2B

[ratfugel]

Somebody once said that if you put your head up above the parapet, somebody will knock it off. Never a truer word in this forum. BH said I work different. He was probably right. Sorry if I'm swimming upstream,, but c'est la guerre. Wouldn't it be boring if I worked like everybody else? Some of the aircraft I see seem to have been built in a shipyard there are so many fancy rivets. What's happened is that I have been so used to working in 3D that I tend to see things in a different light. Thus my aircraft have actually to look flyable, not just flat illustrations. No doubt after another twenty or so I might actually achieve this. Anyway, here's another pot boiler. You'll notice I've gone against the grain once more by giving a size indicator!

[JMSmith]

hi rat,

oh dear, how can i do this nicely i can't, check this Howley profile, it is nearly spot on.

[Jesters-Ink]

If that is spot on John I quit these forums

[JMSmith]

i did say "nearly" with tonge firmly in cheek

[JMSmith]

just for you jester,

just did a quick scan of my Ian Huntley drawing, is this better

[Jesters-Ink]

LMFAO

[ratfugel]

Whats LFMAO ? From the rapid supply of what appear to be accurate drawings, it would seem that I've carefully provided a heap of recyclable you know what. At least I gave it a go.
Sorry for wasting your time folks.
Couldn't get my hands on any decent drawings, which is a great pity.

Ho hum, back to the drawing board.

rat.

[Jesters-Ink]

From what I can remember when I started this bird, your shape and lighting look good.

[ratfugel]

Wow! Now that is the way to do it.
Looks like I've got, a) the wing angle wrong, b) fuzzed the camo when I shouldn't have, c) made a right
you-know-what of the shading, and generally spoilt what should have been a nice job. Looks like the learning curve is considerably steeper than I thought. This sort of help is almost impossible to come by anywhere else, and I am most grateful to you guys.
Like the school report said,'must try harder'. At the very least I now have something to aim at.

rat.

[JMSmith]

come on jester,

you can't just put LMFAO, is it any good, bearing in mind i have not done an in depth stydy of the aircraft or drawings, a quick glance and it looks somewhere near to my old eyes, and if it ain't no good then tell me now before i waste any more time scanning and joining the rest of the drawing.

Ian one of those guys that do's 9 good drawings and 1 bad one out of every ten he do's