Dassault Mirage 2000

[Ugo Crisponi]

UAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

[JMSmith]

hey GM,

i do really like your Noratlas, thought so a while ago but forgot to tell ya

is that last one noahs wife (Bill and Ted joke)

when i was in the ROC, there was a standing joke for all observers, you were not any good till you could tell the difference between a Boxcar and a Noratlas at 10 miles!

[gamary]

Here's a first step in the shading. Nose does look better now IMO:



Maybe a tiny bit more smoothness to the lower section?

[Ugo Crisponi]

well, hard to tell at this point....sa far maybe a bit less dark in the back/top?

[santynus]

Nice start Gaetan I think the "Mirage 2000" is more beuty than that leggendary fighters family I'm very curious to see it finished

[gamary]

Did a bit more work on it:


The wing is a pain in the *ss to represent and there is still a whole lot to do. Not too dissatisfied with the results for the moment (that'll come later ).

The radome will need some smoothing.

[gamary]

More work done this morning:


Not too unhappy with the wing shaping, although it still needs some tweaking. It's a curvy little beast and I had to use tons of photos to figure out the best way to show the wing/fuselage junction.

Now, I'm unhappy with the forward fuselage, especially behind the canopy. I'll change that and when I'm done, I'll probably be unhappy with the rear fuselage and change it. And when that is done, I'll...

More coming later today. I'm about 40% done, I guess.

[fritzie101]

Looking good

[gamary]

More:



Corrected the forward fuselage a bit. I'd done a lot of crap in that section and I still need to improve it as I don't like the looks of it but it's slowly getting there.

I probably should do the glazing before I do that, as the canopy placeholder that I'm using now doesn't help.

[Clint Mitchell]

Hi Gamary

The shading and highlights are really showing off the form nicely! Just one thing. Along the leading edge of the wing towards the back of the aircraft it looks as though the wing just disappears into the fuselage. Is there anything you could do to help the wing tip (closest to the viewer) pop out a bit? Maybe continue the leading edge highlight more towards the wing tip?

Cheers

Clint