F-104 Starfighter

[Skyraider3D]

BTW Ronnie, would you mind helping me out with a simple modelling request? I a side view of a rocket pod with a bulbous front where holes cut through it but there are no pictures. I was hoping you would be willing to do a rough render so that I atleast have a basis to draw on. Its a cylinder with a half sphere at the front and some holes in it.

If you have a good scale drawing, I could give it a shot.
Funny enough I did a little experiment of a cone-shaped rocket pod only a few weeks ago to see how easy it would be to model it, starting with a flat disc with holes and then deforming it into a cone. It turned out to be pretty easy indeed.

[Supah]

Scale drawings are exactly my problem, there aren't any I have been able to find I will try and see what I can come up with!

[Supah]

Early days on the Belgian Tiger Still need to tweak the paintscheme heavily.

[Ugo Crisponi]

Yeah man!!

[inkworm]

Terribly sorry to be a right pain in the rear but I'm not convinced on the gloss highlight, normally it would be a reflection of the contrast between the horizon and the sky. I'm not sure if it is either too strong a line between the light and the dark, or the straightness of the line or the lack of any colour that makes it look a little wrong, but something isn't quite right.

When I've needed to get a similar effect I've just got a nice photo and stretched it a lot and knocked the opacity back, any chance you could indulge me and give it a try?

[Skyraider3D]

Scale drawings are exactly my problem, there aren't any I have been able to find I will try and see what I can come up with!

I could model it by eye perhaps, if you have some half-decent photos.

[Supah]

Terribly sorry to be a right pain in the rear but I'm not convinced on the gloss highlight, normally it would be a reflection of the contrast between the horizon and the sky. I'm not sure if it is either too strong a line between the light and the dark, or the straightness of the line or the lack of any colour that makes it look a little wrong, but something isn't quite right.

When I've needed to get a similar effect I've just got a nice photo and stretched it a lot and knocked the opacity back, any chance you could indulge me and give it a try?

I don't use photos in my work as I feel it is cheating

[Ugo Crisponi]

this is a giant 90x30cm wide poster! I got some hanged in my wall and this one fits pretty well. I bet Lieuwe gonna look for one too

[inkworm]

I don't use photos in my work as I feel it is cheating

Depends what you do with them, if it is just for use as a texture and is heavily transformed/filtered in photoshop then I think it is allowed, just sticking in a photograph of an ejection seat or hud is as you say cheating.

Don't forget Blow used a load of wood photos for his Albatros and you do have to admit it really has made a difference to the artwork.

[BLOWHARD]

Like Ink says, it depends on what you do with them. You could go so far as to say I don't use photos to work from too. Using a photo to make realistic texture is fine by me. Especially if you've taken the photos yourself!
I don't see anything wrong with using clouds or a tree line or even a full landscape for reflections either if it seems like something that will fit in with the overall look of your profile.

...but, if you've got a personal ban on photos in your work, that's fine too