C-130 Hercules

[pkassak]

aaand adding to those mentioend above, I would add white rflections on the panels lines...to make them visible also on darker camo fields...

[javo]

Friends, thank you very much for the feedback will try to apply this "fat guy" all his advice.
I keep hearing, that there just begun a long way to go.

[Supah]

I think you could improve it lots by adding a black to opaque gradient fill to the bottom of the fuselage running from the bottom to about 1/2 way up

[javo]

Supah Thanks, Peter, Ink, Dave, Vacajun. This Herck just begun to take shape and with the advice of good teachers, I hope is very, very well.

[javo]

Friends, for me this Herck is completed. I have publication date and need to finish it.
Any remarks last minute?
Thanks for your help.

Javo

[Ugo Crisponi]

mmmhh....try to reduce the darkness of the shadow of a 20%, it's pretty dark right now

[Koen_L]

I'd have a look again at the shadows under the wing and stab if I were you.

[Supah]

Have to say the fuselage looks lots better but indeed I agree with Koen and Ugo

[inkworm]

it looks like the fuselage goes in then out again along the dark line just under the wing, I'd also add a bit of highlight to bulges for the undercarriage.

[GiantFlyingRobots]

Whilst the fuselage shape and the application of the the camouflage and markings look really good, I have a problem with the way that you have chosen to go about shading and highlighting what in reality is a relatively simple slightly elongated cylindrical shape.

The highlight that runs along the top of the fuselage is fine, but I am having a little trouble working out whats going on in the lower portions, and why it is that you have a highlight and what appears to be a shadow running along the middle of the airframe. As it stands it looks like there is a bulge running the length of the airframe.

Lose both, and broaden the shadow that runs underneath, as Supah has suggested. I'd bring the shadow up to around the lower row of porthole windows, which should round out the bottom nicely.

Lesson the highlight on the tail as it makes it look too fat and not blade like as it is in reality, and you'll be well on the way to having a publishable profile...I'd like to be able to say the same.

Experiment with the wonders of Gaussian blur. Don't be afraid!

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