My first 3D

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HammerHead

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For the past year plus I have been secretly working my 3D skill, and today I am finally and proudly present my first finished work.

A P-64 Ferret.
The first two photos are of a Ferret C in In-Sys colors.
 

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The other two came under insperation from Marc's In-Sys Rapier and are of P-64D Super Ferret, armed with a pair of AIM-15 Javelin HS missiles, under a possiable fleet camo.
 

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great work! looks really good bud :)

my only little thing, the guns are a bit undersized, overall though, really great work!

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if you want any other reference shots of other ships, lemme know too and i'll be happy to provide em :)
 
You did a better job of it than I did! Seriously, I'm not kidding! very nice :)

The back end is more authentic looking, IMO.
 
the back end is missin some bits and bobs, but overall is damn accurate for sure.

Any beauty shots in the works??
 
@ Maj.Striker: Thanks :). Now only if I could achive your level of animation making - your last one with the Raptors was Excellent!!!

@ Marc : I don't know if I did a better job then you did... I was actually inspired by you models in your "Tarawa" thread, especialy your Sabre.

@ BradMick: No, not yet, but this is a part of a "project" I've been working for the last year by now, a capital ship, that I might need redoing (as I did her in with some terrible mistakes which make texturing virtually Impossible). also, I'd love for more ref. shots... on anything...
at the moment I speciffically need ref. pics for a WC1 Venture corvette

BTW I really couldn't tell what was about the rear end, ao I tried somthing and came out "fine", but I would love for tips to improve it.
 
(WOW! it's the Standoff guy :o ) :D :D

Thanx Eder!
I would love to get some texturing tips from you.

BTW, when WILL we get more of the best?
 
I live in the "Q'rayot", which is Hebrew for districts (plural). Basically they are a bunch of suburbs of Haifa. I live in "Qiryat Haim", which translates to "District of Life"… :)

Have you been to the "Holy Land"?
 
Yeah I went in 2000...best trip of my life. Absolutely fantastic, of course I did all the tourist things, Tiberius, Jerusalem, Masada, Tel Aviv, Bethlehem (it was sealed off at the time, there's a funny story about that too) etc. If I ever had to move to different country, Israel would definitely be very high on my list.
 
I would love to hear your story on Bethlehem. Probably some good luaghs from what I know of my country :D

In 2000 I was still in the army. (I did the slyvester on base :( )

Where are you from?


(Edit: Hey! I'd just been Captained!!!!!! Hooray!!!!)
 
HammerHead said:
Thanx Eder!
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I would love to get some texturing tips from you.[/QUOTE]
Feel free to send any questions my way, but be aware that even I am not too fond of my texturing skills. :(

Lately I've had even less time to try out new ideas, so if anyone knows any good Photoshop tutorials, let me know too. :p

HammerHead said:
BTW, when WILL we get more of the best?
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I'm afraid the answer is still "when it's done". But it's getting closer. :p
 
Eder said:
Feel free to send any questions my way, but be aware that even I am not too fond of my texturing skills. :(
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Well, I don't understand why... they are excellent! (as far as I can tell anyway...)
I was wondering how are you doing the square texture that makes it look like hull plating.

Eder said:
Lately I've had even less time to try out new ideas, so if anyone knows any good Photoshop tutorials, let me know too. :p
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Have you tried the Tutorial Outpost ?

It's realy nice.
 
HammerHead said:
Well, I don't understand why... they are excellent! (as far as I can tell anyway...)
I was wondering how are you doing the square texture that makes it look like hull plating.
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That's just a big texture with hull plating hand-painted on it... A good start is to draw random squares and lines in 3-4 different layers, then use different transparency values and/or overlay modes for each. Then add some airbrush around some of the edges, and if you want a "brushed metal" look, add some monochrome noise on a layer on top of everything, then motion blur or radial blur the noise.

You might want to add a background layer that's made of a procedural texture (like clouds or something like that) instead of using a plain color as base layer, so that the effects you add on top don't look too plain.

Once that big texture's done, I just re-use different parts of it for each other texture I need to make (I just apply a color layer on top of the hull plating, then another couple copies of the hull plating layer - with different overlay modes and brightness/contrast settings, to serve as fake bump and specular maps - then I add the hand-painted dust, dirt, and scratches layer on top).

I'll check out that site in a few months when I get the time. :(
 
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