Ilyushin IL-4 Soviet Bomber

[dutchking]

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Big thanks to asio, for without the tutorial he provided me with I would not have been able to turn this:

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Into THIS!

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Took a lot of work! Glad its done.

 

[GarretSidzaka]

very very nice DK

 

[dutchking]

Thanks.
And here's the tutorial asio gave me if anyone's interested:
http://www.colacola.se/howto_texttut.htm

 

[mamba]

Nice unit, imo the windows should be less dark though

 

[Wolfshanze]

Pretty good Dutchking.

 

[snafusmith]

Nice model - but I would work on the skin some. The seams in the pannels (the blank lines) are too pronounced. Make them more subtle, and give them a greenish tint to help them blend in. The rear turret is also miss-alligned with the texture. The cockpit could also use some attention, the windows are a little dark, and the lines between the sections of glass are very blurry.

A good technique I learned was to make every section of glass in the UV correspond to the same image on the texture. You can see the images below if I haven't described it well enough.





Again, nice work, it just needs a little improvement.

 

[esnaz]

Another nice unit, keep up the good work

 

[dutchking]

Thanks for the suggestions and comments Smitty. I'll work on that in my next piece of work art.
(I'd edit it on this one but I kinda like it this way )

 

[GeneralMatt]

Very good, though it does look like it about to fall apart at the seams. But nice model.

 

[dutchking]

What do you mean GM? I don't see any wings flying off...
All suggestions are still welcome, considering this is my 3rd unit and I'm still a noob with units.

 

[GeneralMatt]

Well just as Smitty said about the lines being kind of thick, it gives the impression of big gaps in the plane.

 

[dutchking]

lol.
Ok I'll make them dimmer next time.

 

[Ekmek]

dutchking or asio

I saw the TUT but will it help me make this? Or better yet can I request it

 

[dutchking]

Well, once you have your model, (you can modify the jet fighter in blender), you can export a template from nifskope, and if you have any skills with photoshop or gimp, you can do anything!
I'm busy with WWII stuff requested by gaius right now, but if I get any spare time I'll do it if asio doesn't want to. Of course asio wants to though of course.

 

[GeoModder]

dutchking or asio

I saw the TUT but will it help me make this? Or better yet can I request it

Are you going to do a low-poly version of the Raptor? Excellent!

 

[asioasioasio]

Great unit, nicely done. I'm glad that tut i linked comed in handy

Nice model - but I would work on the skin some. The seams in the pannels (the blank lines) are too pronounced. Make them more subtle, and give them a greenish tint to help them blend in. The rear turret is also miss-alligned with the texture. The cockpit could also use some attention, the windows are a little dark, and the lines between the sections of glass are very blurry.

I experimented with blueprints blending and imo best effects are when:
I copy blueprint layer 2-3 times.
First layer - i blur blueprint with gaussian blur much so it leavs delicate smudges and simulates dirt. I set layer opacity to 30%
Second layer - gaussian blur but weaker effect. layer opacity around 20%
Thir layer i don't blur (or at least just a little bit) and i set transpaerncy to 12%
You can make additional blueprint layer with brighter color - wich can simulate 3D - but i can't handle it well yet.

This makes nice blending of panels.

A good technique I learned was to make every section of glass in the UV correspond to the same image on the texture.

I tried it in my newest model Liberator (U-2 was modeled earlier) and this makes a life easier indeed and makes glasses apearing nicely on the model.
Thx for that tip snafusmith

dutchking or asio

I saw the TUT but will it help me make this? Or better yet can I request it

Every new mechanical unit i start with this It's very hard to model from scratch. Making model from blueprints makes modelling much more easier and faster - it's like road-map in 3D world. It can also be used later for making texture.

Well, once you have your model, (you can modify the jet fighter in blender), you can export a template from nifskope, and if you have any skills with photoshop or gimp, you can do anything!
I'm busy with WWII stuff requested by gaius right now, but if I get any spare time I'll do it if asio doesn't want to. Of course asio wants to though of course.

My to do list is very long right now - a lot of stuff for 1939 (U-2 was requested 1,5 month ago, even i moved it in queue and gave it bigger priority) - luckly i could remove from list this japanese bombers

Dutchking - If you would like to make this unit feel free to make it

If you can wait around 2 months i can make it for you. Even Wolfshanze wich is always in hurry waits for Fallschirmjaeger

You can also try to make it - GM nicely explains in C&C forum how to start with blender and gmax . And believe me it's worthy of that frustration during learning in the begining - the modelling is real great fun. And with every new unit experience will grow and units would be more and more beautiful

 

[dutchking]

Asio speaks the truth! My to do list is a bit long too but I can find some spare time on a weekend to make it if you don't want to try ekmek.

 

[Ekmek]

thanks guys. I tried messing with it but units is a bit tougher than leaderheaders. I was trying with the F-22 out there and using blender's edit mode to move polygons around. it was just ugly. If you can do it dutchking I'd appreciate it. I have to take a modding break for a few weeks (need to focus on school again unfortunately) If you can get the shape that'll be enough, skining I don't think will be necessary (plenty of gray skin out there).

 

[dutchking]

Actually I find LH's a hell compared with units Ekmek.