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12-08-2007, 05:24 PM
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#46 | | Minister of Whoopass
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12-09-2007, 02:44 AM
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#47 | | Senior Member
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I have just a couple more:
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12-13-2007, 01:29 AM
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#48 | | Senior Member
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Country: | I have been meaning to to do this for a long time:
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12-13-2007, 03:03 AM
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12-13-2007, 04:28 AM
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12-13-2007, 05:37 AM
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12-13-2007, 06:00 AM
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12-13-2007, 07:29 AM
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#53 | | Senior Member
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12-13-2007, 02:21 PM
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#54 | | Older Than Dirt
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Country: | They are really good. I like your style. Have you ever done any Japanese
stuff ? I'm getting ready to build a "Rufe" and would like to see some pic's.
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12-13-2007, 05:37 PM
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#55 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Only the Ki-84 (early in this thread) but time permitting, I will get more Japanese fighters done...
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12-15-2007, 07:13 AM
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#56 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Just finished this today, and started a new project too:
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12-15-2007, 08:23 PM
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Country: | Something different, Very nice!
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12-22-2007, 09:48 PM
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Country: | Just beautiful. What software are you using to do these?
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12-23-2007, 09:23 AM
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Country: | I use Adobe Illustrator. It's much, much, better than Photoshop for vector drawing, but lacks the easy texturing abilities.
So on one hand, I can draw and trace round things quite well, but things like camo with spots, have to be drawn individually and a gaussian blur applied to each one, which can be a pain...
I work in layers and each major component group has four or five layers as well, so for example I would have from top to bottom:
Fuselage - Rivets: Probably the most boring part, but all those little circles add to the whole deal.
Fuselage - Panel lines and outline: Thin lines normally drawn over a background plan. I do draw every single line, as I find the Trace Tool pretty useless...
Fuselage - Mesh: This is a gradient mesh which gives the thing shape, while allowing the colors and markings to show through.
Fuselage - Markings: I have a lot of Illustrator files of markings and flags, and I just adapt/modify as needed
Fuselage - Colour: The base colour will fill the outline, and then more camo colours are added on top. Blurred edges can be tricky, so I usually add a fat line where needed and just apply the blur to that.
Other parts such as the wing and tailplane will have a shadow layer as well.
My 'normal' amount of layers is between 70 and 90...
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12-23-2007, 10:47 AM
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