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Offline Slainte

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Little planes

on: April 23, 2006, 07:57:46 pm
well, just started a series of small planes... first decent one, others will follow

soviet mig 3 (1941 fighter)
american tigercat (1941 fighter / bomber)
russian I-16 (1941 bomber)
« Last Edit: April 24, 2006, 07:43:06 pm by Slainte »

Offline lief

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Re: Little planes

Reply #1 on: April 23, 2006, 10:05:06 pm
I really like these, they are appealling.  is the leading edge sweep as pronounced as you have portrayed it?  probably a few too many colors but you have used them well to add texture.  at no time will a propellor on a side or top projection have symmetrical shading due to the opposing angles and pitch of blades.  with the slightly offset lighting you should also shade the left intersection of body and wing slightly more than right and draw shadow caused by the tail.

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Re: Little planes

Reply #2 on: April 23, 2006, 10:09:55 pm
I really like the top one, the second seems a little murky, perhaps just brighten it a little. The only other crit I'd add is i think there should be a bit of a cone in front of the propellers, even if its just one pixel, it looks a bit odd with the front of them being totally flat.

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Re: Little planes

Reply #3 on: April 24, 2006, 07:38:14 pm
corrected those propellers shading, shifted palettes a bit for the tigercat and added a russian I-16