According to the artist:
“BS series hovering spy device by Semiconductor Robotic Aeronautics.”
“Barracuda fully automated drone.”
“Fictional stealth kind hovering object. Combined technology for moving parts based on magnetic fields and allows to wings to move in x,y,z axes simultaneously. The holes in the middle of aircraft is the magnetic field power generator powered by friction of the air.”
You guys show no love
Update render (I wish i had more time to do blender…):
Fixed more stuff…thickness, added the electromagnetic strips. Texturing time me thinks.
Beautiful. The only problem I have with this, and it’s a conceptual error, is there is no propulsion system nor is there much room for a “brain”. Very good modeling though.
Ah yes i wondered that myself, and then came up on more explanations by the artist, I updated my first post on this, again its not my design.
But then why assume the future has a visible/large propulsion system? Who knows what we shall come up with. And the “brain”…the AI and the CPU can totally fit somewhere int the body.
I suppose I’m a little more grounded in modern technology than you. And, yes it might be small, but it seems that the propulsion system would at least have some part that was exterior, and also they usually put massive computers in drones. look at the predator for example.
The shader is quite simple: Diffuse mixed with glossy (.01) at .8 Fac, decals applied according to the method I used in my BMW RZ M6.
As far as the panels (no holes there btw - bevel due to the subsurf modifier))… I usually get the topology right, then I use V-KEY to separate the verticies (the depth is the solidify modifier).
Hopefully that makes sense.
Well i decided to do some camera tracking, and came up with this clip.
I am aware of the weir jumps in the video, i am guessing that is to do with the tracking calculation.
I think its not too bad for the first time.
That area is like the perfect place to test out tracking =) Despite the tracking errors you already mentioned, its simple yet cool. I would probably have it in silver, but that’s just me.
So i decided to come back to this model, revise the textures a bit, and give the drone a new look.
How do you like them apples - Police Drone and a 2K image!
Tell me what you think!
(Top img is the raw render in the bottom image ran through the compositor)