This is a book trailer I recently put together for my old history teacher from way back in the 7th grade (yeah, it’s been a while). I used Blender, Terragen, and Fusion for the VFX work, but also relied heavily on practical effects where… well, practical.
Thank you! The cockpit was actually the most time consuming part of this project. I built it and the gimbal with a friend at Dallas Makerspace.
The instrument panel was also kind of a project in itself. This is an early test of some of the instruments, with the iPad acting as a control surface:
I absolutely love this. CG is great - but only for the right purposes. Real craftsmanship is still better for some things.
I deeply respect, that you did not choose the ‘easy’ way, of doing everything in CG.