hey guys hows blending? figured id pop my head in and pay everybody a visit and see what u think of what im working on… this is a sopwith triplane im thinking of using it in the IRTC as a scout plane loking from rommels desert rats…
IRTC, as in the competition? It will need to look a lot better then that if it would enter, carve in details, texture, make the scene ect…
lol ill put in bump maps when i texture, this is the WIP section, if you notice it doesnt have tailplanes control surfaces a rotor (out of sight there is no engine) no seat or pilot, yeah i know there is alot of work, but i work fast if not particularly well, besides you dont have to think you will win to enter compatitions it just gives me motivation… i have only entered it once before but that was an appaling entry…
ok a little more to go on this time. details of the engine, i want to enlarge the cylenders a little so ill do that in a bit. and a full show of the plane engine but no prop im going to work on the cockpit first all textures are just colour tests so dont think im that bad lol
Man, long time no see!
This is looking good. Nice engine details. Keep us updated.
BgDM
engine is quite nicely detailled
But you will need a lot of detail on the plane itself. Remember that this era planes were not nicknamed “string and wires” for nothing. the wings would have a lot of wires reinforcing it
looks nice, its not too many wires
all u need is Biggles to fly it, lol, wrong airplane shoulde be a sopwith camel
I like that engine, good job 
iv been playing with the idea of fiddling with the wings a little to get the ribbed look, but im sure i could get it with bump mapping, im not sure what to do to the body iv kind of told myself ill detail front to back. so im gonna make the prop best as i can, then do some of the moulding arround the engione housing and some of the maintainence hatches and what not. then see what i can do to the cockpit, i cant find any good refs of the cockpit… i could just imagine it i have a good pic of the vickars MG though ill be putting that in soon. i might remoddel the tail it looks a bit shabby. esp after looking at the sppitfire lukep has been working on. but this is in a way a re-familiarisation mission to get used to blender and its new tools i have been using max for 9 months at univercity and take my word for it max sucks…its just got some good plugin type things
and hey BgDM and anyone else who remembers me. if ur curious look at the 1st ever WC and check out the spitfire…
ok i think i have done all the modeling i can see really, there is more in textures here i feel, i havent done an instrument panel or a fliht yolk given they wont be seen i may do them later on if i decide to do this as an independant model…