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3DVir Inter Astrum Reboot

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  • Coota0Coota0331 Posts: 66Member
    Always liked when you did the different squadron liveries.
  • bbzwbbzwbbzwbbzw1 Posts: 0Member
    They are a lot of fun to do.
    Here is one at the higher resolution, looks much sharper I think
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  • bbzwbbzwbbzwbbzw1 Posts: 0Member
    First 2 finished profiles. Realized that I had many mistakes with mixed up squadrons, tailcodes and carriers from not checking what I've already done so far. So these are canon going forward.
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  • KhayKhay0 Posts: 0Member
    Now you're on an old school 2D frenzy? :D
    For some reason when i clic on the images they are not loading properly and the lower part is missing so far, but wow the ships look sharp!
    (btw glad i could be of some help with the old sheets)
  • bbzwbbzwbbzwbbzw1 Posts: 0Member
    Yeah and I can knock these out like crazy when I have the template done, so prepare for a deluge of stuff. And yes, Khay was kind enough to send a lot of the REALLY old stuff I did years ago that he has collected. It was really cool to see it, for a moment I actually felt I've progressed!
    Here are the next two. I'm going carrier by carrier to keep things straight.
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  • Mikey-BMikey-B0 Posts: 0Member
    These are fantastic! Is there a NASA in your verse? Would be cool to see a Coursair in NASA colors, like their newish B-52.
  • Coota0Coota0331 Posts: 66Member
    On the VFA-146 bird, is the pilot supposed to be the Commander of the Aerospace Wing or the Squadron Commander?
    If the Aerospace Wing Commander, then you might consider a change of rank, Air Wing commanders currently in the US Navy are Captains (O-6) and I think one USMC Colonel.
  • bbzwbbzwbbzwbbzw1 Posts: 0Member
    Coota0 wrote: »
    On the VFA-146 bird, is the pilot supposed to be the Commander of the Aerospace Wing or the Squadron Commander?
    If the Aerospace Wing Commander, then you might consider a change of rank, Air Wing commanders currently in the US Navy are Captains (O-6) and I think one USMC Colonel.
    I actually thought about that, and here is my rationale; The airwings flying from the oriskany light carriers are small, 2 squadrons each. As the carrier can embark only 12 fighters, one squadron, at a time and the USSN has 2 separate crews for each ship (like USN SSBN's) the CAG of the airwings assigned to the oriskanys is more of an honorary position assigned to the senior of the two squadron commanders. On the large intrepid class carriers the CAG would be a captain.

    And great idea for the NASA one Mikey, I'll work on that when I finish up the batch I'm working on.

    Since I'm here, might as well post another one;
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  • spacefighterspacefighter2 Posts: 0Member
    cool work and very nice designs for some of their markings, has the nose shortened since your earlier renders?
  • KhayKhay0 Posts: 0Member
    That's the slightly earlier and much smaller FT-27C Corsair, not the more recent sheet (and more recent in-universe) FT-27E SuperCorsair.
  • bbzwbbzwbbzwbbzw1 Posts: 0Member
    Khay is correct as usual. Here is a wip of it;
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    And another one. Sometimes it's hard to know when to stop with the weathering...
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  • Mikey-BMikey-B0 Posts: 0Member
    And another one. Sometimes it's hard to know when to stop with the weathering...
    Well, you could make one that's really beat up that's been lost in space a few years and then found again...:)
  • Mikey-BMikey-B0 Posts: 0Member
    I could imagine a scene years after the war where some ship comes along and spots this really old fighter floating around. Kind of like finding old airplanes lost at sea.
  • bbzwbbzwbbzwbbzw1 Posts: 0Member
    Might do that down the road Mikey. Here is your idea for a NASA paintjob;

    I've made a deviant art page as imageshack keeps shrinking down these profile sheets, plus now it ain't working at all;
    http://vir-inter-astrum.deviantart.com/
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  • bbzwbbzwbbzwbbzw1 Posts: 0Member
    Full rez on deviant.
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  • Mikey-BMikey-B0 Posts: 0Member
    Those look fantastic. I like the lore behind them too.
  • bbzwbbzwbbzwbbzw1 Posts: 0Member
    Well big props to Tombo for the wiki, couldn't keep the background text straight without it!
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  • TomboTombo0 Posts: 0Member
    bbzwbbzw wrote: »
    Well big props to Tombo for the wiki, couldn't keep the background text straight without it!

    Sound like a subtle hint that I should start working on it again :p Which I will once I get my mental notes sorted out
  • bbzwbbzwbbzwbbzw1 Posts: 0Member
    Look forward to it!
    Here is tonights update, plus a WIP of the Super Corsair template, which is basically done minus some little do-dads. Don't know why but I feel more artistic pride (that sounds extremely poncy I know) doing 2d like these than 3d.
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  • bbzwbbzwbbzwbbzw1 Posts: 0Member
    wrapping up the corsairs (just one more!), starting on the supers.
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  • Coota0Coota0331 Posts: 66Member
    I'd forgotten about the Oriskanys being changed to escort carriers.

    Really enjoying the squadron works.
  • cavebearcavebear179 Posts: 623Member
    Thank you so much for putting them in full size on Deviantart. So much better than imageshack any day. Now I can see the details!
  • bbzwbbzwbbzwbbzw1 Posts: 0Member
    My pleasure! Hew is a quickie update before I leave for work of stuff I'm working on; profile of the EU Furizo, model of the EU Krabo trainier / light attack craft, and the USSN multi use carrier support craft.

    Of to the saltmines for the day.
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  • bbzwbbzwbbzwbbzw1 Posts: 0Member
    First Furiozo sheet done.
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  • bbzwbbzwbbzwbbzw1 Posts: 0Member
    Worked on the Krabo a bit and almost done with the crusader profile. I've put up a bunch of stuff on deviant over the last week too.
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  • TomboTombo0 Posts: 0Member
    The Krabo reminds me of a dolphin for some reason, the nose I think. Not sure how agile it'll be in an atmosphere with those dinky little wings, although the tailplanes make up for those somewhat.
  • KhayKhay0 Posts: 0Member
    With that oversized bulbous canopy, it looks incredibely small for a space capable military ship, even much smaller than modern trainers. The overall shape with the super large tail wings is however very interesting. On a pure practical note that big canopy will prevent air from properly entering the engine in aerobic mode.

    Also, nice job on the deviantart account, much more enjoyable to browse than the former site. I preciously saved each and every new 2D art :)
  • bbzwbbzwbbzwbbzw1 Posts: 0Member
    Good points Khay. I shrunk the cockpit down on your advise, think it looks better. Also started chucking some ordnance onto the profile sheets to keep things interesting.
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  • spacefighterspacefighter2 Posts: 0Member
    the smaller cockpit has improved it but the new ship is still REALLY ugly, nice to see some different armament on the corsair, must say it would be nice to see all these corsairs as textured models rather than just 2d pics.
  • colbmistacolbmista2 Posts: 0Member
    Maybe he's going for function more than looks
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