3DMacross Plus YF-19

eosmusashi

Created the pilot's panel with actual geo that can get animated










The startup sequence based on the film






I made a stereoscopic crosseye 3d image! (just cross your eyes)

eosmusashi

When I first drew these panel lines for the nose, I didn't pay much attention, so I decided to fix them.





Added navigation lights on the tips of the wings, controllers to turn them on/off


A few renders with some nice DOF


The cockpit section with HDRI reflections


Added formation lights, stroboscopic lights and controllers for all of these

eosmusashi

The afterburner effect was quite the journey. First, I tried faking it with a sequence of planes and a shader that creates a volume effect


The problem was that at a certain angle, it didn't look good because you could see the individual planes


Then I tried using a shader and a single cone mesh, like they do in games, I added geometries to create the glowing disk effects




But it didn't look good yet, so I got rid of the geometries and replaced it with changes in the opacity of the shader

Barricade

Another thing about the engines/feet (and Master File)....

Master File, while a gem of information, is, to my knowledge, not officially canon. The fact you've made your model look this damn good & vritually identical to OVA/Movie canon, is far more a credit to you, than to the Master File (minus my minor gripes about the feet and the back-thruster).

As for the feet/engines, I take it you didn't realize that the YF-19's engines themselves are internally mounted on rails, just like the VF-25 and VF-31, and when the feet are extended 'down' for GERWALK & Battroid mode, also slide down with them. They just didn't implement it into the models until the Frontier stuff came along and Arcadia put out its YF-19/VF-19EX.

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That has to be the most realistic (and flat out gorgeous) afterburner effect I've ever seen.

eosmusashi

Barricade wrote: »

As for the feet/engines, I take it you didn't realize that the YF-19's engines themselves are internally mounted on rails, just like the VF-25 and VF-31, and when the feet are extended 'down' for GERWALK & Battroid mode, also slide down with them. They just didn't implement it into the models until the Frontier stuff came along and Arcadia put out its YF-19/VF-19EX.

That makes a lot more sense, rails! By any chance do you have images of the Arcadia VF-19EX to see how they look like? I might be able to change that.

Thanks for the info!

Shaders and normal maps updated for the cockpit:








Then I did some shots with DOF, and it looks like a scale model! Not ideal, but still cool!

eosmusashi

Extra paintjobs based on the Master File:

eosmusashi

Updates to the cockpit to make it more interesting and realistic since it kinda looked too flat.

























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psCargile

My head exploded looking at the rigging. That cockpit is the sickest. I need to study your exhaust nodes. Blender is a very powerful tool in the hands of someone that knows how to use it.

eosmusashi

Fixing normal direction and some shader issues while rendering a few closeups

eosmusashi

Updates!! Fixes to intake fan, feet mechanisms and overall textures while in GERWALK mode

eosmusashi

Updates!!

Schimpfy

Every time I check on this thread I'm always amazed. I absolutely love the work you're putting into this. :thumb:

eosmusashi

Update on some effects, I learned how to make the heat effect for the turbines





Heat:





And a wallpaper!

Knight26

Gorgeous. THe YF-19 has always been one of my favorite valks and these are just beyond awesome.

eosmusashi

Hey all, I haven't been around in a while, but that doesn't mean I've been away from this project, it was just my computer taking ages to render things out:

Schimpfy

I would love to see this in a dog fight animation.

eosmusashi

This took a while but it's finished!

Coming up next: Paintjobs reel and rigging reel

Knight26

Love it