After buying the 'Art of Avatar' over Christmas ive been holding off making anything yet. I think I need a break from my halo project so now is the time for some 3D practice.
Ive been looking through the art book and have decided to model the 'Samson' . This has the same sort of role as the huey/blackhawk, it looks similar to the gunships in the film but is much larger and has a small troop bay. Im modelling a 'Samson II' (this is a placeholder name until I think of another) as I want to add a few details that where not present on the movie version such as doors etc. Basically this will be a much heavier beefier version not sure of its exact role yet maybe pavelow/hawk? Started on this already but nothing worth posting yet maybe tomorrow. Had hoped to have something ready but haven't had time.
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Loved the ship designs in Avatar.... looking forward to this...
yeah i looked at it but its a bit expensive for what it is! Plus ive read a lot of places that they have messed up the canonicity so I might as well just use halopedia for info, ive got the art of halo anyway I just buy them to get ideas really. Did some more on the samson ill post it in the morning.
You're gonna have fun when you get to the cockpit.
I cant believe the complete lack of reference material! If anybody knows where I can get some more pics let me know!!
Anyway started work on the cockpit:
Anyway did some work on the cockpit, I noticed both concept art pics had nearly completely clean consoles with no buttons at all only touch screens! Im pretty sure there are buttons in the film so I went with a 50/50 approach.
My only Q would be, do non-pilot seats need or have a stick slot in the seating platform?
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Thanks! Loved your Klingon ship was pretty good, got an eye on your shuttle also!
No from the art book there are no controls near the two back seats however I had an idea to have some MFD panels extend from the walls or ceiling to the two rear seats. They would be on some type of articulated arm, they would display general information, navigation, communication etc. Im going to have a sophisticated camera suite on the front and side of this craft so perhaps the two backseat drivers control the optics etc!
Anyway no stick slot!
Im having the pilots wear some pretty bulky suits with gloves for this ship, just makes things easier for them I suppose If it still looks stupid later on then it will only take half an hour to fix up, thanks anyway.
Edit: Ignore me, I dont' think it matters in this case. Sorry, that's what I get while posting in between file loads.
Yeah you where right did a second set of renders for the cockpit, the centre buttons are fine but the far right and left are still too big and cartoony looking. Going to re-design those bits:
Now, they look like like a space shuttle.
That's the cockpit of the new MH-47G Chinook. The primary readouts and controls are Multifunction Digital Displays. Although you will note the analogue gauges towards the center display are for redundancy.