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Wallpapers coz I was bored.

Post by Kenny_10_Bellys »

It's become awfully quiet on this board, so I thought I'd try and liven things up a bit and post these. I've been playing around with motion blur and fogs & suchlike on Lightwave, so i made some quick wallpapers while I was at it. These are some of the results. A couple are sort of Trek related, but I've also been doing a few with military aircraft and vehicles, so I thought about this board for them. Here they are anyway...

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I really like the attack helicopters. I especially like the fact that you went with a coaxial rotor.
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I usually use wallbase for my wallpapers.
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I was always in love with the little Ka25 and 27 Hormone/Helix choppers. They looked so compact and tough compared to the long, thin Western types with their tail rotors. I got the urge to make a dedicated Russian analogue of the Tigre or similar new attack choppers, and thought this fitted best.
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Kenny_10_Bellys wrote: I got the urge to make a dedicated Russian analogue of the Tigre or similar new attack choppers, and thought this fitted best.
That actually exists in real life as the KA-50. Which is funny when you consider that it's both larger and heavier than it's western counterparts.
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Very cool. The only thing i´d complain about is the lighting and compositing of the helicopter. It´s too saturated i think too green. If you reduce those on the helocopter it will look more compelling.

This would also be a good image to use an HDRI for lighting.
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I will do a better one, this was thrown together very quickly just to test motion blur settings. Its also not a very detailed model, so doesn't stand up to clse scrutiny, so bright and a bit washed out helps hide that.
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Lovely work. BTW, did you ever finish the Russian sub?
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You mean these two designs?

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Made while rather drunk tonight.
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Love them.
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I really like your helicopter, and the martian one looks like it could be awesome for a book cover
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Jesus Christ that helicopter looks good. Seriously, it just is pure awesome.
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Thanks guys, glad you like it. I'm always tempted to try again with a transport helo in the mould of the Blackhawk, but I've never really managed to get a shape I'm happy with. Maybe I'll try again during the holidays.
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I love the Star Trek one 'Blasted Moon'. Interesting ship design, it looks pretty nice. Have you done any renders of that design?
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for the transport chopper, maybe build it like one of the new compound helicopters. the sikorsky x2 , and the eurocopter x3 , or maybe a rotodyne.
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It's the USS Detroyat, a design by a guy called Mike Morrissette. Aparently it's quite well known but I'd never heard of it when a guy commissioned me to make it for him. I had to make a couple of slight changes to the design, and ended up working with Mike on a revised version of it. Here's the only renders I could find...

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detroyat III 7 by axeman3d, on Flickr
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detroyat final by axeman3d, on Flickr

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As for the Transport chopper, I think if I went along the lines of the compound designs I'd use a jet variant rather than props. I'm sure they're rapid machines, but with all those props everywhere they look rather old fashioned. A jet variant might end up looking like the choppers in a Gerry Anderson TV show, but could be worth a try. If I get a chance today I'll try a couple of basic models and maybe post a suggestions thread here for opinions and help.
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Destroyat? Lolwut?

What's a destroyat anyway?
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I think Detroyat is a famous French dude. The designers real first name is Michel, not Mike, which could explain the choice of name.
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Ah, I didn't think of other languages. Huh.
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Made this last night due to extreme boredom. It's just a quick animation using the little Russian helo design...

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That led me to your USS Vigilant videos. I want to see moar of that ship!
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LOL, I was just this second playing around with it. My mates a big Star Wars fan, so to bug him I've been sending him pictures of Star Trek ships with the decals changed so that they're named after him.
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