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[macuser]

Lowpoly 108 tris

[Jorzi]

Wireframe plz? Is there an opening in the wing?
Oh and by the way (on the hipoly), the turbine blades need to be thicker and rounder, see aerofoil on google
In general it is good practice to make even the thinnest objects have some thickness...
Also try to avoid perfectly sharp edges, it is much preferable to either round them with subsurf or bevel them (or both )

[macuser]

There is no opening on the lowpoly.

[macuser]

I have farther reduced the lowpoly by using geometry that goes through other geometry. 61 tris

[Jorzi]

Ah, at first I thought the shadow was part of the geometry,but now I see how it works
Just one thing: Am I mistaken or does the wing get infinitely flat along this edge?

[macuser]

Yes, is that a problem? I can change that if u like.

[Jorzi]

It's only a "problem" if you can clearly see it from certain angles, since it might not look so good...
Wings usually have a certain thickness, so I'd say try to change it, since you have some poly budget left to spare anyway

[macuser]

Long due update:

[IgorBrehm]

much better than the original one

[Jorzi]

Looking good
Are you planning to do some kind of transition shape between the square intake and the circular turbine? (can be challenging to get right, but a good excercise)

[Olrox]

Hey man, nice work!

I've actually arrived from my classes, looked into that model and thought up about it myself a little bit. Then I've made a draft, perhaps it has something that may inspire you? IDK, but I'll post a link here and maybe it'll make new ideas sprout

More info and screenshots at the respective thread, out of off-topic's harm:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8493#p88213

Now I shall be going, see ya! Keep up the good work

~Olrox

[Terminator]

nice Smooth model Olrox =)

macuser: I think body looks like python from game & I think it should not be like that. It supposed to be a flight machine so it should be smooth. But overall seems & looks good, has a familiar original parts combined with new stuff. I like it.

[macuser]

Python body is by Mangust and Olrox.

[Olrox]

nice Smooth model Olrox =)

macuser: I think body looks like python from game & I think it should not be like that. It supposed to be a flight machine so it should be smooth. But overall seems & looks good, has a familiar original parts combined with new stuff. I like it.

Hey Terminator,

Thanks.

About the aircraft body, that's one of the most traditional paradigms in WZ2100 - How do we ally modular unit design with verisimilar aircraft outputs?
IMHO that can be shortly put "We can't do it with the current turret designs", regardless of the body-propulsion interaction. Even if the propulsion is awesomely blended with the propulsions so that it looks like actual aerodynamical fuselage (which becomes a little more likely with the smoother models brought by AR, going a bit away from the extreme boxy looking old models even though the main design guidelines are mantained), the turret is undeniably the cherry on the top of the implicit inconsistency.

That is, speaking of fixed-wing aircraft of course. I believe that rotor-wing aircraft look reasonably OK with current turrets as well as modular propulsion.

Another solution for fixed-wing designs would be to make distinct models for the turrets (the game already separates the files from the VTOL weapons anyway, it'd be more of an artistical trouble if you get where I'm going). I grew very fond of the idea but I'm a dreamer anyway

Another way to make them look more like aircraft could be via codes that altered the body meshes in-game, scaleing them to be a ittle bit narrower, thinner and longer, so that they look less boxy? I dunno. Unlikely to happen & look good anyway.

I believe that mixed designs like V-22 osprey one's would fit the bill better than what we know as WZ VTOL designs. Part fixed wing, part rotating rotor, that provides some axial rotation which would be more harmonious with turrets (which also have axial rotation). That is, if we ever get the mythical event-driven animations in a feasible way.

Bottom line is, I think that anything other than light bodies with small turrets will look absurd with the current design method. We either get over it, or... get over it

~Olrox