[WIP] StarWars - Incom Corporation T-65 X-Wing

[ChrisGFX]

Hi all ... mesa back too :D

... but with another thread title ... I like the new one better

here comes the best images of the lost thread and a little update too ...

I hope you all still like it

Greets

Chris

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_13.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_14.jpg

[ChrisGFX]

part #2

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_15.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_15_wire.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_16.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_17.jpg

[ChrisGFX]

part #3

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_18.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_19.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_20.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_21.jpg

[ChrisGFX]

part #4

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_22.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_23.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_24.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_25_large.jpg

[ChrisGFX]

part #5

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_26_large.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_27_large.jpg

[backstept]

now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout!
nice job! :D

[ChrisGFX]

... and here comes the little update ...

I have remodeled the nose ... it looks much better now and less polys :)

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_28_large.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_29_large_wire.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_29_large_wire_2.jpg

Greets

Chris

[backstept]

I could hardly tell the difference between the shaded versions, but the wires! man alive! different as night and day :D
and a change for the better

[Jonny Boy]

Wow, I'm embarassed to say that I missed this one before. That's amazing work. I'll definitely be watching this one now.

[Tallguy]

This is gorgeous.

[Dr-Timelord]

That is shaping up to be a cool looking X-wing model, it does remind me of the old model kit i used to have.


Damn glue stains on the cockpit glass...:mad:

[Glazy]

Is it possible you could attach some pics of the ship with this thread :D

Great work on this mesh !!!! :eek:

[DucK]

looks great, specially like the work on the mesh!

[baptiste11]

it is extraordinary, a quality and one made incredible, really, superb job!!

[Binkerman]

Very nice work Chris, ... are you still looking for Cockpit Refs ??

[Admiral Danev]

that looks like a perfect model

[ChrisGFX]

Very nice work Chris, ... are you still looking for Cockpit Refs ?? If you are, .. would that be Full scale or Studio Model ?

Jas

Yes, I'm still looking for the Cockpit ... the fullscale model would be nice. I have some Screencaps from the movies but they are not good quality.

If you have some plans of R2D2 too? ;)

Thanks for your help

Chris

[ChrisGFX]

thank you all for commenting ... I hope to have more updates soon :)

Greets

Chris

[Binkerman]

Here are a couple that may help of the Large Scale Studio Model .... Let me know when you've got these Chris so I can remove them (just to conserve space for my own attachments) .....

*Edit* np ;)

Jas

[ChrisGFX]

Jas: thank you very much ... got them :)

[Oxygn]

I love it, stunning artwork!:)

[JeffrySG]

thanks for reposting this amazing model! I especially like how you got the front nose so much more poly efficient! love the renders and the wires! :)

[Lee80]

very nice work!

[darthviper107]

Great details. Reminds me of MisterX's X-Wing model from Scifi3D. You are going to texture it right? It would be a shame not to.

[Meshfan]

All I can say is: THAT IS SEXY WORK. THe X Wing looks fabulous! Great detail on that little fighter! Superb work.

[Larsen]

This IS a very nice model of the X-wing... greate work mate:thumb:

[Brickhead]

Bad ass job, looks great.

[AldrikG]

Wow, that ROCKS!

[ChrisGFX]

Great details. Reminds me of MisterX's X-Wing model from Scifi3D. You are going to texture it right? It would be a shame not to.

his is one of the best ... I don't know if you remember Mike Vertas X-Wing here at SciFi Meshes? Man ... that one was the best :)

I have used most of the same reference mateials like they did ... like the 1/24 Studiosize Model (Mikes X-Wing is completely based on it). I have used that Fine Molds model too. It was good to get the dimensions because I had not the chance to put my hands on the 1/24 Model. I only have pictures of it here.

This Model will be textured for sure :) I'm planing to make 2 or 3 texture versions. Red 5 for Lukes and maybe Red 2 and Red 3.

But before I start texturing I have soo much to do with the model. As you have seen I have started to optimize the model (new Nose)

It now needs a Cockpit and a Landing gear ... and an Astomech Droid :)

So ... lots of work left :)

Again ... thank you all for your kind words

Greets

Chris

[pete.cook]

Impressive work Chris. Especially impressed with how many polys you managed to shave off the nose without any noticable loss of detail.

[Dr. Jones]

This is a nice xwing you've got there. Just the panels on the hull a bit too pronounced maybe

[ChrisGFX]

This is a nice xwing you've got there. Just the panels on the hull a bit too pronounced maybe

hmm ... sorry my english is not that good ... panels = the parts on the hull that are outside on the hull? or do you mean the "lines" in the hull? :confused:

Chris

[Freddy]

great work!!! can't wait to see the painted mesh. ten thumbs up...! :)

[Bug 2000]

Hi Chris,


If you have some plans of R2D2 too?

Do you need R2-D2 blueprints and X-Wing cockpit ref.?

If you do, take a look here:


R2-D2 blueprints

Astromech.net - The Official website of the R2 Builders Club (http://www.astromech.net/Default.htm) <- Files menu

The Italian R2D2 Builders Website (http://www.r2d2.it/) <- Files menu; (to see the site you need J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 6 (http://www.java.com/en/index.jsp))

r2-d2.org (http://www.r2-d2.org/)



X-Wing cockpit ref.

HALSTENSEN.COM (http://www.halstensen.com/)

starwarsmodels.com - The Star Wars Model Kit Gallery (http://www.starwarsmodels.com/atatc.html)

Sci-fi reference pics (http://www.killbyte.da.ru/)


Take care mate!

P.S.: To convert pdf to dxf use Aide PDF to DXF Converter (http://anydwg.com/pdf-to-dxf.html)

[REL777]

Sweeeeet, that's looking great. http://sovereignreplicas.com/thumb.gif

[ChrisGFX]

Hi Chris,



Do you need R2-D2 blueprints and X-Wing cockpit ref.?

If you do, take a look here:


R2-D2 blueprints

Astromech.net - The Official website of the R2 Builders Club (http://www.astromech.net/Default.htm) <- Files menu; (to see the site you need J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 6 (http://www.java.com/en/index.jsp))

The Italian R2D2 Builders Website (http://www.r2d2.it/) <- Files menu

r2-d2.org (http://www.r2-d2.org/)



X-Wing cockpit ref.

HALSTENSEN.COM (http://www.halstensen.com/)

starwarsmodels.com - The Star Wars Model Kit Gallery (http://www.starwarsmodels.com/atatc.html)

Sci-fi reference pics (http://www.killbyte.da.ru/)


Take care mate!

P.S.: To convert pdf to dxf use Aide PDF to DXF Converter (http://anydwg.com/pdf-to-dxf.html)

WOW ... thank you very much for the links ... thats exactly what I'm looking for :)

Greets

Chris

[ChrisGFX]

Impressive work Chris. Especially impressed with how many polys you managed to shave off the nose without any noticable loss of detail.

This all is modeled in Cinema 4D ... it has a thing called HyperNurbs. Its not NURBS but a kind of SubD. I had too much of subdivisions on the first nose and the edges were to "soft". That I have corrected in the new one.

Greets

Chris

[Berticus]

You *will use Gavin Darklighter's paint job for this x-wing...

That is-Krayt Dragon on the front, eyes for torp launchers and teeth (Like the A-10 paint job that is so popular).

Absolutely beautiful work!
-albert

[ChrisGFX]

This is a nice xwing you've got there. Just the panels on the hull a bit too pronounced maybe

I think it was my light setup ... fast'n dirty ... here is another render with a better light setup and I think the panels are looking OK now.

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/xw_30_large.jpg

Greets

Chris

[JeffrySG]

@Chris: Looking great!

@Bug: great links, thanks for sharing!!

[jay-mo]

NIce job on this. Modelling looks excellent.

[Freddy]

Hey Chris, you did this in Cinema 4D? Wow!! :D
I'm a C4D user, too, but i'm a rookie ... *harrrm*
For me as a totally newbie your mesh is encouraging! :)

[nico-r44]

Superb work, my kind of modeling ***** stars

[ChrisGFX]

Hey Chris, you did this in Cinema 4D? Wow!! :D
I'm a C4D user, too, but i'm a rookie ... *harrrm*
For me as a totally newbie your mesh is encouraging! :)

naw ... I'm still a rookie too ... so much to learn here :)


Superb work, my kind of modeling ***** stars

thank you very much for voting :)

I'm sorry for "no updates" but I'm working on some other projects so I had no time to for the X-Wing. But I really hope to have some time at the weekend ...

Again thank you all for your kind words ...

Greets

Chris

[darth_daniel]

wow what a great mesh!!! :thumb: :o When I look back at my first attempt to build an X-Wing....:doh:

[Cal]

I've said it before - this is outstanding. One of the very best models to feature on SFM. Professional standard. Chris is a very gifted modeller and an asset to this place.:thumb:

[ChrisGFX]

I've said it before - this is outstanding. One of the very best models to feature on SFM. Professional standard. Chris is a very gifted modeller and an asset to this place.:thumb:

***BLUSH***


wow what a great mesh!!! When I look back at my first attempt to build an X-Wing....

I won't show my first attempt here ;)

Greets

Chris

[Gilmour]

Beautiful work:o :thumb:

[uniderth]

That is a very beutiful ship.

[ravenwing]

I won't show my first attempt here ;)


Awww why ,, hehe,, then again I think back to my first x-wing as it made the lego version look good lol.

This baby rocks,, I luv the detail and scale matching and also the panel work (plates over the outer hull). Excellent work.

[Bergelmer]

Thank you. That was usefull. I´ll show you my final work.

[JustinDixon]

That's extremely nice. Cheers!

[malach]

:eek!: very nice :thumb:

[stonky]

Love it! I'm embarrased to say that I remember my first attempt at an xwing, way back in 1988 in Sculpt 3D on an Amiga...I think the poly count was somewhere around 200. :lol:

[StarSlayer]

Goold ole T-65 still the best after all these years lets grab wedge and burn down some Imps;)

[stonky]

...lets grab wedge and burn down some Imps;)

Hey, you take that back!!!

http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/3d-wips/1751-tie-fighter-wip.html

:)

[malach]

lol

[ChrisGFX]

Thanks again fo the kind words ... I'm sorry but I don't have any updates right now. I have to work on other projects so not much time to work on this Lady :)

There will be updates but I can't say when.

Greets

Chris :)

[Cinnamon]

Don't worry - we'll still be here to marvel at the next update whenever you have time to get to it. This is SUCH a beautiful model. ^_^

Hope all is going well.

-jaime

[ChrisGFX]

Heya :)

time for a little backup ... just a simple rendersetup: sky + sun - GI Render :)

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/new_x-wing_001.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/new_x-wing_002.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/new_x-wing_003.jpg

Nothing much ... added a Astro Mech (but its not very good ... needs a lot of work) and I have redone the Canopy.

more coming very soon :)

Greets

Chris :)

[Dallidas]

looks fantastic yet waaay to bright. my retinas are burning.

[ChrisGFX]

hmmm ... too bright ... hmmm ...

I will check next render ... maybe my monitor calibration is a bit out of range ;)

Back in a few with new updates :)

Greets

Chris :)

[Berticus]

*chokes

Ok... That is just bad... You make me feel so inferior. Like my modeling skills will never amount to anything!!1

That said, fabulous work. The amount of detail is a little less than appalling. :thumb:
-albert

[Bug 2000]

Hey Chris,

Nice renders, but a little bright... :D

So now we have an X-Wing + Astro Mech (R2-D2); what's next, a cockpit, landing gear,...? :flippy:

Take care, mate.

[ChrisGFX]

ok ... I have corrected the brightness now ... it was my new Monitor - it was not calibrated well. I have recalibrated it and all looks better now :)

Here is a new render with less brightness:

http://www.grafx-creations.com/posts/new_x-wing_004.jpg

more to come soon :)


Hey Chris,

Nice renders, but a little bright... :D

So now we have an X-Wing + Astro Mech (R2-D2); what's next, a cockpit, landing gear,...? :flippy:

Take care, mate.

next will be landing gear :)

Greets

Chris :)

[homerpalooza67]

Can't wait to see this one textured!! :flippy:

[ChrisGFX]

textured ? TEXTURED???

noone told me that I have to texture it :o

LOL ... yes ... but a lot of work left before that ... I have tried to make a nice UV Map for the first wing but while doing that I have found soo much mesh errors that have to corrected first ... same with the fuselage.

Right now I'm modeling the Landing Gear and after that a Cockpit need to be made.

Then the AstroMech need to be made accurate ... ;)

You can see this thread will be a bit longer untill I'm finished with this Lady ;)

I'll be back very soon with some little updates :)

Greets

Chris :)

[Darth Malice]

Nice work Chris, very cool...:thumb:

[ChrisGFX]

Hi all, its me again :)

after reworking the the model over 3 months ... I have now started to model the cockpit ... not that much yet but updates are coming very soon :)

Hope you like it

Greets

Chris :)

[ChrisGFX]

here is a small update:

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/new_x-wing_007.jpg

while evaluate my Cockpit references I have started with the Landing Gear ... I noticed too late that it is not high enough ... but I don't wanted to destroy this render :)

I hope you like it

Greets

Chris

[cooloneinca 2224]

THAT IS SO COOL :cool: I MEAN AWSOME :eek!:

[Talos]

I absolutely love this model, very well done!

[homerpalooza67]

kewl!

[Toragh1]

Wow, holy crap that's fantastic! Love the detail, great work :thumb:

[ChrisGFX]

thank you all for your comments ... I'm sorry not to have updates right now but too much work here in my Job.

Next updates will come this weekend ... I promise :)

Greets

Chris

[Binkerman]

This model is extremely good, ... with some models you can see alot of care went into it ... Great work, .. Welldone Chris !! :thumb:

Jas

[ChrisGFX]

This model is extremely good, ... with some models you can see alot of care went into it ... Great work, .. Welldone Chris !! :thumb:

Jas

thank you very much for the kind words Jas ... in my eyes you are the master of details ... I'm following your AT-AT thread with reverence ... your skills are top!

...

here comes a little update :)

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/new_x-wing_010_cockpit_01.jpg

the pipes on the left side (right side from your point of view) are not correct and the middle part needs some modifications too ... this is just to let you take part on my progress :)

... more updates this weekend :)

Greets

Chris :)

[Pyrocitor]

Wow, this is really an incredible model man :thumb:
The attention to detail is amazing
It's always good to see what other people are doing with C4D :)

Where's that AT-AT thread, is it on another forum? I don't think I've seen it yet.

[Bug 2000]

@ Pyrocitor: AT-AT *Work in Progress* (http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=265)

@ Chris: Hey!

Awesome work! :thumb:

Take care, mate.

[ChrisGFX]

Hi all,

here is a new update:

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/new_x-wing_010_cockpit_02.jpg

The rear part of the cockpit is almost done. I have started to model a new Astromech too.

More to come soon.

Greets

Chris

[Pyrocitor]

Yay, R2's in there now :)
Look's great man, definitely the best X-wing model I've seen

[hal]

Fantastic! and as a fellow C4D user I salute you, this should silence those naysayers! keep up the great work!

[ChrisGFX]

Yay, R2's in there now :)
Look's great man, definitely the best X-wing model I've seen

Thanks for the kind words ... I'm trying to let it look as authentic as possible. It is not the best X-Wing model arround but its a 99% (yet) accurate one. :)


Fantastic! and as a fellow C4D user I salute you, this should silence those naysayers! keep up the great work!

*blush*

again, thank you all very much for your comments :)

Greets

Chris :)

[ChrisGFX]

Hi all,

here is a new update ...

#1

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/new_x-wing_013.jpg

[ChrisGFX]

#2

where is Luke when you need him??? LOL :D

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/new_x-wing_014.jpg

[ChrisGFX]

#3

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/new_x-wing_015.jpg

more will come this weekend I hope :)

Greets

Chris :)

[ChrisGFX]

btw ... all mesh ... no map or bump or such :)

[cooloneinca 2224]

wow that is bad ass

[ChrisGFX]

wow that is bad ass

thanks :)

Greets

Chris :)

[Wiz]

Loving the detailing :)

Great work mate! :)

:thumb:

Wiz

[Pyrocitor]

Well if it's not the best X-wing now, I'd say it might be one day ;)
How did you do those pipes, they look really cool and I've been wondering an easy way to make the corrugated effect.

[cooloneinca 2224]

I love this WIP thought some color would be nice

[ChrisGFX]

Loving the detailing :)

Great work mate! :)

:thumb:

Wiz

Thank you very much


Well if it's not the best X-wing now, I'd say it might be one day ;)
How did you do those pipes, they look really cool and I've been wondering an easy way to make the corrugated effect.

Renderosity Digital Art Community - Forums: Thread "***** Weekly Speed Modeling Session #66 *****" (http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2695775&page=1)

here you'll find the answer. scroll down to andyvxaraya reply ... he made a nice little tut


I love this WIP thought some color would be nice

yes, color would be nice but ... I will first finish the model itself. Then I have to learn how to make an UVMap and the I can start the paintjob :)

Thanks again for your comments. I'm working on the new update now :)

Greets

Chris :)

[Pyrocitor]

Damn it, how did I not notice the freaking normal move, scale, rotate tools :o
I've been using C4D for about a year and a half now and somehow I never noticed them on the bottom toolbar :p

Thanks man, that tutorial was really handy.

UV mapping isn't too hard in C4D, especially if you've got Bodypaint 3D.

[ChrisGFX]

Damn it, how did I not notice the freaking normal move, scale, rotate tools :o
I've been using C4D for about a year and a half now and somehow I never noticed them on the bottom toolbar :p

Thanks man, that tutorial was really handy.

UV mapping isn't too hard in C4D, especially if you've got Bodypaint 3D.

glad I was able to help :)

I have BP here but I will need some time to learn it :) I have some tutorial DVDs here too so I think I will learn it fast :)

Greets

Chris :)

[Jedilaw]

Good work, Chris. One of the best non-ILM X-Wings I've seen so far.

[ChrisGFX]

Good work, Chris. One of the best non-ILM X-Wings I've seen so far.

For some reason I missed your comment ... thank you very much for your kind words.

ooooo K ...

after a long time I have started working again on this baby (I stoped last year because a lot of things with the X-Wing were wrong)

I remodeled the Fuselage ... its more accurate now. The Canopy need to be overworked too because the new fuselage ... heh heh ... some more work :)

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/new_x-wing_024.jpg

The little Artoo in the neck is a nice present from WIZ

THANK YOU WIZ! :thumb:

More updates soon

Greets

Chris

[Wiz]

You are more than welcome mate, fantastic work on the X-wing, very impressive!

Cant wait to see this puppy finished!

Its great to see R2 in an X-wing, especially such a cracking one!!!

:)

Wiz.

[homerpalooza67]

You had to remodel the fuselage, and then you had to rework the canopy bec of fuselage re-work. The R2 socket needed to be resized, which left the engines out of place; then fixing the stabilizer foils....:p so in other words a new x-wing :D

Looks great, but in order to pass judgment, we need to see it textured and painted and all that *hint*...can you add the rogue squadron patch to the s-foils? (i can make it for you, if you want)

[ChrisGFX]

@ WIZ: thank you very much for the kind words :)

@ homerpalooza67: heh ... yes, when I think about there are some thingsto be corrected at the wings ... and some other parts too LOL ... it will be painted as soon its finished :) I'll think about the Rogue Squadron Patch :)

Greets

Chris :)

Edit: WOW ... 100 posts :D

[DerekDRP]

Very sexy ship you here.

[ChrisGFX]

@ DerekDRP: thank you :)

here is a little wire from the old fuselage and the new one

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/new_x-wing_025_wire.jpg

the mesh is much cleaner now.

Greets

Chris

[JDR]

Nice work. :)

[JeffrySG]

looking great! :D
(especially with that new R2 unit in there!) ;)

[Shadowman99]

I'm guessing you stayed clear of ngons on the older mesh?

Nice work on the new mesh. How different is it in terms of dimension and shape? Clearly the recessed lines are finer between panels.

[ChrisGFX]

I'm guessing you stayed clear of ngons on the older mesh?

Nice work on the new mesh. How different is it in terms of dimension and shape? Clearly the recessed lines are finer between panels.

no ... in both meshes are no ngones ... I'm on C4D 8 with no support of ngones.

yes ... the lines are finer and her butt is a bit smaller ... its now more accurate to the filming model.

I will post more updates soon :)

Greets

Chris :)

[Dr. Jones]

The torpedo tubes on the new one look different or unfinished. I don't have ref here, I remember something more like the old one

[Jedilaw]

Are you using the hero filming model (1/24th), the pyro model, or the uber-scaled X-Wing that was supposed to be used in ROTJ as your reference? Just curious.

[Shadowman99]

I'll second what was said on the torpedo launchers. Here's the X-Wing from the touring exhibit.

[ChrisGFX]

Hmm ... for some reason I don't get E-Mail notifications anymore ... :confused:


The torpedo tubes on the new one look different or unfinished. I don't have ref here, I remember something more like the old one

yes, the torpedolauncher is not finished jet ... I'm very unhappy with it because its a mess in Cinema 4D 8 to make good looking holes :) But I'm working on it.


Are you using the hero filming model (1/24th), the pyro model, or the uber-scaled X-Wing that was supposed to be used in ROTJ as your reference? Just curious.

My reference is the 1/24 Filming Model ... the Hero Model. The big problem is that Red 2 looks different to Red 5 that looks different to Red 3 and so on ... so this model will be a base model which can be used for modifications then.

As far as I know they have never used the "big" X-Wing in the movies but I'm not sure.


I'll second what was said on the torpedo launchers. Here's the X-Wing from the touring exhibit.

Yes ... I have some good ref shots of the torpedolauncher too and it will be "repaired" as soon I figured how to make it in C4D :)

and the best is ... the Star Wars Exhibition comes to Belgium / Brussels in 2 weeks ... which is only 2h with the car from here (YEAH!) so I will be able to my own ref material :)

Again, thank you all for your comments

Greets

Chris :)

*edit: I need to learn to write ;)*

[Pyrocitor]

Beautiful as always Chris, nice work ;)

Dude, you gota upgrade, N-gons are lovely to work with, keeps the mesh sooo clean. I've only ever used R9 and 10, but I've never had to many problems with cutting holes, it allows you to turn the cut poly into n-gons, meaning you get a nice clean cut straight in the middle of a single poly :)

[ChrisGFX]

Beautiful as always Chris, nice work ;)

Dude, you gota upgrade, N-gons are lovely to work with, keeps the mesh sooo clean. I've only ever used R9 and 10, but I've never had to many problems with cutting holes, it allows you to turn the cut poly into n-gons, meaning you get a nice clean cut straight in the middle of a single poly :)

I know that all :) My problem is I can't affort an upgrade to R10 right now ... maybe at the end of this year or so. I have some good tools to make holes like MeshSurgery. Better boole is an option too ... we will see :)

Greets

Chris

[ChrisGFX]

Update!!! :)

I fixed the torpedo launchers and add some more details to the fuselage

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-025.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-026.jpg

More updates soon :)

Greets

Chris :)

PS: Credits to the R2 D2 ... he is made by WIZ! THANK YOU!!! :)

[stonky]

Great stuff!

[Dr. Jones]

wow we have two really good xwings being built right now, and I cant tell which one is better

[biotech]

Why does one need to be better?

[Wiz]

I think both are doing a fantastic job!

Just loving the detailing, could sit here all day looking at those renders, sweet!

Great work Chris, looking forward to seeing more and more and more :)

Wiz.

[ChrisGFX]

Thank you all for your comments :)

Yes ... two X-Wings build but both completely different. JDRs is more lifesize and I think he is using the "big" X-Wing from ROTJ as reference. I'm just trying to reconstruct the filming Hero model.

None is better IMHO. JDR is doing a fantastic job on his X-Wing!


Nest step for me is to fix the Canopy. Its a bit out of size because the new fuselage.

Updates soon :)

Greets

Chris :)

[ChrisGFX]

Update!

I have fixed the canopy ... next step is to repair the shield generator.

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-027.jpg

More to come soon :)

Greets

Chris

[biotech]

Nice work, are you going to model Luke too?

[ChrisGFX]

Nice work, are you going to model Luke too?

uhmmm .... errrrr ..... hmmm ....

donno ;)

seriously

I will use a Poser Figure and make a pilotsuit for it ....

but that later :)

Greets

Chris :)

[homerpalooza67]

Nest step for me is to fix the Canopy. Its a bit out of size because the new fuselage.

Told you so :D


You had to remodel the fuselage, and then you had to rework the canopy bec of fuselage re-work. The R2 socket needed to be resized, which left the engines out of place; then fixing the stabilizer foils....:p so in other words a new x-wing :D

[JDR]

uhmmm .... errrrr ..... hmmm ....

donno ;)

seriously

I will use a Poser Figure and make a pilotsuit for it ....

but that later :)

Greets

Chris :)

I was thinking of modelling a generic Rebel pilot for my X-Wing (with the option of a droopy 70's porno mustache) so maybe I'll loan him out to you. :)

[ChrisGFX]

I was thinking of modelling a generic Rebel pilot for my X-Wing (with the option of a droopy 70's porno mustache) so maybe I'll loan him out to you. :)

droopy 70's porno mustache ... wheee ... I'll take him :D

Chris :)

[Ice-Dragon]

WOW Great work Chris :thumb:

[Berticus]

What about texturing?

[JDR]

I suspect he'll do it, what he's finished modelling? Just a thought.

[ChrisGFX]

@ Ice-Dragon: thanks :)

@Berticus / JDR
I will start with textures when the model is finished. But to make textures I need to learn how to make a UVMap and such things first. As I know me it will take a complete decade to learn how to make UVMaps :)

Things to do: Corrections of the Shildgenerator, finishing Landig Gear

so not too much left befor texturing :)

Greets

Chris :)

[ChrisGFX]

Update :)

everything is repaired except the base wings ... the panel lines are to big IMHO ... that will be repaired tomorrow :)

Next step is to model the Landing Gear and then finish the Cockpit modeling :)

Here is a nice Ortho I made for you :) (big file ... maybe you need to wait a little bit to load it)

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/ortho_001.jpg

More to come soon ...

Greets

Chris :)

PS: R2 D2 is made by WIZ ... Thank you!

[JeffrySG]

Beautiful Chris!

[Wiz]

She's a real beauty alright! :)

UV mapping, ah the fun part ;)

Wiz.

[ChrisGFX]

@ JeffrySG / WIZ: thank you :)

here is another render I forgot to post yesterday ...

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-028.jpg

Hope you like it (R2D2 by WIZ; Pilot is from SciFi3D)

I'm working on the Landing Gear right now ...

Greets

Chris :)

[Nutsy]

WOW impressive modeling work here :d Im also sorry to of missed this earlyer :)

ANd Yes UV unwrapping is always fun :D

Great stuff

[somacruz145]

Ahhh I almost forgot how much do I love the classic Star Wars :D The model is virtually flawless - it just needs textures :D Keep up the great work :thumb:

[Shadowman99]

Outstanding X-wing! Very inspiring!

I spy with my little eye a helmet in the cockpit...

Can we get a look?

[ChrisGFX]

Outstanding X-wing! Very inspiring!

I spy with my little eye a helmet in the cockpit...

Can we get a look?

for you :)

The pilot is from SciFi3D (I will make a better one when I have some time)

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-029.jpg

Greets

Chris :)

PS: R2D2 is made by WIZ ... thank you! :)

[ChrisGFX]

Hi all ...

alle the corrections and modifications on the main X-Wing model are done :) I will skip the Landing gear for awhile but I have prepaired the model to have a landing gear later. So all in all the X-Wing is done :)

except the Cockpit ... it needs some little more parts but thats no biggie. After I have done the Cockpit parts the fun part starts

UV-Mapping :o

Here are some new renders:

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-031.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-032.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-033.jpg

I hope you like it ...

More stuff soon :)

Greets

Chris :)

PS: thank you WIZ for letting me use yur R2D2 :)

[Ice-Dragon]

OMG that just looks so Beautiful. I look forward to seeing it textured:D

[Wiz]

I have to repeat the OMG!!!

Awesome work mate!

UV mapping, dont we all just love that bit ;)

Cant wait to see the textures start to appear on this puppy! :)

Wiz.

[homerpalooza67]

@Wiz: Its NOT a puppy!:D Its an Incom T-65 X-Wing Starfighter!!!

[Wiz]

Ah, I wondered why it didnt have silly floppy ears and oversized paws ;)

More updates, keep em coming!

:)

Wiz.

[homerpalooza67]

Its an easy mistake; they look so much alike :D

[ChrisGFX]

@homerpalooza67 / WIZ: lol

here is a little more progress ...

... I never noticed that my Engine intakes were wrong. A friend of mine (he is a X-Wing Expert) pointed me to that. The intakes are different. I just mirrored them ...

so here comes the corrected and right one :)

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-034.jpg

While I'm putting some little lights and bottons into the cockpit I'm trying to find out how to UV-map a thing :)

More soon :)

Greets

Chris :)

PS: R2D2 is made by WIZ - Thank you

[ChrisGFX]

here comes some work on the cockpit interior ...

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-035.jpg

Its a bit from the movies, a bit from the games and a bit form my own imagination ... so its not the "real" cockpit :)

Hope you like it

More to come soon

Greets

Chris

[Binkerman]

Good to see you back at it, ... Looking great Chris !! As for the Cockpit, there are some decent Hi-Res pics available that are good for the surface details, & due to the quality of this model, id stick with just the Movie versions, > Studio Model & Full scale for Refs rather than anything from games, ...

Also hope you'll get back to your Shuttle aswell, as I was following that one :P

Excellent job so far on this X-Wing !! :thumb:

Jas

[homerpalooza67]

nice!

[Wiz]

Cockpit looks real enough to me :)

Cracking work mate!

[ChrisGFX]

@Binkerman / homerpalooza67 / Wiz

Thank you very much for yur comments :)

Here is a little mor progress on the Cockpit ... missing parts are the flightstick, the bottom part of the seat, some more little details and more parts in the backpart.

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-037.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-038.jpg

More updates soon :)

Greets

Chris :)

[DarkSapiens]

Awesome model :thumb:

About the cockpit, I'm not sure about the yellow-blue-red colors in those buttons, though, but just that.

I'd say that would be cool if you used references from the film, too. But that's your decision, of course ;)

Good work!

[homerpalooza67]

Ok, now you need to start modeling Wedge...:D

[ChrisGFX]

Awesome model :thumb:

About the cockpit, I'm not sure about the yellow-blue-red colors in those buttons, though, but just that.

I'd say that would be cool if you used references from the film, too. But that's your decision, of course ;)

Good work!

Thank you for your comment :) The cockpit is on of the holy secrets of ILM / Lucasfilm ;) there was newer a full cockpit to see in the movies. As you can see most parts are from the Film model ... the back part of the cockpit for example with it pipes and the seat. You can also see the target monitor in the front as seen in EP6 :)

I'm not sure about the botton colors too but at the end noone will notice them when Canopy is closed and a Pilot is sitting in :)

I not do much on the cockpit anymore ... just the flightstick and some minor detals :)

After that I will start with Wedge .... errrr painting the bird I mean ;)

Greets

Chris :)

[Ice-Dragon]

Now that is a great looking cockpit:thumb:

Great work Chris

[DarkSapiens]

Chris, you could model a normal pilot, but add Wedge's X-Wing combat markings, with those two Death Stars painted there... :D

That would be cool...

[ChrisGFX]

Chris, you could model a normal pilot, but add Wedge's X-Wing combat markings, with those two Death Stars painted there... :D

That would be cool...

heh, yeah :D

but look ... I'm working on the X-Wing about 6 years now (with brakes) ... I'm not a Character Modeler so you can imagin how long it would take for me to model a Pilot LOL

I'm still not sure hoe to make UV Maps ... that willl be the next big challenge.

Greets

Chris :)

[ChrisGFX]

update:

the X-Wing is finished ... well the 3D model :)

I noticed last week, that I dont have a 3D Painting App or a UV Mapping app (I always was sure Bodypaint comes with Cinema 4D core ... thats true but it comes first with R10 ... I have R8 ... so no Mapping app)

I will get a Mapping app next week. Then I can start painting.

meanwhile here are some new renders. I will make a Cockpit render without shaders and post it later.

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-final-001.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-final-002.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-final-003.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-final-004.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-final-005.jpg

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-final-006.jpg

I hope you like it

Greets

Chris :)

PS: R2D2 was made by WIZ ... Thank you!

[ChrisGFX]

here is a cockpit without shaders:

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-final-007.jpg

hope you like it.

Chris :)

[homerpalooza67]

WOW! :eek!:

[stonky]

Great work!

[Aresius]

Wow, should have visited earlier. Sweet work.

[ChrisGFX]

thank you all for your comments :)

here is a lil ortho:

http://www.awakingofthesith.de/posts/x-wing-final-008.jpg

hope you like it

Chris :)

[Binkerman]

That is an Excellent Model Chris ... Well Done on getting her finished !!! :thumb: ... For some reason I thought you used MAX, ... But with regards to Textures, the principle is pretty much the same no matter what App you use and there are a ton of texturing Tutorials online, though I find it Amazing that C4D doesn't have some sort of texturing function ?, ... I've never used C4D, just find it strange that your version which isn't that old cant unwrap a model ? ....

When you do get something to texture with, being new to that area id suggest building something very basic to practice assigning material IDs, Unwrapping, Texturing, and just general playing about & experimenting with the types of surfaces & effects you're wanting for your X-Wing, ...Damage, Worn Paint, etc .... rather than jump straight to your prized model.

Jas

[ChrisGFX]

That is an Excellent Model Chris ... Well Done on getting her finished !!! :thumb: ... For some reason I thought you used MAX, ... But with regards to Textures, the principle is pretty much the same no matter what App you use and there are a ton of texturing Tutorials online, though I find it Amazing that C4D doesn't have some sort of texturing function ?, ... I've never used C4D, just find it strange that your version which isn't that old cant unwrap a model ? ....

When you do get something to texture with, being new to that area id suggest building something very basic to practice assigning material IDs, Unwrapping, Texturing, and just general playing about & experimenting with the types of surfaces & effects you're wanting for your X-Wing, ...Damage, Worn Paint, etc .... rather than jump straight to your prized model.

Jas

hey Jas ... thank you very much for the kind words :)

yes, its a mess that an application like C4D (ok, its about 6 or 7 years old) don't have a UVMapper. Anyway ... it has some basic texturing tools as you can see in the cockpit.

Making textures is not that hard thing but makeing a good UV map for the X-Wing will be a hard challenge (I never made a UV Map). When I have UV Mapper Pro I will see what will come over me :)

Meanwhile I will come up with a new model this evening ... so keep your eyes open ;)

Greets

Chris :)

[RedlanceEQ]

This is really awesome work there.

One point on the astromech, ever thought of making alternate domes for them? As far as I know, the X-Wing can use any astromech from the R2 to the R5 version, and beyond (maybe not the R4). I think it would add a customization detail to the ship.

Just my humble two cents. :D

[docprice]

Just a quick note, Plaese check the dates of the last post. last post was 25 FEB 08. it is slightly frowned apon to necro post.

alternate suggestions, if the post is older than 60 days you could send the original poster a private messege about the thread.

or you could wait for the orginal poster to post again in his thread.

[homerpalooza67]

Just a quick note, Plaese check the dates of the last post. last post was 25 FEB 08. it is slightly frowned apon to necro post.


Slightly? :lol:

[docprice]

trying to be polite

[RedlanceEQ]

I realized my mistake after I posted. Sorry about that. :(

But on the other hand, nothing wrong in letting an artist know that his work is nice...

[ChrisGFX]

I realized my mistake after I posted. Sorry about that. :(

But on the other hand, nothing wrong in letting an artist know that his work is nice...

thanks for the kind words ... there is nothing wrong to say its a nice work ... but this Forum has its rules!

but you can keep an eye on this thread ... I'll start to texture the x-wing soon and post results here.

Greets

Chris

[ChrisGFX]

After over 1 year ... its back!!! :D

Here is an update:

http://www.awakeningofthesith.com/posts/x-wing-final-012.jpg


I have started with texturing the X-Wing. Its just some colors and such. Weathering and dirt will come later :)

This is NOT a texture from an existing X-Wing. This is made for my Fan Film Project.

I hope you like it :)

Chris

PS: Pilot is from SciFi3D :)

[Ice-Dragon]

WOW that looks great Chris:thumb:

[somacruz145]

Oh yeah I like it :thumb: The model itself is absolutely brilliant and I'm sure you will get the textures worked out as well. Nice to see that you're making the colors a bit different too.

[Wiz]

Basically repeating what others have already said, looking good mate, very good! :)

[homerpalooza67]

HE'S ALIVE!!!! :lol:
A few major problems, which really bug me:
A) It's not done yet
B) I don't have one :D

other than that, looking good!

[stonky]

Coming along nicely!

[ChrisGFX]

Thanks for the positive feedback :)

I'll try to have some more to show really soon.

Greets

Chris :)

[Binkerman]

Great that you've got back to this Chris, ... Looks like a good start on the textures !! ... Again, very good work on the modelling :thumb: ...

Jas

[stephan_ska]

Yes, it's really great to have you back at the X-Wing !! Great progress too, mate ^^
Come on, finish this one!