X-Wing

[megacrazy]

Well seeing how there aren't many x-wings on here after the crash I decided to post some pics of mine. Coming along slowly. Most hard parts are done. There's a lot of detailing work left.

In the pictures the laser cannons and R2 are not mine. They're just there to see what things would look like. Also, some parts are not smoothened yet. The cannopy is still unfinished.

Texturing it should be easy once it's done. Every panel seems to be a different color on this ship and seeing how every panel is there on the model...it will be a simple matter of detaching all the panels and texturing them individually :)

Some dimensions are a little off as well, mainly because I like the 'game' xwings better. That means that the main hull is not as wide, the engines are a little bigger and the wings a little longer.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/megacrazy/xwing15.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/megacrazy/xwing16.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/megacrazy/xwing17.jpg



*edit img tags reoved and thumbnail added

[biotech]

Looks great, love the fans in the engines

[Darth Malice]

Looking crazy Mega.. ahh yeah.:flippy:

[DarthMaya]

Awesome!

[al3d]

Looks good..hate the fines in the engines..LOL...not suppose to be there..;)

[jay-mo]

Great start! Modelling looks nice and clean.

[JeffrySG]

looks like a really good start... it will be nice to see another X-Wing here in the WIP thread!

[megacrazy]

Thanks guys. The fins are not rotor fins...They're like separating fins for whatever's supposed to be behind them. That's what most blueprints seem to have in those engines. Plus star wars is not really that technical. I mean 4 huge intakes and nothing in them. Anything we put in there is pure speculation. I doubt the guys that made the original xwing even thought about it :)

I'm thinking about uploading this one so everyone can use it. I think it's time for an update. The xwings available on most sites are really old.

[Lee80]

Looks like a good start. nice work..:)

[Prime_8]

nice

[megacrazy]

Well, the engines are done and the main hull. THe laser cannons are almost there. All that's left is detail on the main fuselage and the inside of the wings. Getting there :).

The wings were mirrored in a hurry and rendered so some of the parts touch etc. Also, some of the small details will be changed on the intake parts of the engines for every wing. After that I guess it will get a cockpit and so on.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/megacrazy/xwing24.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/megacrazy/xwing25.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/megacrazy/xwing28.jpg

[Deprite]

your building up a very good detailed mesh, looks realy nice so far :)

so would you build up a own, full R2 model?..would be a nice feature for it :D

[Darth Malice]

Very nice detailing so far...:thumb:

[jay-mo]

The panelling on the fusalage is perfect in my opinion. Not to pronounced. There has been a couple of great x-wings that have come through here, and I can tell this is going to be one of them.

[Bug 2000]

Hi,

This is a good start. :thumb:

Take a look at [WIP] StarWars - Incom Corporation T-65 X-Wing (http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/3d-wips/149-wip-starwars-incom-corporation-t-65-a.html)

Take care.

[megacrazy]

The panelling on the fusalage is perfect in my opinion. Not to pronounced. There has been a couple of great x-wings that have come through here, and I can tell this is going to be one of them.

Thanks. I agree about the paneling. I think most people make it waaaay too pronounced. Not that it doesn't look good but it's a little weird seeing an airplane with 2 inches inbetween the panels.

The xwing will have an R2 unit. I will make it myself probably. There will also be a cockpit and a pilot. I'll get the pilot somewhere else though. I think I already have a couple excellent ones.

As far as textures I think I might make it a 'black' squadron or something. Kinda tired of seeing the same red markings.

[homerpalooza67]

Would you relese this mesh :), or is it going to be private?:( if so, would you consider an exchange? :confused: Great work so far, i like where this is going. Keep it up :D

[peabuddy]

Indeed, I very fine detailed mesh! I'm new to SFM, so I have not seen the meshes other users are mentioning.
However, it looks to be the best i've seen around the net in a long time. Keep it going

[megacrazy]

Usually I don't agree with how people use meshes online...but I have nothing against giving it to people as long as they keep it for themselves. I am inclined to make it public with certain conditions. Like I said originally, I think it's time for an upgrade from all the xwings floating around online from like...94 :)

All details are almost done. If anybody knows a place that has some good xwing pictures to copy some textures from let me know. I hate creating textures from scratch :)

[Lee80]

its comming along nicely..good job..:)

[allfiredup]

That is one great looking X-wing! Wonderful job!

[Bug 2000]

I am quoting myself, from ChrisGFX's [WIP] StarWars - Incom Corporation T-65 X-Wing (http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/3d-wips/149-wip-starwars-incom-corporation-t-65-a.html?highlight=X-Wing) :D


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

The Italian R2D2 Builders Website (http://www.r2d2.it/) <- Files menu; (to see the site you need J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 8 (http://www.java.com/en/index.jsp))

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

Take care.

[homerpalooza67]

ya know, the death star is getting kinda lame...how 'bout putting this guy against a borg cube? :lol: just a thought :D

[Fanto]

Wow awesoem job modeling megacrazy. Cant wait for the finished product :)

[allfiredup]

MegaCrazy, how do you get the really fine detail on your 3d model. I work with Cinema 4D but I'm sure the procedures are similar to any other app. Is it a displacement mapping? or are you actually building up polygons. If it's polygons wouldn't the poly count shoot to the moon? Items like grills, or extremely fine datail, raised panels, etc... are what I'm talking about.

If you don't mind sharing ;)

Thanks for any info.

~DJ

[megacrazy]

Sorry for the lack of updates here but I've been a little busy lately.

Thanks for the reference links bug. They'll come in handy right about...now :)

allfiredup the panels are 3d. The polygon count is obviously high but the xwing does not have many round shapes so it won't be THAT high. I'm not really paying attention to how many polygons it has. I'm just making it as detailed as possible for close-ups and so on.

I'll have some updated pics in the next couple of days.

[paddy237]

this is absolutely amazing....been watching the original 3 films and this is better than the model in the film....keep up the good work....

[ChrisGFX]

very good work MegaCrazy ... what ref material are you using?


MegaCrazy, how do you get the really fine detail on your 3d model. I work with Cinema 4D but I'm sure the procedures are similar to any other app. Is it a displacement mapping? or are you actually building up polygons. If it's polygons wouldn't the poly count shoot to the moon? Items like grills, or extremely fine datail, raised panels, etc... are what I'm talking about.

If you don't mind sharing ;)

Thanks for any info.

~DJ

I'm using Cinema 4D (8.2) and my X-Wing is completely mesh. Making the panels is alot of cut'n fix :) and alot of patience :)

Greets

Chris

[Analyzer]

I was wondering,how do u make that face on surface..if you know what i mean?

That lines on deck and engines..? Is it Extrude of face or some material? or?

THNX

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i think my answer is "alot of cut'n fix" ? :P

[ChrisGFX]

I was wondering,how do u make that face on surface..if you know what i mean?

That lines on deck and engines..? Is it Extrude of face or some material? or?

THNX

If this was quoted to me .. I have extruded them.

Greets

Chris :)

[allfiredup]

Sorry for the lack of updates here but I've been a little busy lately.

Thanks for the reference links bug. They'll come in handy right about...now :)

allfiredup the panels are 3d. The polygon count is obviously high but the xwing does not have many round shapes so it won't be THAT high. I'm not really paying attention to how many polygons it has. I'm just making it as detailed as possible for close-ups and so on.

I'll have some updated pics in the next couple of days.

Thanks, that makes sense then. I was doing that on my Botany Bay model, but was wondering if there was a trick to doing those raised panels and scribed like surfaces.

[Recursion]

You've done a remarkable job on the scaling ... particularly with small details, seam depth and widths, etc. Your very good eye is paying off with the overall effect of extreme realism. Looks like you could jump in and fly it. I agree with others -- better than the movie models.:thumb:

[megacrazy]

Well I'm working on the top and rear details. Those things are a pain in the ass. I think I'm going to start making things up :). It's very easy to glue car wheels, turbos and so on a real model using parts from other models. Of course in 3D it's a nightmare. Too much crap to model. So yeah, I am making a car wheel...from the 70's.

About the scale of the details...That's one of the reasons why I started making this xwing. I think I have the xwing made by chrisgfx here or something very similar. Very accurate but low poly and a little off scale on the details. It's all in the details when it comes to realism. The movie models are on the screen for what...2 seconds. They don't need to be crazy like us here :)

As far as reference, I have plenty of pictures of the studio model and a bunch of actual models. The finemolds model is the best dimensions wise. A little small but they got it mostly right.

Here's one of my favourite angles of the xwing.

Thanks for all the comments btw :thumb:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/megacrazy/xwing27.jpg

[Lee80]

comming along nicly...well done:)

[SandmanNinja]

very nicely done!

[allfiredup]

Star Wars models seem to have a lot more "junked" or aged look about them whereas Star Trek models seem very clean. If I were to say which ones were harder to model, I'd say Star Wars because of all the details. Your doing a super fine job, your progression is great, keep up the fine work. :thumb:

[al3d]

Incredible mesh so far mate...looks awsome..

allfiredup..i will agree, having made a lot of Trek and Star wars mesh, the Star Wars ones, tend to take a lot more time, and have a LOT of details that the Trek ones don't realy have

[Jedilaw]

Excellent work, right up there with MVerta's take on the X-Wing (about 18mos ago, IIRC).

Out of curiosity, are you using image planes as references while you model? If so, what images are you using? I've looked for references online, and only found one really bad, really inaccurate diagram. Did you scan the instructions from the Finemolds kit?

[megacrazy]

Yeah star trek ships are a lot cleaner and more futuristic looking. Star wars stuff is like WW2 stuff...Very used. I like both.

I don't know if it's worth making all these details high poly...Well at least it will be ready for extreme close ups :) I had to make things up here and there because even the models used in the movie vary a little from one another. The actual models you can buy today are different in some parts from the studio models. Oh well...like I said before I'll make this a litle different from all the other xwings.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/megacrazy/xwing30.jpg

[megacrazy]

Excellent work, right up there with MVerta's take on the X-Wing (about 18mos ago, IIRC).

Out of curiosity, are you using image planes as references while you model? If so, what images are you using? I've looked for references online, and only found one really bad, really inaccurate diagram. Did you scan the instructions from the Finemolds kit?

Yup scanned the top/side views from the instructions that came with the kit. That and I've built about 5-6 xwings so I know what they look like pretty much :). There are plenty of pictures online...just not decent top/side views I think.

[Chanur]

Star Wars models seem to have a lot more "junked" or aged look about them whereas Star Trek models seem very clean. If I were to say which ones were harder to model, I'd say Star Wars because of all the details. Your doing a super fine job, your progression is great, keep up the fine work. :thumb:


Yeah, George Lucas and his team have been real greeble-fanatics back in the old days :)

Megacrazy, that's a very cool mesh :thumb:

[Cinnamon]

What a lovely version of the T-65! It really looks fabulous. I can't wait to see what you mean by 'black squadron' markings - I bet it'll look stunning.

-jaime

[megacrazy]

This is not dead in case you guys were wondering :). I've been busy lately but I managed to squeeze a couple more details in there. Very time consuming but I think it looks pretty good. It makes it a little more believable I hope.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/megacrazy/xwing32.jpg

[Cinnamon]

Oh yes, very pretty... I love the level of detail on this bird... She's just beautiful. Very glad to hear that you're still alive and working on this!

And I still wanna see the black squadron markings. ^_-

-jaime

[REL777]

Oh man this one is turning out great.

[Bug 2000]

Great work mate. :thumb:

[ROCKETR]

This is looking awesome. I look forward to your updates.

[DarthMaya]

fantastic! keep up the great work! :D

[Samukas]

Hi..
Looks very nice :thumb:

Keep up the good work

[loRdzeRo]

super detailed
me loves it !

keep it on !

[Samukas]

Wonderful job :thumb:

Keep up the good work

[megacrazy]

Well I haven't been working on this very much lately but I did manage to finish a couple things.

The top detail is done and the back shouldn't be much longer.

I think it'll make for some nice close-ups when it's done...in like a year or so :D

[mattc]

Looks very nice so far.

M

[Bug 2000]

Well I haven't been working on this very much lately but I did manage to finish a couple things.

The top detail is done and the back shouldn't be much longer.

I think it'll make for some nice close-ups when it's done...in like a year or so :D

Hey,

It is nice to see this great work back on the right track again :D

So see you next year! :flippy:

Take care, mate!

[megacrazy]

Hey,

It is nice to see this great work back on the right track again :D

So see you next year! :flippy:

Take care, mate!

Haha. Now you got me pissed off. I'll have this thing finished in like 3 months :).

Anyway, I'm going to finish building it pretty soon. You'll see ;). The textures though...that's a different story.

[derelict]

Looking great there megacrazy! Actually I was thinking of doing a X-wing before I decided to do the Blockade runner :)

[megacrazy]

Well the more detail you add to something the better it looks.

This thing is pretty close to being finished now. Some detail is missing on the laser cannons and the inside of the wings. The R2 unit needs to be properly scaled. but that's about it. I'll do the cockpit at the same time as the textures.

Anybody know where to get some shots of the life size xwing cockpit they used in the movie?

Couple shots here from close and far.

[JDR]

Pretty n ice X-Wing! Though the laser cannon housings looks too fat.

[smallworld]

Thats a simply stunning model. Absolutly fantastic, I'm in awe :thumb:
Seeing work like this is a real inspiration, totally uplifting.

[Pyrocitor]

Awesome X-wing man!! :thumb:
Your doing a great job, keep it up

[Bug 2000]

Hey,

Really, this year passed flying, and here you are again with new updates. :devil:

This X-Wing model is coming out great; love your attention to detail.

X-Wing cockpit ref.

HALSTENSEN.COM (http://www.halstensen.com/)
Sci-fi reference pics (http://www.killbyte.da.ru/)


They have life size photos, but they are a bit small.

Take care, mate.

P.S.: If you edit your first post and attach one image the thread’s thumbnail will work ok.

[megacrazy]

Hey,

Really, this year passed flying, and here you are again with new updates. :devil:

This X-Wing model is coming out great; love your attention to detail.

X-Wing cockpit ref.

HALSTENSEN.COM (http://www.halstensen.com/)
Sci-fi reference pics (http://www.killbyte.da.ru/)


They have life size photos, but they are a bit small.

Take care, mate.

P.S.: If you edit your first post and attach one image the thread’s thumbnail will work ok.


Yeah time flies when you're having fun hehe. Thank for the links. That should do.

I'll edit that first post...and keep your eyes open later today. Theoretically it should be done :)

[megacrazy]

Ok the missing details are finished. So it's pretty much done except for the cockpit. Now for some textures. I'll make it back for a change. :thumb:

[nulll]

This is looking very nice, good job on the detailing.

[Cinnamon]

I'm really glad to see that you're so near finishing this model... it's too beautiful to just let sit. It's really outstanding work - one of the prettiest X-wings I've ever seen.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with her interiors!

-jaime
(who built an X-wing once... Once. (out of LEGOs))

[REL777]

That looks great! The details are astonishing. Just to help out a little, ILM used aluminum heat sinks for the details in the engines and cannons. Here's the exact part they used in the 1/24 filming miniatures. Not to hijack, here's a 1/24 scale one that I built that has those.
xwing (http://sovereignreplicas.com/xwing.htm)

http://www.alliedelec.com/Images/Products/Large/619-0040_large.jpg

[megacrazy]

And guess who is back from the dead :) I wish it was this easy in real life.

Either way, I finally started texturing the xwing. It's slowly getting there. I am going for the white-flat-not too dirty look. I'll be using some different markings, not the usual red stripes. So, if anyone has any particular markings they liked on xwings post a pic.

Again, this will not be red1/2/3/4/5 so no complaining about how this panel is not supposed to be yellow and so on :)

[EBOLII]

Wow talk about old.....welcome back. All is well I hope

good 2 C this mesh back on the working block

[megacrazy]

Ok enough progress for today...haha

[Starship]

Welcome back from the death! :D You have been really busy with RL.
It´s nice to see you´re working on her again. :)

[megacrazy]

Top part of one wing is done...I think :)