Hey all,
I'm a fledgling computer-sciences student (currently taking a few intermediate Java courses) and I've done some reading on Maya and decided to try it out. I've downloaded the Maya 6 PLE, and might get the program somehow rather soon. In any case, I bough Maya 5 | Foundation from my local bookstore (they didnt have 6) and have done some reading in there and started on their space-ship fight project. However, i like experimentation and playing around on my own, so as i was browsing this lovely sight I discovered in the Effects video training one on dynamic explosions, and I saw the little mig fighter plane present there, and said "hey, that looks cool, lemme see if i can manage that." So, i started on an attempt tonight, and i've gotten.... somewhere. It looks generally like the plane, but its badly in need of help. I only know how to worth with polys, and only how to extrude and then smooth. I'd like to learn NURBS, but havent found a good tutorial on it yet, but it seems like it could work in this case too, although the tutorial that i found the mig in said it was polygonal. Basically i just need some help figuring out how in the world i'm gonna get anything resembling that mig. It's my second day fiddling around with Maya, however, so please be gentle, and don't use any "huge" vocabulary. Thanks...
I've attached the scene file and a picture, i hope.