gotta say Jay, I know a little of your work and I don't understand why you are doing this one except if it iS a tut for the younger Si Fi (or older ) genre loving crew. I'm thinking it's for a graphic novel, some purpose like that. Maybe a brief from a client.
anyway, i can't say I like the model; though of course it is modeled with the skill we all know you for; excellence!
the textures are excellent but the purple (on the previous page) look just purple, not the burnt exhaust look you are looking for. The dark burnt exhaust looks more like pastel charcoal than burn. I think it should have a more burnt/runny oily look, you know, the exhausts on on the spitfires, mustangs, and barn hoppers where the oil is burnt on to the pipes but there is a sort of runny look down the vents. we achieve that look on the plastic models (I used to take them very seriously a few years ago) by using black ink with a little water to make it run, looks surprisingly realistic.
anyway, just my opinion.
take it easy and life will be easy
Last edited by mirek03; 26-01-2007 at 09:36 AM.