Fighter plane

Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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# 1 18-08-2005 , 04:26 PM

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This is my follow up to the spitfire tutorial. It is still missing a bit of modeling, like the little wings at the very front of the plane, but the basics are done. See if you can guess what this plane is, hehe.

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# 2 18-08-2005 , 04:27 PM

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Here is a side view

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# 3 18-08-2005 , 04:28 PM

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And here is one from the back

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# 4 18-08-2005 , 06:08 PM

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Looks like a Eurofighter Typhoon to me. What is it, about 5 years late and still not in service?

Looking quite good, anyway.

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# 5 19-08-2005 , 02:18 AM

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You got it. This is the 2 seater version. Here is another pic, just added a couple of things.

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# 6 20-08-2005 , 06:33 AM

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This is a test I am doing for the grill that goes right above the wing and under the cockpit. I am using a transparency map, a bump map, a color map, and a spec map. I'll do it this way instead of modeling it.

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# 7 20-08-2005 , 07:39 AM

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Look good so far, but you need to give the wing section more profile. The real wings on a plane arn't flat like that.

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# 8 23-08-2005 , 05:25 PM

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You are right BMS. I spent some time reshaping the body. I still have some more modeling to do (missiles, nicknacks, wheels, cockpit).

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# 9 23-08-2005 , 07:41 PM

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Wow! I like alot!

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# 10 23-08-2005 , 08:19 PM

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Looks Much better. Have you decided on the Texture yet?

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# 11 23-08-2005 , 08:24 PM

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I like the Panzer texture. If u change the colors at Photoshop or somethin' like that it'll look real kool.

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# 12 24-08-2005 , 02:48 PM

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Thanks for the comments.

BMS, I have lots of reference pics. I will start the uv mapping sometime early next week. I want to make sure I am totally happy with the model first.

It seems that every time I look at the reference pics I find something new or different.

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