Very nice clave, great series of Ki-84's.
Ok Clave will give you some data on the weekend...thanks again.
Ok Clave will give you some data on the weekend...thanks again.
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Wildcat
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Awesome Clave!!
Excellent stuff Clave!
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Clave
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lesofprimus
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Frickin sweet...
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Konigstiger205
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Awesome stuff!
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Thanks! 
Great work Clave!
Nice 8)
Wildcat
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Awesome Clave!!!
ccheese
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They are really good. I like your style. Have you ever done any Japanese
stuff ? I'm getting ready to build a "Rufe" and would like to see some pic's.
Charles
stuff ? I'm getting ready to build a "Rufe" and would like to see some pic's.
Charles
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Clave
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Only the Ki-84 (early in this thread) but time permitting, I will get more Japanese fighters done...
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Wildcat
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Something different, Very nice!
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I use Adobe Illustrator. It's much, much, better than Photoshop for vector drawing, but lacks the easy texturing abilities.
So on one hand, I can draw and trace round things quite well, but things like camo with spots, have to be drawn individually and a gaussian blur applied to each one, which can be a pain...
I work in layers and each major component group has four or five layers as well, so for example I would have from top to bottom:
Fuselage - Rivets: Probably the most boring part, but all those little circles add to the whole deal.
Fuselage - Panel lines and outline: Thin lines normally drawn over a background plan. I do draw every single line, as I find the Trace Tool pretty useless...
Fuselage - Mesh: This is a gradient mesh which gives the thing shape, while allowing the colors and markings to show through.
Fuselage - Markings: I have a lot of Illustrator files of markings and flags, and I just adapt/modify as needed
Fuselage - Colour: The base colour will fill the outline, and then more camo colours are added on top. Blurred edges can be tricky, so I usually add a fat line where needed and just apply the blur to that.
Other parts such as the wing and tailplane will have a shadow layer as well.
My 'normal' amount of layers is between 70 and 90...
So on one hand, I can draw and trace round things quite well, but things like camo with spots, have to be drawn individually and a gaussian blur applied to each one, which can be a pain...
I work in layers and each major component group has four or five layers as well, so for example I would have from top to bottom:
Fuselage - Rivets: Probably the most boring part, but all those little circles add to the whole deal.
Fuselage - Panel lines and outline: Thin lines normally drawn over a background plan. I do draw every single line, as I find the Trace Tool pretty useless...
Fuselage - Mesh: This is a gradient mesh which gives the thing shape, while allowing the colors and markings to show through.
Fuselage - Markings: I have a lot of Illustrator files of markings and flags, and I just adapt/modify as needed
Fuselage - Colour: The base colour will fill the outline, and then more camo colours are added on top. Blurred edges can be tricky, so I usually add a fat line where needed and just apply the blur to that.
Other parts such as the wing and tailplane will have a shadow layer as well.
My 'normal' amount of layers is between 70 and 90...
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