Airman's Hangar

[airman15 4,111]

The Century will be modeled on the latest generation. I loved the proportions of it, and I wanted to try out another Japan-exclusive project.

The CRV's are done, and I think they look great on my new desktop!

 

[BossDragon 220]

Glad to see you back after so long. It’s been a while since I played SC4.

It’s funny you talked about newer cars in the CRV’s description. I’m certainly glad they’re safer, and they definitely are faster and more reliable for practical uses, but they never excite me. Even the ones I like.

[airman15 4,111]

Oh dear, it takes a Century just to get around to another project..

[airman15 4,111]

Oh my, what's this monstrosity in the back corner??

[philforhockey51 4,211]

Someone watched West World by that car choice lol

 

[airman15 4,111]

Lol, the Century idea comes from spending too many hours on Jalopnik. I had to wean off it before I get any bad ideas!

[Terring 6,473]

On 15/4/2020 at 2:51 AM, airman15 said:

Oh my, what's this monstrosity in the back corner??

This baby is coming back?

[airman15 4,111]

1 hour ago, Terring said:

This baby is coming back?

Yessir!

I had something close to completion at first. However when I tried to render in BAT, there was something going wrong. On top of that, previews showed some obvious burrs which would need a redesign.

After that I had a feeling I would need to revisit this project and make more than a few serious changes. I didn't think it would be a complete loss as there are still elements to work with from the first attempt.

That's what I've been doing now that I've had some time at home with.. current events. The first order of business was to get the engines and wings remodeled and these new results seem promising.

The first draft simply had the engines ghosting through the wing, which was a simpler way. But it wouldn't pass the standards most ST users will want. The old engines had obvious corners on it and the sharp rims of the inlets caused shading problems. In the end I saved a portion of the original model, but had to rebuild the wing around it and a new inlet.

The new wing shows a much smoother transition from wing to engine, and a rounded corner. This will mean I will have to overhaul the textures now but I have a start for those and i'm aiming to use larger textures to fit more detail on the final build.

There are still some minor shading problems below the wing, but it should be lessened the more I work with it. After the engines are done, I may revisit the landing gear, canards, and introduce new textures. Deciding to keep the original liveries will need to come afterwards.

[airman15 4,111]

Experimenting with color patterns on the tails and engines. Going back, many of the airlines I picked had solid-colored engines and the tail flashes were more like the canvas. This test is to see how a line or a curve will behave around the faces of the engines and allow for a redesigned livery for some airlines.

[airman15 4,111]

The more I work with the Cruisers as a proper BAT, the more i'm having to do in the way of amended textures and so forth. I'm working on the left sides so far but to get the mirroring correct on either side, one set will have to be flipped. But in the end, it still produces a legible effect on either side. The inside of the closer tail will show the "B" side in the correct orientation.

In the meantime, i've amended the list of airlines I originally had planned. Many of the first proposed airlines will remain but a few more have been added to reflect customers of the 787 as well as address some updated liveries which have happened since first starting. All liveries are assumed to be the same as the first iteration unless stated otherwise.
 

Spoiler

 

-Boeing House Colors (2000)
-Aeromexico
-Air Canada (2017)
-Air France
-All Nippon Airways
-American Airlines (2013)
-British Airways
-China Southern Airlines
-Delta
-Emirates
-Ethiopian Airlines
-Japan Airlines
-KLM
-Korean Airlines
-LOT Polish Air
-Lufthansa (2017)
-Qantas (2016)
-Qatar Airlines
-Singapore Airlines
-Star Alliance
-United Airlines (2018)

Airlines in bold are added or changed to a newly introduced livery