09.04.2010, 08:07
Right just a quick post for any wannabe modellers out there 
So you wanna get into modelling aircrafts do you :?:
Well.....
Then heres a little starter help to get your wheels rolling.
Well firstly you have prolly seen many modellers using programs such as 3DSMAX, Softimage/XSI, to Zbrush or Maya and Lightwave right? Well as you may have noticed these programs cost an arm and a leg
hock: and so forth... so we can trash these programs and use something better.....
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BLENDER 3D!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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http://www.blender.org/
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Yep this program is 100% FREE! and even outperforms programs such as 3DSMAX in certain areas. It comes with all the high end features such as: SubSurfing, 3D renderer, Its own game engine! oh the joy as the list goes on and on and on and on.. ok I think you get the point 8).
Right so thats the 3D Program sorted without shelling out 1000 quidhock:
Whats next....?
Yep.... your gonna want a good renderer to show off your lovely work once you get good so once again throw out programs such as MentalRay and Turtle Render@ and bring forth...
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YafaRay!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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http://www.yafaray.org/
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Yep its amazing what you can find on the internet and this baby is sure gonna make you proud
Once again a high end 3d renderer that matches what you can buy for 40-300 to even 900 quid, this program will render your work in stunny almost real life imageshock: and what does it cost I hear you ask? well nothing... yup 100% sunshine nothing
Well that concludes what I recommend you should use to start modelling planes for IL2 or any game for that matter and it doesnt end there... use it for animation or whatever your heart desires.
So now whats next...? TUTORIALS!!! hehe.
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/view ... &id=474832
Go to the link above download the .pdf and read through the tutorial which teaches you how to build aircraft in blender. (Can be used as a 1st mini project)
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small print:
Please notice that improved performance will be noticed on systems running (64bit) and faster rendering times will be noticed on systems running 3-8GB of Ram.
I will be adding more content to this post in the next few hours so check back soon.
So you wanna get into modelling aircrafts do you :?:
Well.....
Then heres a little starter help to get your wheels rolling.
Well firstly you have prolly seen many modellers using programs such as 3DSMAX, Softimage/XSI, to Zbrush or Maya and Lightwave right? Well as you may have noticed these programs cost an arm and a leg
hock: and so forth... so we can trash these programs and use something better.....-----------------------------
BLENDER 3D!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-----------------------------
http://www.blender.org/
-----------------------------
Yep this program is 100% FREE! and even outperforms programs such as 3DSMAX in certain areas. It comes with all the high end features such as: SubSurfing, 3D renderer, Its own game engine! oh the joy as the list goes on and on and on and on.. ok I think you get the point 8).
Right so thats the 3D Program sorted without shelling out 1000 quid
hock: Whats next....?
Yep.... your gonna want a good renderer to show off your lovely work once you get good so once again throw out programs such as MentalRay and Turtle Render@ and bring forth...
---------------------
YafaRay!!!!!!!!!!!!!
---------------------
http://www.yafaray.org/
---------------------
Yep its amazing what you can find on the internet and this baby is sure gonna make you proud
Once again a high end 3d renderer that matches what you can buy for 40-300 to even 900 quid, this program will render your work in stunny almost real life images
hock: and what does it cost I hear you ask? well nothing... yup 100% sunshine nothing Well that concludes what I recommend you should use to start modelling planes for IL2 or any game for that matter and it doesnt end there... use it for animation or whatever your heart desires.
So now whats next...? TUTORIALS!!! hehe.
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/view ... &id=474832
Go to the link above download the .pdf and read through the tutorial which teaches you how to build aircraft in blender. (Can be used as a 1st mini project)
-----------------------------------------------------
small print:
Please notice that improved performance will be noticed on systems running (64bit) and faster rendering times will be noticed on systems running 3-8GB of Ram.
I will be adding more content to this post in the next few hours so check back soon.