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Black nose and body and pods, grey fins, white rings?
Black nose and body and pods, grey fins, white rings?
I may not have been clear. My proposed goal is to avoid maximum glossiness while having some. If it "just fill[s] in the microtexture of the flat rendering it moot" then it's a failure for my goal.I was thinking of two possible approaches:Ever tried flat paint with gloss clear coat? If it doesn't just fill in the microtexture of the flat rendering it moot, then it might give a good luster or depth.
1) Paint in gloss, then mask, then flat coat
2) Flat coat, then apply black cut vinyl
Normally I wouldn't try to paint gloss coat over flat if my goal is maximum glossiness, although I haven't experimented with it much.
I think I am liking this general approach: black nose, black fins. Other details still subject to experimentation.
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Mach diamonds are cool but not what I'm looking for here. Plus, I abandoned the chevrons on Alcubierre and have been second guessing it ever since. Time to give the chevrons their day in the sun.*Instead of chevrons... could you perhaps make those look more like shock diamonds... like those that appear in the supersonic exhaust plume of a rocket?
+1 That looks fantastic.Baseline snapped. Development approved
Mach diamonds are cool but not what I'm looking for here. Plus, I abandoned the chevrons on Alcubierre and have been second guessing it ever since. Time to give the chevrons their day in the sun.*
*at least until I change my mind.
IKR.... I feel so second rateYou know what they say "One man's chevrons are another man's diamonds".
You really are screwing up the bell curve for the rest of us Neal..... your designs and rendering are impressive, to say the least.
Yes, I've said that many times. (can anyone identify this pretty challenging reference?)You know what they say "One man's chevrons are another man's diamonds".
You really are screwing up the bell curve for the rest of us Neal..... your designs and rendering are impressive, to say the least.
Thanks, but remember this is not a competition. Please, no wagering. (OK that was an easy one)IKR.... I feel so second rate
Yes. Given the black paint, I can use white decal paper and print on a black background and get a decent match to the paint (not perfect, but close.) That precludes me from using the metallic black, but whatever.Would you do the Chevrons and "BLACKFISH" letters with decals?
Neil is in a class by himself. The rest of us have our own curve.IKR.... I feel so second rate
Welcome!Great looking rocket - being new to the thread do you publish the OR file before or after the build? Love to see what if might take to build.
PM sent.neill_w, where is the download site of the alpha version? I'd like to play around with it.
Welcome!
. And I really get a kick when someone else builds or even takes inspiration from one of my designs, so I will do whatever I can to help.
Still working on a PAINTED version of the STOP sign. I have the sides papered (3/32" balsa), and the octagon fins are also papered. The sides are 36" long (funny how a lot of my rocket dimensions are dictated by the size of the sheets at Hobby Lobby!). The Air Brake recovery worked well on the trial version.
I’ll try. I am living my teenage dream, sleeping with two blondes every night (one is a Labrador!), and hanging out with them watching TV or listening to audio books while I build rockets, one blonde plays word games on the IPad, and the other licks peanut butter out of her Kong. I just don’t think about stopping to take pics.Yeah, do you have any pictures? Will you do a build thread?
..... sleeping with two blondes every night (one is a Labrador!), and hanging out with them watching TV or listening to audio books while I build rockets, one blonde plays word games on the IPad, and the other licks peanut butter out of her Kong. I just don’t think about stopping to take pics.
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