Nice design and normal maps, love the rust/dirt on the side
Any idea what the two center "pipes" do? They are confusing me abit, i was thinking some kind of gun?
where towards the rear? the whole thing is designed to transform... sentry turret mode and fast flight mode or w/e, still yet to do the central mechanism and cannon, second i grab a quick render of the 2 forms..
so the whole central piece collapses in, when its open a cannon will emerge through the front
the back pieces are shaped like that so that they can collapse in without hitting the engine mount arms to the rear, but yes completely a work in progress, its much much harder to create something original, spent hours on end even sketching / thinking how it would work, and look realistic , few more parts to add yet though
Get the mechanical parts in and then it might make more sense, some of the details just look like they are there for show and have no function eg all those diagonal squares on the sides? are they air vents or just shapes?
They will be vents yes... but yeah like i said still work in progress, that is basically the main blocks of the thing, will finish off basic blocks then work on more detail, everything indeed has a function, front vents to provide more air/coolant to the main engine block(yet to be made) or divert variable airflow through the front vents to the front side vents, giving it more stability at speed as more of it will pass over the wings or provide more air to the side wing vents, heat sinks on the thrusters etc. i have thought a bit but at this point in time its hard to see what I'm going for without more definition...... working on it
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Any idea what the two center "pipes" do? They are confusing me abit, i was thinking some kind of gun?
so the whole central piece collapses in, when its open a cannon will emerge through the front
the back pieces are shaped like that so that they can collapse in without hitting the engine mount arms to the rear, but yes completely a work in progress, its much much harder to create something original, spent hours on end even sketching / thinking how it would work, and look realistic , few more parts to add yet though
Asset in Unity5 :