WWII P-51 Mustang (WIP)

XXXTHECHAD

Hey guy,
So I am working on this hard-surface piece for my portfolio. I am going with a really aged and rugged look.

Sculptaur

Cool, did you model it in ZBrush or just import it for the screen grabs?

The details are a bit hard to read with those matcaps, maybe try rendering with a different material, or play with the BPR render settings. Also, you could have zoomed in more so we can see the detail a bit better.

I find "basic material" is pretty good for things like this.

Keep it up!

XXXTHECHAD

Thanks Sculptar, I did the majority of the work in maya then imported it into zbrush for the fine details. I took a new screen cap with one of the "sketch" mats because I find it shows the details a bit better. I also messed with the balance of the photo as well to get a bit more of the details to show off

jordan.kocon

The main thing that stands out to me is that there are some really big differences in your panels, which isn't really shown in your reference. It could look really cool as long as your texture supports the idea the plan has been rebuilt several times with different panels/parts.

As far as modelling goes I think it looks spot on

GET IT TEXTURED SON!

jordan.kocon

One other thing, your rear 'fin'?... looks too thick, look at the one in this picture.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/P-51_Mustang_edit1.jpg

XXXTHECHAD

Sweet! Thanks for the critique! Awesome reference photo too!

jaycons

Looking good so far, can't wait to see it textured. As for the overall look, I think it's there, the wear marks and little details are awesome. Keep up the good work!

XXXTHECHAD

So here are some recent pics. Been taking these past few days to try and finish the plane up.

Here is a shot of the normals

jordan.kocon

The wire frame looks clean, though the nose piece that the propellers are stuck into looks a little dense perhaps. What's the current tri count of this bad boy?

XXXTHECHAD

Thanks Jordan. The entire plane is 9k tris.
Here is the textured wip so far...