Back to old stuffs posting.Even back from 2012, but was never posted here.
First is a engine startup of Finn’s KittyHawk , watch the sound. Visible in HD/Full-screen on Vimeo :

And much quieter, a turn around of that old MezeK model :

Ok, well, i’ve always dreamed of making a good aviation film…Imagine that .I don’t have much talent for animation, but i’ve tried a short anim with my old MiG and Mirage models. Learned AfterEffects, Maya dynamics/particles… ect for that. Very slowly as usual. that’s what i’ve been working on from time to time during the past month. Originally wanted it to be longer, with some lo flying and fighting over the desert, but eventually got tired of it. So decided it was finished after the first two kills… So time to update that poor neglected blog .
Here it is (see it in HD on Vimeo) :

It was fun, specially with AE, Playing with lights effects and all. learned a lot also in Maya.
Doing the music with GarageBand was fun too.

The last scenes/renders are in fact of much better quality than the first ones, cause i learned along the way.
Still , it’s very far from perfect. Specially the planes movements… But i’m satisfied with the look.
Render time took ages with scenes with a lot of particles (fire and explosions …) , in 30fps at 1080HD resolution.
Changed computer during the course, now a MacBook Pro 17  » 2.4 GHz i7 , much faster. The last 17″ MacBook model, seems Apple will not do 17″ laptop anymore… :( Until an eventual retina 17″ screen price drops significantly maybe.
Here a breakdown of the effects on the MiG ejection sequence:

And a shitload of walls :) screens from the HD vid, Ctrl-Click , open in new window to save.
Please be so kind to read the – TERMS OF USE – of these images. thanks.

Did the engines on that Spook Blender model, modeling was easy, but the rigging of the nozzle petals was a slow learning experience :D
Anyway, it works now:

Also refined and finished the slatted wing… :



Still some areas to refine on the fuselage mesh…

This project was on sleep since i started the Spook in Blender. Anyway, must finish that cartoonish P-40 and pilot one day. So here is Finn’s plane modeling and rigging finished. He seems quiet happy with the work. Me too… Kind of like better the P-40 in that deformed shape .

A bunch of renders and an anim showing the moveables parts on the plane.

And showing me how he downed many Jerrys… The guy is such a show-off.
Here some vids and some stills showing postures and expressions…

Hum… Still have to learn a lot about animating… But it’s really amusing to do.

Now, I will move to the plane… before starting any texturing on this character.

Well just his face… for the moment.

Here below, a viewport anim of the fews facial expressions done for him :

If movie doesn’t show, here a ->link<- to it.

And here some other renders with the normal map :