great plane insomnia, will it come in pink with yellow flames?...lol :0)

Pink and yellow flames uh? Hehehe. Sounds good!

Insomnia, checked your IMS lately? :)

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no, I guess I havn't checked them in the last 24 hours. Just checked them and replyed to your message Caly.

very nice,it's coming along great :0)

hehehe cool, can we get a side and rear piccy too? I want to see what the back end looks like :)

Great look indeed ! Since it may be time for suggestions : 1-as Nanoshi said the refueling pylon is really looking odd here, even for anime. It should be rotated 15-30 to the right. 2-The glass part of the nose was characteristic of the WW2 bombers. A man crouched in them to observe the ground and open the bombs trap when the crosseye was on target. In modern fighters the nose is crammed full of electronics. I'd suggest to make 2 versions : one with the glass cockpit and a huge "anime" bomb (something like the Rocket50 at RDNA) and one replacing the glass part with a huge pin mounted Vulcan cannon with 6 barrels (and a shark grin painted on the fuselage). 3-Where is the engine ? Is it a jet ? if so, where are the reactors ? 4-I would make the tires less thin. Jets often have much larger tires to better dampen the landing shock. Well, I hope I haven't been too pesky on this one. I'm looking forward to see your project finished !

I appriciate all your sugestions and I will take them all into consideration, but I am builing a particular image rather than a vehicle. Considering that I am modeling in "Toon" mode, I am relaxing on making it totally realistic. So that said, please make sugestions! But, it don't mean I will take them, lol. In a way I am creating this one just like I want and putting out there for buyers to choose to buy if they choose. This is my own selfish artistic expression. Ins the second picture I rotated the refueling pylon probably about 7 degrees off center. I put refueling pylon there because I made the front end resemble or have some of the personality or remind one of the A6 Intruder which has always been one of my favorite aircaft. I do know that the there are there are two positions side by side and the pylon would be between them. If the pylon bothers everyone so much, I will remove it, but to me it looks cool. Next subject,front canopy---new this might be a contriversal subject. I put it there for two reasons. I copied the idea from another anime picture that had a similar bubble in front for a purpose I could not understand. By the way, I also copied the reactor pods almost exactly from the same anime picture. Second reason is I didn't want to hide the anime doll away - this will make the animedoll more visable thus giving the aircaft a almost clothing characteristic. This canopy makes no sense at all, I understand and only belongs on a bomber, LOL, but I did it because its anime. What are those reactor pods doing out there, I don't have any idea...Like I said, I copied that aspect from an anime picture that I will post in a later reply. Why did I do the wheels like I did, because she is "pimped" hehehe. I made them thin profile on purpose like a pimped car. Make no sence on a fighter, I know LOL. I appriciate all your feedback, but look at cartoons and anime and ask your self how many of the vehicles make sence---none of them do,....LOL. Also this gives the artist has the ability create his own technology, no matter how outlandish, to explain. I must also point out for interest sake, that the anime picture used for inspiration, left no room in the aircraft for landing gear. Also the the fuselage unrealistally short. It was a struggle putting retractable landing gear in a fuselage so short. When I was a child, I went to the smithsonion air and space musium and saw the one of those tiny rocket fighters made by germany during the world war II. I couldn't believe the thing had aerodynamics to fly. It had no landing gear, just a skid. So I guess what I am trying to say, that this fighter resembles something you might find in the list of german secret aircraft in production or on the drawing board during world war II. marty

Marty, the aircraft is fine :) I actually like the bubble on the front, lets here see what's beneathe her when she looks down, nothing wrong with that conception, could for taking photo's or tricky stunts. There are actually alot of 'bubble' planes like this flying today so don't worry about it. the Fuel Pylon is fine I was just a little concerned about her visiblity but it's no biggy. I'd still like to see a vulcan cannon though (3 barrelled one not a 6 one, 6 is too much like an A10). but like ya say it's anime and no those vehicles don't make sense especially the transforming mecha.

hehehe yeah you see the refuling nozzle there is much taller than the canopy so when the refuller comes down the canopy isn't obsucred. the refuling bouy is a funnel like object on a pipe about the diameter of a large dustbin lid probably even wider than that. still a great plane though :)

all this talk about planes reminds me.... the3dzone2 just left for the sun n fun airshow today and i forgot to give him the camera! (bangs head on desk) the3dzone

very cool, i'm still thinking pink with yellow flames...hehe but i really like compiler's idea of the shark face too. i know ,i'm thinking ahead,but i think as a texturer instead of a modeller,so just ignore me me till it's time to texture...lol the3dzone

hehehehe I like your plane Insomnia it's inspiring me to get round to making a mecha I keep planning on doing but stopping. and finishing Bonaparte off. I've been toying with a futuristic hocky game involving a spiked ball and some hocky sticks that double as lethal weapons, might even make an arena for it. not sure weather to make it ice skates, rollaer blades or jetpack based. if they had little jetpacks it could make for a real action packed bloodbath of a sport. Ideal setting for an anime adventure I think, you could have fun making lots of team colours and strips and focus on a main 'hero team' and have a sutiable baddy team could be fun. thought of calling it 'Glaive-Ball' I am gonna jot some ideas down and it would be fun to get everyone involved on strip design :)

I am very worried about the uvmapping, lol. This will be a bear to uvmap and it depends on how well I can do it wether I can do anything I want with the texture. Such as all your sugestions. I am also considerating a non-see thru front end also as Compier as sugested. I am not happy with my joysticks, do you think a single stick comming up thru her legs will be better? Or some sort of yoke or stearing wheel. marty

And include UV Maps! This is just screaming for a 'Totally SPies' style hippie texture. Sam: Ok everyone! Move in! Alex: I can't, i'm no good at joysticks! Clover: Don't tell me you've never played a game in your life... Alex: AHH! They broke my refuling pipe! Sam: What refuling pipe?

hehehe, senshi Nanoshi - Cool idea! Post some pictures. marty

Nanoshi: I must add that it was you that inspired me to begin building this. I was thinking of it as part of the Battle Force Senbotsu line. When you began working on your hi tech models, I began to think how I would build them and began doing so. I am worried about building this, I must tell you, I am in unfamiliar territory with this project. I hope the end product is what I expect and what you would want, but its iffy. Like I said, my biggest worry right now is the uvmap, it promises to be the one of the most difficult yet. This aircraft has so many parts its going to be a nightmare. Secondly I am worried about making the retracting landing gear work well. I am going to be dealing with strange angles here instead of right angles and this will be difficult I feel. I am consideering doing some remodeling to the reactor pods and converting them to weapons housings. I would plan in doors that will open and weapons deployed. But I have to make room for the landing gear which holds top priority. Third thing is I am going to make hinges for the landing gear doors and I am afraid that I don't have enough room for them. Forth thing is how good is it going to sell? Will it be worth building a second item like this one? My guess is that it will take about 100 hours to build or less if everything goes well. I got lots of worries. marty

hey insomnia,
what about this type of joystick contols
more defined by you ofcoarse,(these only took five mins) when you sid two sticks on eack side,they just popped in my head,the red thing is a thumb controlled button.

Thats a good idea 3dzone, I thought about it for a moment but I am not sure. I am thinking that a central joystick would look "tougher". I am just not sure how I will add it into the cockpit yet. I already tried a yoke(stearing wheel) yesterday and didn't like the way it looked. marty

yea,i don't think the steering wheel thing would look right either.

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COOLIES!

woow good really; to bad the author is not reachable. what does the freebie licence of his item say ?

No, don't worry Compiler! Two mecha-plane-fuses are better than one! Also, in my recent picture, i tried out the bikini and it has no problems whatsoever.....absolutly no problems.....none....zilch.......um.......hey, does anyone read El Goonish Shive? Their costumes could make pretty good Catsuit Expansion Freebies.....

No problem, Marty. I don't want to cause any loss of sales for you. This project has waited on my shelf for many weeks, it can wait even more, until your plane's sales are over (I can't sell it since I wasn't the one who made the mesh and Viomar did so much work on it). If I finish it before getting your green light, I'll just send it to you, and you'll see if you want to make it available to your usual team or in the freestuff. Is that all right with you ? For the moment, I'm learning how to model. But I'm a much slower learner than Nanoshi... Don't loose hope over a little slow down in the sales, it will get better : you're doing an excellent work (your swimsuit was most excellent), so it will pay in the end.

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The only thing I can say is, Thunderbirds or GO! I'm not even a fan of it yet it reminds me of it......

Thank you 3dZone for those pictures. Compiler: I really don't know how long it will be until I finish the jet plane. I don't expect to work on this all at one time to get it to market. I think it will have to be something that I come back to time to time. I really don't expect it to ern the amount of money I would like for the amount of work into this project. marty

Compiler: I still have the original zip for the titan power armor freebie, here is the exact text of the readme: Titan Power Armor: Well, it's not exactly finished and the things huge but what the hell, it's free. I've been fooling around with a better modeler than RDS so as soon as I get the hang of it, I'll fix the holes. Extract these files to your Poser folder (directory) using the option to extract using folder (directory) names. cr2 & rsr files: Runtime/Libraries/character/Titan jpg files: Runtime/Textures/Titan Restrictions for use: You are not allowed to resell the contents of this zip file without permission and for noncommercial/personal use only. These restrictions supplement and supercedes the free stuff license published on http://www.lightwavesgraphics.com/License.html Enjoy jbezorg Greg Henle Light Waves Graphics www.lightwavesgraphics.com

Nice kitty logo. =^_^=

Thankies! It's actually just a circle with the ears (copy and past to get them exact) =^O^= Meow!

cool btw nothing product showcase/catsuit related but i finally managed to find/tweak hair props to reproduce DOA's Ayane hair cut.. so expect another DOA toon picture soon in my gallery...

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i was working on a mask before my crash :0( i didn't get to save it either crying over my own loses the3dzone

Nanoshi!? I'm SenshiTaurus! pout Yes, i know they seem a bit straight, it's just the early stages and will be fixed. Now, i'm just going to go to school........

Hopefully things will look up soon all-around.

I wish you all the best for the future in both your businesses, Marty. Cheer up !

Hi all, you all been busy in here it seems, I been MIA a few days as at the weekend I shattered my cheak bone and eye socket :( so been in hospital last few dyas being patched up. So out at home now recouperating.

Omg! i hope you feel better Nanoshi.

Get well soon!

Sorry to hear bad news from you Nanoshi. I hope you get well soon.

Oh my gosh Nanoshi! I send all my hugs and get well soons to you! hugs nanoshi Get well soon!