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hmm..I've done something like this for city blocks..but I'm sure you've taken this to the next level..;)

Very cool Rudy, and thanks for the tut! This has sparked some ideas for me, and the tut is almost directly transferable to try this in Wings3D.

Wow! Looks great, guess I'll load up C4D, and have a go.... thanks Rudy you're a doll!!!!

I think Rudy lives on a planet with a 48 hour day....!

Rudy, question...Once we do this is there a way to put a slight curv into the whole thing, so as to be able to form to a curved ship?

Heres a cylinder and two planes with wrap deformers.

oooooooooooo!!!I like that one too! Question, do the edges have any depth? Looking at it sideways, they look extremely thin......=)

I love it...My question was not stated very well by me...What I ment was, instead of trying to place a flat plane against a curved rocket, can we put a curve on the whole plane to fit the existing curv of the rocket...I hope I said it right this time...

It would seem that the depth would be based off of your extrusion depth, and at a few mm might not be deep enough for some purposes, but plenty deep for others... Unless the final result is merely alpha-channel imagery, which would have no depth at all? What I got from the tutorial, this is an actual poly mesh, and not alpha-channeling?

That's what I got from the tut too Lordstormdragon. Oooh! That "deconstructed" looking saucer gives me all sorts of ideas. This idea and method could have a lot of uses. Thanks again for the tut Rudy!!

Cheers for the tut. So when you releasing your tutorial book? I now I would by five lol$$$ Its a rochr mans world lol.

Cool idea Rudy, thanks!

I think this might be best used for 'distance' as in Rudy's latest. It's the 'illusion' that's created, not the actual objects.

(I could be wrong of course);-)

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As always, great job Rudy! I should be able to do this with Modo but what would help is the dimensions of the plane and although I can figure this, the size of the plane subdivisions. Thanks! Dan

Thanx for the comments all. Well, TheBryster hit the nail on this. This example is mainly suitable for distance because of the thin surface. However, as Lordstormdragon pointed out, some parts can be extruded to add thickness if needed. Or perhaps adding some greebles between the layers to fill it up. The point with this is to give the surface a "partially finished contruction-look". :) ellocolobo, it shouldnt be a problem either. Although im not sure which app youre using, but most(all?) modeling tools allow bending objects with deformers or along a spline to get pretty much the shape you need. Dan, Its just a default plane with 20x20 segments. The only number i have in the frame for subdivisions is 1.

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Hmm, I guess I'm kinda lost on this one. I use Rhino mainly, which doesn't do Sub-d, it's NURBS, nd don't know much about sub-D. Perhaps I'll try it in Maya and see if it works...!

LDS, it wouldn't be a pain to create in Rhino. Just rebuild a plane to a high number of points, turn the points on and pull. Since it's a surface, you can even flow it along a curve or do other deformations. If it remains a plane, just stack a couple of them like Rudy did in his tut and blend the edges of the first and last, to get a thickness. Or you can download Rhino 4 WIP and whatever you want, even if it becomes a polysurface. Very nice work, Rudy. I could say squat about what to do in Rhino if I haven't seen your tut. :-)

excellent little number rochr. Great way of making spaships and any other under contructions.

Question: do you (or anyone!) know how you could do a tube or rope like mesh in wings, with the same effect? I tried to but all i come up are just squares...

Love to do a tentacle or alien thing but the moment i start to twist an object it get wayyy too deformed.

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next dum question. How do i copy and paste a set of objects in wings? can this be done? thanks!

Omac2- Yes you can use the method of his tutorial for almost any shape in wings. All you have to do is subdivide.
You can duplicate an object by selecting your object in body mode and using the duplicate command.

thanks danamo!

Cool technique! thanx :D