Workshop : Designing without 3d programs

[Triop]

The wing :



1. Traced and cleaned

2. make sure to keep a gap between the wings for the fuselage

3 + 4. copy and paste like the tailwing

Next up : fuselage.

[PaperSamurai]

Nice going

I have some militairy related 3-views somewhere if anyone is interested?
Might have to dig them out tho!

[Triop]

Great !

Show us please

[cgutzmer]

How come when you make the progress the lines become more choppy when they were nice and clean before?

Nice progression though I will give it a go soon
Chris

[Triop]

Good Q, I like to work small and use pixels instead of smooth lines.
I do this so I have no problem when painting the model.

Example :



the first object is with smooth lines, 2nd in pixels

[cgutzmer]

kewl - thanks

[Triop]

The Fuselage :



So far the easy part, next up, making the fuselage top and bottom...

[cgutzmer]

How do you do the trace? By hand or use a straight line type tool?

[Triop]

I use straight and curbed lines, mostly straight.

I like to use red, that cleans up easyer when erasing in paint, I used to do that a lot, but it is very time consuming.
Nowadays I use paint.net and use a extra layer for tracking lines.

[Triop]

O.k, this is what we have so far :



It is starting to look a bit like a cardmodel now...I will wait for you guys to take these steps before we continue.