Century Series (American Heavy Metal)

mikeblaze · Post by **mikeblaze** » 10 Oct 2013, 19:37

Got it, I can certainly fix that. The red on the speedbrake came from some year of the scheme, so it's not consistent over the years.....

ruggerfan · Post by **ruggerfan** » 12 Oct 2013, 00:46

Thanks for the remaining Century series updates Mike.....

Sonarboy · Post by **Sonarboy** » 12 Oct 2013, 09:44

This pure addiction. Thanks Mike.

Brian

mikeblaze · Post by **mikeblaze** » 14 Oct 2013, 03:23

Naw, I think this is addiction turned sideways....

Don H · Post by **Don H** » 14 Oct 2013, 22:35

Friggin' AWESOME, Mike. Looking forward to all the rest of the Century Series.

Thank You so very much!

aerogator · Post by **aerogator** » 15 Oct 2013, 13:25

"Naw, I think this is addiction turned sideways...."

In my case it's a four-wheel drift

mikeblaze · Post by **mikeblaze** » 17 Oct 2013, 01:04

These are going pretty quickly now, full single-LOD betas for final check and FDE finish, then multi-LOD, then package. The late canopy variant is here as well.

Fastair · Post by **Fastair** » 18 Oct 2013, 09:46

These are stunning !!!

Always loved the 106..... Thank you
Regards,
Paul

mikewmac · Post by **mikewmac** » 30 Oct 2013, 13:48

They are even more stunning in the sim.

I'm ~90% done on the AI FDE for the MPAI F-106A and it really is a great model to work with.

mikeblaze · Post by **mikeblaze** » 30 Oct 2013, 15:08

I'm fixing big things today.......

But I am trying to get the F-101 up to the same standard within the next week or so. It's gonna be a great holiday season......

mikeblaze · Post by **mikeblaze** » 30 Oct 2013, 23:30

Here's the next model to get to single-LOD (nearly finished) alpha, which is quite a short hop from multi-LOD beta. When I add the alpha channel to this metal texture, the flight line will be blinding, to be sure.

Don H · Post by **Don H** » 30 Oct 2013, 23:36

Oohhh yeh! My Silverwings era is going to be so busy!! Thanks so much for doing these, Mike.

Sonarboy · Post by **Sonarboy** » 31 Oct 2013, 07:28

Mike as the song goes you do Voodoo so well. Looks fantastic mate.

Brian

supernova48 · Post by **supernova48** » 31 Oct 2013, 08:30

Century Series looking great. Very nice work. Looking forward to adding F101, KC135A and the already released B-52D to the beautiful Glasgow AFB, MT.

Supernova48

Flyin Illini · Post by **Flyin Illini** » 31 Oct 2013, 20:52

Interest in a single model for a qf-106? Same question got when you get to the Hun.

mikeblaze · Post by **mikeblaze** » 01 Nov 2013, 01:18

Have you seen what I've done with the F-4 and F-104, and you would think that I would actually forget a QF model for anything? I'll just laugh a little bit at that one, and never fear.......

mikeblaze · Post by **mikeblaze** » 01 Nov 2013, 20:03

Here are the 99.9% completed single-LOD first-run beta models for the F-101A/C, F-101B, and RF-101A/C; just a few antennae away from being ready for multi-LOD. I still have to do the RF-101G/H, it's a little different nose job, but these are pretty much the core models.

The wing walk antiskid area is a little dodgy, but to properly fix it would require a complete re-build of the aircraft. This was a primitive model I started two years ago, then applied some more modern technique to make it a one-piece fuselage/wings thing, but I didn't catch the wing-root issue until I was trying to figure out the antiskid panels. So, this falls into my "90%" rule for AI modeling (my apologies to the purists). I fixed it by making a copy of the wing root (about five polys on each side), re-mapping to the antiskid, then raising the part 0.002 meters above the other part so there isn't any conflict. They only look a little weird from the side vew, the overhead looks pretty good.

I think November will be a triple-crown kind of month for this thread, if I don't accidentally run Mike Mac into the ground first, lol. There is nothing accidental about the first finished B paint being from the Maine ANG (MM's corner of the world). And, I have done the alpha channel for the metal, it looks pretty, well, shiny, lol......

f4nutter · Post by **f4nutter** » 01 Nov 2013, 22:17

you must have a big box of model's Mike they just keep coming

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 01 Nov 2013, 23:10

We just need to make sure Mike is backing up his work on a regular basis!

Flyin Illini · Post by **Flyin Illini** » 03 Nov 2013, 01:30

just throwing tricks out on halloween

. Im looking forward to getting back to painting now that indoor weather is fast approaching. Lots of new toys to play with

mikeblaze wrote:Have you seen what I've done with the F-4 and F-104, and you would think that I would actually forget a QF model for anything? I'll just laugh a little bit at that one, and never fear.......

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