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Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 08 Sep 2012, 17:12
by mikeblaze
It's not all about Mirages this week...... Here are some more new models/paints for the Gunfighter..... These are also first draft multi-LOD full models.
MP
Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 08 Sep 2012, 19:26
by Chrisb
I don't know if I can stand this much longer. I may have to change my AI to retro retro to get these all in.
They look great Mike.
Chris
Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 09 Sep 2012, 20:19
by gsnde
Chrisb wrote:I don't know if I can stand this much longer. I may have to change my AI to retro retro to get these all in.
They look great Mike.
Chris
I deal with reality daily. Retro is absolutely great, at least as long as we are speaking aircraft and music

Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 13 Sep 2012, 16:03
by mikeblaze
gsnde wrote:I deal with reality daily. Retro is absolutely great, at least as long as we are speaking aircraft and music

Yeah, Martin, as long as it's not clothing........

Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 08 Nov 2012, 03:35
by mikeblaze
Here are some pre-release photos of the Crusader, specifically F-8A and DF-8A model groups. There is a lot more painting than shown by these pictures, so never fear for lack of diversity on this project. Mike Mac and I hammered out a very nice product, hampered only by a serious respiratory illness (me), and a once-in-a-lifetime super-storm (him). I am happy to report that we both survived, and this is one of the results. This should be released to AVSIM within the week, I will post a notice here......
MP
Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 08 Nov 2012, 19:59
by miljan
Mike your models are amazing ,just keep up with great work.
Miljan
Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 15 Nov 2012, 09:04
by TheFoufure
The firts part is on AVSIM. Thanks to the author.
(first to downlod it

lol )
Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 15 Nov 2012, 15:40
by cgold
TheFoufure wrote:The firts part is on AVSIM. Thanks to the author.
(first to downlod it

lol )
What do you search for when you get to the library?
I haven't seen anything at Avsim yet...
Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 15 Nov 2012, 16:10
by mikeblaze
The early birds beat me to it.....

I uploaded the first Crusader package today, the F-8A/B/C; with 16 models and 65 individual squadron paints..... Here are some Bs and Cs..... Have fun with it, the rest will follow in short order.....
MP
Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 15 Nov 2012, 16:24
by f4nutter
oh wow

thank you Mike
Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 15 Nov 2012, 21:21
by Don H
cgold wrote:TheFoufure wrote:The firts part is on AVSIM. Thanks to the author.
(first to downlod it

lol )
What do you search for when you get to the library?
I haven't seen anything at Avsim yet...
This is a new release, don't use the search function, takes to long.
On the front page, right under the big AVSIM tag on top of page, in fact under the "V" is the "File Library" drop down. The first term is "What's New." Simply click on that. In the large blue field, set the "mode" to "scan". You then have all the new files released to that time. Scan down for Mike Pearson as the author.
Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 15 Nov 2012, 21:25
by gsnde
Or check at The Owls Nest or just click
here...

Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 16 Nov 2012, 01:00
by cgold
Thank you, gentlemen... That's more like it. I must have checked too early today...
(Came back from a flying lesson in a DA40 and there it is...)
Thank you for tacking "The Last Gunfighter."

Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 21 Nov 2012, 18:11
by maverick69
I've found this small bug:
Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 21 Nov 2012, 18:22
by mikeblaze
maverick69 wrote:I've found this small bug:
That's a texture-mapping glitch, I accidentally mapped these chocks to a reflective glass part on the texture file. I will fix it on subsequent models, and update this one......mp
Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 21 Nov 2012, 19:44
by maverick69
mikeblaze wrote:maverick69 wrote:I've found this small bug:
That's a texture-mapping glitch, I accidentally mapped these chocks to a reflective glass part on the texture file. I will fix it on subsequent models, and update this one......mp
Thank you Mike. The model is great!
Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 01 Jan 2013, 22:41
by mikeblaze
Right out of the gate in 2013......... these will be uploaded later this week, when I finish painting K's and L's........ enjoy the show...... These are the D's and E's.....MP
Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 01 Jan 2013, 22:42
by mikeblaze
....and these are the H's and J's.... mind you, I am showing you about half of what is actually painted for these models.....
Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 01 Jan 2013, 22:47
by mikeblaze
With regard to the ABC package, I will be making an expansion package which will fix the 'chrome' landing chocks from the original model; and I'll throw in a dozen or so new repaints as well to sweeten the deal. This will be a straight drop-in-and-overwrite of the original package.
Then, off to France and the Philippines........

Re: 21st Century Crusade(er)
Posted: 02 Jan 2013, 23:57
by clickclickdoh
The VF-132 bird has the "Constellation" text mirrored. And now that the nits have been picked. Great work!
