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Spinner · 05-30-2006, 12:43 PM

Glad I helped.
The learning curve is a ....., isnt it. I'm at the stage where I'm chucking everything I did yesterday asI learn more each day. Getting into Max, but I can see myself wanting to check out Modo soon. It seems good.

krazycolin · 05-31-2006, 5:21 AM

i always loved this cannon.... it amazed me that something deisgned to shoot down aircraft could be so very... adaptable... and rugged... unlike most german designs (to this day) it was amazingly dependable and easy to maintain.... and you have really done a nice job on it... (did you rotate the screws?)

ThePhobos · 05-31-2006, 7:04 AM

krazycolin: Yes I did. lol. It had been bugging me for awhile that I hadn't changed them, so I went through when I neared the end of my modeling and turned them all. As I've been working on various parts I saw other ones that needed turning and I did. Those words rang true in my mind for months now.

So, here it is! I FINALLY finished the modeling part! I say that now, but I might go back and make sure all is well in Detail-ville. hehe. I took some time to put in lots of parts that I had somehow missed over, including two large boxes mounted on the front. They're somewhat visible in these pics. Next will be texturing, which you can see the beginning of in this pic. A large set of reference pics I have show the cannon being this exact color, and I really kind of like it so I am thinking of just keeping it that way. I'm not good at texturing, but I'll give it my best shot.

Thank you all again for helping me on this, even if it was just positive encouragement. It obviously worked. But as always, if you see something wrong please tell me. And yes, I did actually redo that part Spinner pointed out.

Final model.jpg

Spinner · 05-31-2006, 1:45 PM

It had such cool tow vehicles too.

krazycolin · 05-31-2006, 11:30 PM

Yeah... those twin wheel sets.... Hey.... ThePhobos... you'd only have to make one... !!!!! COME ON!!!! it would be so cool!!!... if you do that.. maybe i'll make a famos.... now that would be a job... but fun....

Skyraider3D · 06-01-2006, 8:14 PM

That looks so neat. We need the header system back ASAP

krazycolin · 06-01-2006, 10:03 PM

i took a header... once.... long ago.... i remember it vaguely....

krazycolin · 06-01-2006, 10:04 PM

and i'm so happy SOMEBODY took my advice about the screws!!!! thanks... i now feel vindicated... (about something anyway!!!)

deltacharlie · 06-01-2006, 11:48 PM

Dude, sweeet model!! One of my friends and I tried to create a working flak gun like this for a Return to Castle Wolfenstein map, but never finished it...so I have a soft spot for flak guns...awesome modeling; love all those amazing details!!

~DC

ThePhobos · 06-02-2006, 5:53 AM

Whoever's choice it was to put me in the header, thank you! I've never been in a header before, but it's a great honor for me. Thanks.

As I've been working on the textures, I've realized that I wanted to put my model in a little scene. Nothing extravagant, but maybe some sand bags or something. Does anyone have any pics of how this type of cannon was used/camoflauged when it was on the battle field? All of the ones I have are of museum models, so I don't know what it looked like on the field. Anything at this point would help, like boxes that the shells were in or anything like that. I feel like it would really flesh the scene out some.

Thanks again! More pics to come soon.

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05-30-2006, 12:43 PM	#21
Spinner General Join Date: May 2006 Location: 'nother Aussy Posts: 720 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Glad I helped. The learning curve is a ....., isnt it. I'm at the stage where I'm chucking everything I did yesterday asI learn more each day. Getting into Max, but I can see myself wanting to check out Modo soon. It seems good.

05-31-2006, 5:21 AM	#22
krazycolin General Join Date: May 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 809 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	i always loved this cannon.... it amazed me that something deisgned to shoot down aircraft could be so very... adaptable... and rugged... unlike most german designs (to this day) it was amazingly dependable and easy to maintain.... and you have really done a nice job on it... (did you rotate the screws?)

05-31-2006, 7:04 AM	#23
ThePhobos Conscript Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 14 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	krazycolin: Yes I did. lol. It had been bugging me for awhile that I hadn't changed them, so I went through when I neared the end of my modeling and turned them all. As I've been working on various parts I saw other ones that needed turning and I did. Those words rang true in my mind for months now. So, here it is! I FINALLY finished the modeling part! I say that now, but I might go back and make sure all is well in Detail-ville. hehe. I took some time to put in lots of parts that I had somehow missed over, including two large boxes mounted on the front. They're somewhat visible in these pics. Next will be texturing, which you can see the beginning of in this pic. A large set of reference pics I have show the cannon being this exact color, and I really kind of like it so I am thinking of just keeping it that way. I'm not good at texturing, but I'll give it my best shot. Thank you all again for helping me on this, even if it was just positive encouragement. It obviously worked. But as always, if you see something wrong please tell me. And yes, I did actually redo that part Spinner pointed out. Final model.jpg

05-31-2006, 1:45 PM	#24
Spinner General Join Date: May 2006 Location: 'nother Aussy Posts: 720 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It had such cool tow vehicles too.

05-31-2006, 11:30 PM	#25
krazycolin General Join Date: May 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 809 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah... those twin wheel sets.... Hey.... ThePhobos... you'd only have to make one... !!!!! COME ON!!!! it would be so cool!!!... if you do that.. maybe i'll make a famos.... now that would be a job... but fun....

06-01-2006, 10:03 PM	#27
krazycolin General Join Date: May 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 809 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	i took a header... once.... long ago.... i remember it vaguely....

06-01-2006, 10:04 PM	#28
krazycolin General Join Date: May 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 809 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	and i'm so happy SOMEBODY took my advice about the screws!!!! thanks... i now feel vindicated... (about something anyway!!!)

06-01-2006, 11:48 PM	#29
deltacharlie Regular Join Date: May 2006 Location: California, USA Posts: 187 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0 Total Awards: 1 (more» ...)	Dude, sweeet model!! One of my friends and I tried to create a working flak gun like this for a Return to Castle Wolfenstein map, but never finished it...so I have a soft spot for flak guns...awesome modeling; love all those amazing details!! ~DC

06-02-2006, 5:53 AM	#30
ThePhobos Conscript Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 14 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Whoever's choice it was to put me in the header, thank you! I've never been in a header before, but it's a great honor for me. Thanks. As I've been working on the textures, I've realized that I wanted to put my model in a little scene. Nothing extravagant, but maybe some sand bags or something. Does anyone have any pics of how this type of cannon was used/camoflauged when it was on the battle field? All of the ones I have are of museum models, so I don't know what it looked like on the field. Anything at this point would help, like boxes that the shells were in or anything like that. I feel like it would really flesh the scene out some. Thanks again! More pics to come soon.