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Re: The Chimaera Fighter/Bomber, really
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 8 Jul 2004 17:29:19 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Travis Matheson wrote:
> I would like to present to you, the Chimaera Fighter/Bomber
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> http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/4520
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> Originally I had planned to build a fighter that was basically a flying
> gun, with the ship basically being support to that gun. Well, all the "Big
> Guns" I built were a little disappointing but that the idea of a bomber hit
> me and the yellow and Dark Red colour scheme followed suit, and thus the
> Chimaera was born
I love the use of slopes and curves and the shape that they define. And the
color scheme works out better than I'd expect. Everything I've ever done with
red and yellow ends up looking like ketchup and mustard... the dark red makes a
much better contrast. I'm not so crazy about the trans-red, though the rest of
your detailing is very nice.
I like the big bomb bay and the bombs themselves. When I saw the pictures and
then read about you wanting to make it a fighter with a big gun, for some reason
an image comes to mind of a ridiculously oversized cannon that folds out of the
underside compartment. I'd love to see a cartoonishly large weapon that
actually folds inside a ship that looks way too small for it, though I don't
think that's the style you are going for.
I do have some gripes about your photography. I know I'm not perfect either,
but a couple of things jump out at me here. The simplest thing you are missing
is a 3/4 angle view of the whole ship. Most of your shots are facing pretty
much right along one of the primary axes, and this makes it harder to grok the
overall shape from any one picture. And your framing is a bit off- in
particular, the first 4 pictures should probably be taken from closer and a few
of the pictures are way off center.
--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
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| (...) The shape turned out a lot better than I expected, and I was very happy with the colour scheme (...) Though that is an awesome idea. (...) photography is not my strong suite, I'm still muddling my way through. probably won't get much better (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.space)
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| alright, consider this the complete post... I would like to present to you, the Chimaera Fighter/Bomber (URL) part of a series of fighters that I'm putting together, the Mythological series (if anyone can come up with a better name though, I'm all (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.space)
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