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Re: The Chimaera Fighter/Bomber, really
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Fri, 9 Jul 2004 00:43:08 GMT
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> 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.
The shape turned out a lot better than I expected, and I was very happy
with the colour scheme
> 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.
Though that is an awesome idea.
> 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.
photography is not my strong suite, I'm still muddling my way
through. probably won't get much better until I own my own camera and can
practice a bit. at the moment I borrow a friends camera for Lego
photographing
Thanks for the comments Tony
Leg Godt
Travis Matheson
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