I guess I judged you too highly when I assumed you could read.

 

"It's not really a new vehicle suggestion, I just thought it would be fun to fly around Mars."

That made little to no sense.

It'd be nice if you critiqued the model, not the comments. Thanks. ^_^

The confusing part being that I'm not sure you typed a sentence that isn't missing at least one word just now?

It's a good model... could use a little more detail thought...

What games did you help with Forge?

It looks like a little monster :D

 

I like it.

This is REALLY COOL. Nice job.

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The tail part looks like its upsidedown... other than that...

5 Stars!

oooOOoo very mars like!   it would be fun to fly this around and ram into buggys and stuff.  :megusta:

What is that mouth thing?

 

Did you get the idea for the colors from George Lucus' new movie, Sky Tails?

I thought the mouth looked like it was from The Langoliers. (horrible movie, never watch it)

This has steampunk written all over it. Good Job!

Beautiful! Just... Wow! :P

I've made a lot of small models in Sketchup, but I've never really taken them seriously, and I still don't understand how people can manage to make models like those in Sketchup. Really good job! :D

 

This could get implemented you know, if I'm getting the right idea, there could be loads of vehicles in Syn3h, and so yours really does have a good chance of implementation! (Click here for more info)

 

Are you intending to make a preview of this vehicle in which we'll be able to fly it? :D

Thank you everyone! 

 

Krunch, I promise I won't smooth it, but I might add a few things to make it look a little more realistic. :D

 

I might render it as a wireframe. That would be kinda cool.

The tail and underfin are a single piece, kinda like a big curve. :D

Maybe some landing gear? It could be a tail-dragger, that would be cool.

I wasn't sure about what type of gear to use... 

 

I don't think a tail dragger would work very well because of the underfin. The engines also aren't low enough to put gear on. Hm...

Ah. Maybe attatched trycicle gear like a Cessna Skyhawk? Maybe put a gear on each propeller's engine side, and one on the underfin.. That would I think make it unstable, maybe try 2 on the wings, and one coming out from right under the mouth?  Maybe the propellers can have reverse thrust and go down, or up, like a helicopter! I'm forgetting the name, right now. And on the wings, there could be gear and a nose gear. I think hoverpads are bad for this aircraft, because there are propellers, unless you could get it to turn down its thrust, and stall somehow, and then let the hoverpads go out and make it hover? Turn off the engine? I don't really know, ask a mechanic ;) I'm just the guy who'll fly the plane, not the one who builds it. (That would be very interesting, though). Sorry, Forge, if this can't help, I was just putting in some of my aircraft knowledge. 

Wow! looks snazzy

Make this thing slower than the jet, but able to fly through water, and BAM! 

I want this vehicle in Syn3h! 

I really really like the design of this thing. It is extremely unique, actually looks really fun to fly around with.  

Hmm....I think it's cool looking...Very cool looking...Yes...Induvitably....I like the engines...

 I can just imagine newbies seeing this.People would scare newbies to death.Heh heh.

 

 

That's dark >.>

 

And good job Forge :D

Its not bad... I'd drive it in Syn3h....

Okay,fine.Too dark.

I might a wheel near the front of the underfin, and then two on the ends of the wings, and make the wings fold down. :D

It is pretty dark... But I'll make it even better! :D 

 

So for the next update it'll have landing gear, and hopefully a better cockpit. >_>

This is pretty sweet! I love the update :D

 

You should seriously have a shot at getting it implemented though. Like I said, there will most likely be a ton of vehicles in Syn3h, and this would be really cool as a glider!

I agree that it would be fin to fly around... It need to be more unique than the jet though, and I still need to figure out what will make that happen. Hmm.

Perhaps you could somehow make it convert into a high power rocket when you press spacebar, that rams other vehicles by using some clever script? :D

Or better! Make it gobble those other vehicles up with those big teeth it has! XD

Haha, that would be reallly cool.

 

One thing that would be lots of fun, is if Mars used Voxel terrains. Then It could "eat" tunnels through the maps. :D

Hah! Cool! I like the picture of them flying together.

Thanks! I might render some pictures with standard resolutions, in case people want a desktop photo. I tend to render in 1000x400 :D

Still should be a seaplane. ;)

I am keeping that, yes.

Yes! Mars needs an aquatic vehicle.

The sub will be one, but this can be kinda like a hybrid I suppose. Would still be fun. 

 

I might name it something else, maybe after those fish that fly around and dive again. I dunno.

Hehe... I set this as my background :D

I can render a higher resolution image of that section, you know.

That would be awesome! The picture isn't really crystal clear right now :/

I'm rendering it right now. I changed the background color due to complaining from Achilles. :D It stil looks nice, though.

Cool!

Why was Achilles complaining about it anyway?...

Cause it's yellow. :D

Nice design, looks sleek! Landing gear by any chance?

Aquatic landing. :D

Do the floats extend down or come down from the side and go down like a Grumman Goose?

As in picture one, the wings fold down to create kind of a hydrofoil type thing.

Interesting. You know, I love the design! Magnificent!

Here's a background for anyone who wants it. >_>

 

 

Or download it here.

lol that's cool. :P

Thanks!

Yup! :)

Do you think you could post a sketchup screen shot, that way we could look at what it would it like in game?

Yeah sure. :)

Sweeet! :P

What?

Ooh I like the update! You made it shiny! :D What are those things you added to it? They look like some sort of aquatic landing gear am I correct?

Nice!

The new picture doesn't show it very well, but it's actually in a hangar. Currently it's only on a stand, but soon i'll figure out something better. I also added flaps, but you can't see them from this angle.

What do you mean sweeping the wings back?

Huh, that could be interesting to try something with... :D

I'm actually modelling my first car right now in Sketchup :D I found some tutorials on how to do that and it turns out it's soooo easy if you just use blueprints! :D

Did you use blueprints for this model, or did you use some other technique?

 

EDIT: Just finished it :)

It's wheels are a bit too small, in my opinion.

They are pretty small, but if I'm honest, I didn't really choose very good blueprints for that car, and the car itself wasn't a particularly interesting one...

This thing came straight from my head, no blueprints or reference images. :) I did body first, then cockpit, wings, tailfin, engines, and flaps. :)

I think its cool either way. lol!

May I ask how you guys use sketchup without constantly having the twitch to take a gun and blow your heads off?

I don't keep guns in the house for a reason.

Not even a squirt gun? 

Sketchup is much easier to use than Blender, though Blender does make nicer models, and has a nice renderer with it, I'm too lazy to use it when all I'm doing is messing around :P

Easier?! Good one!

Sketchup is initially more user friendly, but lacks the power that blender has. I've used both, and personally I'm more comfortable with Sketchup (after using it for 7 years or so). 

Sketchup is very much like a 3d version of paint :D It's extremely easy to use, I made that car in about 15 minutes!

But Sketchup is pretty limited, and so even if I had taken one hour to make that car, it wouldn't have been four times better :P

Oh, sketchup isn't limited at all. It can do anything any modeling program can, provided just a little bit slower and more painfully.

Tires? You might need some.

Yeah, i'm working on that one.

That was speaking of Pancakes' car.

16500 polys? That tops my best model...

It's probably closer to 14000, because I haven't cleaned up the interior yet.

Given recent events and context I find all versions of this model to be unbelievably hideous.

Explanation would be wonderful.

I've been trying to figure out how to make them work... It's tricky. :D

Yay for trying :D

Is this something you made when being bore, or you seen pictures of... I don't know. I only ask because, ive never seen them before and there cool lol! :P

Yeah, I was bored. :)

lol!

Forge, you should send this into some company like Pixar and such. 

Haha I'm not THAT good. Not yet.

very easily.... once you know how things work :P

 

never had the twitch to take a gun to my head while using sketchup :P

That's because SketchUp is easier than tying your shoes...

Long time no see Seb...

What a unique model! It looks very well designed.