Combat Air Patrol

RubberEagle

This is a quick pic I made. It's just to test the exhaust-effects for my Viper.
It's worked out quite well i think ;)
[URL=http://slb5mod.no-ip.com/stuff/viper/viper_testX2.jpg][img]http://members.chello.at/rubbereagle/viper_testX2_thumb.jpg[/img][/URL]
or [URL=http://slb5mod.no-ip.com/stuff/viper/viper_testX2-2.jpg]for people with bright monitors (or who want to view it outside the browser)[/URL]

C_Mon

MAN THAT'S COOL!! :eek:

RubberEagle

Thanks :D

You know, it's a very simple image... The Engine flares are just a Volume Light and an atmospherics (combustion) effect, the ships all move at the same speed in the same direction with a static camera, and the starfield is a total seperate element:
2 cylinders, mapped with a noise map with high (or low?) levels so that it looks like stars, and the cylinders have different diameters, so that it kinda gives a 3D starfield effect... And the Camera is animated with a diagonal move (forward and upwards) while the target just moves forward...
Simple, huh? ;)

the pic actually evolved from [URL=http://members.chello.at/rubbereagle/viper_testX1.jpg]this pic I made to test my cockpit[/URL] (though without pilot and cockpitlights). I decided the engine flames needed some work, deleted all but the center ships and put a camera behind it and worked on the flames. I liked the angle so much that i added the additional ships and rendered it out.

bobo

This is a complete nit, but would exhaust from a conic nozzle be shaped that way, ending in a point, or would they continue to open out?

I thought it was the atmosphere that caused rocket exhaust to form the point.

I realize it doesn't look as cool, but it might be an interesting contrast to your typical space shot.

Still, cool pictures. More than I'll ever do. ;)

RubberEagle

well, it looks like that on the show.... ;)