10 August, 2008

Nightingale: Shield

The shield is pretty close, but no cigar. After that I still need to rescale everything to look a little better. I think this mesh is actually twice the height that it should be...
...not to mention one of the fanels/funels is now out of place.... strange.

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09 August, 2008

Nightingale: Legs 2

Took forever to get the style the way it is now. In despiration, I went with the beginnings of the Qubeley legs and reformed them into the Sazabi legs -- kinda. Did some cuts and what-not in order to get it to look like some of the pics I've seen but it doesn't appear quite as streamlined yet which means I still have work to do. Topping it off with some needed detail means that I'm still far from the finish.

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06 August, 2008

Nightingale: Beam Rifle

Seems like this rifle in particular is rather boxy in most of the pictures I've seen, so it's reflected in the images below. It was either this, one of Windfalls variants, or a variation of the Gerbera's beam rifle. Up in the air on that one atm.

The legs of the MS are still kicking my arse for the time being...

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30 July, 2008

Nightingale: Legs 1

Starting on the legs using the Qubeley's upper legs for reference but I find that I'm running into issues in terms of scaling. Either the upper legs are too small or the entire MS is scaled too large (I'm thinking it's a bit of both). I'll finish the legs and see what I can do to get the scales correct.

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29 July, 2008

Nightingale: Rear Stand

Added a small stand in the rear which appears to (possibly) be landing gear. Otherwise, trying to clean up some of the mess I made of the details.

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28 July, 2008

Nightingale: Rear Fuel Tanks

Throwing them in. They looked simple enough so I gave them a go. The legs are still on the drawing board however. Still working on the odd details here and there.

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27 July, 2008

Nightingale: Tomahawk

I'm not at all sure if the Nightingale actually uses this weapon, but I'm guessing that if the Sazabi does then the Nightingale might. Otherwise, I've not done much else since I just got from camping.

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25 July, 2008

Nightingale: Funnel / Fannel 2

I've either made the bit receptacles too large or the bits too small, or the wings themselves too large. Probably the size of the bits.... Anyway, still trying to get some detail that I left off. Looking ugly for the moment.

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Nightingale: Funnel / Fannel 1

Funnel, fannel... whatever it is. Some people seem to claim it's one or another. Anyway, it's one of those "remote weapons". Starting on it, but not 100% sure of the difference between the Nightingale and Sazabi iterations. Ah, well...

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24 July, 2008

Nightingale: Verniers 1

Taking a break from the Impulse's texturing...Might as well not tiptoe around it. Got to get back to this one. Filled in a bit of detail I left out on the upper body, but some parts need to be re-scaled... the crotch booster is one, probably the waist skirt as well.

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25 May, 2008

Nightingale: AMBAC booster 2

Life is catching up to me so updates are slim. Also trying to get some textures down on a bunch of machines I left high and dry.
The boosters are "there" but they should probably be considered placeholders. I'm not done with them and it's difficult to get things right considering the shape and the pics I've used. I'm thinking that the full scale will probably be realized best when the model is completed. For now, this is the booster set.

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22 May, 2008

Nightingale: AMBAC booster 1

Took some time to figure out how to start this one, but finally just taking the plunge because I'm tired of just thinking about it.

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18 May, 2008

Nightingale: Arms

Hmmm.... in a way. They're definitely over sized so I'll have to scale them back. Needs some extra detail under the triceps for the hydraulics.

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17 May, 2008

Nightingale: Body 6

Still swiping at it. The side skirt might be ok, but the tail looks a bit too thick near the section that "attaches" to the body.

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16 May, 2008

Nightingale: Body 5

Notice that I'm going quite slow compared to what I usually do. I thought that perhaps I could substitute a modified Qubeley tail binder for that of the Nightingale, but they just don't mesh at all, so I started from scratch on the Nightingale's tail binder.

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15 May, 2008

Nightingale: Body 4

Call me dumb, but until the last few links I received in the comments I never knew the Nightingale had "sub-arms" under the skirt. So that set me back a bit. Still working on getting that "big arse". Still parts of the model that I'm unable to get details on (under some parts of the armor, etc) but it's progressing...

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14 May, 2008

Nightingale: Body 3

Yowza, still going. Getting through the crotch rocket for the waist section but doing a poorly so far. Feels like I'm coming down with another cough/cold. ugh.

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12 May, 2008

Nightingale: Body 2

This one's going to take more than what's there now to be finished. Needs more panel lining and stuff under the hood. Thus far slightly modified Neue Ziel and Zaku 2F2 parts are substituted where I am unable to identify specific areas of detail from the Nightingale pics I've found.

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11 May, 2008

Nightingale: Body 1

Neo Zeon bodies always give me trouble, and this one isn't much different. Basing this body off of one I saw on flickr that gamera baenre gave a link to.

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Nightingale: Head 2

Mmmm, not going quite like I planned, but getting there. I'll have to make the head a little longer length-wise than I have at the moment and indent some parts of the head, not to mention fix that giant fin.

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