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Epic Victory Jet screenshots; sooooon........

pilottj said:
lol I love the internet...after a bit of searching, it was the Gulfstream Peregrine. It apparently had connection to the Hustler 500, which might be a plane worthy of Piglet's attention. :)
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Very nice jet! I have never seen that. Looks like a Falon with 2 of the nacelles missing. I guess the Falcon is slightly bigger though.

Could you imagine that turboprop and jet combo? Man... That would be wild....


Moses,

That looks like 7 of 9 in the back seat of that second link for the Hustler.



How fast does this thing go?

ryanbatc
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Thats a good question. I still havent been able to get an answer from the test pilot on that and fuel pressure, lol.. I am trying to get in contact with the owner of a Victory now.

She will not be a rocket, but she is not slow. She will not get near Sonic, but she will be able to cruise quite nicely. Remember, she is much smaller then a Epic LT, and pure carbon fiber airframe. It weighs nothing and is short one seat (5 passenger including pilot). So top end cruise will be much higher then the Epic LT at high atmosphere. At low atmosphere you have speed and VNE restrictions. Thick air is too much on the wings.


Bill
 
Bill,
I like the metallic paint effect you show up top here. I tried it once with a repaint I did for the Falcon 7x from PAD. I added a slight noise filter to the alpha and the effect was similar to what I see in yours. Is that how you get your effect as well?:salute:
 
Hey Ed,

Affirmative. Just noise. Its hard to replicate exact colors though unless you use a constant 'swatch' that has no noise in it, otherwise, your wings and other parts will never match. So keep a swatch on a lone area on a texture sheet, then use that to fill with, then add noise.

Also, I add my noise only to the top area, not the Alpha. That way, the reflection zones are constant and one wave accross a surface instead of etchy. Thats my own desired effects though. (Like a clearcoat, its one glossy texture instead of bumpy).
 
Now this is cool....

The 'economy' version.


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Even has brakes and an actual tubine engine.


Bill
 
Thanks guys.



Here is the paint scheme for the factory Epic Victory prototype, N370EV.

Echo Victor sported the shiny chrome N-number registry like its sister ship, the Epic LT. It has a two tone stripe that goes down the sides like little waves that start razor sharp and get huge near the tail.

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Do you guys think I should drop those little round disc access covers on the rudder? Do they stand out bad, or are they enhancing the surface details?




Bill
 
maybe just tone down the shadowing on those access covers. its nice to see that they are there, tho are they in fact bulging peices or just flat plate type pieces? Looking great Bill :)
 
Lionheart said:
Do you guys think I should drop those little round disc access covers on the rudder? Do they stand out bad, or are they enhancing the surface details?
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Hard to tell from a single screenshot, but they do seem to stand out a bit too much; like they are on top of the fuselage and rudder.
 
Looking great Bill!
I think the little bit of detail on the tail is good adding some detail to a really smooth finish.
 
hubba hubba! is it legal to sleep with an aircraft if it is order me a new bed for my paint hangar, i'm sure once this is out my paint hangar will be awash with colours, mostly blue from me swearing at myself for not being able to do what i want to do :icon_lol:

Bill, fantastic work as always, this is one of them aircraft that reaches out from the screen grabs you by the collar and hauls you in, she's a beauty!
 
Thanks guys.

I think I might delete those little covers. The real plane, in photos, appears to use 'flush' doors, not actual dish covers like I am portraying. The more I look at them, the more they detract from the plane. If it were from the 50's or earlier, they would look proper, or under the wing of a big aluminum plane.

I'll still have the lines of the doors in the graphics, but the mesh area will have to be taken out.


Bill
 
Best looking GA plane in the air?

Bill

This is another beautiful plane. The LT could loose the title of best looking GA plane in the air (FS air).

Are there any special effects you think we should know about; rain, ice, jet exhaust?

If there is that would be icing on the cake.... cant wait!! :jump:

thanks again for what looks like a great add-on.
Chuck

PS: great new shots on your web site. I think you may have an incorrect link on the last panel shot though. I think you link to one twice.
 
clmooring said:
Bill
Are there any special effects you think we should know about; rain, ice, jet exhaust?

If there is that would be icing on the cake.... cant wait!! :jump:
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Thanks Chuck for the kind words.

Only a vapory looking jet exhaust. Thats about it. My special effects have always backfired. I need to probably bring in an expert that can do amazing effects. I always have ideas for them, but when it comes to code, its like trying to paint in braille for me... (if that makes sense).


clmooring said:
PS: great new shots on your web site. I think you may have an incorrect link on the last panel shot though. I think you link to one twice.
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Roger that. Thanks for the heads up. I'll check that now.

EDIT: Link now fixed.


Bill
 
hehe yeah she is a beauty, for most beautiful GA craft for me its a tossup between the Duke and the Dynasty...figures both type names refer to royalty :) This Victory might take the cake, however when the Turbo Duke is released it will be a tossup again. :jump:
 
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