[Hulehvalen]

Phew. Been ages since I last set foot here. But, I've picked up the hobby again, along with a Piranha. Now, I thought that the standard look is just... Dull. Doesn't look very speedy to me, nor very efficient. Sorta like an old WW2 aircraft, I guess. So I wanted to make it a tad for jet-fightery. I flipped the engines head over heels and put them quite a bit back. But enough words. Here it is:






I'm kinda stuck here, as it just feels... Unfinished. I still need to find a way to model decoy launchers, too. Any ideas? Criticism? Praises to me as your eternal Lord and Master?


I've got some bigger images too, but since I didn't feel like raping your net connections, I'll just supply the links. Warning, each image is about 2MB.
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[ShasOPeteDawg]

Thats awesome! I'm going to build all of my piranhas like that.

For decoy launchers, what about using smoke launchers?

Piet

[GeekyGator]

Damn, that looks fantastic. I might need to update my unpainted pirhanas to be more like that!

Decoy launchers, I used a few of the Firewarrior Grenades. Just paint 'em funny, and say that they open up and spit out decoy materials, like flares or scrap metal or whatever.

[Hulehvalen]

Thanks for the praise, both of you .
I'll look into getting a smoke launcher. The problem with sticking odd bits on it is that they, well, look odd. I couldn't really find something that I could fit unto it, while making it seem like it could belong there. I managed it with the targetting array on the turret, but couldn't make it work with any decoy launchers. I'll take a new look through my bitsbox. who knows, I might find the perfect piece.

A thing that is bugging me about it is the tail. It looks too open. The rest of the piranha is solid-looking, but the tail is just looking open and flimsy. Any ideas about how to solve it?

[messyart]

that is cool. it reminds me of a mini barracuda. it is certainly better than the straight built version.

[Dangerman]

That is a fantastic idea!! It certainly does look more speedy and nicer.
I may have to build my piranhas like that too.

Cheers,
Dangerman

[warriorchris]

Looks real cool. As for the back, why not make a "Tail gun" perhaps one of those hub things that go on the bottom of a HH (or where burst cannon is mounted of DF) and put a burst cannon which can wheel around, it doesn't nessercarily have to be a gun in terms of the game, but it could look cool .

[Sidstyler]

Now that is awesome. The front looks too plain though, now that the wings are on the back...I'd try to sculpt little wingtips on, make it look more like a mini barracuda. Maybe like this:



As for decoy launchers...do you really have to model those? I haven't put anything like that on my tanks...I did look at the FW upgrades, but I didn't like the look. I wonder if it'll ever be a big deal at any tournaments I go to (if any), because honestly, who shows all their tank upgrades anyway? Stuff like extra armor, daemonic possession, etc...

Well anyway, I'd make something convincing and stick it to the rear hull, or under the wings. If you wanted you could just use seeker missile bits, I remember once that someone uploaded a picture of a real decoy launcher (or something like that) and it looked exactly like the bit.



Well, it's not the launcher, but the missile looks like a seeker. :P

Not the same, but:



And this is just for inspiration, some pics a guy on ATT uploaded of his piranha:

[ForbiddenKnowledge]

Originally Posted by Hulehvalen

Phew. Been ages since I last set foot here. But, I've picked up the hobby again, along with a Piranha. Now, I thought that the standard look is just... Dull. Doesn't look very speedy to me, nor very efficient. Sorta like an old WW2 aircraft, I guess. So I wanted to make it a tad for jet-fightery. I flipped the engines head over heels and put them quite a bit back. But enough words. Here it is:
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Aw hell yes that is cool. I wish I'd made mine like that now, that is frakkin amazing.

[Iron_dragons]

Originally Posted by Sidstyler

Now that is awesome. The front looks too plain though, now that the wings are on the back...I'd try to sculpt little wingtips on, make it look more like a mini barracuda. Maybe like this:

They're called canards for reference.


Sweet, the first thing I thought when I saw it was F-15