VF-1S Valkyrie WIP

[Olitech Industries]

On 5/21/2022 at 4:59 PM, ScrambledValkyrie said:

Amazing work, with an incredible attention to the finest details. I wonder if Kawamori-san ever realized that his creations would draw this much dedication from the fans.

Thanks for the kind words, but there are others who have produced much, much more than I have. They are still my inspirations.

My turn to see how close I can fly to the sun. LOLOL!

[bailong]

you missed that ant crawling up the panel line...

insane details! mind blown! Amazing!

[Olitech Industries]

On 5/25/2022 at 2:33 AM, bailong said:

you missed that ant crawling up the panel line...

insane details! mind blown! Amazing!

LOL! Thank you.

[Olitech Industries]

Wiring Looms, hydraulic lines, electrical, and various new mumbo jumbo. I'm scared to IK rig the launch arm, so I'm procrastinating with cable routing. LOL!

Still way too neat and clean in there, but hopefully I can get some chaos in soon.

 

[Olitech Industries]

More stuff. Like an On Board Oxygen Generation System. And a thing that controls it.

Cuz you know, breathing is gooooooood.

[Olitech Industries]

WIP.

 

 

[Olitech Industries]

Little by little...

Once I realized the head is really an IRST system, opened up a whole world of possibilities.

By the way, thank you mr. or ms. "Somebody" for liking these!

I see you.

[Knight26]

Amazing work, seriously, and so believably done.

[Olitech Industries]

31 minutes ago, Knight26 said:

Amazing work, seriously, and so believably done.

Thanks buddy! I really appreciate that.

A lot of thought is going into the “mumbo jumbo”.

[Olitech Industries]

Finally getting to the panel lines and fasteners.

Trying to get the fasteners looking right - not yet I think. The hex bolts in the back of the head maybe need to be reversed, to hold in the laser turrets. Still working it out. 

Going for a legit IRST look. So I think there need to be hex bolts, pan head screws and round head screws, counter sunk and counterbored, respectively. Trying to locate them in the same positions as in the Studio Nue drawing details.

Edited June 22, 2022 by Olitech Industries

[Olitech Industries]

I’m attempting to translate these details to the exterior of the VF head.

 

[Olitech Industries]

A few more details. Inside and out.

Starting to put warning labels on everything because who doesn’t like more danger!

 

[Bolt]

Awesomeness!!

[Knight26]

Looking great, but I think the laser Wattage is too low.  @Seto Kaiba care to weigh in?

[Seto Kaiba]

Good lord that's pretty.

 

28 minutes ago, Knight26 said:

Looking great, but I think the laser Wattage is too low.  @Seto Kaiba care to weigh in?

The Mauler RoV-20 laser cannon is a 5,000kW (kilowatt) laser.

I have to say, I love the attention to detail here.  My inner engineer is torn over whether to keep the correct real-world classification of Class 4 from the warning placard on the side of the cannon or the fictional Class 5 from the tip of the barrel.  Class 4 is currently a catchall for anything more powerful than Class 3B (which usually tops out around 0.5W or 30mJ depending on frequency and pulse duration).  Those two labels should probably match either way, though.

Edited June 24, 2022 by Seto Kaiba

[Olitech Industries]

6 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Good lord that's pretty.

 

The Mauler RoV-20 laser cannon is a 5,000kW (kilowatt) laser.

I have to say, I love the attention to detail here.  My inner engineer is torn over whether to keep the correct real-world classification of Class 4 from the warning placard on the side of the cannon or the fictional Class 5 from the tip of the barrel.  Class 4 is currently a catchall for anything more powerful than Class 3B (which usually tops out around 0.5W or 30mJ depending on frequency and pulse duration).  Those two labels should probably match either way, though.

Exactly what i was looking for! All are just placeholders right now.

thank you!!!

[Olitech Industries]

@Seto Kaiba regarding the labels, doesn’t it make more sense that they’re different classes? Sensors/targeting lasers vs. weaponized laser?

I have no clue, so I’m asking.

[Seto Kaiba]

18 minutes ago, Olitech Industries said:

@Seto Kaiba regarding the labels, doesn’t it make more sense that they’re different classes? Sensors/targeting lasers vs. weaponized laser?

I have no clue, so I’m asking.

Based on my research into publicly-accessible military standards documents on laser safety, yes... the laser sensors would be a lower class.  Depending on type, the military-use ones are anywhere from Class 1 (eye-safe) to Class 3B (eye protection necessary to protect against direct exposure).  Guide laser oscillators are probably 3B or 3A.  LIDAR systems tend to be Class 1 or 2.

[Olitech Industries]

23 hours ago, Knight26 said:

Looking great, but I think the laser Wattage is too low.  @Seto Kaiba care to weigh in?

[Gabe Q]

Stunning work! I love all the details. I can't wait to see more progress. 

[Olitech Industries]

The past few weeks have been slow going due to RL distractions.

But i got a little further.

Clay mode to show off the modelling.

[Olitech Industries]

Now with some basic textures.

 

[pengbuzz]

2 hours ago, Olitech Industries said:

Now with some basic textures.

 

Magnificent!!! Utterly magnificent!!

[Olitech Industries]

11 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Magnificent!!! Utterly magnificent!!

Thank you sir!!!

[Bolt]

Truly impressive and outstanding. I love it !

[Olitech Industries]

16 hours ago, Bolt said:

Truly impressive and outstanding. I love it !

Thanks buddy!!!

[Olitech Industries]

Ok, back to the bodywork and panels.

I like the upper intake details from dyrl, so I made them look like the sketch.
Also got some turbines in the intakes.

Starting to feel really familiar!

[pengbuzz]

I think the DYRL upper intakes are a good call; they look more detailed and realistic.

[Olitech Industries]

Here's more from today's session.

 

[Knight26]

God dang this is gorgeous, ultimate VF-1S reference model.

[Olitech Industries]

17 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

I think the DYRL upper intakes are a good call; they look more detailed and realistic.

I totally agree!

secondly, thank you for that modified masterfile drawing that you posted at the beginning - where you widened the legs in the bottom view.

Im going to roll with that when i flip this bird over.

[Olitech Industries]

14 hours ago, Knight26 said:

God dang this is gorgeous, ultimate VF-1S reference model.

That would rock! However, i have been combining details from both tv and dyrl.

Not exactly pure canon, but every detail will be scrutinized and rendered in full glory.

[pengbuzz]

6 hours ago, Olitech Industries said:

I totally agree!

secondly, thank you for that modified masterfile drawing that you posted at the beginning - where you widened the legs in the bottom view.

Im going to roll with that when i flip this bird over.

No problem; glad to help! I wanted (and still do) this to come out as nicely as possible!

[Olitech Industries]

1 hour ago, pengbuzz said:

No problem; glad to help! I wanted (and still do) this to come out as nicely as possible!

On another note, i need help perfect hirez lineart for the tv sdf1. Orthos would be perfect.

can you help?

[pengbuzz]

5 hours ago, Olitech Industries said:

On another note, i need help perfect hirez lineart for the tv sdf1. Orthos would be perfect.

can you help?

I searched around and this is the best I could find at the moment:

 

 

It's line art from the series and not like you would find for the Master Files series; meantime, I'll see if there's anything better out there for you.