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[Hypersonic MSPaint!] Boredom Strikes like a Railgun Shell..

Posted: 2007-01-17 02:53am
by Einhander Sn0m4n
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Posted: 2007-01-17 03:57am
by Ford Prefect
More bullet art from Einy. :D And your paint art still seems 'different' in terms of colouring, though I still can't put my finger on why.

Posted: 2007-01-17 03:47pm
by Atlan
Ford Prefect wrote:More bullet art from Einy. :D And your paint art still seems 'different' in terms of colouring, though I still can't put my finger on why.
Easy. He's using white/very light colored lines, instead of black ones in his drawings. It gives a very different contrast.

Posted: 2007-01-17 04:59pm
by Einhander Sn0m4n
Atlan wrote:
Ford Prefect wrote:More bullet art from Einy. :D And your paint art still seems 'different' in terms of colouring, though I still can't put my finger on why.
Easy. He's using white/very light colored lines, instead of black ones in his drawings. It gives a very different contrast.
I also make the outline of components (such as the ceramic LE TPS, nosecone, and other high-heat areas) around 50% lighter than their fill colors, giving a more 'natural' look while still maintaining schematic accuracy. I usually also like making the background black or transparent as well.

And yes, those blue and gold bits at each fin's TE are air rudders. I'm thinking of installing an aerospike rocket in the base as well (yes I like aerospikes due not only to their wonderfully flat efficiency curve over wildly variable flow conditions, but because they look fucking awesome :)).

Posted: 2007-01-18 02:23am
by Einhander Sn0m4n
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'Borrowed' the aerospike ramp shape from one of my other missiles.

Posted: 2007-01-18 07:16pm
by Einhander Sn0m4n
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Added (very small) all-moving canards, thickened main fins' high-level LE TPS, and revised the guidance rudders, adding more low-level TPS and increasing high-level TPS area.

Posted: 2007-01-20 01:54am
by Einhander Sn0m4n
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MAJOR UPDATE: Completed two-piece sabot/railgun armature. Center view is cross section through XY-plane of sabot. Right view is external view. Note the bore design is SQUARE. Calibre is 155mm.