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

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2007-01-17 03:57am

More bullet art from Einy.

And your paint art still seems 'different' in terms of colouring, though I still can't put my finger on why.

Atlan · Post by **Atlan** » 2007-01-17 03:47pm

Ford Prefect wrote:More bullet art from Einy. 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.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2007-01-17 04:59pm

Atlan wrote:
Ford Prefect wrote:More bullet art from Einy. 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

).

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2007-01-18 02:23am

'Borrowed' the aerospike ramp shape from one of my other missiles.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2007-01-18 07:16pm

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.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2007-01-20 01:54am

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.