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- This is an Imagine 2.0 model of the TerraHawk aircraft, from Gerry
- Anderson's "TerraHawks". It will render on a 2 meg machine with room to
- spare.
- I tried (and tried, and tried) to get the little sod to animate using the
- cycle editor, but can I get it to work? No.
- Hopefully I should be able to figure it out and upload a cycleobj, but in
- the meantime, here are some cel positions. The landing sequence runs over
- 200 cels (24 frames/sec = 8 and a bit seconds).
-
- Cel 0 - The object as it is now
-
- Cel 100 - Rotate wing group back 40 degrees (X-axis)
- Rotate body group back 30 degrees
- Rotate leg groups out 20 degrees
- Rotate lower leg groups down 50 degrees
- Align feet to horizontal
-
- At this point the feet have touched the ground
-
- Cel 125 - TerraHawk in a low to the ground crouch with the body at a 10
- degrees from the horizontal slant (Rotate the body group forward 20 degrees)
-
- Cel 200 - The body and wing alignments should be the same as cel 125 but
- the position should be higher. Arrange the legs so that they have extended
- slightly and the body has risen.
-
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- The effect of this is:-
-
- 0-4 secs : The wings tilt back and the legs extend
-
- 5 secs : The feet touch the ground
-
- 5-6 secs : The legs act as shock absorbers and bring TerraHawk into a crouch
-
- 6-8 secs : The legs extend and the body rises
-
- i.e. a sort of birdlike landing, only a damn great metal bird.
-
- The outer wings only fold down when TerraHawk is sat on the back of
- BattleHawk, which does not exist as a model (yet?).
-
-
- Now, you may have read the doc with my Aliens APC model that gave a list of
- future projects. Well, ignore it.
- I might create some of them but, not for a while. I'm still deciding what to
- do next.
-
- Coming soon....Hopefully.
-
- Incom T-65 X-Wing fighter
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- Requires 8 meg, the model is finished, but I am not 100% happy with it so
- it needs a bit of tweaking. It is very highly detailed and has landing gear.
- It also has a cockpit so you could give it a pilot if you have the
- patience/memory.
-
- Angel Interceptor
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- From Gerry Anderson's "Captain Scarlet". The Angel Interceptors were flown
- by the Angels-Symphony, Melody, Harmony, Rhapsody and Lobotomy. Ha Ha Ha.
- Incidentally, I wonder if Captain Scarlet had life insurance. I bet he could
- have made an absolute fortune.
- Coming as soon as I model the front leg.
-
- Imperial Star Destoyer
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- Two versions - The 2 meg unmapped and the knobbly 1/3 finished bloody
- enormous version.
-
- I hope you like TerraHawk. You can do what you like with it ('cept selling
- it) as long as you give me a mention as the model's creator. Oh, and keep
- the archive intact if it is distributed.
-
- Email comments to :-
-
- sce@cs.man.ac.uk
-
- or email me if you know how to make lots and lots of lovely money from the
- 3D modelling game, because I could do with it.
-
- Simon C Embley
-