MiG-15 profile

[JP Vieira]

Hello
Here is a study I made about polished metal surface aircraft.
I used the famous MiG-15 as a subject, in order to understand and develop new methods of depicting metal polished aircraft.
I will do a follow on to this one to study the depiction of weathering on aircraft with these kinds of surfaces.
All comments are most welcome.
Best regards to all


http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/JPVieira_2006/MiG-15novocopy.jpg

[Raven Gold]

From an artistic point of view, try shading the top a pale blue colour and as for weathering, a dulling of smoky shades around the intakes, exhaust and the rims of the cockpit is allways good. And below either green of brown, but very light shades. it's all about trying to get a mirror effect with shiny sufaces.

[GunBunnyInaMAB]

Or for a really shiny aircraft, a P-47 THUNDERBOLT, or how about a B-29 SUPERFORTRESS?

[Raven Gold]

Can't forget the P-51 mustang either.