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Old 07-20-12, 07:41 AM   #1
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The real thing:




...and this is an HD picture of the same:
http://www.bbrclub.org/Barrage%20Bal...ssel%20adj.jpg


its american counterpart:




I think both british and US barrage balloons were silver grey in color, as shown in this other color picture:




Finally, this is a model for sell at TurboSquid:



Thanks to you, Trevally, it seems that we have just spared 60 bucks
This is the TurboSquid page with some more vies of the former model, just in case you want to get inspiration from it for adding some more detail to your creation
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Old 07-20-12, 01:15 PM   #2
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I think both british and US barrage balloons were silver grey in color, as shown in this other color picture:

Thanks Gap - I will change it to a silver colour and try and add more cables
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Old 07-20-12, 01:35 PM   #3
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will those balloons move with the wind?
or be static attacht to ships like in SHIII
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Old 07-20-12, 01:54 PM   #4
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will those balloons move with the wind?
or be static attacht to ships like in SHIII


I do not think I can do that - I am just starting to understand how to imprort them into the game - getting flash stuff like that to work may be a step to far

I have not thought where to place them yet - if I can get them looking good I will add to harbours
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Old 07-20-12, 02:51 PM   #5
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Thanks Gap - I will change it to a silver colour and try and add more cables
Good!
If you are familiar with photoshop, I think you can use the big b/w picture I've linked to my previous post as base for obtaining nice high detail textures.

I would try also adding vertical stress lines where cables are connected to the main balloon, as visible in some of the pictures and in the TurboSquid 3d model.

Besides this, imo the edges between the three parts composing each fin, look a bit too soft in your model. There is a quick setting for making edges hard in wings 3d. I am sure the same setting can be found in blender. Peraphs you can play a bit with it

Other than that, your model looks just perfect!
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Ok - I have got the stress lines showing on the balloon

Now for the cables
anyone know any tricks for this?
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Added cables





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Old 07-20-12, 06:40 PM   #8
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Added cables
Brilliant!

If possible there should be 3-4 cables per side going straight from the top of the balloon to land, as seen in the pictures.

And here's a standard size tileable texture I've created for your cables.



I's 128x128 in size, but as we are not going to see its details anyway, I think you can reduce it at your wish .
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