[WIP] stuff

[marcf]

Boo.



feel free to suggest changes, im still finding my way around the modelling side, and i'm not sure about prices/running cost/power


i have permission to release this one, but im going to muck around with the bogey positions first and see if i can make it shorter without making it look ugly


more uglyness, i'll try shortening it when i found out how

updated the big boy since the first pic,

sits on the tracks better, tender sits closer, animated running gear, only 1224 sprites
the running gear doesnt look as good as the ones built into the game, im still trying to figure out how to do it properly
animated gif


still looking for permission on most of them, the DD40 was made by Auran for MSTS, jthe big boys by North American Locomotive Works (MSTS content creator), and the QR2800 was made by Stew Winston for MSTS

ill add more stuff later, gotta get ready for work

[X.G.fr0sty]

Man, your a champ, what program do you use?; maybe I could help make a few, and you just render and do everything else , lols.

Is it just me, or does the DD40X have more power then the Bigboy?, because I belive it should have around twice as much as the bigboy.
But they still look cool as .

[ISA]

DD40X is/was 6,600 HP ?? and BigBoy is/was 6000 HP??
If i remember correctly! Am i right! So no big differents only like running costs or somthing!

[thompson_fan]

Looks great. Cann't wait for the Big Boy to get released.

[chevyrider]

Great stuff.
I don't know if i'm right, but placing the boogies of the DD40X more to the center of the lok, could make it look some better.
Then the front and the rear will stick out more, so the inner circle is filled up.
For the push rods of the Bigboy, now you see them move only up and down, not rotate.
Perhaps a little change of the angle in the drawing before rendering could help.
Make the angles irregular, so that they don't overlap.

[marcf]

its been done with the editing the MSTS model, im still trying to figure out how to get all the parts to move, so far i have only moved the large rod up and down, and hidden the rest


also, the prices/running costs from the pictures are from different years, the bigboys from 1940, the DD40 from 1970 and the F7 from 1949, this is why the prices are dramatically different

if someone wants to get me a realistic number for the horsepower of the big boy, go ahead

[X.G.fr0sty]

AHHHHHH; if you asked that a month ago (and if I was here), I could of givin you A LOT of detailed info on "Big boy", I even had the boiler size, and wheel span of them. ; As well as where they all are right now.

[marcf]

update


shortened to 80%

i might work on the big boy later, shorten it to 85-90 %, see how it looks
maybe muck around with the animating some more
the smoke and sounds work fine, as far as i care

[Plastikman]

i might work on the big boy later, shorten it to 85-90 %, see how it looks
maybe muck around with the animating some more
the smoke and sounds work fine, as far as i care

I tried that already, the boiler clips bad over the front bogie. I wish you better luck then I had.

[marcf]

Big boy v(something, i havent been counting)

shortened to 90%, less clipping and better animation

[Bad Hair Day]

Ooooh...

You're making me hungry!

*drools everywhere*

Although I have a question.

Are you intending to make any US freight cars to replace the LoMo ones, other than Plastikman's containers?

You know, for the real american feel.

[marcf]

i havent planned a lot right now, we'll see
i dont have a lot of content for MSTS, only had it for about a month

[Plastikman]

Ooooh...

You're making me hungry!

*drools everywhere*

Although I have a question.

Are you intending to make any US freight cars to replace the LoMo ones, other than Plastikman's containers?

You know, for the real american feel.

There are lots of american frieght cars on the way. expect to see some by next weekend. the containers were just a POC of the US set.

i have been a busy beaver last few days.

[Matloughe]

This is really good work.

I might have to download these... look great alongside a A3 Pacific, lol.

[Martin]

As I was saying I'll be interested too when I go back to Loco again (been playing too much RCT2!)

And I've voted now, cos it seems I hadn't before (voted yes of course!)

[Samo]

hell yes choo choo, those look great, keep it up