U-576 Work-in-Progress

[AndyHall]

 

Work-in-progress render of U-576, a Type VIIC U-boat found recently off the coast of North Carolina. The base NURBS model is not mine, although I cannot now recall where I got it. I am in the process of detailing, modifying and retexturing. The camouflage is speculative, based on images of U-576 published by NOAA. The boat's emblem, on the front of the conning tower, would likely have been painted out when the boat was on patrol.

Edited October 27, 2014 by AndyHall

[WackoWolf]

Beautiful work.

[AndyHall]

The camo scheme is speculative, but it's similar to documented examples. The linked B&W photos of the actual boat suggest something like this. Still looking for a more complete reference that matches the images.

 

Still have to add the weathering.

Edited October 28, 2014 by AndyHall

[AndyHall]

These look very useful -- Dougie Martindale's guides to Type VIIC flood vent holes and colors:

 

http://www.rokket.biz/modelsweb/rokket/u557/images/flood_patterns_dm.pdf

 

http://www.rokket.biz/modelsweb/rokket/u557/images/uboat_colours.pdf

 

From here:

 

http://www.rokket.biz/modelsweb/rokket/u557/ubrass.shtml

 

This is the boat with the two main colors replaced with two from Martindale's guide, Dunkelgrau 51 and Schiffsbodenfarb III Grau. I don't like it as much.

 

 

Back to this:

 

Edited October 29, 2014 by AndyHall

[AndyHall]

Starting with a new hull.

 

Edited November 2, 2014 by AndyHall

[hexnut]

Looks nice, what software are you using for modeling and rendering ?

[AndyHall]

Rhinoceros for modeling, Flamingo for rendering.

[hexnut]

Cool. That's what I work in myself, although I usually use keyshot for rendering over the last couple of years. 

 

Did you use Poser for the figures, or did you model them yourself with meshes?

 

The beads on the plating look really nice. did you model them, or do them with a bump map?

[AndyHall]

Those are done with a bump map. I'm going to be redoing that, as well.

[AndyHall]

Did you use Poser for the figures, or did you model them yourself with meshes?

I do use Poser, but not in this case. For projects like this, I usually use a set of (very-low-res) ship's crew meshes bought from Turbosquid. I use them mainly to give an idea of scale.

Edited February 6, 2015 by AndyHall