Speed Modelling Challenge #16 Kites

[remus]

This weeks topic is "kites(anything that you think will fly.)"

Closing date is september 1st at 6PM BST (GMT+1)

Rules can be found at the top of the forum.

And finally, good luck!

[David_H]

Dang. . . I hate being first.


Once again. . .delving into my childhood. I loved kites ,but what I loved even more were balsa Rubber band driven gliders. that and little army men in parachutes. . .so since anything that flies counts. . .

VOILA! the 49 cent Balsa wood airplane--that is. .. it was 49c back in 1967 or so . . .and I saved for a week to buy it and then break it in a half an hour.

[modelhead]

I just love that little flyer you made davey. I had a few myself, same vintage. They really flew quite a long way.

[mike d]

kite.jpg

kite1.jpg

[Gaieus]

Hehe. I like it.
Too bad the image is a bit low resolution.

[modelhead]

Gai you have got to enter this one!!

[Gaieus]

Not really me but Jean. He does kiting (do you say this?) regularly and even as a sport! (And now he's also back)

[modelhead]

When I was young and foolish I flew a high performance hang glider in Quebec a few times. I always stopped there on my way out to Newfoundland where all the great flying spots are. Jean and I probably crossed (flight) paths.

[David_H]

I couldn't resist. . . I just got too nostalgic. . .Of course we had to tape a quarter or something to the bottom of the army guy to create the weight.

[modelhead]

I couldn't keep the little guy untangled. great rendition!

[David_H]

actually, neither could I. He would always just fall like a rock. But we always remember things better than they were.

[boofredlay]

My daughter has a bunch of those. They work great if you shoot them out of a slingshot.

[mhtaylor]

You'll have to forgive the newbie as I've only just joined the forums but I was intrigued to try speed modeling as I usually spend hours tweaking the details of my models. I would have added tails but I didn't have enough time - I duplicated the single kite into a train like we see all time here in San Francisco at Mariana green, Ocean Beach or in the park in Berkeley by the bay. I thought it might disguise the fact that the kite I made is so simple

kite.png

kite2.png

Model: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ ... 6b91d5c8c7
Regards - Martin

[remus]

Nice model martin I use the 'make lots of copies to make it look good' trick quite often myself, a tasty little number for sure.

[modelhead]

Welcome! mhtaylor...great kites!

[boofredlay]

Nice work Martin, welcome.

Here is my attempt.

[Dylan]

A pretty simple kite and two bird components thrown in for good measure!
Added a background in SU also.

[Rich O Brien]

Hope u like it

Kite Above.jpg

Kite Below.jpg

Wireframe Kite.jpg

Kite Render.jpg

[David_H]

A real kite this time. . .

[•BTM]

<= expression on a balloon's face if it knew what would happen to it when it got high enough.

b'loon4.jpg

b'loon.2.jpg

b'loon3.jpg

Sculpt Tools were used.
edit: updated with skp.

b'loon.skp

[modelhead]

-BTM
Here's another from childhood.

[jwlyon1]

Not the most dynamic composition... but I liked the concept...
Finished modeling at around 18 minutes and messed with textures, cameras, styles, and other scene settings, looked up and my time was gone!! Setting the scene was the real pain.

The table is modeled from scratch too.

30minchallenge-kites.jpg

Enjoy!

[remus]

Times Up

Hopefully have the voting up today or tomorrow.

[David_H]

ooh. . .can't wait! It's like the Oscars!

[remus]

I always think the stuff in the oscars looks a bit rushed, but thats just me.