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Original Title: Utvandrarna Based on the book by Vilhelm Moberg (published in 1949) depicting a few people emigrating from Sweden to the United States in the 1840 - early 1850. Haven't seen the movie, but judging from the VFX below, I really do want to see it.

Dang it, if it wasn't for Cerbera, I'd be done with this model by now. It wouldn't be any good, but I'd be done. Haha. I must have reworked this wing half dozen times now and it still isn't right. After reworking 3-4 times with a lot of point moving and such, I finally sat down and watched a couple hours of modeling lessons. That really helped. I went back and attacked this with a completely different approach. I got the basic wing done in about 20 minutes, with what I think was pretty good poly flow. The cone taper stumped me for some time and I finally put a cone in that section and moved points until the polys lined up with the cone. I know there is a better way, I just don't know what it is. The rear edge is still quite thick and whenever I try to taper the top of the wing from front to back so the rear edge is thinner, I get bumps on the top polys near the rounded engine compartment. I'm also not sure I'll be able to connect the wing to the nose section, which means I'll probably have to start from scratch at least one more time. I also know that I have a couple of complex poles on the leading edge of the wing. I'm not sure what to do about those. The back engine exhaust is messy because I only have the one reference image. So, I have to make it the way I think it might be. This exhaust section also makes it difficult to then the rear edge in the way I'd like to. Once the wing is good, I had planned to extend it to complete the body of the ship. Before I do that, I'll watch some more lessons. I don't know why it's so difficult for me to think this through. I never expected this model to take this long. Lol. It looked so simple. I uploaded a project file with several iterations and annotations on each so that you might see my progression. I really appreciate any feedback, even if it is to say; "Just give up, you're not meant to model". Lol. ship_wing_progress.c4d

@Igor Thanks for the info. Though I'd wish there were some other plan than a Wiki. From very few exceptions I have not yet seen any functional Wiki, which did not degrade to a ridiculous mess within a very short amount of time. Usually the time needed to maintain a Wiki properly does not and can not be invested. No single person will be able to accomplish, what the community will not provide (and communities provide only the interesting stuff usually). A Wiki without maintenance usually falls apart quicker than Maxon can say subscription... For me such threads in combination with a few tags (already there) and a working forum search (also already there) would be enough. Anyway, thanks for the info.

Over the years, I have collected art books to be used for inspiration, ideas, etc. Now, my love for science fiction and VFX "behind the scenes" topics have therefore filled my bookcase with tons of "Making of...." or the "The Art of...." type of coffee table books published over the last 40 years. Books such as these are always at the top of my Christmas wish list. Last Christmas my kids both chipped in an got me this book which interestingly enough was published in November, 2020 but was back ordered and so I did not get it until May 4th, 2021....which is kind of ironic. This book is numbered in terms of its printing, so not sure if that makes it a collector's item. I did not think anything would ever beat that present, but my wife absolutely stunned me this Christmas with this gift: Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie She was not looking for it....rather she just found it. Normally, $250 from Amazon but reduced to $166, she found it (brand new and still shrink wrapped) for $50 at Homesense --- a furniture store!!!!. She did not know who Ralph Mcquarrie was or the influence he has had on sci-fi art, but instinctively knew that it would not be there for long. So, she bought it thinking that it could always be returned later if it was a complete miss. Not!!! Morale of the story: Next time your significant other wants you to go furniture shopping with her, it may not be all that bad of an idea!!! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas filled with warm memories and a few unexpected surprises. Dave

aboard! We have few Bjoerns already 😉