Skyraider's 3D Aviation Art

Past News

25 April 2004
Ouch, it's been a long while since the last update... but here you go! I've added three images of the North American NA-57 trainer to the Aircraft 4 gallery. I've also added wallpapers of the NA-57. A bigger update will follow in the next few months, with at least four(!) new models to be added!
The links section was also updated with new links to great websites!

PS. The NA-57 is now also featured on 3DTotal

25 August 2003
Today I've added the ASJA/SAAB Sk 14 advanced trainer to the Aircraft 4 gallery. Additionally I've added a profile render of the CA-15.

28 June 2003
After a long period of silence, finally an update again! And a fairly big one!
Firstly I am proud to announce that 3DKingdom has asked me for an interview.
Secondly I've added a new gallery: Aircraft 4. This contains a new model, the CA-15, an Australian prototype fighter from 1945. The CA-15 is featured on the cover of John Baxter's latest book: The Alternate RAAF & RAN Fleet Air Arm. I've also added a link to John Baxter's books in the links section".
Wallpapers of the CA-15 have been added too, in both 800x600 and 1024x768 pixel formats.
I have also added a link to Triple D's website to the links section. This is the homepage of Johan Franken, another 3D aviation artist from The Netherlands. His main subjects are jet aircraft from the 1970s to present day. And lastly, I have added an interactive Shockwave 3D model of the Focke-Wulf Triebflügeljäger to the Triebflügeljäger gallery.

22 February 2003
Finally! The Photo Gallery is online! So far there are five sections: Warbirds, Air Power, Helicopters, DTM Racecars and EuroGT Cars. As you can see it contains some racecars too, for variety's sake! :)
Enjoy!

30 January 2003
Sorry, no update for photos or E-Light yet. I just added a new E-Light render to the Triebflügeljäger gallery and improved an older one.
I alo added the little thumbnails above, so you can more easily navigate to the newest additions.

18 January 2003
Added a new Triebflügeljäger render to the Aircraft3 gallery, rendered with E-Light. Also I used two old low-poly tank models to test E-Light a bit, and here and here are the results.
The E-Light script itself has undergone some minor maintenance and a newer version can be downloaded now through the same link. I plan to add a few new features to it later this month.

15 January 2003
MAXScript added to the Download section!
Yep, I ventured into the world called MAXScripting, for variety's sake. I added a script for 3D Studio MAX 3/4/5 called "E-Light", short for Environment Light. It creates a dome or sphere of lights, and gives you those nice soft shadows. Colours can be controlled with a bitmap and all settings remain editable at any time, allowing great flexibility!
Go and check it out here! I hope you'll like it! Please mail me with any feedback!

8 January 2003
FINALLY an update!!! And a BIG one!
Firstly I have finally finished a new model: the bizarre "Triebflügeljäger" VTOL fighter design. I have also added wallpapers of it. Expect more images of this beast in the weeks to come!
Secondly I have added a download section with IL-2 flightsim skins and a True Type Font.
Additionally I finally added the Photos section, although there's nothing there yet - but it will come really soon now for really real! ;)
And last but not least I added a link to Tochy's website. The quality of his aviation art is stunning. Don't miss the movie "1945"!!!

11 May 2002
Replaced one of the AT-502B renders with a better one here in an attempt to achieve photorealism with a low-poly model.
Added a link to The Freedom Eagle Original Art.

Stay tuned... I will add a photo gallery soon!

24 February 2002
Improved the latest Yak-9D render and added wallpapers of it in the wallpaper section.

21 February 2002
Replaced one of the Yak-9D renders with a better one here.

14 January 2002
Replaced one of the AT-502B renders with a better one here.
Added a link to Daniel Jansson's website.

Expect bigger updates soonish! :)

10 December 2001
One of the gallery images is now featured on 3D Total in Scenes Gallery #10.

15 September 2001
Added the AT-502B low-poly game model to the Aircraft 3 gallery. Be sure to check out the Shockwave 3D model!

14 September 2001
Added two new Me P 1101 renders to the Aircraft 2 gallery.
Added one new "Valkir" render to the Team Sigma 1 gallery.
Added a new project to the W.I.P. gallery, the Focke-Wulf Ta 152 H-1.
Added a Shockwave 3D model of the Me P 1092 B to the W.I.P. gallery.
Added a few new links to the links section.
Some of these changes were made in August already, but I didn't bother to update the News section... ;)

24 July 2001
Added two new projects to the W.I.P. gallery.
First the Messerschmitt Me P 1092 B rocket fighter. I will make a fully interactive 3D model of it, with movable control surfaces and retractable landing gear.
Second a BMW Nazca M12 race car. Yes, a car and not an aircraft! Just a little experiment of mine... The idea is to make an animation with the car model.

8 July 2001
The Aircraft 3 gallery is up! It contains 3 renders of the finished Messerschmitt Me P 1079/51 model plus a fully textured interactive 3D model!

3 July 2001
First 'final' render of the Me P 1079/51 added to the wallpapers section. Expect a fully textured interactive 3D model in the "Aircraft 3" gallery soon!!! ;)

22 June 2001
Updated W.I.P. section with two pics of the Me P 1079/51 with yet unfinished textures.

20 June 2001
Added a Work-In-Progress (W.I.P.) section to the Gallery. In addition all gallery images have descriptive text and date now.

14 June 2001
I have replaced the interactive images of the tank models in the Team Sigma 2 gallery with real 3D models. Now they are bigger, much more interactive and the downloadsize has decreased dramatically. One drawback tho... you'll need the new Shockwave plugin. But I guarantee you it is worth the download!
You can still view the old ones here though:

Have fun!

31 May 2001
After 12 hours of html editing, making screenshots and resizing images, I can finally present you a new tutorial: Texturemapping 3D Aircraft. Well the title says it all, I guess.
I often get questions from people on how I texture my aircraft models. Instead of writing the same story over and over again, I decided to write a tutorial about it. It only took a 'bit' longer then expected...
If this tutorial is of any use to you, please let me know by e-mail, then at least I don't get the feeling I've been wasting my time, heh heh :)

Cheers!

Ronnie

PS. I finally decided to buy the skyraider3d.com domain name, so you can expect this site to be in existence for at least another year to come.

24 May 2001
Finally my new website is online! I wanted to get rid of the childish clouds and screaming red font ages ago - in fact the first layout was just a quick setup, but I was too lazy to change it! :)

O well, the new layout is up and running now. I will continually add and fine-tune things during the days to come, but at least I got something decent now, I hope... ;) I hope to hear any suggestions to improve it. Any feedback, comments and suggestions are welcome by e-mail. I hope you enjoy my new site. Watch out for more to come soon!

Thanks for visiting!

Ronnie Olsthoorn

PS. Wallpapers section added... ;)

Note: All animations on this site are compressed with DivX. Get the latest version here.