Mil Mi-24A Krokodil

[wolfbite 8]

That is awesome.... Great work so far man!!

[abs 2]

That last picture looks amazing! Great work!

Abs

[soul_assassin 1750]

very awesome :)

[rksl-rock 1301]

That does looks bloody good!

[Laqueesha 474]

The normal mapping looks good; love the way the light reflects off of it.

[nodunit 397]

Definately with the others, the bird is looking very good.

[Gedis 0]

your hinds made me watch Red Dawn again >.<

[instagoat 133]

This thing rocks. Wonderful to see how it keeps on coming together: the process alone is a joy to watch.

Once it´s finished, it´ll be superb I´m sure!

[CameronMcDonald 146]

That's awesome! A Takistan-painted version would be excellent too. :)

Great work, brohemian.

[pathetic_berserker 4]

That's awesome! A Takistan-painted version would be excellent too. :)

Great work, brohemian.

Well it's on the cards ,but nothing more just yet. I was thinking of basing it on the Afgan one wich is kind of bonkas but my refernces are kind of poor.

Re the 2nd pic and the 31st pic in this line up.

http://sites.google.com/site/stingraysheligalleries/mi-24a-hind-a-plus-preproduction-models

I think I've only 2 other references to the colour scheme. Its basicaly the standard desert one, oversprayed with cheap green paint, then sprayed grafitti style with grey and yellow. I say cheap because I think one of my other references shows an operational pic but the paint is already wearing.

And thanks for the kind words all. Its great to get this kind of feed back from folks whose work I've admired and been in awe of in the past.

And I'll throw another thanks out to Ericm and Rock who provided a base for me to cut some pretty big corners off the work load.

[Black Cat 10]

Could you possibly do any of these later on?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Early_Hind_series.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/Later_Hind_series.png

Specifically the Mi-24B with the Fenestron, Mi-24VD with the rear mounted turret, and delta-x tail rotor Mi-24VP.

Edited July 27, 2011 by Black Cat

[gossamersolid 155]

Could you possibly do any of these later on?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Early_Hind_series.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/Late_Hind_series.png

Specifically the Mi-24B with the Fenestron, Mi-24VD with the rear mounted turret, and delta-x tail rotor Mi-24VP.

Second picture isn't a valid link.

[wolfbite 8]

Fenetron wasnt any good for a vehicle of the hinds weight class and the tail gun was cut becaus it offset the weight badly and wasnt deemed particuarly effective....

Upgraded hind is cool though :P

[Black Cat 10]

Fenetron wasnt any good for a vehicle of the hinds weight class and the tail gun was cut becaus it offset the weight badly and wasnt deemed particuarly effective....

Upgraded hind is cool though :P

The VP that was just the prototype, the production version, VM had the Delta-x Tail rotor and also the Mi-28 main rotor.

[roberthammer 582]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/Later_Hind_series.png

delta X tail rotor is used on newest modern Hinds

[Black Cat 10]

Fenetron wasnt any good for a vehicle of the hinds weight class and the tail gun was cut becaus it offset the weight badly and wasnt deemed particuarly effective....

Upgraded hind is cool though :P

The VP? That was just the prototype, the production version, VM had the Delta-x Tail rotor and also the Mi-28 main rotor.

[wolfbite 8]

I've read Russian army is upgrading hinds to have the new wings, scissor tails and Mi-28 rotors.... And later to be upgraded to have all weather systems fitted..

I think we're agreeing lol... Anyway I think I'm going offtopic....

Any chance of some screens from the cockpit beserker?

[pathetic_berserker 4]

As requested, not much to show really, but I had them anyway as a collection of images I took as a priliminary bug hunt. I havn't included the proper pilot Lod yet so you'll have to use your imagination a bit still.

As for other versions beyond Russia's final production model? Nothing confirmed but have left stuff in place to ensure relative ease in making both the early production model (with the tail rotor on the right) and a later export version with engine filters.

[kremator 1065]

Looking good !

[wolfbite 8]

Dude thats fantastic... great work!

[CameronMcDonald 146]

\m/ Nicely.

[spooky lynx 73]

Very glad to see this warbird!

[Black Cat 10]

I can't wait to see this in action!

EDIT: Look at this: http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=63079

Edited July 28, 2011 by Black Cat

[icebreakr 3159]

This unit is 1000x better than any sci-fi stuff coming in 2012 :)

[upredictable 10]

This unit is 1000x better than any sci-fi stuff coming in 2012 :)

KLAP!KLAP!KALP!Touché!!!:)