NASA: x59

Studio: Ghost Story

Originally intended to showcase NASA’s future coming ATMx system, this piece wasn’t completed due to budget constraints. A year later I decided to revisit NASA and see what I could remaster, and chose the heavily featured aircraft, yet to be tested x59 QueSST!

This was a great opportunity to rebuild the aircraft entirely within Houdini, get more accustomed to UDIMs and the Substance Painter workflow. A large part of development was creating a robust paneling HDA, using UV space to generate panels & rivets independent of source topology.

While built for animation, I won’t be able to get around to giving it the care it deserves till later this Fall. Below are some renders on a WIP set, and viewport animations of the afterburner / landing gear rig. Much more to come!