It's too bad the film viewer doesn't keep track of where the defensive guns and control surfaces were..
And it's gonna kick bellybutton when we get that new lighting/self-shadowing. I think it ought to allow us to have stronger ambient lighting, even if they don't change the ambient lighting engine.
I tried to replicate this shot
For
the XVI's wiki page, but didn't have the patience to keep trying.. I can't get that same angle. And the lighting is just too dark, so you have to separately edit the plane and sky to make the details still pop out like they do on that real pic..
