3d still

Dennis · 26th June 2006, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by nightoftheroundtable

well I have not gotten into character designs yet. I am sorry if this is off topic but I was wondering dennis if you wouldn't mind looking at some of my work with vehicles, or transport units.

http://users.techline.com/drreed/Min...pgraded1.2.jpg
this is of my latest work. so far on my mini shuttle I have added nacelle pylons. also some Impulse engines to go with the star trek theme.

I was wondering what you thought of it.

Sure --- I think you have some very good, solid modeling skills when it comes to ships, and you have very original designs. I'm not an expert on ship designs, of course

, but what I see looks great. From the wireframes I can remember seeing, you also seem to strike a good balance between polygon count and subdivision levels --- most people getting ramped up on subdivision modeling, myself included, tend to create more polygons than they really need to get the desired shapes.

I'd love to see you focus on materials and lighting --- given good materials and lighting, you could have some absolutely fantastic renders with the base models you create.

That being said, I envy folks that are good with lighting, as I'm not great with it myself (that's part of what I hope to accomplish with my latest project, getting more experience with materials and lighting). Like many folks, I tend to focus on modeling more than mats & lights --- I'm on the path to correcting that with practise. Here are the only two rendered projects to date that I've created and have been somewhat happy with: http://supercoldmilk.com/project_stills.htm --- both came out a bit dark, and I'd love to revisit the lighting on each of these (not just for darkness, but for placement, color, intensity, falloff, etc).

captainj2410 · 26th June 2006, 02:23 PM

They still look quite good in my opinion. The juggler has a really realistic face.

nightoftheroundtable · 26th June 2006, 02:27 PM

thank you for that dennis. I do try to create some low polys when it comes to making models. and to tell you the thruth this latest project is has no subdivision to it. also for right now I am not to worry about lighting or materials. which I should be. but for right now my main focus is trying to complete the mini shuttle.

so far heres what I have accomplished.
1. I have finished the nacelle pylons which you see are attached to the small wings.
2. I have finished the impulse engines, to give it a star trek theme.
3 right now I am working on putting a rear hatch to the shuttle to make it look more realistic.
But the hatch is proving to be most difficult as it is not very symetrical in the back. but I have already found and fixed the problem.

Also on another note you said my models are orginal. I try my best to make all my models unqie. I really love and I am addicted to ac3d 6.0. so far I have discovered 36 new methods to making and manipulating my models to get certian specife results.

26th June 2006, 02:23 PM	#2
captainj2410 Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Captain's Quarters, Deck 1 USS Avenger NX-101468 Posts: 792	Re: 3d still They still look quite good in my opinion. The juggler has a really realistic face. __________________ http://jamietakahashi.deviantart.com

26th June 2006, 02:27 PM	#3
nightoftheroundtable Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: elma washington Posts: 805	Re: 3d still thank you for that dennis. I do try to create some low polys when it comes to making models. and to tell you the thruth this latest project is has no subdivision to it. also for right now I am not to worry about lighting or materials. which I should be. but for right now my main focus is trying to complete the mini shuttle. so far heres what I have accomplished. 1. I have finished the nacelle pylons which you see are attached to the small wings. 2. I have finished the impulse engines, to give it a star trek theme. 3 right now I am working on putting a rear hatch to the shuttle to make it look more realistic. But the hatch is proving to be most difficult as it is not very symetrical in the back. but I have already found and fixed the problem. Also on another note you said my models are orginal. I try my best to make all my models unqie. I really love and I am addicted to ac3d 6.0. so far I have discovered 36 new methods to making and manipulating my models to get certian specife results.