@solo said: ....maybe even some 'Teletubby' Noooooo! Arghhhhh! Next thing someone will be saying they are "smurfy" looking. Fred

Futhermore, you can remove hidden faces from the tube in various ways. Your method is probably one of the fastest, but there is a faster way even: select the top and bottom Faces and Control/Option+Click the segments (not the connecting Edges) and Group them, Hide the Group. Triple-Click the geometry (which sits in the same position) and Erase it. Bring up Hidden Geometry (powerusers have a shortcut key for this) and UnHide the Group. Explode the Group. This may seem as more steps but believe me it will speed things up even more. Alternatively you can select the to-be-Erased Faces and then Group the selected Faces and Erase the group, as demonstrated in this video (skim the timeline to about 80% into the movie). [/quote] Holey Toledo Coen! That is the single most useful tip I've gotten. It has knocked the current #1 off it's perch - eraser+crl+click. Am I a power user yet?

@tinanne said: Robert, I'm not sure what lofting is (isn't that terrible! ) But I did push/pull the face of the log. Cutting out the windows/doors was a real pain in my hiney. Even with the anterior pains, It looks great.

Thanks Ross for the nice tips, I'll give it try.... Yeah some techniques are better demoed than said..I really don't like the taste of beer, is there are better tasting beer? I'm really looking for that... Thanks, allanx

thank you both for the comments yes there will be some green in the future. i plan to make my own 2d face-me trees the next block will have a park posted by Peter

tom, your stuff should be hung on a gallery wall! ever thought of printing them on very good thick paper and selling them? my respects to you as an artist!

nice image LAPX! try soft shadows.. will look more realistic!

Did these tonight for my brother. He has to choose the doors and he gets to build this one. [image: th_stevesstandcurved.jpg]

Great work Allan.

Yes, I will be putting the blade on some time this week when I get a free moment and I'll let it render over the weekend. I'll post an update when I have it.

There was no rendering of this image. It is just SU and some Photoshop tricks. The final skp file was only 1.8 MB. All of the trees, cars, and people were done in PS. We have a nice RPC library here and it adds a lot to the basic SU image - I think.

@unknownuser said: this is indeed something else ... very lekker mxx, very few of the forum users will understand the "very lekker" - maybe the Dutch users...

I'm totally turned on right now...

Thank you gentlemen. If only I could find the time to get into the shop to build some of this stuff.

Ah, glad to hear (it was quite a time ago when I did that so I wasn't sure I remembered well )

Thanks. The final (if we get that far) will have a background I am sure.

Good, I look forward to seeing more too!

Eric, Very nice model. I am experimenting with a technique in photoshop to make my renderings a bit more like Tina Anne Stiles at http://www.illustrationz.com This house would look pretty awesome with her technique applied. If Tina is reading this... How do you get that hand crafted look on your buildings??? If trade secrets are infringed here, I apologize. But you do some awesome work!!! --SECOND REVISION TO THIS POST-- Ok, Piranesi right?

Thanks Peter and Tinanne. The nice comments and suggestions were most appreciated. Danty

nice gidon mike d