Nice chair, Dave. I like the loon embellishment I was just commenting to my brother how dark it was this morning, it was 7:30 before it got light

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I agree with the others, great work! Post images here directly and you will get many more responses. Many people (myself included) won't always click on links to other websites without first seeing a sample of what they get to look at on the other site.

The almost finished manual. Still needs shuttle, recon drone, lifepod page and glamour shot page. http://www.comptrweb.com/3Dmodels/Cruiser_tech_manual.pdf

after texturing , it is so easy. just right click on desired surface (flat ones) and choose make unique texture, the right click again and choose edit texture, it will bring your texture to your image editing application, such as Photoshop i.e.. you can choose your image editing software using ,Window-->system preferences-->applications

You got all you need....a desire to improve and to keep trying for an image you have in mind. Keep on like that and you'll beat the machine into doing what you want.

Like the composition very much Gareth. Feels right, looks right. I find Pre sets only get you half way there. What you do after that makes the difference.

But then, your "model", as you infer, might appreciate the opportunity to assist in this project.

@unknownuser said: I sea your a boat fan (propeller ) Keep up the good work Thanks

I made gaps for the bonnet and trunk. [image: 7h0N_SimLab_154.jpg] [image: 1J5J_SimLab_155.jpg]

Thanks!

i prefer darker wood. but all in all a good project!

@chris fullmer said: Cool Phillip! Looks like you're having learning the rendering stuff. The fuzzy FOV is making it a bit difficult to really judge the quality of the material on it, but it looks like its probably pretty nice. What renderer are you using? im using Keyshot. Pretty great renderer for someone who doesn't know much about mental ray. Simple too.

Thanks, Walt. For this image I used Preset 06. It probably ran a total of 2 hours to complete. It would probably take less time if I used fewer lights. I have 5 spotlights and a point light. I'll have to look at the wood floor again. I decided to go with concrete because I figured there's enough wood.

For a vehicle that advanced you might want to get rid of the old school weaponry and move on to some state-of-the-art beam energy hardware.

Ahhhhhh.....

It's a jewelry box. I know the guy who made them. I could put you in touch with him to see if he'd still make them. I worked for him one summer when I was in Fine Art school. I bet we made about 500 jewelry boxes of various sizes. I have the one I made this drawing from. It's made of a wood called padauk which turns a beautiful dark red like this. Your wife probably does need one.

Oh that turned out nice!

It's not as good as your smiley.

Hopefully not too many