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      mhtaylor
      last edited by mhtaylor

      Huey
      You have to be a big old Sci-Fi geek to know this guy; Huey from Silent Running. It took quite a few hours to model him - I had some basic body dimensions from the web but I had to just guesstimate and eye-ball a lot from stills taken from the DVD. My Twilight render is still running but hopefully it will look half-decent in the morning. I've put the model here in the warehouse: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=b0375fca1aac1a3328a9ffe1f7694d3b
      Any tips or comments gratefully received.
      Regards - Martin

      The Other Martin Taylor aka: The SketchUp Fanboy

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      • pilouP Offline
        pilou
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        This movie Silent Running by Douglas Trumbull(1972) was a precursor of Wall E or R2D! β˜€
        Cool adaptation 😎
        What a suspence for the Twilightrender πŸ˜‰

        Frenchy Pilou
        Is beautiful that please without concept!
        My Little site :)

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          artysmedia
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          @mhtaylor said:

          You have to be a big old Si-Fi geek to know this guy; Huey from Silent Running.

          I like a lot the film and your model, Martin.
          Nervously waiting to see it textured πŸ˜„

          One thing i wanna make is the ship of Silent Running πŸ˜„

          Working with: Win7 64 bit OS - Core i5 - 2,27GHz and 8GB RAM

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            EscapeArtist
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            Bruce Dern: The First Eco-Terrorist πŸ˜†

            Just kidding. I actually liked that movie quite a bit, you did a great job modeling huey. Now I've got to see if I can find that movie somewhere and watch it again.

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              mhtaylor
              last edited by

              1st Render
              I left it running all night but it never got rid of the 'fairy dust' in the shadows around the light source - I don't know anything about renderring - I guess I'll have to go back to the manual and try again.

              The Other Martin Taylor aka: The SketchUp Fanboy

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                RustyShack
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                Believe it or not, I actually raised Silent Running in conversation this morning! Good luck with the render. It'll be nice to see this one progress.

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                  dolphus
                  last edited by

                  Cool great looking model well done

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                    redot
                    last edited by

                    I remember nearly crying when Bruce left the poor little fella to tend the forest.
                    Great looking render Martin and thanks for the model.

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                      mhtaylor
                      last edited by

                      Dewey
                      Here's another attempt with Twilight - without light emitting surfaces it went through the threads much quicker.

                      The Other Martin Taylor aka: The SketchUp Fanboy

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                        Durant Hapke
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                        Mh to the Taylor,

                        Rock star phantasmagoric! Those drones rule all over.

                        Put trees in orbit.

                        Durant "film is no longer" Hapke

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                        • michaliszissiouM Offline
                          michaliszissiou
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                          Really great stuff here. πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘
                          BTW I must see this movie. Thanks.

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                            mhtaylor
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                            http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2514/3906201477_e5f1a6d625_b.jpg

                            Thanks for all comments - I finished modeling the 3 different drones - here's the last one, Louie. I'm starting to understand light emitting surfaces in Twilight a little so while I am at work, my workstation at home is rendering a complicated image (4 core machine still taking 9 minutes a thread). Until then, here's the Louie: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=6e0b0bbba0c25358b573489cede05c27

                            The Other Martin Taylor aka: The SketchUp Fanboy

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                              solo
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                              Cool model, I gave it a quick go using Vue, no post work (lighting is volumetric with dust)

                              http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7762/hueyn.jpg

                              http://www.solos-art.com

                              If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                mhtaylor
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                                @solo said:

                                Cool model, I gave it a quick go using Vue, no post work (lighting is volumetric with dust)

                                That is too cool Solo - I need to learn to do that - I love how you made him lean and pick up the flower and all the grime too - so much more human than my efforts. I'm still struggling to get something half decent out of Twilight (my lack of knowledge not the tool I think); just to proove the point here's the image that cooked all day while I was at work (any suggestions on making it look less clean?):

                                http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3443/3907746897_e76b06eb7f_b.jpg

                                The Other Martin Taylor aka: The SketchUp Fanboy

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                                  Fletch
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                                  You will need to add different textures, "dirt" is a nice option in the Vue material pallette... Twilight will have this in the future.

                                  For now, you will need to add the dirt in the textures in SU... I will see what I can do, and post

                                  I looked at the model, and there's a tiny problem in the corner in the smoothing of it...easy fix. It's noticeable with the plastic materials.

                                  Also, click each material and apply a good material template instead of the "quick" templates... so choose "Plastic" or choose the metals.

                                  Also, the glass "flash bulb" needs some realistic modeling to render with real materials...

                                  Vue is great with 'faking' the materials. The material editor, and eco systems are my favorite thing about vue.

                                  Fletch
                                  Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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                                    mhtaylor
                                    last edited by

                                    @fletch said:

                                    You will need to add different textures, "dirt" is a nice option in the Vue material pallette... Twilight will have this in the future.

                                    For now, you will need to add the dirt in the textures in SU... I will see what I can do, and post

                                    I looked at the model, and there's a tiny problem in the corner in the smoothing of it...easy fix. It's noticeable with the plastic materials.

                                    Also, click each material and apply a good material template instead of the "quick" templates... so choose "Plastic" or choose the metals.

                                    Also, the glass "flash bulb" needs some realistic modeling to render with real materials...

                                    Vue is great with 'faking' the materials. The material editor, and eco systems are my favorite thing about vue.

                                    Thanks for the tips - I really should read your manual properly - I'll give them a go this weekend

                                    • Martin

                                    The Other Martin Taylor aka: The SketchUp Fanboy

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                                      Fletch
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                                      sorry haven't gotten to 'play' with this scene at all for a few days...
                                      just thought I'd say that Boofredlay posted this nice Tip/Trickat the Twilight Render forum on how to creatively use SketchUp materials for all sorts of things... I was particularly thinking about your desired for "dirt" on the robot...

                                      Fletch
                                      Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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                                        boofredlay
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                                        Aww shucks, thanks Fletch.

                                        http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                                          david_h
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                                          You know, I was going to give those a try myself back during the ROBOT speed challenge, but obviously it wouldn't have worked. I loved that movie as a kid. In fact my Architectural Thesis was a space station not unlike Freeman Lowell's Domes in Silent Running. It came out in about 1973 and was the first film that spoke about "ECOLOGY" and the dire fate of earth if we didn't take care of the planet.

                                          I loved the little Bots, Huey, Duey and Louie. .. who unfortunately got swept into space. It was like losing Bambi's Mother! 😒

                                          Anyway. . .Lowell teaches the drones how to play poker, and they try to cheat. It's pretty cool.

                                          Great models. πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘

                                          If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                                            mhtaylor
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks for the comments and suggestions - I put the rendering aside as I got sucked in to modelling the Spaceship "Valley Forge" from the same movie. I'm about half way done so give me a week or two and I'll have something to share in the warehouse other than just one of the biosphere domes: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=be91d70e92b87ddab573489cede05c27

                                            WIP Valley Forge

                                            I loved the movie as a kid but probably more for the props and special effects than anything else. I bought and watched it again a year or two ago and it does seem a little dated and heavy handed - ripe for a remake?

                                            The Other Martin Taylor aka: The SketchUp Fanboy

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