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      liam887
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      still cleaning and trying to figure out how to make a material to use on the main body of the helicopter


      brand-new-render.jpg

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        liam887
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        Here is the work in progress of the scene that the final render of my helicopter will be shown. Been working on it this afternoon and finish it tomorrow probably.
        I havent added real details for the interior yet and items such as the elevators are just placeholders.


        inside-hanger4.jpg


        inside-hanger11.jpg


        inside-hanger20.jpg

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          meak
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          congrats,
          i like your modelling work.
          texture,texture please ๐Ÿ˜„

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            liam887
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            lol forget textures think im going to stick with materials only and then any extra work will be done PP in photoshop!

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              GoldenFrog
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              Hi Liam

              I hear you use photoshop for your textures. I would recommend using The GIMP. It's a very handy tool, might want to give it a shot?

              Remember, great minds think alike, and fools never differ.

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                liam887
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                no photoshop is far superior to GIMP, ive been using the adobe suite since v.7 and ive recently upgraded to CS4 extended. GIMP can only do so much you need more powerful software for real editing.
                Plus I usually paint over my renders to make them look better for example:


                Untitled-1.jpg


                Head-Assemblerfor-web.jpg

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                  GoldenFrog
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                  O-oohhh...Ok. Man those models are good...

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                    liam887
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                    I would suggest upgrading to photoshop if you can, if you are a student you can get it very cheap compared to retail price.

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                      GoldenFrog
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                      @liam887 said:

                      compared to retail price.

                      Ah...key words there. ๐Ÿ˜„ The retail price is something like $1000, right? I really am only a teenager with about $300 saved up...Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't think I have enouh, or even if I do, would want to spend 3/4 of my money.

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                        liam887
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                        $250 for Photoshop CS5 thats the bargain of the century when it retails for around $1000!!!! I would get onto that straight away its a worthwhile investment.

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                          GoldenFrog
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                          Well, it's not gonna go away any time soon, so I'll try the trial first. ๐Ÿ˜„

                          I might buy it, but I'm really interested in just the 3d modeling part, not the touching up of renders. Dunno yet.

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                            liam887
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                            in that case you should think about buying this for around the same price, the complete autodesk suite
                            http://www.studica.com/Autodesk/

                            anyway did a bit more on the hanger scene just moving objects around before I start with the materials.


                            inside-hanger-28.jpg


                            inside-hanger30.jpg

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                              GoldenFrog
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                              HOW DID YOU KNOW I WAS THINKING ABOUT BUYING 3DSMAX????? XD Wow, tht IS a great deal. I was going to get the student version from Autdesk for free, but, being a homeschooled student, it's a hassle. I might buy this. Thanks very much for the link, greatly appreciated.

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                                liam887
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                                well if your interested in 3D modeling your bound to progress onto one of the big three most likley and then max and maya are the only one you can get really cheap as far as I am aware.

                                Anyway hangar mostly done, now for the hard parts making materials and filling it with light, two things I have no clue about ๐Ÿ˜ž
                                Anyway Ive flipped the roof to show the details up there.


                                hanger-bare-open.jpg


                                hanger-closer.jpg

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                                  GoldenFrog
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                                  I think I can help you with the light in your hangar. If you put a mesh on the ceiling and paint it with ies meshlight from the materials section in Kerky (Edit it to your liking) it'll light up the whole place. Or, keeping it simple, position your view (Also in Kerky) and add a spotlight.

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                                    liam887
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                                    I will try the 'ie meshlight' no use with a spotlight the hangar can only be lit by actual lightbulbs save the light that will come in from the deck above.

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                                      liam887
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                                      the lighting test is still rendering but it doesn't look like it has worked ๐Ÿ˜ž, did this in the meantime!


                                      sunrise2.jpg

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                                        GoldenFrog
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                                        That's really amazing work, mate. I love the motion blur. ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘
                                        Yeah, it'll show if it did work, at the start of the render. So you might as well terminate the render thread. I might be using the computer today so I'll test it out and see what I can do; if I get it working I'll tell you how to do it. ๐Ÿ˜„

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                                          liam887
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                                          ...


                                          Mako-Class-Medical-Corvette.jpg


                                          Marathon.jpg


                                          Mars-Sector-Shipyards.jpg


                                          ODS.jpg


                                          mobilr-repair-yard.jpg


                                          Orbital-Elevator-Station.jpg


                                          Parabola-Class-freighter.jpg


                                          Pelican-Dropship.jpg


                                          Pelican-Varients.jpg


                                          Phoenix-Class-Carrier.jpg


                                          S&R-Airship.jpg


                                          scout-frigate.jpg


                                          sector-outpost.jpg


                                          Spec-Ops-Pelican.jpg


                                          Standard-Friagte.jpg


                                          stealth-prowler.jpg


                                          Supercarrier.jpg


                                          transport.jpg

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                                            liam887
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                                            Well these are pretty old but relevant to this thread, found them while looking through my drive on Adobe Bridge. Did them years ago for a competition over on scifi meshes I think, taking sketchup up against the big boys using max and lightwave etc. I didnt win of course but it was fun. here they are anyway, concept was some sort of asteroid harvester, basically chews them up in the big grinders and processes the material in the big factory tubey thing in the back, never finished it and has been banished to the hard drive but maybe one day!

                                            Also since im going back to Uni in september ill be carrying on with my epic animation lol. This has been going on for a while (understatement its been years) but ive continued to improve over the years so things keep getting rebuilt, re drawn and re animated all the time. Anyway here are some of the models ive built all using sketchup (except for 2!). You will have to bear with me this will be a barrage of imagery im only going to post half of the models anyway and the character models are nowhere near done yet im saving them for september when I can use the goliath PC's that uni keep locked away ๐Ÿ˜„.

                                            A few are already posted in this thread im going back to delete them soon, better to have them all in one place. You can tell how my modeling's progressed the new ones are full of detail where as the old ones I would cheat by achieving detail through textures as I lacked the skills to model them,


                                            harvest-front-left.jpg


                                            new-harvester-WIp.jpg


                                            Bridge-Tower.jpg


                                            Carrier.jpg


                                            destroyer-4.jpg


                                            destroyer.jpg


                                            destroyer3.jpg


                                            destroyer5.jpg


                                            destroyer6.jpg


                                            dreadnought.jpg


                                            fleet-control.jpg


                                            Frigate-WIP.jpg


                                            Frigate-WIP2.jpg


                                            Frigate.jpg


                                            halcyon.jpg


                                            Heavy-Fighter.jpg


                                            heavy-pelican.jpg


                                            Lance-Class-Friagte.jpg


                                            Maglev.jpg


                                            Mako-Class-Corvette.jpg

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