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      liam887
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      Its not supposed to be realistic was just testing colors really in photoshop, that isnt a render the shadows are intentional.
      File size for the model is 8MB so far will probably be over 10 whens its done. My other helicopter was 30-40MB when finished but it had a lot of sub-division this is a lot more blocky.


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        liam887
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        Been working on this for a few days now. Its been a real bastard to model as every piece of reference models and imagery I download are slightly different. I got a 3dsmax version and one form the warehouse but the geometry is different and little bits are missing off one that appear on another.

        I managed to get some really great blueprints from the web but then they dont add up to the production stills etc Grrrr 😞.
        My solution was to create one for the USMC as it was described as in the movie, this way I get to take some artistic liberties with the design!
        This is about 40 hours in just trying to tackle the tread on the back wheels now, I was struggling with the wheel treads for ages but found a very quick and efficient method.
        Rendered in Podium although the blueprints turned out as giant purple squares so I Post pro'd them in at the end as well as the urban digital camo scheme. Still got a lot to do with details maybe another few days.

        If I can the the model under 10MB ll put in on the 3D warehouse, and if I cant I can just cut some details off I suppose and upload them in a different file.


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          liam887
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          Finished mostly, has no engine or rear section yet so no back shots for now!


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            GoldenFrog
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            Awesome! πŸ‘
            Great detail

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              liam887
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              playing with lighting in podium, my computer takes years to render so the test shots take forever! Ive added a shot of the headlamp placement but im trying to create the garage scene from the dark knight which is taking ages to render, hours and hours! I want it to look something like this:

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                liam887
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                Managed to sort out a lighting rig at last after many test renders. Instead of illuminating a plane ive illuminated rods behind a light grey sheet with an opacity of 10%. The light rods are set at 10/100 illumination in the podium settings, it worked with 8 light squares but now im attempting it with lots more, hopefully the render will work out well, im expecting it to be at least 3 or 4 hours at 800*600, if it works out ill populate the scene with the tumbler and other things and leave one overnight at a larger resolution.


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                  liam887
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                  Decided not to so a garage scene for my tumbler my crappy computer couldn't handle the render. Anyway decided to finish one of the models of my to-do list a red bull air racer!


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                    liam887
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                    Well my plane model is nearly finished just waiting on some renders and ill post up the results!
                    Thought its about time to go mental again and make a huge sketchup crashing model! Been working on it a few hours a day over a week with lots of tweaking its more complicated than it looks with all those panel lines cut into it!
                    Prizes for anybody who guesses what it is!


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                      liam887
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                      Your fishing in the right pond but no.

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                        GoldenFrog
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                        U.S.S. Enterprise?
                        http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://startrekcostumes.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/uss_enterprise.jpg&imgrefurl=http://startrekcostumes.net/blog/14/the-ships-of-star-trek-a-closer-look/&usg=__8PLIxjkm3vwP-yKgcFERFgXQXI0=&h=288&w=450&sz=30&hl=en&start=0&sig2=f0VnYnHWZnoVyokrsMmjSg&zoom=1&tbnid=Nm1Mb-t1JXK1BM;&tbnh=138&tbnw=192&ei=VxBwTJuvIcGengeNl5TTBw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Duss%2Benterprise%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D537%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch;1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=702&vpy=268&dur=64&hovh=180&hovw=281&tx=171&ty=147&oei=VxBwTJuvIcGengeNl5TTBw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=9&ved=1t;429,r;8,s;0

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                          GoldenFrog
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                          U.S.S. Reliant?

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                            liam887
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                            No I am remaking my USS Kelvin since I lost the old file in the great HD crash of yesteryear 😞
                            The last one was merely a guide for painting however this one is going to go to the extreme! Combined with Octane Renderer I am expecting major results with this one!

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                              GoldenFrog
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                              Ah-right mate! Waiting with bated breath! πŸŽ‰

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                                GoldenFrog
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                                Ah-right mate! Waiting with bated breath! πŸŽ‰
                                Absolutly love the separate panels too. How may segments in the path you used to followme the profile along?

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                                  liam887
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                                  It wasn't one continuos curve but several each with different segmentation to keep the detail and poly count consistent.

                                  After the hull was fleshed out I cut it into 16 equal parts like a 3D pizza. Saved the rotational centre-point and then deleted the other 15 segments. I then worked on the 1/16 segment, carved in the panel lines with intersection tool, duplicated and inverted it, joined together to make a larger piece (1/8). Then i duplicated it 7 times to make the saucer section.

                                  Last time I didn't do it this way, like you said I just drew a cross section and then used the follow me tool in a circle however I want this to be very smooth for some sick renders in Octane so I had to come up with this method, which I have used many times before but only when making car tires lol but its the same principal!

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                                    GoldenFrog
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                                    Ah, brilliance! Any progress?

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                                      liam887
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                                      Changed my mind, thought it would be better suited as a shield for my solar explorer model. Im going to re-design and finish that instead will be much more complicated with all the truss sections and hopefully make for a better render!

                                      Second pic is with the solar arrays in the closed/protected position behind the shield and the third with them extended.

                                      NOTE:
                                      The ring sections are just placeholders, the more I progress I replace them with functioning modules as you can see from the difference in the 1st & 3rd pic.


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                                        liam887
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                                        bit more work playing wirh the folding solar panels


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                                          GoldenFrog
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                                          Lovely! Dazzling detail too.

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                                            liam887
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                                            Thanks. Got rid of the solar arrays on the shield for now didn't like them they need a good re design. Anyway as I have been working on layers not all of them have been visible in previous renders here is everything together. The little space shuttle is just for scale its about 35% larger than the current NASA shuttle just to give a sense of scale.
                                            Just waiting till I can do it in Octane and then you will be able to see just how detailed this one is, for the moment just standard podium renders at 3076*2304px


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