Blue Balls

SketchUpNoobie · 3 Dec 2010, 23:00

@unknownuser said:

That's a load of balls Pete!

Nice render though Pete.

Edit: Hmmm. There's no one in the reflection taking a picture or anything.

boofredlay · 3 Dec 2010, 23:55

Nice rendering Pete. You sure do have a lot of balls. Mine are 3'-9" in diameter however. How big are your balls?

solo · 4 Dec 2010, 00:53

My balls are huge!!

jeff hammond · 4 Dec 2010, 00:57

was wondering if the thread was deleted or something by nah, it's still there
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=18668

boofredlay · 4 Dec 2010, 04:04

Ok Pete, you win again

SketchUpNoobie · 4 Dec 2010, 13:07

May I ask a serious question? Why would one model his bal-, er, ornaments so large. Seriously though. I would like to know what is the advantage to having larger-than-life models. Would someone please enlighten me.

solo · 4 Dec 2010, 13:19

John, I jest, I shrunk the person.

SketchUpNoobie · 4 Dec 2010, 13:27

So they are really about 2"-3" in diameter? Gotcha'.

boofredlay · 4 Dec 2010, 14:24

Actually I did draw mine over 3 feet in diameter. I wanted to have a real smooth mesh and when you draw small objects sometimes SketchUp cannot fill in the polygons. Sometimes it is better to model large then scale it down, sometimes.

SketchUpNoobie · 4 Dec 2010, 15:06

Ooooohhh K. Now I get it. Thanks.

mitcorb · 4 Dec 2010, 15:17

An unfortunate workaround in my opinion.
Units are arbitrary measures.
You could conceivably set inches at 100 times what Sketchup has it set. Same with metric.

olishea · 4 Dec 2010, 21:27

cool eric, tinsel looks great! i think ball would look even better with a coloured mirror finish and a night-time city hdri. merry christmas!

lots of free ones here http://www.smartibl.com/sibl/archive.html

notareal · 5 Dec 2010, 18:10

Eric, that tinsel is great. Maybe some "bold" material like http://www.thearender.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=30463#p30463 could fit in scene too.

boofredlay · 5 Dec 2010, 19:12

Wow, I never knew about those textures. Thanks.

boofredlay · 6 Dec 2010, 15:40

As promised Here is the published tutorial

troyhome · 7 Dec 2010, 18:10

Great project and very helpful tutorial!! thanks so much

Vicspa · 7 Dec 2010, 21:21

I followed your publication Boofredlay, eveythings works just fine except that the tops of my fur comes out pointy instead of square as your sample. where am I going wrong?

boofredlay · 8 Dec 2010, 00:53

Nothing if you selected "fur_instance" in the "Make by Component" field. This makes the "blades" a component. Now all you have to do is edit that component and make it look like you want. In my case I just squared off the end and made the whole blade just one face.

boofredlay · 8 Dec 2010, 00:58

@unknownuser said:

As lovely as they are I would like to see SU output too, if possible?

Here you go Rich.

Here are some views, one with the whole setup and another with just one piece of garland along with the ball. I changed the background to red so it shows up better.