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    • leedeeteeL Offline
      leedeetee
      last edited by

      Hi Oli,

      Great to have you back, think we chatted a few times. Nice to see another UK-er around!

      Lee

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      • olisheaO Offline
        olishea
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        @dale said:

        I am a great believer in having as many skills as possible, and it looks like you aren't having difficulty with that judging from those pics. Do you do it all, mechanical, body and Paint?
        I also believe that you get a better outcome when you put one foot in front of the other and go where the path, and heart lead.
        Good on you Oli

        I do most of the body work but we commission an expert 3rd party for the technical OEM retrofits/electrics such as xenon headlights, integrated sat nav and media, cruise control etc..we can basically offer people original BMW extras that BMW themselves will not retrofit to their cars. The amount of people who have rang me saying "oh i really regret not specifying xenons" is unbelievable, so they come to us. I was the first person in the UK to retrofit xenons into the 1 series coupe and all other derivatives, BMW refuse to do this job for some strange reason and everyone thought it was impossible, mwahh ha ha ha! When we trade cars we also offer all the factory extras at the point of sale, so we keep our customers even when they have driven away. Also offer full drivetrain modifications, suspensions setups, limited slip differentials ( πŸ’š ), engine remapping and tuning.

        I learnt a long time ago that if you do something you enjoy you will always succeed, even just within yourself.

        oli

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        • N Offline
          notareal
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          Welcome back Oli!

          Welcome to try [Thea Render](http://www.thearender.com/), Thea support | [kerkythea.net](http://www.kerkythea.net/) -team member

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          • marked001M Offline
            marked001
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            cool stuff on the car end, Oli..if I had a way to get out of architecture (I'm working on it), I'd do it in a heartbeat. Cars are also a big interest of mine πŸ˜„ http://4amracing.com/

            i was in zermatt last year as well.. beautiful place! https://vimeo.com/22030078

            http://www.revision21vis.com

            instagram: revi21on

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            • olisheaO Offline
              olishea
              last edited by

              Hello notareal!

              I am making a new thread with some panoramic backgrounds I'm working on, check it out!

              oli

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              • soloS Offline
                solo
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                @olishea said:

                Hello notareal!

                I am making a new thread with some panoramic backgrounds I'm working on, check it out!

                Hey Oli I still use your treelines to this day,any chance of a city skyline in same way?

                http://www.solos-art.com

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

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                • olisheaO Offline
                  olishea
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                  @solo said:

                  @olishea said:

                  Hello notareal!

                  I am making a new thread with some panoramic backgrounds I'm working on, check it out!

                  Hey Oli I still use your treelines to this day,any chance of a city skyline in same way?

                  Thanks Solo it means a lot you use my resources!

                  I actually have around 30 urban lines πŸ˜‰ You can actually use them as IBL but I don't know how to convert them to be spherical....yet. I will release them all when they are SU/render friendly.

                  In thea, I use the urban/tree line as a spherical IBL (or maybe hemi, cant remember)...and then replace background with the actual urban/tree line (all within thea, does that make sense?)

                  Couple of new panoramics here:

                  http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=47347&p=423532#p423532

                  oli

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                  • olisheaO Offline
                    olishea
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                    @marked001 said:

                    cool stuff on the car end, Oli..if I had a way to get out of architecture (I'm working on it), I'd do it in a heartbeat. Cars are also a big interest of mine πŸ˜„ http://4amracing.com/

                    i was in zermatt last year as well.. beautiful place! https://vimeo.com/22030078

                    Hi Jason,

                    Yeah it's simply heaven on earth...I have hours and hours of wide angle video I need to condense so will share them eventually. Next time you are there let me know, but you are a snowboarder so I would have to ski a bit slower πŸ˜† πŸ˜‰ I used to go every year but work/life got in the way so it was amazing to finally get back there, going again in december for new year and feb/march. I'm addicted again!!

                    edit: I love your video Jason, just had time to fully enjoy it. I see you filmed with a contour HD, so handy having a bullet cam isn't it. I took my Vio POV HD and the quality is simply outstanding, even got a video from inside a helicopter over the matterhorn, I just need to edit literally 50 hours of footage!!

                    oli

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                    • S Offline
                      sonder
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                      Beautiful work on the BMW. I haven't been on here that long, but welcome back.

                      I'm a car nut by the way, so I can really appreciate your work. My avatar picture is from Rennsport reunion at Laguna Seca. It was a huge Porsche event, with just about every year of P-car racing, including several 917k cars. They also had the 918rsr on display......good fun!

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                      • holmes1977H Offline
                        holmes1977
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                        Welcome home 😍

                        Exaggeration makes a dull story better.

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                        • L Offline
                          leminilab
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                          Hey Oli,

                          I must say I'm not always very present myself on the forum but I still had noticed your absence...
                          So hopefully everything's now sorted out fine for you and well I'm glad to have fresh news: glad to see you back!

                          Take care,
                          Nicolas

                          • "Live every day as if it were your last and then some day you'll be right."
                          • "ThomThom rules!!!"
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                          • shuraS Offline
                            shura
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                            Oli, just like you I wasn't present here for a year or two, came back somewhen last week and read a lot to catch up. Now I stand here (kind of like in your footprints, if I may) resonating emotionally to your thread. Isn't this the most warmhearted community ever? Have seen some, but nothing comparable to what I find here at SCF. It's so good to see you (and all of you) back again. In the end being here frequently and learning so much from you guys in the past has given me the courage to now change to architectural and interior projects. (long story short: I got tired of showbusiness and propaganda and they got tired of me) ...can't be thankful enough.
                            btw nice cars!
                            a.

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                            • Rich O BrienR Offline
                              Rich O Brien Moderator
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                              @shura said:

                              It's so good to see you (and all of you) back again.

                              Welcome back....you've a little bit of reading to do πŸ˜‰

                              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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