Sailing (Bireme or Trireme)
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@unknownuser said:
How old are you again?
2243 then...
Only commercial ships had it because they had no rowers - like in this vieo (Lucentum - Alicante, Spain). It would have been very uncomfortable for warships since they always pulled down the mast and sails before battles and only used the oars (so manyglitchy movies )
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There's always more to this forum than just modeling. Thanks guy. Lens glare? What kind of lens did they use back then?
And that's a really hot picture. Especially for a couple hours!
Oh and if you like this sort of stuff, try out some Polynesian craft. The painter Herb Kane has done extensive research and illustration to draw from. Your picture brings his work to mind.
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Yeah, but I bet it has a built in motor as well
Never mind my being picky, Pete, you know it's just (kind of) my profession (like with Eduardo and his Doric temple)
BTW if I hadn't found SU back about 2 or 2.5 ys ago, I would already be a PhD in ancient history (darn - I would only need to finish my thesis that is kind of related to two previous theses I have already written anyway)
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where's the seadoo?
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@solo said:
Yay, let's row 52783 km in a boat wich weights 32154132 kg...
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what tools did you used to create this?/ sorry im newbie in sketchup..
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I think the main ones were subdivide and smooth and sketchyffd, both of which are plugins.
you can get subd and smooth from here ($22): http://www.smustard.com/script/SubdivideAndSmooth
and sketchyFFD (free): http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=6029&hilit=+Plugin
Apart form that im guessing it was mostly standard SU tools.
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Texture seems stones or bricks does that float?
Edited : render image is disapeared so my comment is not more available
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Solo, the whole thing about the number of rows of oars gets tricky. I think there are even references in literature to quinqueremes (SP) which would indicate five rows of oars. However, no wrecks have been found and no drawings have been found. Also no one has come up with a practical arrangement of rowers to make this possible. With five layers of oars, the guys on top would have had oars the size of trees. And oars have to be balanced so the length would have been incredible.
Maybe with carbon fiber oars we could still get there.
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Yup, true, many scholars think that (maybe already) quinqueremes but definitely more rows of oars (they might go up to more than 20 ) actually meant the number of men rowing in one section. Maybe two rows; the lower with two men and the upper with three (for handling the longer oar).
Anyway, the model is fine and that's the point here
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Ah, traveling to Ultima Thule...
Then I know the captain; Pytheas of Massilia(But then it's supposed to be a Greek ship )
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Could you render the entire Battle of Salamis at the same level of detail without crashing SU? I wonder how many polygons would be required?
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That icy render looks fantastic!! The boot himself is very good modeled.
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Very cool!
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solo that last rendering is simply amazing. its like a movie still. the modelling is great.
urgen,,, good one.
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