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    • CoreMaster110C Offline
      CoreMaster110
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      WOW that looks nice πŸ˜„ πŸ‘

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        Ollo81
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        Looks very good πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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          liam887
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          @tomislavm said:

          Beautiful!
          Wher is the rotor!

          I can work quick but not that quick lol! haven't got round to that yet!

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            liam887
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            Happy Christmas...


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            • massimoM Offline
              massimo Moderator
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              To you too...and very nice model. πŸ‘

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                liam887
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                @massimo said:

                To you too...and very nice model. πŸ‘

                thanks, if I can render this at 10% of the level of your cups model it will be even better. Ignore the rotor assembly its still very much a WIP as well as many other parts. The refueling boom retracts but I have left it extended for the shot. Started work on the cargo area, have just finished roughing out some doors.


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                • FrederikF Offline
                  Frederik
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                  Really nice, Liam...
                  But you seem to have an issue with the geometry...
                  In some places it loos as if the surface isn't smooth...
                  How does it look in SU...??
                  I would assume that you can eliminate it completely from the renders...

                  Cheers
                  Kim Frederik

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                    notareal
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                    Some smoothing issues indeed. Are you using latest Thea RV446 http://www.thearender.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=1849 as it does handle terminator artifacts fairly well. If smoothing is not exported correctly from SU (for my understanding it should export just fine when default SU smoothing is used), you could give 30 degrees geometry smoothing inside Thea.

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                    • massimoM Offline
                      massimo Moderator
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                      @unknownuser said:

                      if I can render this at 10% of the level of your cups model it will be even better

                      Maybe...And if I can model at 10% something like your helicopter I would be pretty happy. πŸ˜‰

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                        liam887
                        last edited by

                        @frederik said:

                        Really nice, Liam...
                        But you seem to have an issue with the geometry...
                        In some places it loos as if the surface isn't smooth...
                        How does it look in SU...??
                        I would assume that you can eliminate it completely from the renders...

                        yeah its not a problem, parts of the model with issues are just parts im still working on πŸ˜„

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                          meak
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                          I've always admired your work. β˜€
                          small details, and the general impression of reality.

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                            TonyLloyd
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                            That is beautiful πŸ˜„ I like the nod to Weyland-Yutani in the title bar too πŸ˜„
                            Is this going to be released into the public domain ? I'm trying to build a radio-controlled version of the Samson, but my draughting skills are severely lacking and trying to find good quality images from which to take dimensions is proving harder than I thought.

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                              liam887
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                              I will release it eventually when its finished but in the meantime I could make some orthographic plans for you to work with if you want? I thought about making a RC version but I dont have the skills for a dual ducted fan model. I have a scale spitfire its pretty big with an 6ft wingspan but not finished as I havent had any spare change to buy a two stroke engine of multi channel RC controller those things are expensive 😲 so its on ice in the attic for now, good luck with it however! Contact me via email if you want to sort out some scale plans liamk887@gmail.com. Here are some simple orthos of the basic shape if they are any help.

                              More work on the samson, have replaced the rocket launchers with extra tanks for more fuel as this version will probably be a search and rescue so no need for weapons.


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                                solo
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                                Ooooh! these are great, screaming for a Thea render.

                                If you have not got the time...I do (hint). πŸ˜‰

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                                  liam887
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                                  Here are some shots of the other two helicopters for some scale comparison. I have stripped out the interiors and tiny details from all three (thank god for layers) to make the file smaller do they all fit on the screen at once without melting the computer.
                                  Im going to do some illustrative renders like I did for the batman tumbler http://liam887.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/final-shot1.jpg
                                  but the newest version of the search and rescue will have the full works in Thea. I only have access to my laptop right now so dont expect anything special ill probably just be playing with materials and lighting for the next few weeks.


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                                    liam887
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                                    Yeah I was eventually going to be cheeky and just ask you to do it for me lol πŸ˜† and them make a background in vue

                                    Its still got a lot of work to do but im making a test model for thea, basically stripping the interior and closing the doors and windows and using the lighter model to test materials and environments on my already strained laptop. Ill email you the file next week will have finished it by then.
                                    I also need to update my Thea im about two releases behind doh!

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                                      solo
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                                      Sounds great, I'm game.

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                                        jimi james
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                                        Nice work on the different versions of the Samson. I'm not sure which one I like best, but they're all pretty cool.


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                                          dolphus
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                                          Can't wait to see the Liam /Solo colaboration on a faboulous chopper exelent work liam πŸ‘

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                                            liam887
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                                            @dolphus said:

                                            Can't wait to see the Liam /Solo colaboration on a faboulous chopper exelent work liam πŸ‘

                                            me neither! although NYE celebrations have set me back weeks I lost a lot of grey matter last night πŸ˜’

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