Valley Forge: Spaceship from 70's Movie "Silent Running"
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Taff - I have incorporated your greenhouse domes and fuel cells into the model now. It's still in the same place on the warehouse: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=846f837ba72374c7932c511df6d2aa45 LMK what you think.
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Here' a quick render from the Twilight plugin with the new domes - unfortunately I didn't get all the materials right for some reason.
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Nice Twilight render, Martin. That was quick (and, I hope, painless?)
I looked over your model, and particularly like scene 4 (but I'm geodesically biased.) I changed some of the SU view settings, to display the "copper" cables:
It would be nice to be able to render a photo-realistic image that produces the "glint" from the dome frame, as in some of the movie stills, but I don't think that render engines are implemented to provide reflections from "edges." (The outer copper cables, in my model, are just edges, and it's my understanding that render engines are set-up to render faces.)
I suspect, that nowadays, this movie prop would never have been built, as CGI would be employed, instead. Gone are those days, not so long ago....
-Taff
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Great thread...
Im a huge fan of this ship. Im in the process of building a kit of this ship using another mesh.
If you looking for info on this ship contact me.
Once again Great work.
T
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18 months! don't worry man I share your pain sometimes I don't think my Avatar helicopter will ever be finished haha!
Good work, excellent model, what size is it coming in at? ill download it when my new computer finally gets delivered, might download it on Wednesday to the work computer on my dinner if i have time.
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