Route 66 Gas Station project
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Very nicely done, Steve. There were a lot of interesting gas stations designed and built as late as the 60s. Most designers today I think look down on them, but they all had more character, IMHO, than most of the bland cookie-cutter gas stations built today.
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@daniel said:
Very nicely done, Steve. There were a lot of interesting gas stations designed and built as late as the 60s. Most designers today I think look down on them, but they all had more character, IMHO, than most of the bland cookie-cutter gas stations built today.
Thanks Dan.
Yeah, back then they were service stations. Nowadays they're just gas dispensaries.
Remember that "ding ding" when you pulled in, and someone actually asking you what kind of gas you wanted, and would you like your windshield cleaned and oil and tires checked? And maybe a free water glass and some green stamps?
When I was growing up in a little one-stoplight town in central Ohio the Marathon station was the hangout for all us kids. Now it's a parking lot
Anyhow, still havent' decided on whether or not to do the interior of this station, but have been playing around with some stuff just in case. Here's one of them, the vintage Sun 900 diagnostics machine. Nowadays they are collector's items, and hard to find.
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It's a great model with nice details everywhere you look. I have fond memories of going to the Standard Oil gas station in my town. It was a place to solve the world's (car's) problems.
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I think I saw one of those on American Pickers or maybe it was that Restoration show.
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Thanks Rich!
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Awesome mate, photo textures mapped perfectly, you must enlighten me on how you do your mapping, is it all SU or do you export out to map?
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Pete, legislation should be passed making it a criminal offence for failing to have that model rendered.
Steve, when you learn to render I'm off!
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@hellnbak said:
Thanks Rich!
No, thank you for sharing the imagery. It's stellar.
Anyway, I wanted to force you outta hiding
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@solo said:
Awesome mate, photo textures mapped perfectly, you must enlighten me on how you do your mapping, is it all SU or do you export out to map?
Thanks Pete.
No big secrets to my texturing, just normal methods. And yes, everything is done in SU (too old and tired to learn any other programs
)@tadema said:
Steve, when you learn to render I'm off!
JohnNo worries John, by the time I learn to render supercomputers will be the size of a flea fart and rendering will be done by just thinking about it
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really detailed work! couldn't believe it was plain SU and not a rendering! how does your SU handle that model? i imagine the framerate is quite low?
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This crazy good. Render! Render!!
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