I’ve Been “Boxed”

[tuna1957]

@ntxdave Thank you sir. I’d suggest starting with simple shapes and practice the various techniques. In particular copy/array around a circle. As you get comfortable slowly add to the complexity.

[ntxdave]

@tuna1957 I have been trying that but so far am not doing very well (making me feel pretty dumb). 🤪

On thing I do have a little problem with in the videos is that he obviously enters info in the text boxes that you cannot see in the video. I will continue watching and figure things out. Maybe this is what happens as we age and are away for a while.

[tuna1957]

@ntxdave Don’t feel dumb. At least you’re trying. That’s more than a lot of people. A shame you don’t live down the street. You could drop over and see in real time how I struggle with this stuff.

[Rich O Brien]

@Box said in I’ve Been “Boxed”:

Then Dave or Rich will split the relevant post out of this one and into the new one.

@ntxdave @Box

let me know by tagging me in that new thread and I'll move this sidebar.

@tuna1957

loving these shares!

[tuna1957]

Another odd object. Experimented with a bunch of different effects for the material on the globe when rendering.

[ntxdave]

I thought I saw a video somewhere using the quad face tool plugin to draw something like a fancy btacelet but I cannot fing it anymore. Does anyone know where I can find it?
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[tuna1957]

Another odd little thing. Pulled some parts from an early practice model and ended up with this…

[tuna1957]

Dug up an old file. I’d been practicing twisting stuff. Copied out one of the rings and here’s the result. Playing around with this stuff is fun. Including a pic of the proxy.

[ntxdave]

I would like to learn more about how to do stuff like this. Here is my most recent trial/practice.

I did not use anything like FredoScale. Can you share with me how to use a tool like that to twist something? Also, did you do this with SU 2025? If so, how do you get a glass/glossy look to the interior part of you model?

[tuna1957]

@ntxdave I use SU Pro15 and 18. The finished image was rendered in Twilight. The glass has a “Flint Glass” template applied in Twilight. To my understanding even with the added PBR materials in SU25 if you want true realism your going to have to use a render software.

[Mike Amos]

Very bloudy sharp, Sir. Inspirational.

[tuna1957]

@Mike-Amos Thank you Mr. Mike

[ntxdave]

@tuna1957 OK, I just messed around with the FredoScale tool and some additional messing around with things in 2025 and here is my latest trial.

So, I think to your suggestion of the FredoScale tool and messing around I have made some more progress.

[L i am]

I love where you are heading with this, very cool stuff, you have been very boxed indeed