Hello everyone, it's been a while since I've been around...

Anyway, our fire department just purchased a semi-used Pierce Dash Rescue Engine and currently the engine is red with another departments lettering on it. I was asked to put together some views of the engine in our coloring, but blank for the purchasing committee to add our logo, etc. to the model.

@solo said:

I believe sub-divide and smooth and sandbox tools is good enough for a snow scene.

Rendered with Vue 7inf

very nice! def inspiration!

@solo said:

I am not sure a ruby would work right, unless ut's coupled with some sort of randomizing algorithm as snow does not accumulate evenly, and on steeper surfaces it won't gather.

I had a quick go at using sub-smooth on a few horizontal surfaces of a stock wooden fence to give an illusion of snow, I think it works fine.

then rendered it with vue.

WOW! very nice, I'm new to the sub-smooth thingy so I may have to mess around with that... so far that is very impressive...

Thanks guys!

to bringing it out to MN

I think I'm just going to wing it...

Perhaps if I get a chance I'll share my progress.

Is there any type of Snow ruby? I'm trying to add about 12" of snow on a building and landscape (farmhouse and barn)...

Is there anyway to do this?

@unknownuser said:

Great to see you posting again CADken, it has been a while.

What is the intended use for this cabin?
Rendered in Podium I presume?

it has been a while, that's for the warm welcome back! I wish I could model more with SU, but it's finding the time

the intended use for this cabin is just to serve as a simple living space... it has three rooms which are small, but only intended for up to 2 people.

• Kitchen* Bed/Bath Combo* Living Area

Right now this is the "shell" of the building, for some reason I was intent on completely the outside, then work my way indoors.

I am using SU and Kerkythea

This is for a competition on an AutoCAD forum, I suggested/created the competition, so I am unable to participate in it. Here is just an idea I've been messing around with... having a bit of trouble applying the wood texture to the logs, but anyway...

Here's some of my recent work/ideas:

WOW! very cool!

you have a lot going on in the final renderings, the text kinda steals away from the "art" of the car...

i like your concepts tho, very cool and futuristic...

by the way, what is the emblem?

@mike lucey said:

Hi CADken,

I suggest that you keep the two types of work separate
as they don't really mix.

Design a NEW site for the House Modeling and improve
the Fire Engine site and leave it dedicated to this
work.

I am attaching some comments that might help to get you
on the right track. You have all the information there,
its just a little difficult to read.

Mike

Thanks you very much for the input! The site suggestions are very helpful and are very much appreciated. I recently "edited" out a lot of text on the "home" page as I thought it was cluttered and I haven't had the time to fix it up (hence all the "dead space").

I will take your suggestions and I will most likely use/follow all of them as they are a fresh look to my site's current condition.

Again, thank you for taking the time to check it out and offer some much needed input!