Best posts made by Gus R

@Mike-Amos Looks great except I'm not sure about the psychedelic utility pole and the power supply going into the front of the house and porch.

Other than maybe adding a few more minor details I'm close to done short of updating the truck. This is my first try more or less of adding weathering using decals and even picked up some nice image to use for decals over at Quixel Bridge.

@Rich-O-Brien I've tried putting in cars in a few renderings before and it's always "lose the car." Same thing with a gas meter I modeled.

@alvis Thanks!

This needs Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges on the scene. This model is my hot property in my imaginary movie studio.

@Mike-Amos said in The Larner:

@L-i-am

Agreed, has atmosphere and I look for that more than geometrical perfection.

Thanks. The cut grass looked ugly so I went with some wild grass and a meadow scatter with a trail leading to the back. I think weathering of any sort is key. Now it looks like some old guy or gal lives there.

@Gus-R Couple of clay models of the Flexicoil trucks. Older one is on top.

@Rich-O-Brien How about... this one?

The 57 Chevy is from 3D Warehouse. Modeler unknown.

@L-i-am I thought about that but so far it would have to be a skp file. I've tried exporting obj and dae but it crashes Blender. Same with an fbx export from SU to Blender. The SimLab fbx exporter worked but it imports the model as an object in Blender with no edit options as well as having these random dashed projected lines ending with a target at the end. I suppose that could work but it would require troubleshooting the object and projecting lines issue. I say this because I would assume that selling the model on say CGTrader would require at least having an fbx and blend file available alongside the skp.

Some different materials, grass, brick edging on sidewalk. Rendered in 18K and sized down. No AI Enhancer. Materials are from Megascans and put together with Quixel Mixer which is pretty easy. D5 Render has PBR importing.

@Rich-O-Brien Thanks rich. It started when I was a kid. The detailing that is. There's a sort of brutalism to heavy freight components. There's also a lot of engineering and physics involved although not in drawing this up. Including a lot of metal levers and chains and early computers for the operating system, remote locomotives, radios, etc.

@Rich-O-Brien Thanks, Rich. I don't know if you remember but this was my first post on it back in 2009, "1962 Fender Stratocaster Body". Then I went dormant for several years. All of those were rendered in Kerkythea.

@Bryan-K Thanks Bryan.

Exciting new update. These are the mechanical bones of the braking system. Of course I had to be off by 10 degrees with the fulcrum bracket. Supposed to be 40 degrees and not 50 degrees but since the number "4" is right next to "5" I entered "50" instead of "40." This is all over detailed for a boxcar model anyway but I'll change it next.

Here's a bunch of variations.

Couple more.

Another variation.

@Rich-O-Brien said in Ant Chair - Series 7:

@Gus-R Lovely model and that interior is slowly becoming the most expensive room on the planet

Thanks Rich. Guess I should finally do a super car but I have other things to learn. I unwrapped the seat itself in Blender and it's far more accurate. Just have to learn how to unwrap the sides of the chair (not show here) unless you have a quick answer. I tried the seams thing but it unwraps in a circular fashion. That's the edge which can show the lamination of the wood.

Great work.

@Rich-O-Brien said in Piano with Rayscaper:

@pixelcruncher Just some cranky guy that makes very detailed models and yummy renders

https://www.instagram.com/gusrobatto/

Me? Cranky?

@Rich-O-Brien I forgot the window planters! Thanks Rich. I like the dramatic "through the woods" and dark contrasts look. Flying around the model like Flight Simulator can lead to interesting results. Here's the window planters...

@alvis Thanks Mike, Bryan and Alvis.

Here's some finals with people.