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EBOLII · 02-26-2007, 09:27 PM

I would have loved to finish it. [for those who know not - lost due to house fire] I was hoping to get another 3d app soon...life blocked that idea again

soon

non-the-less this is looking superb! have you decided on what app to lean on? I hear the transformation from max-maya is decent but max-lw is awkward due to the different modeling tools...anyways you well?

psycho · 03-07-2007, 08:28 AM

fire? damn... thats bad... sorry to hear that... hope everything's alright? noone injured?

well.. if you wanna have a try again one day, lemme know

i dunno why the switch max-lw should be hard, i had no problem modelling in the test version, just took me about 2 days to figure everything out... but i didn't test anything but the modelling tools, no particles or uv-stuff, but i don'tthink this would be much harder to switch...
i decided for maya anyway, i just love the nurbs-tools way too much to not use it in the future

UPDATE!

there's one thing that always bothered me with nearly all cg trek models: the nacelle glow.

it always seems like the warp grill itself is emitting light. i prefer the look of the physical models, where the light is emitted by something inside the nacelle. you just cant simulate that by mapping something on the warp grill... so i tested some stuff for a few days, and i figured out a simple but great looking way to simulate the light from the inside

if anyones interessted, i could write a small tut on how to achieve this

**Comco** · 03-07-2007, 08:42 AM

Oooh...Those warp grills look damn nice man...Much closer to a physical look than the typical lens effect glows...So there is no glow or lens effect applied to them at all? Do tell how you did it...

psycho · 03-07-2007, 09:23 AM

i added a little glow in photoshop... i'll write the tut, gimme a few days

**Freak** · 03-07-2007, 09:27 AM

Nice work there Psycho, I look forward to that Tut.

VALKYRIE013 · 03-07-2007, 09:34 AM

ooo love it, nice glow efect

another way might be to put a panel light behind the grill and play with the intensity and color and shape a bit..

Starship · 03-08-2007, 12:58 AM

Nice modelling.
Oh, I'll look forward to that tut too.

**IRML** · 03-08-2007, 06:58 AM

you'll also find that the glow itself goes towards making the nacelle look fake, a blue glow is a lot harder than just blurring the illuminated part and screening it over the original, you have to get the hotspot colour right and it's often different from the glow colour

psycho · 03-08-2007, 07:11 AM

i know, i didn't play around much with glows till now, i just tried to setup something to simulate light coming from the inside of the nacelle, not the grill itself... gonna tweak my glow technique later

psycho · 03-09-2007, 05:56 AM

different bussard setup and better glow... still not perfect...

02-26-2007, 09:27 PM	#141 (permalink)
EBOLII SFM Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Deep within the uncharted Amazon Posts: 303	I would have loved to finish it. [for those who know not - lost due to house fire] I was hoping to get another 3d app soon...life blocked that idea again soon non-the-less this is looking superb! have you decided on what app to lean on? I hear the transformation from max-maya is decent but max-lw is awkward due to the different modeling tools...anyways you well?
	I am lost in everyway there is.............literally.............just plain LOST Fugitive of the C.D.C. [Center for Disease Control]

03-07-2007, 08:28 AM	#142 (permalink)
psycho SFM Guru Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Join Date: May 2006 Age: 23 Posts: 524	fire? damn... thats bad... sorry to hear that... hope everything's alright? noone injured? well.. if you wanna have a try again one day, lemme know i dunno why the switch max-lw should be hard, i had no problem modelling in the test version, just took me about 2 days to figure everything out... but i didn't test anything but the modelling tools, no particles or uv-stuff, but i don'tthink this would be much harder to switch... i decided for maya anyway, i just love the nurbs-tools way too much to not use it in the future UPDATE! there's one thing that always bothered me with nearly all cg trek models: the nacelle glow. it always seems like the warp grill itself is emitting light. i prefer the look of the physical models, where the light is emitted by something inside the nacelle. you just cant simulate that by mapping something on the warp grill... so i tested some stuff for a few days, and i figured out a simple but great looking way to simulate the light from the inside if anyones interessted, i could write a small tut on how to achieve this
	sanity is overrated! current projects: high detail runabout - paintings Last edited by psycho; 02-24-2008 at 11:44 AM.

03-07-2007, 09:23 AM	#144 (permalink)
psycho SFM Guru Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Join Date: May 2006 Age: 23 Posts: 524	i added a little glow in photoshop... i'll write the tut, gimme a few days
	sanity is overrated! current projects: high detail runabout - paintings

03-07-2007, 09:27 AM	#145 (permalink)
Freak Project Lead on SFM Film Realname: Dean Join Date: May 2006 Location: London, UK Age: 27 Posts: 7,794 Blog Entries: 6	Nice work there Psycho, I look forward to that Tut.
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03-07-2007, 09:34 AM	#146 (permalink)
VALKYRIE013 SFM Guru Realname: KEN Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: tampa Age: 30 Posts: 520	ooo love it, nice glow efect another way might be to put a panel light behind the grill and play with the intensity and color and shape a bit..
	Wherever you go.. there you are:p

03-07-2007, 08:42 AM	#143 (permalink)
Comco Administrator Realname: Tim Join Date: May 2006 Location: ACT, Australia Posts: 2,755	Oooh...Those warp grills look damn nice man...Much closer to a physical look than the typical lens effect glows...So there is no glow or lens effect applied to them at all? Do tell how you did it...

03-08-2007, 12:58 AM	#147 (permalink)
Starship SFM Obsessed Realname: Cassio Join Date: May 2006 Location: São Paulo - Brasil Age: 43 Posts: 1,656	Nice modelling. Oh, I'll look forward to that tut too.

03-08-2007, 06:58 AM	#148 (permalink)
IRML GRRRRR!!!! Join Date: May 2006 Location: London Posts: 2,552	you'll also find that the glow itself goes towards making the nacelle look fake, a blue glow is a lot harder than just blurring the illuminated part and screening it over the original, you have to get the hotspot colour right and it's often different from the glow colour
	I pity the fool!

03-08-2007, 07:11 AM	#149 (permalink)
psycho SFM Guru Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Join Date: May 2006 Age: 23 Posts: 524	i know, i didn't play around much with glows till now, i just tried to setup something to simulate light coming from the inside of the nacelle, not the grill itself... gonna tweak my glow technique later
	sanity is overrated! current projects: high detail runabout - paintings

03-09-2007, 05:56 AM	#150 (permalink)
psycho SFM Guru Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Join Date: May 2006 Age: 23 Posts: 524	different bussard setup and better glow... still not perfect...
	sanity is overrated! current projects: high detail runabout - paintings Last edited by psycho; 02-24-2008 at 11:44 AM.

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