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deg3D · 07-13-2008, 12:19 AM

Oh man I hear ya dude. Forgoing auto-methods for the sake of wanting no symmetrical panels patterns, thus hand-picking/creating the panels on my E has been driving me up the fraggin' wall. Luckily I am on the last phase/part (2ndary Hull) of doin' it.

deg

**tobian** · 07-13-2008, 12:26 AM

Hehe

Well I will probably stick to a mixture of reflected and unique to break it up visually, plus textures also break them up a little more. But mainly it's the horrible weird shapes on cones, and between triangular and circular windows... and have them all tie in consistently with all the other panels all over the station... which do my head in

deg3D · 07-13-2008, 12:41 AM

Yep, working out logical patterns can drive ya nuts (probably the exact reason some choose to forego the process), but they are essential to keep with a proper industrial design sense, and add an extra level of realistic detail IMO.

E is my personal "Hot Grail" of sci-fi ships. I will never put in the level of obsessive perfection and time in that I have put into her with any other mesh. She is the one-and-only mesh I will ever build crazy-nuts like I have.

It's more a labor-of-love and pursuit of a level of uber-perfection skill-wise. In the end, with her, the book wil be closed and I will know I could never have built her better.

Anything else in the future I will use similar methods to what you mention. But E, she's my gal, and I can never settle for anything other than custom everything for her.

Look forward to seeing what you come up with dude.

deg

**tobian** · 07-13-2008, 12:51 AM

well it's deciding on the physical details and matching what's on the inside to the outside

There's some major removable panels for the focusing arrays to be able to be removed, but the rest is just ceiling, so time to be imaginative

deg3D · 07-13-2008, 01:04 AM

Ah sure sure, exterior to interior design sense, gotcha.

Just throw the chores on the more-to-be-done pile eh...

deg

**Freak** · 07-13-2008, 08:26 AM

very nice mate.

I still think you could turn that into some sort of standalone ship.

**Meph** · 07-13-2008, 10:30 AM

That thing, if you would use it seperately, would make a cool moon/Mars lander

**Lord Ravensburg** · 07-13-2008, 01:21 PM

lovely indeed

**tobian** · 07-14-2008, 01:48 PM

Yep that's a very long 'to be done' chores pile!

Cheers guys!

**tobian** · 07-23-2008, 01:38 PM

Not had time to do much modelling this week as I am working on my Portfolio, but I finally transfered all the surfaces to my docking bay model, and fired off an epic level render (about 7 hours hehe)

07-13-2008, 12:19 AM	#1131 (permalink)
deg3D SFM Guru Realname: deg Join Date: May 2006 Location: just westa Chicago Posts: 483	Oh man I hear ya dude. Forgoing auto-methods for the sake of wanting no symmetrical panels patterns, thus hand-picking/creating the panels on my E has been driving me up the fraggin' wall. Luckily I am on the last phase/part (2ndary Hull) of doin' it. deg
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07-13-2008, 12:26 AM	#1132 (permalink)
tobian Hallway Monitor Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Newcastle, England Age: 33 Posts: 1,341	Hehe Well I will probably stick to a mixture of reflected and unique to break it up visually, plus textures also break them up a little more. But mainly it's the horrible weird shapes on cones, and between triangular and circular windows... and have them all tie in consistently with all the other panels all over the station... which do my head in
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07-13-2008, 12:41 AM	#1133 (permalink)
deg3D SFM Guru Realname: deg Join Date: May 2006 Location: just westa Chicago Posts: 483	Yep, working out logical patterns can drive ya nuts (probably the exact reason some choose to forego the process), but they are essential to keep with a proper industrial design sense, and add an extra level of realistic detail IMO. E is my personal "Hot Grail" of sci-fi ships. I will never put in the level of obsessive perfection and time in that I have put into her with any other mesh. She is the one-and-only mesh I will ever build crazy-nuts like I have. It's more a labor-of-love and pursuit of a level of uber-perfection skill-wise. In the end, with her, the book wil be closed and I will know I could never have built her better. Anything else in the future I will use similar methods to what you mention. But E, she's my gal, and I can never settle for anything other than custom everything for her. Look forward to seeing what you come up with dude. deg
	just off the bench... http://deg3D.biz

07-13-2008, 12:51 AM	#1134 (permalink)
tobian Hallway Monitor Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Newcastle, England Age: 33 Posts: 1,341	well it's deciding on the physical details and matching what's on the inside to the outside There's some major removable panels for the focusing arrays to be able to be removed, but the rest is just ceiling, so time to be imaginative
	Visit my Endless Pluto Station project, I'm still working on it, honest! Tobian: Official SFM Minion & Registered FTL Drive lvr. Dave woz here!

07-13-2008, 01:04 AM	#1135 (permalink)
deg3D SFM Guru Realname: deg Join Date: May 2006 Location: just westa Chicago Posts: 483	Ah sure sure, exterior to interior design sense, gotcha. Just throw the chores on the more-to-be-done pile eh... deg
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07-13-2008, 08:26 AM	#1136 (permalink)
Freak Project Lead on SFM Film Realname: Dean Join Date: May 2006 Location: London, UK Age: 28 Posts: 8,019 Blog Entries: 7	very nice mate. I still think you could turn that into some sort of standalone ship.
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07-13-2008, 10:30 AM	#1137 (permalink)
Meph Cat-Herder Extraordinaire Join Date: May 2006 Location: Leuven, Belgium Age: 31 Posts: 1,433	That thing, if you would use it seperately, would make a cool moon/Mars lander
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07-13-2008, 01:21 PM	#1138 (permalink)
Lord Ravensburg Completely lost... Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Realname: Lee Join Date: May 2006 Location: Find the A$$ end of nowhere and i'm just north of it... Age: 28 Posts: 3,326	lovely indeed
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07-14-2008, 01:48 PM	#1139 (permalink)
tobian Hallway Monitor Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Newcastle, England Age: 33 Posts: 1,341	Yep that's a very long 'to be done' chores pile! Cheers guys!
	Visit my Endless Pluto Station project, I'm still working on it, honest! Tobian: Official SFM Minion & Registered FTL Drive lvr. Dave woz here!

07-23-2008, 01:38 PM	#1140 (permalink)
tobian Hallway Monitor Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Newcastle, England Age: 33 Posts: 1,341	Not had time to do much modelling this week as I am working on my Portfolio, but I finally transfered all the surfaces to my docking bay model, and fired off an epic level render (about 7 hours hehe)
	Visit my Endless Pluto Station project, I'm still working on it, honest! Tobian: Official SFM Minion & Registered FTL Drive lvr. Dave woz here!

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