warpnacelle tutorial - Scifi-Meshes.com

psycho · 03-11-2007, 01:15 PM

some of you asked me how i achieved the lighting effect on the warpnacelles of my runabout, so i decided to write this tutorial.

this tutorial is NOT about how to model a warpnacelle, it's only about how to setup a lighting effect close to physical models!

chapter 1 is done (danube-style warpgrilles), chapter 2 (galaxy-style warpgrilles) and chapter 3 (bussard-collectors) will be coming soon. when they're all done, i will post'em as one complete pdf

this is done in max, but i'm sure it can easily be used in other apps, too.

Melak · 03-11-2007, 02:07 PM

Hey, that's a really nice tutorial! The result looks quite nice...though a question:
The little boxes (the grille) seem to be pretty big with little vertical space between them, but in the final image they barely show as very thin darker lines...is that due to compositing in PS ?
Thanks for sharing this technique, I'm curious how you'll do the grille on the galaxy nacelle...booleans, Splines?

psycho · 03-11-2007, 02:16 PM

that's because i just slapped something together for the tutorial... on my runabout the boxes are a bit smaller and less dense... but if you look at the voyager nacelle, you'll see that this high density isn't non-canon, and i bet you can get the same result with this density, you just have to play around with the settings in photoshop

btw., should i add an extra chapter dealing with making the glow in ps?

ravells · 03-12-2007, 03:02 AM

That is a superb tutorial! Thank you!

Yes please! To making a tutorial in the post work...I suspect that's where the magic really happens!

Ravs

jay-mo · 03-25-2007, 11:34 PM

Bump! Excelent job. Nacell glow looks great, downloading your tut now, thanks. Any updates?

03-11-2007, 02:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
psycho SFM Guru Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Join Date: May 2006 Age: 23 Posts: 525	that's because i just slapped something together for the tutorial... on my runabout the boxes are a bit smaller and less dense... but if you look at the voyager nacelle, you'll see that this high density isn't non-canon, and i bet you can get the same result with this density, you just have to play around with the settings in photoshop btw., should i add an extra chapter dealing with making the glow in ps?
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03-11-2007, 02:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
Melak SFM Obsessed Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Realname: Leon Join Date: May 2006 Location: Berlin Age: 18 Posts: 1,323	Hey, that's a really nice tutorial! The result looks quite nice...though a question: The little boxes (the grille) seem to be pretty big with little vertical space between them, but in the final image they barely show as very thin darker lines...is that due to compositing in PS ? Thanks for sharing this technique, I'm curious how you'll do the grille on the galaxy nacelle...booleans, Splines?

03-12-2007, 03:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
ravells SFM Nugget Realname: Ravi Shankar Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 62	That is a superb tutorial! Thank you! Yes please! To making a tutorial in the post work...I suspect that's where the magic really happens! Ravs

03-25-2007, 11:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
jay-mo SFM Guru Total Awards: 2 (more» ...) Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 365	Bump! Excelent job. Nacell glow looks great, downloading your tut now, thanks. Any updates?

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