THE TMP 1701: or, What HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO!! - Page 3 - Scifi-Meshes.com

Roliba · 07-08-2006, 04:48 AM

Once you got all your verts locked together...

...apply your surface modifier and if need be a meshsmooth. This has both with an itineration of 2 on the meshsmooth.

Thank you for your time. Your regularly schedualed tutorial will return at its next schedualed time...

evil_genius_180 · 07-08-2006, 04:35 PM

I know you said somebody should've slapped you when you proposed this insane idea. To be honest, I thought of asking you if you were nucking futs, but I figured you knew exactly what you were getting yourself into.

Good luck on the tutorial. Regrettably, it doesn't seem like much of this can translate into tS 4, (at least not using the tools I know of) but it looks like Max users are in for a treat.

I'll still have to whip in every once in a while and see how it's going.

**Alareth** · 07-08-2006, 06:09 PM

I need a Max to Blender dictionary

dan1701a · 07-08-2006, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alareth

I need a Max to Blender dictionary

How about a Max to Cinema 4D? I could probably do much of the same thing with a cube and an FFD modifier, but I'd rather do a spline cage 'cuz it looks a lot easier...but I don't know how to do one in C4D!

Oh well, great work on the tut! Maybe I'll figure it out in C4D one of these days and we can compare notes!

**Tallguy** · 07-08-2006, 08:26 PM

I think the most valuable aspect of these tutes for non-Max users will be seeing the basic shapes deconstructed. I may not be able to use spline cages, but I'm pretty sure I can make those shapes.

CrimsonLine · 07-08-2006, 08:33 PM

Wow, wow, and double-wow! Yeah, as TallGuy said, this is valuable just for the thinking that it walks through. As a Blender-head (who hasn't done anything for too long, I know!) I can easily imagine how to make those simple shapes.

Oovebei · 07-08-2006, 08:42 PM

this is a great tutorial - mind you it is bringing back some nightmares I had a few months back...........

PiperTheGreat · 07-08-2006, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tallguy

I think the most valuable aspect of these tutes for non-Max users will be seeing the basic shapes deconstructed. I may not be able to use spline cages, but I'm pretty sure I can make those shapes.

yeah, i totally agree, i can look at the bits and how to construct, then construct them in my way on TS 5.2, shouldn't be too hard, there's stuff there that can do basically the same stuff...

Roliba · 07-08-2006, 08:52 PM

Thanks Guys (bussrds) *oh god it's spreading!

*

As Tallguy and Coolhand so elequatly stated (and as I pointed out in the intro) I wasn't trying to give step by step instruction, but rather showing how to look past the complicated shapes and break it into its constituent parts. Beleive me, It's not just a spline cage I'm using: there's FFD boxes, edge looping, vert snapping and welding, etc...

However you acheive the shape is not important, what is, is to rain your eye to see the object broken down to its simpler element so you don't feel overwhelmed when you build somthing.

(Bussrds)

**Jedilaw** · 07-08-2006, 08:58 PM

I agree, it's the analysis of the underlying forms that is the most important. After all, you can make a cube, and modify that cube, in a lot of different ways in any app (make as a cube, make a spline rectangle and extrude it, et cetera). The main thing is to know the forms you're after.

07-08-2006, 04:48 AM	#21 (permalink)
Roliba SFM Obsessed Join Date: May 2006 Location: Summerland, B.C. Age: 41 Posts: 1,165	Once you got all your verts locked together... ...apply your surface modifier and if need be a meshsmooth. This has both with an itineration of 2 on the meshsmooth. Thank you for your time. Your regularly schedualed tutorial will return at its next schedualed time...
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07-08-2006, 06:09 PM	#23 (permalink)
Alareth Senior Member Realname: Mark Farrington Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Mississippi Age: 38 Posts: 174	I need a Max to Blender dictionary
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07-08-2006, 08:26 PM	#25 (permalink)
Tallguy Guy Who Is Tall Realname: Bill Join Date: May 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA Age: 39 Posts: 667	I think the most valuable aspect of these tutes for non-Max users will be seeing the basic shapes deconstructed. I may not be able to use spline cages, but I'm pretty sure I can make those shapes.
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CrimsonLine SFM Guru Realname: Denes House Join Date: May 2006 Location: Gates, NY (near Rochester) Age: 36 Posts: 582	Wow, wow, and double-wow! Yeah, as TallGuy said, this is valuable just for the thinking that it walks through. As a Blender-head (who hasn't done anything for too long, I know!) I can easily imagine how to make those simple shapes.
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07-08-2006, 04:35 PM	#22 (permalink)
evil_genius_180 SFM Oracle Join Date: May 2006 Age: 29 Posts: 3,512	I know you said somebody should've slapped you when you proposed this insane idea. To be honest, I thought of asking you if you were nucking futs, but I figured you knew exactly what you were getting yourself into. Good luck on the tutorial. Regrettably, it doesn't seem like much of this can translate into tS 4, (at least not using the tools I know of) but it looks like Max users are in for a treat. I'll still have to whip in every once in a while and see how it's going.

07-08-2006, 08:52 PM	#29 (permalink)
Roliba SFM Obsessed Join Date: May 2006 Location: Summerland, B.C. Age: 41 Posts: 1,165	Thanks Guys (bussrds) oh god it's spreading! As Tallguy and Coolhand so elequatly stated (and as I pointed out in the intro) I wasn't trying to give step by step instruction, but rather showing how to look past the complicated shapes and break it into its constituent parts. Beleive me, It's not just a spline cage I'm using: there's FFD boxes, edge looping, vert snapping and welding, etc... However you acheive the shape is not important, what is, is to rain your eye to see the object broken down to its simpler element so you don't feel overwhelmed when you build somthing. (Bussrds)
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07-08-2006, 08:58 PM	#30 (permalink)
Jedilaw Is Baaaaack... Realname: Casper Del Blanco Join Date: May 2006 Location: Way Down In The Hole... Age: 36 Posts: 2,538	I agree, it's the analysis of the underlying forms that is the most important. After all, you can make a cube, and modify that cube, in a lot of different ways in any app (make as a cube, make a spline rectangle and extrude it, et cetera). The main thing is to know the forms you're after.
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