THE TMP 1701: or, What HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO!!

[Roliba]

Originally Posted by scifieric

I thought he had already passed me! LOL!

Gawrsh, your too kind. I could never pass you, Eric. (but then I HAVE already built the bussards)

*Ducks head for flying... whatever it was he just threw*

[ns_exile]

Hey Roliba, have you thought of putting all this into a PDF file or something for easy/offline access? After you're all done, of course, I don't want to break your stride. It's a great tutorial and I'd hate to see the thread disappear and the tutorial with it. I'll volunteer the pdf-making time and skills if you decide to go that route.

[scifieric]

Originally Posted by Roliba

Gawrsh, your too kind. I could never pass you, Eric. (but then I HAVE already built the bussards)

*Ducks head for flying... whatever it was he just threw*

LOL!

[Roliba]

Originally Posted by ns_exile

Hey Roliba, have you thought of putting all this into a PDF file or something for easy/offline access? After you're all done, of course, I don't want to break your stride. It's a great tutorial and I'd hate to see the thread disappear and the tutorial with it. I'll volunteer the pdf-making time and skills if you decide to go that route.

Wow! That's a great compliment, exil. That you think my humble work is worth saving for posterity, that's nice to hear.

If you want to convert it, you're more than welcome - namely because I have not the tools to do it myslef (not that I've ever sought them)

At what point you may want to save it is up to you. After I finish the Naccelle's I kinda promised Jedilaw that I'd do the fantail and shutlle hanger next (still not sure how he got me to do it. Must've used his lawyer mojo powers on me .) After that, I actually plan to take care of the rest of the ship as well. It may take me some time, as I've got a few other projects that I need to finish as well, but at whatever stage you want too, please, feel free.

[Alareth]

Originally Posted by Roliba

Gawrsh, your too kind. I could never pass you, Eric. (but then I HAVE already built the bussards)

*Ducks head for flying... whatever it was he just threw*

Maybe if we're lucky he'll lob some brussards at you.

[Jedilaw]

Originally Posted by Roliba

After I finish the Naccelle's I kinda promised Jedilaw that I'd do the fantail and shutlle hanger next (still not sure how he got me to do it. Must've used his lawyer mojo powers on me

This is the tutorial you want to write.

You want to finish the nacelles.

Then you want to show how to model the fantail and shuttle bay.

These aren't the droids you're looking for.

[Roliba]

Originally Posted by Jedilaw

This is the tutorial you want to write.

You want to finish the nacelles.

Then you want to show how to model the fantail and shuttle bay.

These aren't the droids you're looking for.

I want to finsih the naccelles.

Then I want to show how to model the fantail and shuttle bay.

These aren't the droids I'm looking for...

Move along. Move along.

[Roliba]

Okay, where was I? Oh yah *nope, not the droids I want*

I now want to make the little ball thingy in the indent that I had cut in the previous section.



To do this, I first created a apere object, making sure that I had parralel running horizontal edges (boy, that's some nice phrasoligy).



Then I moved the sphere object until only half showed on the outside of the naccelle, and rotated it so it follows the side-wall contour.



Once I was happy with its placement, I cut away 3/4 of the sphere because they were no longer needed.



Then I pulled the thing into shape with an FFD modifier (remembering to flatten in towards the hull).



Once I had it in the shape I wanted, I selected the verticle edges and used the connect button to double them up.



Note: At this point, you can use whatever method you want, whether it's making sure that the spere has the number of horizontal edges (I didn't do this because I want to keep my poly count at least partialy under control), selecting the H edges and chambering them (when I tried this, the edges started to drift from the horizontal, going crooked, which I do not want), cutting them in, slicing them in, whatever. The point is you want to have a bunch of them for the next step.

Once I had the right number of edges, I select the horizontals and then extruded them inward an 1 inch with a 1/2 inch width.

(Tip: I build all my models to scale, so to speak, using foot and inch units in the program; this helps me keep my scale under control and helps acurize sizes and measurements.)




Then I created another temp material, applied it, and rendered.



This pretty much completes the major portions of the naccelle. From here on in, I'm going to be going after all the other details, like the little blade thing on the back, the mount for the pylons, the dome thingy on the top, another little ridge, etc...

[Skynet]

u know this is very usefull ... very ... thnx a lot ...

[scifieric]

Originally Posted by Roliba

I want to finsih the naccelles.

Then I want to show how to model the fantail and shuttle bay.

These aren't the droids I'm looking for...

Move along. Move along.

OMG, LOL!

*edit* First rate job on those warp engines! Very nice.