Shay wrote:


> I'm not sure, but considering the types of websites you admit to
> frequenting, 

Which reminds me, I haven't visited in a while,  maybe I'll find some 
time later.

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Great Inventions...

That's an oldie ;)

Wasn't that a topic somewhere back in the prior competition days?

"Ian Shumsky" <ian### [at] outerarmdemoncouk> wrote in message
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> "Cindy Lamma" <Che### [at] uftlabsorg> wrote in message
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> > #1.  What is the next topic theme.  Come on guys.
>
> According to the FTP site, next round is 'Great Inventions'
>
> Cheers,
> Ian.
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>

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I think this topic has been used twice, but I wont complain.  Its kick ass!


Anything but another "Spectacular Landscapes" (ugh) is ok in my books.

"Mike Raiford" <mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
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> Great Inventions...
>
> That's an oldie ;)
>
> Wasn't that a topic somewhere back in the prior competition days?
>
> "Ian Shumsky" <ian### [at] outerarmdemoncouk> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Cindy Lamma" <Che### [at] uftlabsorg> wrote in message
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> > > #1.  What is the next topic theme.  Come on guys.
> >
> > According to the FTP site, next round is 'Great Inventions'
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ian.
> >
> >
>
>

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"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote in message
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> Tek wrote:
> > Incidentally I'm not criticising the topic, it's just I'm not terribly well
read
> > so I know very little "mythology" :(
> >
> They covered it during your standard schooling ya nit. *You* no doubt
> were arsing around.

lol, I think you've got me there. :)
I have vague recollections of some mythological stuff but the memories have been
corrupted by comic books, star gate, and some terry pratchett books...

> I'll give you a hint, most of the computer game
> themes you use are based on "mythology". ;)

...oh and tomb raider :)

Something tells me people might think it's off topic if I rendered an ancient
egyptian pyramid in all it's splendor and had sonic the hedgehog running around
smashing things up!

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Tek
www.evilsuperbrain.com

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Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote in message
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<snip>
> I broke an enormous amount of new ground with this entry in terms of my
> own learning,... very satisfying.  But a lot of it never made it into
> the picture,... not so satisfying.  I assume it is the same for
> everyone.  Some pictures go like that a little more than others.

Yes, this was my "spend some time learning wings3d" round.  Now that I've
spent the time, I glad I did. There are things I can do very quickly with
subdivision modelling that take forever with a spline modeller like
Hamapatch ( and vice-versa).   I did get much better at it as I went along,
unfortunately that shows in my models and it's pretty easy to tell which
were the later ones since they look much better.

Unfortunately, I spent more time on the modelling than planned, so actually
putting the scene together in POV ended up being an exercise in cutting
corners. There are more sections in my scene files that are commented out
because I realized I didn't have time finish them than there are sections
actually used! (Not that I was going to use all of them, just that I had to
switch to alternate ideas when I realized it was the 25th already...)


> most valuable thing I did this time was to create a junk file that I
> could discard code chunks into.  This made it easier to move through
> ideas without loosing some bit of coding that I thought to be
> particularily clever.

Ah yes... I'm on my 4th or 5th junk file already, and they're all bigger
than a full scene.  Useful for going back and snipping bits from here and
there, but I never seem to find the time to go through and explore them like
I planned when I created them.  On the other hand, things that I only barely
understood when they were added to the junk file, I now find my brain has
percolated into some semblance of order and they're now usable ideas instead
of wonderous bits of confusion...  I'm just waiting for the IRTC topic to be
announced as "Abstract Confusion" and I'll be set ;-)

RG

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"Cindy Lamma" <Che### [at] uftlabsorg> wrote in message
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> I think this topic has been used twice, but I wont complain.  Its kick
ass!

There was a "Great Engineering Achievements" round back in 1998 which is
similar to "Great Inventions" but I think it is different enough to be OK.
Actually, I think this could be a really good round... I may even manage to
find some off time from Real Life (tm) to get an entry together.

Cheers,
Ian.

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Tek wrote:

> Something tells me people might think it's off topic 

I don't let that limit me but I suppose if your shooting for a high win 
ratio.

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"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote in message
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> Tek wrote:
> > Something tells me people might think it's off topic
>
> I don't let that limit me but I suppose if your shooting for a high win
> ratio.

...uh... yes... well I'm happy to be off topic if I'm doing a serious entry but
the example I gave there was *a* *joke*.

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Tek
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Tek wrote:
> "Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote in message
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>>Tek wrote:
>>
>>>Something tells me people might think it's off topic
>>
>>I don't let that limit me but I suppose if your shooting for a high win
>>ratio.
> 
> 
> ...uh... yes... well I'm happy to be off topic if I'm doing a serious entry but
> the example I gave there was *a* *joke*.
> 
I got it.

One thing I noticed about your webpage btw,...it loads very fast.

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> One thing I noticed about your webpage btw,...it loads very fast.

Yes that's deliberate :) I try to keep the main page around 100k or less, so it
doesn't kill people with modems. Of course the gallery pages will be a pain for
them.

Plus the server it's on isn't very busy so that's always nice and quick.

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Tek
www.evilsuperbrain.com

"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote in message
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> Tek wrote:
> > "Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote in message
> > news:4045f1da$1@news.povray.org...
> >
> >>Tek wrote:
> >>
> >>>Something tells me people might think it's off topic
> >>
> >>I don't let that limit me but I suppose if your shooting for a high win
> >>ratio.
> >
> >
> > ...uh... yes... well I'm happy to be off topic if I'm doing a serious entry
but
> > the example I gave there was *a* *joke*.
> >
> I got it.
>
> One thing I noticed about your webpage btw,...it loads very fast.

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