Just did a simple scene to feature some modeling work.  I chose the Desert
Eagle because of its popularity in movies and computer games.  It has a
distinctive and powerful look.  Scene took three days to render and I had to
re-render the text twice in order to get it to show up and look decent.  Its
such a fine etching into the side and at that angle it gets easily lost.
Comments and criticism welcome.

Skip

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Very nice modelling. How did you model it? What program did you use?

Probably a better wooden texture would bring more realism to the overall
scene.

Fernando

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Rhinoceros.  Based off my airsoft replica, its accurate to about a
millimeter.

Yes you are absolutely correct about the wood.  I didn't spend as much time
on that wood as I could have.  I was stumbling around trying to find a good
isowood and almost abandoned it for just a generic isosurface.  Then I
stumbled on ridged_mf, added some bumps and took it.

Skip

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Skip Talbot wrote:
> Just did a simple scene to feature some modeling work.  I chose the Desert
> Eagle because of its popularity in movies and computer games.  It has a
> distinctive and powerful look.  Scene took three days to render and I had to
> re-render the text twice in order to get it to show up and look decent.  Its
> such a fine etching into the side and at that angle it gets easily lost.
> Comments and criticism welcome.
> 
> Skip
> 
> 
> 
i thought it was on a piece of cloth until someone said it was wood

? end of barrel, istr that on guns, there's usuallya slight chamfer, and 
does it have rifling ?

i don't actually know, i'm just asking.

srp

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I strived for a one millimeter resolution... so if there was any sort of
chamfering and it was smaller then this, it didn't get modeled.  Here's a
pic of the gun I worked off of.  I don't know about rifling, its not on my
gun and I don't know if the real one has it or how pronounced it is.

Skip

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Skip Talbot wrote:
> I strived for a one millimeter resolution... so if there was any sort of
> chamfering and it was smaller then this, it didn't get modeled.  Here's a
> pic of the gun I worked off of.  I don't know about rifling, its not on my
> gun and I don't know if the real one has it or how pronounced it is.
> 
> Skip
> 
> 
> 

i'm in the uk, we don't know much on this subject
just a thought

srp

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Skip Talbot wrote:

> Just did a simple scene to feature some modeling work.  I chose the Desert
> Eagle because of its popularity in movies and computer games.  It has a
> distinctive and powerful look.  Scene took three days to render and I had to
> re-render the text twice in order to get it to show up and look decent.  Its
> such a fine etching into the side and at that angle it gets easily lost.
> Comments and criticism welcome.

Very nice looking model! I think the the original (looking at the picture 
you posted) is a bit more reflective than your model - especially the 
lighter parts, but the black parts also. That would make it even more 
realistic. Maybe.

Severi

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FYI,

the desert Eagle does have rifling, any gun without rifling is about as
effective as a musket, I've shot a musket and belive me it aint accurate.
The Desert Eagle is also just about the hardest/ heaviest gun i've ever
held.  The grip was actually too big for my hand.  There is even a .50
version , how the hell anyone shoots that is beyond my ken.



"stephen parkinson" <ste### [at] zmemw16demoncouk> wrote in message
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> Skip Talbot wrote:
> > I strived for a one millimeter resolution... so if there was any sort of
> > chamfering and it was smaller then this, it didn't get modeled.  Here's
a
> > pic of the gun I worked off of.  I don't know about rifling, its not on
my
> > gun and I don't know if the real one has it or how pronounced it is.
> >
> > Skip
> >
> >
> >
>
> i'm in the uk, we don't know much on this subject
> just a thought
>
> srp
>

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Felbrigg wrote:
> FYI,
> 
> the desert Eagle does have rifling, any gun without rifling is about as
> effective as a musket, I've shot a musket and belive me it aint accurate.
> The Desert Eagle is also just about the hardest/ heaviest gun i've ever
> held.  The grip was actually too big for my hand.  There is even a .50
> version , how the hell anyone shoots that is beyond my ken.
> 
> 
> 
> "stephen parkinson" <ste### [at] zmemw16demoncouk> wrote in message
> news:4020ba62$1@news.povray.org...
> 
>>Skip Talbot wrote:
>>
>>>I strived for a one millimeter resolution... so if there was any sort of
>>>chamfering and it was smaller then this, it didn't get modeled.  Here's
> 
> a
> 
>>>pic of the gun I worked off of.  I don't know about rifling, its not on
> 
> my
> 
>>>gun and I don't know if the real one has it or how pronounced it is.
>>>
>>>Skip
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>i'm in the uk, we don't know much on this subject
>>just a thought
>>
>>srp
>>
> 
> 
> 

is it possible to render/model specific areas to a higher degree of 
definition ?
specifically an annular ring at end of barrel

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"Skip Talbot" <sta### [at] uiucedu> wrote in message
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Nice model. Shouldn't there be an insignia on the grip?

A DE is cool-ish, but you've got the skills for a Colt 1851 Navy
conversion, which would be Hella cool. Or, if you're into power, the
Walker.

 -Shay

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