Hi again!

I'm having some more fun experimenting with rendering Lego models.

I'm trying to create some printable Lego Star Wars colouring pages for 
my kids, so I thought I'd start with R2-D2.

This image was created using a combination of MLCAD, 3DWin5, PoseRay, 
POV-Ray 3.6 and the PovEdge macro (by Thibaut Jonckheere)

Any ideas on how you would go about converting this kind of image/model 
to some sort of vector graphic?


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Reuben
reu### [at] pearsecouk

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Reuben Pearse wrote:
> Hi again!
> 
> I'm having some more fun experimenting with rendering Lego models.
> 
> I'm trying to create some printable Lego Star Wars colouring pages for 
> my kids, so I thought I'd start with R2-D2.
> 
> This image was created using a combination of MLCAD, 3DWin5, PoseRay, 
> POV-Ray 3.6 and the PovEdge macro (by Thibaut Jonckheere)
> 
> Any ideas on how you would go about converting this kind of image/model 
> to some sort of vector graphic?

You can try to export it as an SVG from Blender:

http://www-etud.iro.umontreal.ca/~bouvisim/home/index.php?page=blenderscripts
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=0Wv&q=blender+svg+export&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g-c1g3g-c1

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Reuben Pearse wrote:

> Any ideas on how you would go about converting this kind of image/model 
> to some sort of vector graphic?

you can load the image in Inkscape and apply Path > Trace Bitmap

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This is way cool.  I can't wait to show my kids who love Star Wars and 
Lego and one of which has actually started tinkering with POV!

On 2009-11-19 17:32, Reuben Pearse wrote:
> Hi again!
>
> I'm having some more fun experimenting with rendering Lego models.
>
> I'm trying to create some printable Lego Star Wars colouring pages for
> my kids, so I thought I'd start with R2-D2.
>
> This image was created using a combination of MLCAD, 3DWin5, PoseRay,
> POV-Ray 3.6 and the PovEdge macro (by Thibaut Jonckheere)
>
> Any ideas on how you would go about converting this kind of image/model
> to some sort of vector graphic?
>
>

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Thanks Rick!

I left a print-out of this image next to the computer yesterday, and 
before I knew what what going on, my daughter had coloured it in and 
made a card out of it for her younger brother:-) Bless!

Reuben
reu### [at] pearsecouk

Rick Gutleber wrote:
> This is way cool.  I can't wait to show my kids who love Star Wars and 
> Lego and one of which has actually started tinkering with POV!
> 
> On 2009-11-19 17:32, Reuben Pearse wrote:
>> Hi again!
>>
>> I'm having some more fun experimenting with rendering Lego models.
>>
>> I'm trying to create some printable Lego Star Wars colouring pages for
>> my kids, so I thought I'd start with R2-D2.
>>
>> This image was created using a combination of MLCAD, 3DWin5, PoseRay,
>> POV-Ray 3.6 and the PovEdge macro (by Thibaut Jonckheere)
>>
>> Any ideas on how you would go about converting this kind of image/model
>> to some sort of vector graphic?
>>
>>
>

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Rick Gutleber wrote:
> This is way cool.  I can't wait to show my kids who love Star Wars and 
> Lego and one of which has actually started tinkering with POV!
> 

Hi Rick,

I thought you might like to know that I've added a further Lego Star 
Wars colouring page to my website:

http://www.pearse.co.uk/lego

This time I've rendered a Battle Droid. You can download PDF to print 
out from the "Colouring Pages" section. I've also included some POV-Ray 
source code for the model. You can find this under the 3D Lego Models 
section. I will be uploading POV-Ray source code for RD-D2 at some point.

Enjoy!

Reuben

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