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19 Aug 2024 02:23:21 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Blob Bot - 50.6kbu  
From: C J  - POV User
Date: 22 Jan 2001 23:18:17
Message: <3a6d0609@news.povray.org>
Q- "Anyone know a way to get them onto the front only"

A?- "Use the text object and merge it with a copy of the chest creating a
new object. increase the scale a little and place it back in the scene...
Hope that helps."

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Alan Holding <man### [at] lineonenet> wrote in message
news:3a6cbd1a@news.povray.org...
> Hello, all.
>
> I was off work today with a bad back - and ended up doing this little
> monster whilst teaching myself how to model with blobs.
>
> BTW -Technical query here.  The rear view of the bot is a cheat.  I had to
> comment out the code for the image maps (that's the stylised robot head on
> the chest and the number 23 on the shoulder) as they were being 'projected
> through' to the back.  Anyone know a way to get them onto the front only,
> without having to split the object down the middle and union the two
> different versions (one with maps, one without) back together?  Badly
> phrased, but I hope someone understands what I mean.
>
> And, nearly forgot...  Thanks Rune for your blob tutorial!  I understand
> negative strength a lot more now.
>
> Bye,
> Alan.
>
>
>
>


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