"Slashdolt" <jer### [at] questsoftwarecom> wrote in message
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> Looking very nice!
>
> The main "barrel" (no, I'm not that mechanically inclined) looks much
> better!
I think it's called the boiler (... but I could be wrong. I know more about
aircraft than historic steam locomotives; which begs the question: "Why
didn't I model an historic flying machine instead?"
Now, if only I could find a way of getting the shadowing to follow the
normal profile..... ;-)  (anyone mentioning isosurfaces will be taken
outside and shot!)

> The large chimney/smoke-stack (whatever) isn't quite right yet, though.
> Something to perhaps try is layering a granite normal (or maybe something
> else) over top of or instead of the bump normal.

I had thought of adding a slightly rusty texture and playing with the
normals so I'll run with your ideas for the next couple of days

> Everything is looking much better, but you might want to spend a little
more
> time tweaking the textures.
>

Ah well, I didn't want to go out and socialise for the next week :-))

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