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8 Aug 2024 04:08:59 EDT (-0400)
  Re: NIagara WIP Fife Rail (80k)  
From: Jim Charter
Date: 28 Sep 2005 15:48:30
Message: <433af38e@news.povray.org>
Tim McMurdo wrote:
> Here is my latest attempt at modeling coiled rope attached to a belaying
> pin. I created a macro that allows me to control specific parameters such
> as rope size, pigment darkness, number of turns, etc. The issue I had
> before was that in photo's of real rigging, there are always big heaps of
> messy coiled ropes & my previous attempts were just too clean. Combine the
> desired messiness with the fact that not all ropes are the same size and
> color & I just had to revisit this area of the model. I think this is much
> better.
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
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> 
Mind boggling. Fall of the coils looks very natural.  Texture needs 
tweaking maybe.


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