"Janet" <par### [at] attnet> wrote in message 
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> "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
>>      What are you working on recently?
>
> Lots of things. Some free Poser content. You can see it all at
> http://parrotdolphin.deviantart.com/gallery/

    Hey cool! Damn, you're good at what you do. It seems like you set out to 
create *that* image, and aren't satisfied until you get the results you 
want. That's a good move in my book, it's what I want to try. Anyway, I've 
bookmarked your site now, as I didn't the first time I viewed it. And yes, I 
agree with Thomas too!  ;)

>
> Hey, I like the jewelry you posted here. It's very pretty. The gems look 
> really
> colourful. How'd you do the gems anyway?

     Heh, thanks. I try to please in the jewellery department. :o)

     Well, first off, that gem was originally a free round facetted .DXF 
model (I think), which I converted to .OBJ somewhere along the line.... 
(shrug, it's a blur now as I've had the model for well over five years), and 
then I just ovalled it in Wings.

     Now, textures and colours is my downfall when rendering, so, those 
stones that are supposed to be amethysts are in fact nothing like 
amethysts - too much sparkle in them unless they are AAA-AAA-AAA Quality, 
(of which, would never happen). I wish those stones were real, they would be 
nice. The nearest gemstone to the one I've produced would probably be 
'Ametrine' where a nice purple fades into a citrine colour, (but even then, 
my image isn't close): 
http://www.agta.org/services/images/photos/ametrine001.jpg

  But, my latest designs show a much better coloured amethyst in the 
attachment, (second after the citrine from left to right, dang, I just know 
you know that).

   Now I've just got to get the other stones right... ;)


> Also, the chain reminds me of a Blender feature called DupliFrames. It's 
> really
> fun, you can make one chain section and then duplicate it and have it 
> follow a
> curve.

       Cool, ok, it sounds perfect for me. I'll check that out, thanks!  :)

        ~Steve~



>
> Janet
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