i know it's cliche, but i started it and i'm going to finish it.  as you
can see, the modelling is almost done.  it's 1137 individual pieces, all
csg.  the fuselage is a solid mesh made with spatch and converted.  i
had 20 or so pics to look at and the videos.  appearantly there are
about 4-6 official models including the life size one and no two are the
same.  so, i've taken a bit of creative license in deciding which
details to add.  still on the todo list:  landing gear (doors are done),
cargo hatch, near and far cockpits, textures including squad striping (i
want it all procedural).  as i said in my last post, this is only the
third model i've ever made.  any pointers would be appreciated (i.e. i
think i did some things the hard way).  also, if you see any glaring
mistakes, please point them out.  any tips for procedural textures are
welcome.  for those interested, i will make pov, inc and mdl files
available when i'm done.

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On Fri, 02 Jun 2000 22:36:57 -0700, ryan constantine
<rco### [at] yahoocom> wrote:

>i know it's cliche, but i started it and i'm going to finish it.  as you
>can see, the modelling is almost done.  it's 1137 individual pieces, all
>csg.  

*faints*

The amount of detail is impressive!


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"ryan constantine" <rco### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message
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> for those interested, i will make pov, inc and mdl files
> available when i'm done.

I'm interested!

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The detail is extremely high, I'll be interested in seeing the finished
fully textured image.  A couple of things though, the 'above' image is
blurred, just wondering why (sorry I just sorta dont get it) and its pity
about the spatch model - spatch is great, I use it loads, but unfortunately
it generally doesn't blend in that well with CSG, with the last image -
where you can see the front clearly there seem to gaps from in the front,
possibly try putting the U and V steps upto 5 if they're not already?
Anyway it is incredible work, good luck with the texturing - I'm now gonna
go and find out what procedural textures are...

Peter Cracknell

www.petecracknell.co.uk

ryan constantine <rco### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message
news:39389979.E47ACA42@yahoo.com...
> i know it's cliche, but i started it and i'm going to finish it.  as you
> can see, the modelling is almost done.  it's 1137 individual pieces, all
> csg.  the fuselage is a solid mesh made with spatch and converted.  i
> had 20 or so pics to look at and the videos.  appearantly there are
> about 4-6 official models including the life size one and no two are the
> same.  so, i've taken a bit of creative license in deciding which
> details to add.  still on the todo list:  landing gear (doors are done),
> cargo hatch, near and far cockpits, textures including squad striping (i
> want it all procedural).  as i said in my last post, this is only the
> third model i've ever made.  any pointers would be appreciated (i.e. i
> think i did some things the hard way).  also, if you see any glaring
> mistakes, please point them out.  any tips for procedural textures are
> welcome.  for those interested, i will make pov, inc and mdl files
> available when i'm done.


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I wish I had the time and what ever else it takes to do that much POV
work... I am very impressed.

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Very impressive model Ryan.  Cliche it may be, but at least it's a good
looking sci fi image!  I'd love to see the code when it's ready.  Good luck.

-Doug Eichenberg

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ohmygod

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where are uv steps set?  i remember seeing them somewhere, but at the
time i didn't know what it was for.

Peter Cracknell wrote:
> 
> The detail is extremely high, I'll be interested in seeing the finished
> fully textured image.  A couple of things though, the 'above' image is
> blurred, just wondering why (sorry I just sorta dont get it) and its pity
> about the spatch model - spatch is great, I use it loads, but unfortunately
> it generally doesn't blend in that well with CSG, with the last image -
> where you can see the front clearly there seem to gaps from in the front,
> possibly try putting the U and V steps upto 5 if they're not already?
> Anyway it is incredible work, good luck with the texturing - I'm now gonna
> go and find out what procedural textures are...
> 
> Peter Cracknell
> 
> www.petecracknell.co.uk
> 
> ryan constantine <rco### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message
> news:39389979.E47ACA42@yahoo.com...
> > i know it's cliche, but i started it and i'm going to finish it.  as you
> > can see, the modelling is almost done.  it's 1137 individual pieces, all
> > csg.  the fuselage is a solid mesh made with spatch and converted.  i
> > had 20 or so pics to look at and the videos.  appearantly there are
> > about 4-6 official models including the life size one and no two are the
> > same.  so, i've taken a bit of creative license in deciding which
> > details to add.  still on the todo list:  landing gear (doors are done),
> > cargo hatch, near and far cockpits, textures including squad striping (i
> > want it all procedural).  as i said in my last post, this is only the
> > third model i've ever made.  any pointers would be appreciated (i.e. i
> > think i did some things the hard way).  also, if you see any glaring
> > mistakes, please point them out.  any tips for procedural textures are
> > welcome.  for those interested, i will make pov, inc and mdl files
> > available when i'm done.
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it has taken over four months off and on (mostly off).

Bill DeWitt wrote:
> 
> I wish I had the time and what ever else it takes to do that much POV
> work... I am very impressed.

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Good job Ryan! That's very detailed. You might give the ship a few scrapes and
burn marks for an added effect of realism.

ryan constantine wrote:

> i know it's cliche, but i started it and i'm going to finish it.  as you
> can see, the modelling is almost done.  it's 1137 individual pieces, all
> csg.  the fuselage is a solid mesh made with spatch and converted.  i
> had 20 or so pics to look at and the videos.  appearantly there are
> about 4-6 official models including the life size one and no two are the
> same.  so, i've taken a bit of creative license in deciding which
> details to add.  still on the todo list:  landing gear (doors are done),
> cargo hatch, near and far cockpits, textures including squad striping (i
> want it all procedural).  as i said in my last post, this is only the
> third model i've ever made.  any pointers would be appreciated (i.e. i
> think i did some things the hard way).  also, if you see any glaring
> mistakes, please point them out.  any tips for procedural textures are
> welcome.  for those interested, i will make pov, inc and mdl files
> available when i'm done.
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