To get off topic they all look like humans because they are supposed
to.  The idea is that the bad guys populated a whole bunch of worlds
with humans for slaves.  Now star trek has a problem with only humanoid
aliens.  

Chris Huff wrote:
> 
> In article <3957C9C3.446B4982@faricy.net>, David Fontaine
> <dav### [at] faricynet> wrote:
> 
> > Very realistic! The movie was kinda good, but from what I've seen of
> > the TV show IMHO it's kinda not... Interesting render subject
> > nonetheless.
> 
> It varies from episode to episode...generally they are pretty good(The
> best SF show on local TV here, actually.), but there are a few which are
> just plain boring or have bad plot flaws.
> They do tend to suffer from the problems of having aliens look like
> humans in costumes, but they also have good non-humanoid aliens. And
> most of the time they are interacting with humans on other worlds, so it
> isn't so bad.
> They also handle language fairly well(the characters appearing surprised
> when an alien speaks up in english, for example, and having an
> explanation for it), though there were a couple episodes where they
> really blew this one too.
> 
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| It is capable of producing the rippling "water" effect, but I haven't
| added in the iris or worked on the "whoosh" yet.  (All the chevrons are
| independently animatable and lightable, and of course the glyph ring
| turns.  It can also be set to resemble the prop from the original movie,
| which was slightly different from the one on the TV series.)
|

I might be able to help.  I'll post the effect in both the pbi and pba if I
can...

H.E. Day

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This is really excellent work.  The only gripe I have is that the back wall
needs to be either darker, dirtier, or both.   That and the concrete collum
off to the left needs more detail. (Perhaps a light granite or bozo
normal??)
Other than those minor nitpicks, *cool dude*!!

H.E. Day

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In article <3957E8F3.52F091A5@pilot.msu.edu>, Nick Portelli 
<por### [at] pilotmsuedu> wrote:

> To get off topic they all look like humans because they are supposed
> to.  The idea is that the bad guys populated a whole bunch of worlds
> with humans for slaves.

They weren't the ones I was talking about...I meant the non-humans: the 
Nox, Goa'uld, Asgard, Bysra, Reetouh, "Ancients", etc. The Nox were 
practically indistinguishable from humans, but they are a much older 
race.
BTW, as I understand it, the Goa'uld use humans mainly as hosts, they 
simply keep the population working as slaves to make it worthwhile. And 
I still think it is strange for a population separated from earth for 
centuries or millennia to speak American English.

I think the only other host they can take is the "Unas", a creature from 
their home world with which they developed a symbiotic relationship. 
This explains why they feel it is so important to keep humans 
primitive...humans represent the only source of host bodies other than 
the nearly extinct population of Unas. :-)

BTW, I hope "Followup-To" works right...this is the first time I have 
used it. This should continue in povray.off-topic.

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"H. E. Day" <Pov### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>
> This is really excellent work.  The only gripe I have is that the back wall
> needs to be either darker, dirtier, or both.

Okay, thanks for the comment!

> That and the concrete collum
> off to the left needs more detail. (Perhaps a light granite or bozo
> normal??)

Strange; it has the same texturing as the rest of the concrete.  I guess
it's just not lit well enough for it to show.  (When I turn on the
lights on the ramp railings, it does bring out the texture a bit more.)


-- 
Jeff Lee         shi### [at] gatenet        http://www.gate.net/~shipbrk/

  "The only thing that helps me maintain my slender grip on reality
  is the friendship I share with my collection of singing potatoes."

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Maybe you could make a picture with Marvin the Martian Walking through the
gate...

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Superb! This image proves that POV-Ray has nothing to envy from other
renderers. I applaud your skill in modelling, and your control of lighting
and texturing. Thinking of doing an animation any time soon?

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This is the coolest of all POV pictures.

"Jeff Lee" <shi### [at] gatenet> wrote in message
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> I know it's still missing a couple of details, but it's not too bad, I
> think.
>
> Rendered with unofficial OS/2 PM compile of 3.1g Linux sources.
>
>
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I'm sure you meant, "This is 'one of' the coolest of all POV pictures."
Right? :)

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A beaut of a model/scene/render.  The lights on the walls don't seem to
illuminate the nearest region of wall they are attached to, which might be a
case of texture-tweaking and light fade tweaking.
I can't help but to think of 3DS or other such commercial apps, so that might
be a problem  :-)
You have certainly made a triumphant scene here, let me say that.

Bob

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