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From: David Fontaine
Subject: Awesome Ice Planet Vehicle! #6898 (66k)
Date: 8 Aug 2000 02:25:33
Message: <398FA5C9.6000552@faricy.net>
I was going to write "AWESOME ICE PLANET VEHICLE!!!!!", but realized
many people probably have their newsreaders set to filter crap like that
out.
It uses angle-dependent reflection :) There are some artifacts on the
rocket clamps that look like coincident surfaces, I guess my only choice
is to remodel them since I can't follow my own code after a few weeks.
(*Lots* of nested CSG and often transformations are applied at the end
of a block, that's specialized LEGO pieces for ya...)
I think I will model some nice crystals and put it in a totally awesome
looking scene.
As usual, all hand coded...

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From: Thomas Lake
Subject: Re: Awesome Ice Planet Vehicle! #6898 (66k)
Date: 8 Aug 2000 03:26:58
Message: <398FB6DF.11F3C8FD@home.com>
wow nice model!!! You know if it weren't for the stark plane and the unnatural
brightness of the wheels I would have trouble telling this apart from a real
Lego model! Can't wait to see the scene.

David Fontaine wrote:

> I was going to write "AWESOME ICE PLANET VEHICLE!!!!!", but realized
> many people probably have their newsreaders set to filter crap like that
> out.
> It uses angle-dependent reflection :) There are some artifacts on the
> rocket clamps that look like coincident surfaces, I guess my only choice
> is to remodel them since I can't follow my own code after a few weeks.
> (*Lots* of nested CSG and often transformations are applied at the end
> of a block, that's specialized LEGO pieces for ya...)
> I think I will model some nice crystals and put it in a totally awesome
> looking scene.
> As usual, all hand coded...
>
> --
> David Fontaine     <dav### [at] faricynet>     ICQ 55354965
> Please visit my website: http://www.faricy.net/~davidf/
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  [Image]

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From: David Fontaine
Subject: Re: Awesome Ice Planet Vehicle! #6898 (66k)
Date: 8 Aug 2000 03:34:54
Message: <398FB625.972D5ACD@faricy.net>
Thomas Lake wrote:

> wow nice model!!! You know if it weren't for the stark plane and the unnatural
> brightness of the wheels I would have trouble telling this apart from a real
> Lego model! Can't wait to see the scene.

Unnatural brightness? They are supposed to be white; perhaps they are too dark and
look like they were intended to be light gray.
Of course, the part that's left is the hardest -- the driver. Up till now,
everything, including the wheels, has had a definitive mathematical shape. Now I
need to make an eggshell-style helmet with a visor slot and the goggles for the
minifig. I'll report back in 3 years...

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From: Fabien Mosen
Subject: Re: Awesome Ice Planet Vehicle! #6898 (66k)
Date: 8 Aug 2000 04:36:37
Message: <398FC55D.FE71F394@skynet.be>
Actually awesome, yes !  Everything looks just right (especially
colors and textures).  May I suggest : 
 - use a black fog to eliminate that horizon line
 - use a spotlight to focus on the vehicle
 - uses Gille's radiosity setup, might be great !

Fabien.


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From: Steve
Subject: Re: Awesome Ice Planet Vehicle! #6898 (66k)
Date: 8 Aug 2000 13:19:53
Message: <slrn8p055r.q9f.steve@zero-pps.localdomain>
Great image, it'll be good to see this with a suitable
background. 

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From: David Fontaine
Subject: Re: Awesome Ice Planet Vehicle! #6898 (66k)
Date: 8 Aug 2000 16:57:11
Message: <3990722C.B501EDFB@faricy.net>
Steve wrote:

> Great image, it'll be good to see this with a suitable
> background.

Thanks! I've already written a basic crystaline cluster generating macro.

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From: David Fontaine
Subject: Re: Awesome Ice Planet Vehicle! #6898 (66k)
Date: 8 Aug 2000 16:58:40
Message: <39907285.4ECECA1C@faricy.net>
Fabien Mosen wrote:

> Actually awesome, yes !  Everything looks just right (especially
> colors and textures).

Tanx! Of course, after so many renders of LEGO objects, the textures
have been repeatedly tweaked.

> May I suggest :
>  - use a black fog to eliminate that horizon line

>  - use a spotlight to focus on the vehicle
>  - uses Gille's radiosity setup, might be great !

I'll wait till I have it in some different surroundings to see what else
it needs.

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From: Fabien Hénon
Subject: Re: Awesome Ice Planet Vehicle! #6898 (66k)
Date: 8 Aug 2000 20:17:34
Message: <3990A363.7C5A32B7@club-internet.fr>
Very good modelling.
Please give a better background ( wallpaper ?) and floor (tiles or wood?) to
this picture. It really deserves it.

Fabien



> I was going to write "AWESOME ICE PLANET VEHICLE!!!!!", but realized
> many people probably have their newsreaders set to filter crap like that
> out.
> It uses angle-dependent reflection :) There are some artifacts on the
> rocket clamps that look like coincident surfaces, I guess my only choice
> is to remodel them since I can't follow my own code after a few weeks.
> (*Lots* of nested CSG and often transformations are applied at the end
> of a block, that's specialized LEGO pieces for ya...)
> I think I will model some nice crystals and put it in a totally awesome
> looking scene.
> As usual, all hand coded...
>
> --
> David Fontaine     <dav### [at] faricynet>     ICQ 55354965
> Please visit my website: http://www.faricy.net/~davidf/
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  [Image]


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From: Mark Wagner
Subject: Re: Awesome Ice Planet Vehicle! #6898 (66k)
Date: 9 Aug 2000 01:25:41
Message: <3990eb55@news.povray.org>
David Fontaine wrote in message <398FB625.972D5ACD@faricy.net>...
>Of course, the part that's left is the hardest -- the driver. Up till now,
>everything, including the wheels, has had a definitive mathematical shape.
Now I
>need to make an eggshell-style helmet with a visor slot and the goggles for
the
>minifig. I'll report back in 3 years...


You might want to take a look at Anton Raves' Lego include files at
http://people.a2000.nl/araves/Howto.html .  He's got most of these parts
modeled.

Mark


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From: David Fontaine
Subject: Re: Awesome Ice Planet Vehicle! #6898 (66k)
Date: 9 Aug 2000 14:51:41
Message: <3991A63E.A3571DF2@faricy.net>
Mark Wagner wrote:

> You might want to take a look at Anton Raves' Lego include files at
> http://people.a2000.nl/araves/Howto.html .  He's got most of these parts
> modeled.

Now now, that would be cheating! I like the challenge of doing it myself.

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