I don't know if anyone remembers this show, but it was a major part of my
childhood. Anyways, I found some technical drawings of the Viper, which I
scanned and loaded into Moray as background images, and am modelling around
those. This is my first attempt at doing anything in that manner, and here
is the fruit of my first nine hours. All Image and Bump maps were created
from scratch in Paint Shop Pro 7. Feedback greatly appreciated. I will post
again around the 10th, by which date I may have found time enough to add
wings, cannon, finish the engines, and maybe even try to tackle doing a
pilot.

Please send any comments to
<a href="mailto:pat### [at] aolcom">Pat### [at] aolcom</a>

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PatchWerk wrote:
> 
> I don't know if anyone remembers this show, but it was a major part of my
> childhood.

Yes.

I was snooping on the Blender site earlier this week and there's a
radiosity tutorial that uses a Cylon raider as its model, what a
coinky-dink!

> Anyways, I found some technical drawings of the Viper, which I
> scanned and loaded into Moray as background images, and am modelling around
> those. This is my first attempt at doing anything in that manner, and here
> is the fruit of my first nine hours. All Image and Bump maps were created
> from scratch in Paint Shop Pro 7. Feedback greatly appreciated. I will post
> again around the 10th, by which date I may have found time enough to add
> wings, cannon, finish the engines, and maybe even try to tackle doing a
> pilot.
> 
>  [Image]

From what I remember (it was showing in re-runs, here before Christmas)
the nose is squarer and there should be a lot more baffles on your
engines.

-- 
Francois Labreque | The surest sign of the existence of extra-
    flabreque     | terrestrial intelligence is that they never
        @         | bothered to come down here and visit us!
  videotron.ca                                  - Calvin

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I heard that they're planning a new movie.  I'm not sure if it's a
remake, or what, but it should be interesting to see what they do with
the design!

	Ben
	<><

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PatchWerk wrote:
> 
> I don't know if anyone remembers this show, but it was a major part of my
> childhood. Anyways, I found some technical drawings of the Viper, which I
> scanned and loaded into Moray as background images, and am modelling around
> those. This is my first attempt at doing anything in that manner, and here
> is the fruit of my first nine hours. All Image and Bump maps were created
> from scratch in Paint Shop Pro 7. Feedback greatly appreciated. I will post
> again around the 10th, by which date I may have found time enough to add
> wings, cannon, finish the engines, and maybe even try to tackle doing a
> pilot.
> 
> Please send any comments to
> <a href="mailto:pat### [at] aolcom">Pat### [at] aolcom</a>
> 
>  [Image]
i have psp6 and was wondering if there are any new tools in 7 that are
helpful with image map creation.  i'm on a unix machine at school right
now so the image is dark.  i'll take a look when i get home today where
the gamma is correct.

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If I remember correctly the villians were some robots with moving lights -
who ever made those roboits in the first place anyway!


"Francois Labreque" <fla### [at] videotronca> wrote in message
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>
>
> PatchWerk wrote:
> >
> > I don't know if anyone remembers this show, but it was a major part of
my
> > childhood.
>
> Yes.
>
> I was snooping on the Blender site earlier this week and there's a
> radiosity tutorial that uses a Cylon raider as its model, what a
> coinky-dink!
>
> > Anyways, I found some technical drawings of the Viper, which I
> > scanned and loaded into Moray as background images, and am modelling
around
> > those. This is my first attempt at doing anything in that manner, and
here
> > is the fruit of my first nine hours. All Image and Bump maps were
created
> > from scratch in Paint Shop Pro 7. Feedback greatly appreciated. I will
post
> > again around the 10th, by which date I may have found time enough to add
> > wings, cannon, finish the engines, and maybe even try to tackle doing a
> > pilot.
> >
> >  [Image]
>
> From what I remember (it was showing in re-runs, here before Christmas)
> the nose is squarer and there should be a lot more baffles on your
> engines.
>
> --
> Francois Labreque | The surest sign of the existence of extra-
>     flabreque     | terrestrial intelligence is that they never
>         @         | bothered to come down here and visit us!
>   videotron.ca                                  - Calvin

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It wouldn't be the same without Lorne Greene though.
:-}
Sorry, couldn't resist.

Bob H.

"Ben Birdsey" <cla### [at] mailcom> wrote in message
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>
> I heard that they're planning a new movie.  I'm not sure if it's a
> remake, or what, but it should be interesting to see what they do with
> the design!
>
> Ben
> <><

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That brought back memories.  Cool render.  Can't wait
to see what you do with it next.  Thanks for posting it.

Pete

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I think Hoss from Bonanza made the robots.

Saadat Saeed wrote:

> If I remember correctly the villians were some robots with moving lights -
> who ever made those roboits in the first place anyway!

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