I've made quite a number of watches myself.  Take a look at this address:

http://showcase.netins.net/web/patrickd/imagesby.html

I haven't made any with broken glass to speak of.  One pocket watch was made
with a single crack in it though.
Hands are usually pretty easy to me.  I usually construct them out of
primitives (cylinders, triangles, etc.)


"Corey Woodworth" <cdw### [at] mpinetnet> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to make an old pocket watch. I'm not quite sure how I'm going
to
> do the hands. I could cheat and use a transparent image map on a disc, but
I
> suppose I should do a prism (ugh, I don't like making splines) I'd like to
> make the whole thing look older though. Some corrosion and maybe even
broken
> glass. Has anyone done broken glass before? The only way I could see doing
> it is to difference a webish looking shape with the glass. That'd be hard
to
> model though.
>
> Any critiques or ideas for further development are greatly appreciated!
>
> Corey
>
>
>

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Also check out this prior IRTC from 1996.  There are some great timepieces
made and there is source code
for many of them.

http://www.irtc.org/stills/1996-06-30.html



"Patrick Dugan" <pat### [at] netinsnet> wrote in message
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> I've made quite a number of watches myself.  Take a look at this address:
>
> http://showcase.netins.net/web/patrickd/imagesby.html
>
> I haven't made any with broken glass to speak of.  One pocket watch was
made
> with a single crack in it though.
> Hands are usually pretty easy to me.  I usually construct them out of
> primitives (cylinders, triangles, etc.)
>
>
> "Corey Woodworth" <cdw### [at] mpinetnet> wrote in message
> news:3cb0bd95@news.povray.org...
> > I'm trying to make an old pocket watch. I'm not quite sure how I'm going
> to
> > do the hands. I could cheat and use a transparent image map on a disc,
but
> I
> > suppose I should do a prism (ugh, I don't like making splines) I'd like
to
> > make the whole thing look older though. Some corrosion and maybe even
> broken
> > glass. Has anyone done broken glass before? The only way I could see
doing
> > it is to difference a webish looking shape with the glass. That'd be
hard
> to
> > model though.
> >
> > Any critiques or ideas for further development are greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Corey
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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> Thats similar to what I want but I'm having good luck so far with my HF. I
> have a lot more control over it than I would with the isosurface (in the
> sense that I know my way around photoshop but isosurface math is a bit
over
> my head :)

It's actually borrowed from functions.inc (f_crackle) with a little
inversing ;-).  The shape of the container defines the shape ;-) I could
probably re-write it to allow you to change the crackle pattern like a
pigment/normal/density/....  I'm happy to post source.


--
__________________
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Ok, here is my try at HF broken glass:

Corey

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"Patrick Dugan" <pat### [at] netinsnet> wrote in message
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> I've made quite a number of watches myself.  Take a look at this address:

WOW! Thats a LOT of watches!

> http://showcase.netins.net/web/patrickd/imagesby.html
>
> I haven't made any with broken glass to speak of.  One pocket watch was
made
> with a single crack in it though.
> Hands are usually pretty easy to me.  I usually construct them out of
> primitives (cylinders, triangles, etc.)

so for example was
http://showcase.netins.net/web/patrickd/povray/elginpocket.jpg made witha
cylinder, 2 spheres, and a cone then flattened by scaling the y axis very
small? I might try something like that, thanks for the examples and the idea

Corey

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"Corey Woodworth" <cdw### [at] mpinetnet> wrote in message
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>I'd like to
> make the whole thing look older though. Some corrosion and maybe even
broken
> glass

      Nice! For an old effect on the dial, you might want to add one or
two very thin light blue lines. Quite often an old watch of this style
will have a cracked and/or chipped ceramic dial usually radiating from
the centre.

Here's a good example:

http://www.watchmanmike.fsnet.co.uk/images/DSC0032.jpg

   ~Steve~


> Corey
>
>
>

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"25ct" <25c### [at] lineonenet> wrote in message news:3cb11c2b@news.povray.org...
>
> "Corey Woodworth" <cdw### [at] mpinetnet> wrote in message
> news:3cb0bd95@news.povray.org...
>
> >I'd like to
> > make the whole thing look older though. Some corrosion and maybe even
> broken
> > glass
>
>       Nice! For an old effect on the dial, you might want to add one or
> two very thin light blue lines. Quite often an old watch of this style
> will have a cracked and/or chipped ceramic dial usually radiating from
> the centre.

Cool I'll give it a shot. So the dials are ceramic! That'll help me when
I get around to texturing that. :)

> Here's a good example:
>
> http://www.watchmanmike.fsnet.co.uk/images/DSC0032.jpg

Hmm, maybe its my eyes, but I can't find the blue lines.

Corey

>    ~Steve~

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"Corey Woodworth" <cdw### [at] mpinetnet> wrote in message
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>
> "25ct" <25c### [at] lineonenet> wrote in message
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> >

> Cool I'll give it a shot. So the dials are ceramic! That'll help me
when
> I get around to texturing that. :)

     Note that not all pocket watches have ceramic dials. Some have nice
engine-turned gold or brass dials.
>
> > Here's a good example:
> >
> > http://www.watchmanmike.fsnet.co.uk/images/DSC0032.jpg
>
> Hmm, maybe its my eyes, but I can't find the blue lines.

      There's only one crack on this dial. It's from the centre to just
before the II (2). The line looks black/dark in this image, but in real
life I've only ever seen blue.

   ~Steve~


>
> Corey
>
> >    ~Steve~
>
>
>

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"Patrick Dugan" <pat### [at] netinsnet> wrote in message
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> I've made quite a number of watches myself.  Take a look at this
address:
>
> http://showcase.netins.net/web/patrickd/imagesby.html
>

     Blimey Patrick, where have you been hiding?

     You've got some mean looking watches on your 'site. Bookmarked for
inspiration.

     ~Steve~

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>>Here's a good example:
>>
>>http://www.watchmanmike.fsnet.co.uk/images/DSC0032.jpg


Also note how the 4 is written. This is used on most clock faces, that 
use Roman numerals, instead of the normal IV.

As for the hands: just use CSG. That's what I would do - actually have 
done: http://home4.inet.tele.dk/ibras/ur.htm

/Ib

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