Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> I like your materials. I bet they are not blender ones. ;-)

sure not

http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/5664/donthinkso.jpg

:)

> I have just started to try to learn Blender (again).

good.  it's an excellent graphical package

I should get back to blending anytime soon...

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On 09/04/2013 7:32 PM, nemesis wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>> I like your materials. I bet they are not blender ones. ;-)
>
> sure not
>
> http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/5664/donthinkso.jpg
>
> :)
>

I was thinking about the base.
But some of the images I have seen recently are quite impressive.

>> I have just started to try to learn Blender (again).
>
> good.  it's an excellent graphical package
>

Yes from the little I have seen. It is good, I quite like it.

> I should get back to blending anytime soon...
>

I might help with all the questions, I have. ;-)

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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On 04/09/2013 09:40 AM, Stephen wrote:
> On 09/04/2013 12:25 AM, James Holsenback wrote:
>> On 04/08/2013 09:59 AM, James Holsenback wrote:
>>> Playing around with blender ... something kind of industrial. I think
>>> I'll refine the model, but like where it's going.
>>
>> Reworked the model ... not as much bevel on the gear edges. Played
>> around with the textures a bit more. I like this version better.
>
> I like this one better, too.
> The smaller the bevel, the better IMO.
>
> I like your materials. I bet they are not blender ones. ;-)

You would be correct ... I have a highly reflective metal material that 
I just re-use. I change the color depending on what kind of metal I'm 
trying to create. In this example I also added irid in the finish block 
... played a bit with the irid_wavelength parameter in global_settings 
as well.


> I have just started to try to learn Blender (again).

Yeah if it wasn't for some of the plug-ins (Curves Galore) and finding a 
few simple models I wouldn't have gotten this far. I used the CG plug-in 
to create the gear teeth, the rest are just simpler bezier curves. The 
ball bearings and the race(s) they rest in were much easier to do with 
povray csg ... so I still have a way to go. At any rate that approach 
helped me get past the tedium for messing with that stupid cube. Just an 
idea ... hope it helps you along.

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On 04/09/2013 02:32 PM, nemesis wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>> I like your materials. I bet they are not blender ones. ;-)
>
> sure not
>
> http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/5664/donthinkso.jpg

LOL ... looks a little familiar

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James Holsenback <nom### [at] nonecom> wrote:
> On 04/08/2013 09:59 AM, James Holsenback wrote:
> > Playing around with blender ... something kind of industrial. I think
> > I'll refine the model, but like where it's going.
>
> Reworked the model ... not as much bevel on the gear edges. Played
> around with the textures a bit more. I like this version better.

This is a much better model, I like your use of irid definitely an under used
feature.

I have just started playing with sculptris, I never got my head around blender
but intend to give it another go at some point. Sculptris however is amazingly
easy to use.

Sean

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On 04/09/2013 09:40 AM, Stephen wrote:
> On 09/04/2013 12:25 AM, James Holsenback wrote:
>> On 04/08/2013 09:59 AM, James Holsenback wrote:
>>> Playing around with blender ... something kind of industrial. I think
>>> I'll refine the model, but like where it's going.
>>
>> Reworked the model ... not as much bevel on the gear edges. Played
>> around with the textures a bit more. I like this version better.
>
> I like this one better, too.
> The smaller the bevel, the better IMO.
>
> I like your materials. I bet they are not blender ones. ;-)
>
> I have just started to try to learn Blender (again).
>

A /slightly/ more detailed article, and a higher resolution version 
suitable as a cool looking wallpaper

http://jholsenback.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/pov-ray-iridescence-on-metal-materials/

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James Holsenback <nom### [at] nonecom> wrote:
> A /slightly/ more detailed article, and a higher resolution version
> suitable as a cool looking wallpaper
>
> http://jholsenback.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/pov-ray-iridescence-on-metal-materials/

"The featured object was constructed out of three bezier curves. The Curves
Galore Blender plug-in"

hah, I used the plugin Mesh -> Extra-Objects -> Gears :)

that, and subsurface modifier and a bit of editing to get creased edges

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On 04/10/2013 10:21 AM, nemesis wrote:
> James Holsenback <nom### [at] nonecom> wrote:
>> A /slightly/ more detailed article, and a higher resolution version
>> suitable as a cool looking wallpaper
>>
>> http://jholsenback.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/pov-ray-iridescence-on-metal-materials/
>
> "The featured object was constructed out of three bezier curves. The Curves
> Galore Blender plug-in"
>
> hah, I used the plugin Mesh -> Extra-Objects -> Gears :)
>
> that, and subsurface modifier and a bit of editing to get creased edges
>
>

hey ... that works too ;-) i seem to be able to get better beveling 
control with curves. when all's said and done i convert them to mesh 
before export

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Am 10.04.2013 00:44, schrieb s.day:

> I like your use of irid definitely an under used feature.

That's probably because prior to 3.7 it was too buggy to be of any use.

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> Playing around with blender ... something kind of industrial. I think
> I'll refine the model, but like where it's going.

Reminds me an old image of me...
http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/thread/%3C4382572b%40news.povray.org%3E/?ttop=384198&toff=3250
;-)

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