"RusHHouR" <gee### [at] mailnu> wrote:
> Well, I have no experience of mesh either. But maybe it's time to give it a
> go. Height_field seems to be out of the question after all...
>

IIRC There is a lion model in Poser. From which you could use the head. I

recently. I used a paw as a foot for a stand quite a while ago.

Stephen

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> Sean btw that throne is a great piece, I forgot to say!
> And thanks Tim and dlm for enlightening me on the tecnique used in this
> model.
> On the issue of building a real catapult sort of thing, I remember at
least
> one man who has reached success:
>
> http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=18075
> Cows beware! ;D
He should have thrown one just to try :p

LOL after I saw the piano explode in fire, I expected to hear the car play a
chord :-p
It looks like what we called "Couillard" in middle age France
http://medieval.mrugala.net/Armes%20de%20siege/Couillard.htm
Don't ask me why it is called couillard . I'll just say that  our "couilles"
are like your bullocks (but bigger of course ;-)

Marc

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> "RusHHouR" <gee### [at] mailnu> wrote:
> > Well, I have no experience of mesh either. But maybe it's time to give
it a
> > go. Height_field seems to be out of the question after all...
> >
>
> IIRC There is a lion model in Poser. From which you could use the head. I
> don't know if it is present in the free version that was advertised
> recently.

Yes it is

Marc

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"Marc" <jac### [at] wanadoofr> wrote:

> web.450563876d4b72cef1cb1e660@news.povray.org...
> > "RusHHouR" <gee### [at] mailnu> wrote:
> > > Well, I have no experience of mesh either. But maybe it's time to give
> it a
> > > go. Height_field seems to be out of the question after all...
> > >
> >
> > IIRC There is a lion model in Poser. From which you could use the head. I
> > don't know if it is present in the free version that was advertised
> > recently.
>
> Yes it is
>
> Marc

Thanks Mark
In that case RusHHouR, you might be able to export only the head or delete
the body in Poseray. Assuming you downloaded it.

Stephen

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On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:41:52 +0200, "Thomas de Groot"
<t.d### [at] internlnet> wrote:

>
>"Tim Attwood" <tim### [at] comcastnet> schreef in bericht 
>news:45046439$1@news.povray.org...
>>> Actually, while modeling it, it struck me that it was not obvious at all
>>> how this contruction could produce any sort of real catapult-movement.
>> The ropes around the pivot act as a torsional spring. The handles at
>> the back are to force the catch off the hook.
>>
>Yes, and for those who have seen Scrapheap on TV, know that it is not so 
>obvious to build a working one :-)
>
>Thomas 
>
You are right and I cannot imagine that throwing arm surviving the
sudden stop when it hits the massive top beam .

Not a practical design at all

John

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"Marc" <jac### [at] wanadoofr> wrote:
> LOL after I saw the piano explode in fire, I expected to hear the car play a
> chord :-p

Well, that's only a Hollywood myth.  In real life, pianos usually do not
explode on contact. ;-)

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RusHHouR nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 11/09/2006 08:25:
> Sean btw that throne is a great piece, I forgot to say!
> And thanks Tim and dlm for enlightening me on the tecnique used in this
> model.
> On the issue of building a real catapult sort of thing, I remember at least
> one man who has reached success:
> 
> http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=18075
> Cows beware! ;D
> 
> And wow, Bruno, thanks a lot!
> I really should take the time to deeper explore the POV folders before
> venturing out into the dark.
> I think I am already very inspired by that scene!
> 
> I wonder what else I might find...
> 
> //RH
> 
That's not a catapult but a trebuchet. Same purpose but completely different 
principle!
A catapult use tortional or flexing (bow like part) force.
A trebuchet, as in the clip, use counterweight.
Usualy, a trebuchet have greater range and can trow heavier projectils, but 
takes longer to reload and fire. It also frequently have poorer acuracy.

-- 
Alain
-------------------------------------------------
EVERYTHING HAS A GENDER

You may not know this but many nonliving things have a gender...

A Hot Air Balloon is Male, because, to get it to go anywhere, you have to light 
a fire under it, and of course, there's the hot air part.

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"RusHHouR" <gee### [at] mailnu> wrote:
> Sean btw that throne is a great piece, I forgot to say!

Thanks, I made that about 10 years ago before I even knew about macros in
POV a lot of cut and paste and editing coordinates to place the detail just
because I was too lazy to read the manual about macros... Nice video clip
BTW

Sean

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"RusHHouR" <gee### [at] mailnu> wrote:

> Height_field seems to be out of the question after all...
>

Yes, you're right. I actually tried painting a HF image in Photoshop
to try and re-create your lion's head...but finally gave up in utter
frustration. Not as easy as it looks!!!

Ken

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...hold down a lion while you measure it's face?

"RusHHouR" <gee### [at] mailnu> wrote in message
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> Below are the original image of the catapult that Im trying to clone,
> and the progress so far. I wish I could say the top one was mine, but it
is
> of course not.
>
> Anyways, Im looking at the metal details now, and the two lion heads
roaring
> in the front pussles me... I tried using a height_field from a adjusted
> googled image... but, well, it's not that great as you can see.
>
> Any ideas on how to create a lion head like that?
> Or any teqniques on transforming "real" images to usable height_fields?
>
> Kaplonk!
>
> //RH
>


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