"Charles C" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> Another nice render :)  One nitpick is that it looks like it's floating.

It is, slightly.

> Have you modeled the little robot in the back?

Not yet. I was thinking of putting all the various robots and bonus buggies etc
into a little crowd!

> I liked the form of the space ship although it eventually bothered
> me that the cockpit wasn't fully enclosed around the pilot's legs.

Yes, me too! I was always uneasy that there wasn't an airtight seal for the men,
despite them being safe and snug in their space suits...

> I notice the slight positioning
> variation in the bricks that helps your eye distinguish between different ones.
>  Is that a feature of the modeler or a bit of randomness you added in SDL?

Most of the bricks have finely rounded edges and corners, as in real life. A few
will be the low-res ldraw default meshes if the parts are missing from the
POV-Ray libraries, which will introduce a slight randomness to the appearance.
The modeler allows the bricks to be placed slightly out of alignment, but I've
been using the grid locked to keep it neat (always the perfectionist!).

Bill

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"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote in message 
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> On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:22:59 +0100, "Thomas de Groot"
> <tDOTdegroot@interDOTnlANOTHERDOTnet> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> schreef in bericht
>>news:pqd5o45jed6pp5c8mncjmgvvedlv8fnqqb@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1728_uptodate/page25.shtml
>>>
>>
>>LOL!
>>
>>Thanks, Stephen!
>>
>
> Just to add to the article there is a racist phrase I used to hear when I 
> was
> young in Glasgow, "Bog Irish" and there is the phrase "bog off" :)

   Heh... :)

    ~Steve~


> -- 
>
> Regards
>     Stephen

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"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message 
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> "clipka" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>> "Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> > but I think I prefer the bog-standard one (see second post), even if it 
>> > is a
>> > bit dark.
>>
>> I can't help it, but I *really* like the HDRI a lot more.
>
> It does look more real, but the vivid nature of the reflections bother me
> slightly. Those textures shouldn't be doing that!

    I think better AA might do the trick with this?

    ~Steve~

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I like it.  You're right that the reflections on the HDRI version are just a
little exaggerated, but overall it's spot-on.  Thanks for the inspiration, too.
 It's been a while since I've played with LDraw, but now it's getting
addicting...

 - Ricky

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