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Thanks Robert, It is nice to be be back..Once Am is is your blood it never goes away Jay

Hi i am Jason, It has been a little while since i have been active on the forums which has been down to some slight medical problems.With them now sorted i hope to be a lot more active again ! I know i need to start from scratch again but just loading up AM16/17 i felt straight at home again,a little fumbling here and there and i started to remember where things were and what they did.... It may be a little while longer before i start posting things again but i will starting over in again in TaoAm to get up to speed and hopefully start to create some new works. I have been lurking around in the Forums over the years and have been impressed by the great work created by everyone,and also the improvements in AM implemented by Steffen. I can't wait to get started again. See you soon Jay

Latest test: Version V17 Beta5 = 2.00min i7 3770k @ 3.5ghz 16gb ram Win 7 64 bit Regards Jay

Hi Rusty, I'll be honest,I like all three renders that you have done.What type of mood you are after in the sequence? Jay

Fuchur has a pretty good on on his site. Tank Texturing Jay

Try using the page up button on your keyboard this should hopefully sort out your problem. Jay

Another thing you can do is use the Patch group mode... When you select the patch you require an untitled group will be made in your Pws,just rename this group to red,then in your surface properties change the colour to red etc. If you want to select multiple patches for your group then select your first patch,hold down the shift button and continue to select the patches required.When you have finished just rename the untitled group in your Pws. Jay

One piece of advice ' Dont give up now '. I'll be honest that i never really looked at this thread properly until today as i had never heard of Rush.The work you have done so far has been superb and to stop at this point would be a big shame.The animation you've posted up on youtube shows some real promise so keep going with it even if it's as a secondry project,because lets be honest if you stop here you might never come back to it.You have put a lot of effort into your models and it would be a shame for them to remain static images. **** Keep going Tai Shan **** Jay P.s.After looking at your animation on youtube i had a look at Rush's video for 'Far Cry' I think i might be listening to this band a bit more in the future.

Take a look at page 40 onwards of the Technical Reference manual.This goes into detail on how to create a ponytail. Page 30 - 42 covers the hair system in detail. ftp://ftp.hash.com/pub/docs/TECHREF.pdf Jay

Not too sure about the skylight rig,How about trying Johns Skycast rig which will will give you a really nice finish. http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=30784 Jay

Great work Paul, It's a shame we won't get to see some more of these characters.The Hare looks like he overdosed on Red Bull on his warmup Jay

Sorry i'm all out of puns, This looks really good.Looking at your texturing you seem to be going for a claymation look.(i hope i'm not out of order with this remark). I can't wait to see more. Jay

Hi Laconic, I hope this might be of some help. Soulcage dept have been making some fantastic commercials with A:M over the years and in one post on these forums explained a little on how they went about doing seperate passes and then combining them in a compositing program. http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showt...ulcage&st=0 Check out page three of the post to see the example. Jay

Fantastic image Lee,I now have this this as my desktop image. Also having it there gives me a kick up the backside to try and do better with my modeling. Jay

Could be a number of things.Have you tried breaking the scene down and rendering parts at a time,then compositing the final image. Jay

Lee,this keeps getting better by the hour.Have you thought of doing IBL or HDRI as a lighting solution?I'll be honest i don't know anything in this area,but i'm sure it will add a certain something to the lighting of the character. As for clean or scratched,that all depends on if this is the first time the suit has been worn,or if he has already been out there fighting the the big bad! No doubt the finished image will rock,all i ask (being a bit cheeky here) is that you might do a render suitable for a desktop image as i would certainly like this on my computer. Jay

Lee this is absoloutely sweet.I hope you don't mind me saying this,but i think this is the best work i've seen you do to date. Looking forward to the finnished piece. Jay

Looks good so far,are you going to animate him? Jay

This looks great Paul,the walk cycle is perfect for this character.One thing that he possibly needs is a 12 o'clock shadow ,or has that pesky alien already shaved him after his examination. Jay

Hi Kelley, Just a thought.In your pws open up your decal folder on the model and the image subfolder,it could be that you have to add the image back in. Jay

Very encouraging start Paul,Can't wait to see more of this little fella in action. Jay

Awsome modeling Lee,Your attention to detail is superb. It's a shame you can't finnish this,can't you keep it as a side project and finnish it when you do have more time or are there some sort of restrictions? Jay

Hi Gareth, I found a good picture of the Martian Feet,these were taken from the official Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds site - http://www.thewaroftheworlds.com/default.aspx Hope these help. Jay

Also try this link http://wikiold.hash.com/amfeatures/publish...iance+Occlusion As luuk said don't have any textures or colours on your model,and don't have any lights in your Cho when you render. Jay

Great work Paul,keep going. Jay