Paul Forwood Posted October 1, 2009 Posted October 1, 2009 You know I always wondered why, with all that armour plating that almost every space craft in, and out, of science fiction is clad in, that the designers go and put all that delicate, vulnerable pipework on the outside. Bad design but it sure looks great. Quote
Eric2575 Posted October 1, 2009 Author Posted October 1, 2009 Oh come on now Paul, what are the odds of hitting a tiny, itty, bitty hydraulic line versus the large piece of armor plating it's scurrying across Besides, Han never said it was a good design, just that it could haul...well, you know Quote
jason1025 Posted October 2, 2009 Posted October 2, 2009 I saw your youtube tutorial about the panels. It was great. You mention that the aproach is slightly different when beveling the edge of the panel. Could you go over that part? Quote
Darkwing Posted October 2, 2009 Posted October 2, 2009 that is truly amazing, get a job at like ILM or something and put all that talent to good monetary use Quote
Darkwing Posted October 2, 2009 Posted October 2, 2009 well, i don't think it's impossible, especially for one with your talent, patience and attention to detail. Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted October 2, 2009 Hash Fellow Posted October 2, 2009 It continues to look great. I suppose there's a fan book out there that explains what ever single doodad on the exterior does, no doubt. Quote
Tralfaz Posted October 2, 2009 Posted October 2, 2009 It probably never had all those extraneous parts on it when it was new. Han did say he had made a few modifications himself... Thank heavens for deflector shields or most of that stuff would be ripped right off whipping through an atmosphere. Al Quote
Eric2575 Posted October 2, 2009 Author Posted October 2, 2009 I'm looking a bit ahead and thinking about textures and decals. I wonder if 3DPaint would be a good app to use on this since I have to paint streaks of grime and oil over various greebles, such as you might expect from a beat up old ship like this - well, it will be beat up and old looking when I get done with it. Well, back to work, and thanks for your guys continued support Quote
Eric2575 Posted October 5, 2009 Author Posted October 5, 2009 Question to ponder: When doing an AO render, the look is really cool, but can a model be rendered using AO and not come out gray? Specifically, I want the Falcon and something else I am concurrently working on to look bright white, like the pic below. Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted October 5, 2009 Hash Fellow Posted October 5, 2009 Add a strong light in addition to the global illumination. That astronaut pic does have the Sun as the main source of light, after all. Or, an EXR render can be smoothly level corrected to almost any brightness. Quote
photoman Posted October 6, 2009 Posted October 6, 2009 I'm looking a bit ahead and thinking about textures and decals. I wonder if 3DPaint would be a good app to use on this since I have to paint streaks of grime and oil over various greebles, such as you might expect from a beat up old ship like this - well, it will be beat up and old looking when I get done with it. Well, back to work, and thanks for your guys continued support Hmm I dont know if this willhelp but here is a video tut on how to make a greeble like effect in photoshop. Geekatplay.com Scroll down to #11 Hope its useful Photoman PS INSANE MODELING! Quote
Darkwing Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 oh wow, forgot about this project, very nice, my brother will be happy to see that some more work has gotten done on this! Quote
Admin Rodney Posted February 12, 2010 Admin Posted February 12, 2010 That's some serious detailing Eric! You've been busy since I last checked in. Quote
largento Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 Looks incredible, Eric! Between you and Al, somebody needs to make a cool Star Wars fan film with these models. Quote
Darkwing Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 Star Wars vs 2001 Space Odyssey AKA: Battle of the modelers! Quote
Eric2575 Posted February 12, 2010 Author Posted February 12, 2010 Ok, accepting scripts for a new space saga as of now Quote
TheSpleen Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 Ok, accepting scripts for a new space saga as of now Star Trek IIX The search for Martin Quote
Tralfaz Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 Your Falcon is looking amazing Eric. You put Hollywood to shame! Al Quote
Eric2575 Posted February 13, 2010 Author Posted February 13, 2010 Golly gee gosh! Flattery will get you everywhere. Thank you Al Quote
PurpleDingo Posted March 12, 2010 Posted March 12, 2010 Well I just stumbled onto this thread.....Eric, this is amazing. Have you made any progress over the past month? Quote
Eric2575 Posted March 12, 2010 Author Posted March 12, 2010 I've got so many projects going right now...hmmm, I sound like an AM forum member that I haven't worked on the Falcon since the last post. Trust me, I've put in too much work to put this one on the shelf. Just learning some new stuff about bones and rigging right now. I'll get back to the Falcon soon. Eric Quote
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