The "Older" model

mikala · January 10th, 2011, 06:48 PM

Being a bit remiss of late on posting wip pics ...anywhere. So here goes.
A Cylon for a friend.

maudib · January 10th, 2011, 07:15 PM

So that's Lw 10? Nice. Spline-cage modeling I see. You know your stuff

mikala · January 10th, 2011, 07:36 PM

Thanks... but it is just poly by poly.
Never did try the Spline stuff but will definitely have to some day.
Yup LW10. The VPR alone is worth the upgrade.

Punisher454 · January 10th, 2011, 11:29 PM

Interesting head. One of the cooler "Stylized" Cylons I've seen, Pure Evil !

Titon · January 11th, 2011, 03:58 AM

Nice work sir!

Yes lightwave 10 is well worth the upgrade simply for the VPR. Although i like what they did with the upgrade i wish they would have spent more time in upgrading modelor as well. There isn't much more to choose over the prior 9.6 release. VPR though is awesome.

mikala · January 11th, 2011, 09:55 AM

Thanks Punisher, Titon.
I'd like to see how much more of it I can make within the week.
When possible...real life permitting. "Real Life (pregnant pause here) Why does it happen. More on the 11 o'clock news"

Darrell Lawrence · January 11th, 2011, 11:23 AM

Sweet. Reminds me of something I haven't finished either.

Titon · January 12th, 2011, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warrior

Sweet. Reminds me of something I haven't finished either.

You!!!!????

You should see MY pile.

Darrell Lawrence · January 12th, 2011, 09:16 AM

Pft! You just haven't finished cuz you're a perfectionist high detail modeler

mikala · January 20th, 2011, 09:31 AM

Made a backpack with a bit of spare time yesterday.

Darrell Lawrence · January 20th, 2011, 09:41 AM

So we get to see the inside of the backside?

mikala · January 20th, 2011, 09:45 AM

Yup Skynyrd's Innards!

Darrell Lawrence · January 20th, 2011, 10:11 AM

BTW, I posted my unfinished in vk's thread, regarding the shiny.

gmd3d · January 21st, 2011, 01:13 AM

mikala super work on this design ...... I won´t be upgrading to LW10 anytime soon ..... unless I win at the lottery ..... of course I will have to start playing too

Darrell Lawrence · January 21st, 2011, 08:02 AM

Greg, here be those two renders I mentioned last night (my time).

First is the 9.6 render, and the second is the 7.5.

It's the same model in both (ie, the one you sent back), so no surfaces were changed on the mesh.

mikala · January 21st, 2011, 09:52 AM

Did you drop an image into Imageworld? In the FX panel?

Darrell Lawrence · January 21st, 2011, 12:10 PM

You referring to the hdri? I used the same image you said to use.

mikala · January 21st, 2011, 12:32 PM

Okay now you can increase it's value in the Imageworld panel and adjust settings in the radiosity settings to taste.

Darrell Lawrence · January 21st, 2011, 01:56 PM

Shouldn't those settings you have in the 9.6 version look the same in the 7.5 version? That's my point. Those two renders are the same settings... etc but look different.

mikala · January 21st, 2011, 02:08 PM

Nope. I've found that scenes can differ greatly between versions.
I need to go in and tweak old scenes to make them look right in the newer versions.

Darrell Lawrence · January 21st, 2011, 05:15 PM

Really? Wow. I have never noticed that before

Learn something new everyday. But then, I need to re-learn a lot too having been away from Lightwave for so long.

I wonder how LW8 will render it now

Ok...'nuff of me hijacking your thread.

maudib · January 21st, 2011, 09:28 PM

I like the cylon renders!

mikala · January 22nd, 2011, 12:52 AM

A wee bit more.

Darrell Lawrence · January 22nd, 2011, 09:12 AM

I bet those are his legs!

Arm work should be cool. Going for the "person underneath in a body suit" look or pure robotic look?

mikala · January 22nd, 2011, 09:55 AM

He's going the hard core metal look. Will be much easier to deform and pose...well everything but the hydraulic hoses.

Darrell Lawrence · January 22nd, 2011, 10:01 AM

I saw on F3D which version this is

Ok... them hoses and animating them... I'm not a character animator, so exactly how will that be done? Will the hoses have to have lots and lots of segments, or does LW 10 allow for good poly bending and so on?

mikala · January 22nd, 2011, 10:13 AM

That....will take a bit of research on my part. I might be looking into Worley Hoser for this one though.
If it stills works in LW10 that is.

Punisher454 · January 22nd, 2011, 06:34 PM

I like the direction you are heading with this Centurion. I always thought the "Razor" Centurions maintained the character of the original design.
I have a Centurion model of my own I have occasionally tinkered with for the last two years. I chose to pattern the hips and pelvis after the "Razor" Centurions but have 'C3PO" style knee joints. I wanted to have visible spine and clavical parts, but abandoned it due to concerns of excessive polycounts for the realtime application I 'm working with.

Camt wait to see more.

mikala · January 22nd, 2011, 06:53 PM

I hear you on the whole polycount thing.
This might climb a bit if I'm not careful.

mikala · January 23rd, 2011, 11:08 PM

The Cylon is now chesty.