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Old June 29th, 2008, 04:13 PM   #1
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this model looks great, i have yet to download it, but i've seen it at other sites
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Old June 29th, 2008, 05:42 PM   #2
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One thing you have to remember is scale. At the present time it's got to be larger in order to scale with the series.

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Old June 30th, 2008, 08:08 AM   #3
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Scale is a challenge
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Old July 1st, 2008, 11:04 AM   #4
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I like it. Is that the final picture? Just wondering about that.
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Old July 1st, 2008, 03:09 PM   #5
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Its for me the final for now .. I model more now than render pictures .. I am rebuilding it or I am going to rebuild it soon .... but for now my attention is in Buck Rogers starfighter ,,just for a wee break
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Old November 20th, 2010, 01:51 PM   #6
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its been awhile since I worked on this model ..

I wanted to address some issue of scale .. but I don´t want to rebuild this model .. I am working on other projects as some of you may know,
but this was calling me to at least make some fix..

at times I will at times go and tweak thing now and then

I reduce the windows in the control area .. and added a hatch below and reduced the control panel to the right....

also reduced the scale of the triangular shapes where the Vipers are stored before going to there pens (that's my idea)
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Old November 20th, 2010, 01:58 PM   #7
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Great update. Love the detail to the door ways.
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Old November 20th, 2010, 02:00 PM   #8
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thanks .. I have not work on this set for a few years. I am going over time to see if I can improve on it more ,,,,,, but I at the moment I am working on some Trek models for a fan film and that will take more of my time.
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Old November 23rd, 2010, 12:32 AM   #9
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I've been too busy to do any modeling for far too long now, and only get a chance to look in here occasionally, but I'm glad to see some work done on this one. I really like this model a lot, and I think it captures then implied look of the landing bays very well. The re-scaling looks much better now.
I really miss working on my Galactica models
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Old November 23rd, 2010, 02:24 AM   #10
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I've been too busy to do any modeling for far too long now, and only get a chance to look in here occasionally, but I'm glad to see some work done on this one. I really like this model a lot, and I think it captures then implied look of the landing bays very well. The re-scaling looks much better now.
I really miss working on my Galactica models
I thought it was time to look at it again .... but this will be slow going .. while I think of how add some small features to re-enforce the scale of the deck. the small hatch helps. so I was thinking of adding more .. "emergency hatches"
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Wow, love the detail...

Very cool... Nice work...

I love all the pipes and junction boxes... I need to learn how to come up with detail like that.

That is my weak spot.
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Old November 23rd, 2010, 10:05 AM   #12
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Wow, love the detail...

Very cool... Nice work...

I love all the pipes and junction boxes... I need to learn how to come up with detail like that.

That is my weak spot.
I remember it took me weeks to get right ......

what I did as far as I remember ..

I built a smaller section between the ceiling supports that you can see .. and cloned them and stretched it out to fill the bay . same with the pipes and such.. there are handy tools in LW for that.. possible in other programs
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Old November 25th, 2010, 07:20 AM   #13
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Very Awesome
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Old November 25th, 2010, 10:11 AM   #14
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thanks .. oh and welcome
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Old November 26th, 2010, 10:58 PM   #15
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Are there any tutorials on lightwave and how to texture models?

I'm curious how lightwave goes about this.
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Old November 27th, 2010, 12:14 PM   #16
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Are there any tutorials on lightwave and how to texture models?

I'm curious how lightwave goes about this.
yes .. the best place for Tutorials for lightwave is here

http://members.shaw.ca/lightwavetutorials/Main_Menu.htm

or go to

http://www.foundation3d.com/index.php

mixed programs site but originally Lightwave ..
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Okay, maybe I'm dumb, but I don't find a link to your stuff.
Help?
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yes .. the best place for Tutorials for lightwave is here



mixed programs site but originally Lightwave ..


Thanks... Veryhelpful...
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Okay, maybe I'm dumb, but I don't find a link to your stuff.
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strange I can see them fine

but I will post them again here.

first up is lightwavetutorials. Type that in to your search window
should come up first .. members.shaw.co etc
http://members.shaw.ca/lightwavetutorials/Main_Menu.htm

the second one where I spend most of my time for Lightwave is
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hope this hope ..
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Thanks... Veryhelpful...
if I can help in any other way .. I will
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I'll second that suggestion from Taranis for Foundation3d. Even though I'm a 3DSMax user I still learn a lot on that site, and the WIP section there is truly inspiring and can give you a lot of ideas.
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strange I can see them fine

but I will post them again here.
Not the tutorials, but the stuff you have already done yourself.
Like I said, call me retarded, but I don't see the link.
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Not the tutorials, but the stuff you have already done yourself.
Like I said, call me retarded, but I don't see the link.
sorry I misunderstood ..... all the earlier stuff I posted are lost. some kind of problem with the server. ..

I have some loaded on Imageshack ..


thats all I can get for now
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