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

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

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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.

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

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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.

:)

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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"

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

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You!!!!????

You should see MY pile.

:yikes:

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

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Made a backpack with a bit of spare time yesterday.

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So we get to see the inside of the backside? :LOL:

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Yup Skynyrd's Innards!

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

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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 :)

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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.

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

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

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

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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. :LOL:

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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.

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Really? Wow. I have never noticed that before :LOL:

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 :D

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

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I like the cylon renders!

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A wee bit more.

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I bet those are his legs! :LOL:

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

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

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I saw on F3D which version this is :LOL:

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?

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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.

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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.

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

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The Cylon is now chesty.