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>> I just got a look at your ship and it looks great
Thanks…can you guess what animal I based it on?
>>Maybe I try something like that.<g>
Why not ;^)?
John Stetzer
JWS
>> Thanks…can you guess what animal I based it on? <<
Uh, well, I'd say dragon, but that's only because we talk about dragons all
the time.<g> It sort of looks like a bug to me.<g>
>>>Maybe I try something like that.<g>
Why not ;^)? <<
Actually I'm going to work some more on my Battlestar Galactica
style ship. I've finally figured out why I couldn't texture it to my
liking. I didn't have enough detail and I was trying to use textures
to make up for it. I guss I'll just have to do it with modeling (I'm
better at that than texturing anyways<g>).
BTW, anyone find the new startrek boring dumb and somewhat
femministic-ish? Gene Rodenbury (sp?) is probably rolling over in
his grave.
-Sam J. Bowling
>>It sort of looks like a bug to me.<g>
By Jove, you've narrowed it down to a mere zillion possibilities ;^)!!!!
Actually, to get specific, it's sorta based on an ant lion (the head was much
broader initially).
>>I guss I'll just have to do it with modeling
That's what this was; an exercise in modeling w/Real3D. Turned out passig fair,
I think.
>>anyone find the new startrek boring dumb and somewhat femministic-ish?
No, I find it to be much worse; overly PC. Seems that the Star Trek
franchise has boldly gone on to be Paramount's cash cow. I'll stick
w/B5 (as a side note, I'll bet the guy who developed the lens flare
routine wishes he'd patented it; one episode of B5 would provide his
retirement pay and put his kids through college ;^).
>> By Jove, you've narrowed it down to a mere zillion possibilities ;^)!!!!
Actually, to get specific, it's sorta based on an ant lion (the head was much
broader initially). <<
Sorry, my knowledge of bug goes from the ones with stripes and a stinger to
those little things with the big pincers on their rear end. <g>
>> That's what this was; an exercise in modeling w/Real3D. Turned out passing
fair, I think. <<
Real 3d? I thought you only used 3DS.<vbg> Looks great, BTW. Is it supposed to
be damaged or is it only supposed to have one wing? I wasn't sure.<g>
>> No, I find it to be much worse; overly PC. Seems that the Star Trek
franchise has boldly gone on to be Paramount's cash cow <<
Not just PC, but it went as far as male bashing in one episode. The women
through out the whole show treated men as idiots! And the Pshycic link thing
between the captain and the Klingon (cling on?<g>) girl got old after the first
20 times they did it.
I want "Star Trek: The Previous Generation" back!!
B5 is getting much better than when it first came out. I now watch it for more
than the computer stuff! <g>
My TV schedule goes from B5 to the Simpsons. (the cartoon not the trial
thingy<g>)
-Sam J. Bowling
>>Real 3d? I thought you only used 3DS.<vbg>
I use whatever'll get the job done, Sam; as it appears in the two pictures, I
could not have modelled the ship in 3DS (or most other low end modelers). Could
have come close, but some of the specifics would have had to have been left out
(some of the curving indents into the 'hull', for example).
>>Is it supposed to be damaged or is it only supposed to have one wing? I
wasn't sure.<g>
Yep, just one wing; nature tends toward symetry, and I just wanted to break up
some of that so it'd look more 'made' than 'born', if you see what I mean.
>>B5 is getting much better than when it first came out. I now watch it for
more than the computer stuff! <g>
One thing I like about it is that the storyline is a lot more consistant that
Trek's alien of the week/crewmember has psyche problems/holodeck mishap stories
(when this week's eposode began (the Beowulf one), I literally said' "Oh, no;
not again!").
>>My TV schedule goes from B5 to the Simpsons. (the cartoon not the trial
thingy<g>)
Must…destroy…mankind…(watch beeps) ooh, lunchtime! ;^). Great minds think
alike, eh?
John Stetzer
JWS
>> Yep, just one wing; nature tends toward symmetry, and I just wanted to
break up some of that so it'd look more 'made' than 'born', if you see what I
mean. <<
That's one thing about these space shows. There's no wind resistance in space
and no actual need for wings on a space ship. not many people seem to think
about this though.
>> Must…destroy…mankind…(watch beeps) ooh, lunchtime! ;^). Great minds
think alike, eh? <<
Don't worry it's absolutely safe there is no nuclear material in the bus.
Hehehe. I just saw that one. I don't think anything can beat that show.
-Sam J. Bowling
>>no actual need for wings on a space ship.
True, so I guess that means I should make my next spaceship a box…no wait a
minute; that's been done ;^). That's why there is only one wing; no need to
worry about atmospheric flight ('course, even w/2 wings, it'd only be slightly
more aerodynamic than a brick).
John Stetzer
JWS
>> True, so I guess that means I should make my next spaceship a box…no wait
a minute; that's been done ;^). <<
Funny, I was thinking the same thing.
>> That's why there is only one wing; no need to worry about atmospheric
flight ('course, even w/2 wings, it'd only be slightly more aerodynamic than a
brick). <<
True.<g>
-Sam J. Bowling
>> I'll bet the guy who developed the lens flare routine wishes he'd patented
it
"… It was the Dawn of the Third Age of Lens Flares. The Babylon Project was
our last, best hope for Lens Flares…"
Yah.
Jim Shields
Regal Rodent Development
>>"… It was the Dawn of the Third Age of Lens Flares. The Babylon Project
was our last, best hope for Lens >>Flares…"
>>Yah.
:^).
John Stetzer
JWS
>>
"… It was the Dawn of the Third Age of Lens Flares. The Babylon Project was
our last, best hope for Lens Flares…"
<<
Har! ROFL! Jim, what a riot…had me going for a few minutes there. Still
giggle when I think about it. <g> Man my side hurts.
-GreG
>> "… It was the Dawn of the Third Age of Lens Flares. The Babylon Project
was our last, best hope for Lens Flares…" <<
Touche! I'm cross-posting this one to our local 3-D BBS.
Blaq!
I just posted my reply to your Star Trek:Voyager comment in a new
thread. This unrelated topic will probably have a life of its own for
days to come, so let's split off the discussion to a separate thread
title.
"ST:Voyager (non-Imagine)"
Blaq!