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Silverblade The Enchanter 09-17-07, 06:22 PM	Latest SJ project I've been working on has been re-building the Man-O-War. I made a model of it years ago, but was only starting to learn 3d work and thus only made the outer details and it wans't perfect. Currently I'm trying to build them as close to deck plans as I can...but often have to tweak things as deckplans/external artwork don't always jibe, and/or I see practical problems and so on. -I use Rhino to model, Maxwell for finer renders, Vue for artistic scenes, UVMapper/Pant Shop Pro/Photoshop for texturing (not textured this ship yet though). -Images are in chronological order, as I work, I tweak n' change ;) -:thumbsup: to Jim Holloway, the guy who originally designed those great ships! :tiphat: Small thumbnail to show, rest are big images http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/rhino/2007/manowar_2007_20thumb.jpg http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/rhino/2007/manowar_2007_19.jpg http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/rhino/2007/manowar_2007_20.jpg http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/rhino/2007/manowar_2007_21.jpg http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/rhino/2007/manowar_2007_23.jpg
bigmac 10-25-08, 03:31 PM	Any update on how this is coming along? Did this ship model get finished? Did you make deckplans (like you did with one of your other ships)? Did you make small linkable thumbnail sized ships (like you did with one of your other ships - the Hammership I think)?
Silverblade The Enchanter 10-25-08, 03:51 PM	http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/sj/htm/manowar.htm ;) did that while ago, did you miss it? I know I need ot fix a thumb nail pic ;) EDIT lol forgot, I did the transparencies! ;) http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/sj/htm/manowar_transparent.htm http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/sj/manowar/manowar_2007_420trans.png http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/rhino/2007/manowar_test3a.jpg and the render http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/sj/manowar/manowar_2007_v5.jpg Deckplans isometric and flat http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/sj/manowar/manowar_maindeck1.png
bigmac 11-01-08, 01:32 PM	http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/sj/htm/manowar.htm ;) did that while ago, did you miss it? I missed it. :embarrass I know I need ot fix a thumb nail pic ;) EDIT lol forgot, I did the transparencies! ;) http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/sj/htm/manowar_transparent.htm These are great. I especially love the way that the organic wings are translucent. It would be nice to see them on your "Man O War homepage".
Silverblade The Enchanter 11-03-08, 11:34 AM	Silly boy! *he says in Captian Mainwearing style* Hehe! ;) ta bro :) in D, yo can make objects selectively transparent, usign a black and white image as a "mask". OS for that, I made a large image of the wings, most of it's solid, just some grey to black at the bottom tip, then I used the image for the veins, to add more white (white is solid no transparency), as veins = thick so less transparent. hence end result :) It's to fine to do though on an image for a web page. has ot be done in original render (Well I could, but be a pain in the arse with a seperate transparency pass) They are far too big to put on the main page! ntoe size of largest one http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/sj/manowar/manowar_2007_840trans.png I did put the smaller one on main page as a page headliner at the top though :)
bigmac 11-04-08, 03:26 PM	They are far too big to put on the main page! ntoe size of largest one http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/sj/manowar/manowar_2007_840trans.png I did put the smaller one on main page as a page headliner at the top though :) I suppose that if you are doing the images to scale it would cause problems. Maybe you could create thumbnail images.