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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Vilkacis on July 25, 2003, 03:44:47 pm
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Well, this is my first serious try at a render. The title could be "Return To Base" but that sounds a bit too lame to print it on the image. So tell me what you think about it.
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/elgore/root/pictures/render/returntobase.jpg)
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I can't tell what ships they are (I'll guess Perseus or Erinyes by the engines) but I really can't tell.
Other than that, I like it. :yes:
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Erinyes.
Cool.
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Thanks for the positive reply. In case anybody cares, it was done completely in max.
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Better equipped than me.
Die.
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How did you do the engines? I have experimented with combustion but cannot get it to work right. Is that combustion with tendril flames? And for the sun is it a saved lens effect for video post or is it custom? And what version of max are you using?
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Cool thrusters:yes:
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i must say those are some very nice thrusters. for a beginner, that's very good.
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Indeed, that's highly impressive. Nice work. :yes:
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I use 3ds max 4.2, the sun is a lens effect no video post. The fire effect fails to create a convincing "stream" look because the atmospheric gizmo is always filled from the center so I experimented a bit and eventually discovered, that a volume light with applied noise looks quite convincing as an engine exhaust.
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not a bad pic.
My favorite part, though, is the lone Orion floating in front of the huge planet. I dunno. That just makes the picture for me.
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Originally posted by mikhael
My favorite part, though, is the lone Orion floating in front of the huge planet.
Its a IOWA Battleship not an orion
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Originally posted by mikhael
My favorite part, though, is the lone Orion floating in front of the huge planet. I dunno. That just makes the picture for me.
Glad you noticed it, but as FreeTerran said it's an Iowa class ship. This was my original idea for the image, a ship that is several kilometers long, still dwarfed by the gargantuan size of celestial bodies, although it's still a good deal away from even the gas giant's little moon.
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Originally posted by J.F.K.
Indeed, that's highly impressive. Nice work. :yes:
Very, Very Nice Work :nod::nod::nod::nod::nod::nod::nod:
Me want to see more ;7
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Originally posted by FreeTerran
[ANNOYING COLOR TAG SUPRESSED]Its a IOWA Battleship not an orion[/COLOR]
Really? Good job. I didn't bother to pull out the magnifying glass. I assumed "Freespace pic" and "distant capship" meant Orion.
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Very nice. Show me more! :):yes:
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I like the planet itself, did you use a map it or a procedural?
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I used a map of Venus for both objects the gas giant with the cloud layers the moon with a radar map of Venus' surface.
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Call me a dumbass, but what are procedurals, and how do they differ from texturing?:confused:
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Procedural maps are generated patterns based on mathematical algorithms.
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Does TrueSpace do them?
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Nope he has made them in 3D max
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Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Does TrueSpace do them?
yes.
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ups... i missunderstood