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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Vilkacis on July 25, 2003, 03:44:47 pm

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: Vilkacis on July 25, 2003, 03:44:47 pm

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)

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: Knight Templar on July 25, 2003, 03:46:34 pm

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:

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 25, 2003, 03:51:31 pm

Erinyes.


Cool.

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: Vilkacis on July 25, 2003, 04:00:19 pm

Thanks for the positive reply. In case anybody cares, it was done completely in max.

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 25, 2003, 04:01:09 pm

Better equipped than me.


Die.

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: Deepblue on July 25, 2003, 04:42:46 pm

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?

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: lobsterclaw on July 26, 2003, 01:40:05 am

Cool thrusters:yes:

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: Carl on July 26, 2003, 01:51:36 am

i must say those are some very nice thrusters. for a beginner, that's very good.

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: J.F.K. on July 26, 2003, 06:00:30 am

Indeed, that's highly impressive. Nice work. :yes:

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: Vilkacis on July 26, 2003, 07:13:20 am

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.

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: mikhael on July 26, 2003, 09:15:02 pm

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.

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: FreeTerran on July 27, 2003, 04:14:34 am

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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

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: Vilkacis on July 27, 2003, 07:11:37 am

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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.

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: Xelion on July 27, 2003, 08:12:47 am

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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

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: mikhael on July 29, 2003, 10:14:21 pm

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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.

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: pyro-manic on July 30, 2003, 10:51:17 pm

Very nice. Show me more! :):yes:

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: Shrike on July 30, 2003, 11:05:19 pm

I like the planet itself, did you use a map it or a procedural?

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: Vilkacis on July 31, 2003, 07:00:02 am

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.

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: Taristin on July 31, 2003, 08:16:48 am

Call me a dumbass, but what are procedurals, and how do they differ from texturing?:confused:

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: Vilkacis on July 31, 2003, 08:49:16 am

Procedural maps are generated patterns based on mathematical algorithms.

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: Taristin on July 31, 2003, 09:17:55 am

Does TrueSpace do them?

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: FreeTerran on July 31, 2003, 10:06:18 am

Nope he has made them in 3D max

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: Carl on July 31, 2003, 10:46:46 am

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Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Does TrueSpace do them?

yes.

Title: Rendering Debut
Post by: FreeTerran on July 31, 2003, 12:11:13 pm

ups... i missunderstood