[brandx0]

Very off topic I know, but I just had to post it.  I was digging through some old stuff and found this, it's the first ever model I made in 3DS Max back in about grade 5 or 6.  I handed it in for a school project.  Man this takes me back.  So here we go, I present the VF-1 Valkyrie from Macross (It transformed too, I remember, though not too well)



Apologies for the quality.  Had to take a picture from my phone being as I don't have a scanner.

EDIT: Aug 20 1996, had the date written on the back.

[StarSlayer]

   Valks rule the sky

That reminds me, I think I still have a print out of a PzKpfw VI  Tiger I made using CAD in high school, probably buried in a drawer some place.

[Titan]

  Is that detail texture or actual model?

[brandx0]

Some of both.

[Snail]

So if you're a student studying 3d design do you get 3DSMax for free?

[brandx0]

No, but you get a discount

[TopAce]

And how much did it take for you to model that? Including everything such as digging up references, texturing, making that background, etc.

[chief1983]

My bet is that it's a hijacked image for the background, Brand's even done a few FotG renders like that

[Snail]

They used to have a free version of 3DSMax but they got rid of it... Blah.

Doesn't the full version cost like a thousand dollars or something?

[chief1983]

I guess if you're using it commercially, probably something like that.

[brandx0]

Yes, it's several thousand dollars.  The background is an image that came with stock 3dsmax, I think it was called sky2.jpg or something.

[Angelus]

They used to have a free version of 3DSMax but they got rid of it... Blah.

Doesn't the full version cost like a thousand dollars or something?

There is still a "free" version of Max - Gmax, it lacks the rendering ability and other stuff, but all modeling features are there.

[Snail]

Wait, I thought they got rid of GMax a while ago?

[Black Wolf]

They're not supporting it or anything AFAIK, but it's been released and it's free - they can't unrelease it or slap a price on it after the fact, so it's still around and still legal.

[chief1983]

Hmm...releasing something for free and then trying to unrelease it...where have I seen that before...bah it's probably not important.  Rest assured we'll never pull something like that.