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First attempt at 3D in 20 years!
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First attempt at 3D in 20 years! // Work in Progress
Post by Tugar // Jun 11, 2007, 6:23pm
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It's been a while for me. I did this back in the old Amiga days. Too bad I don't any saved files. What I did with a 30Mhz Amiga with 4mb of ram and a 120mb hard drive was almost surreal. Long Live Real 3D.
Anyway, last year I bought Truespace 6.6 with some goodies attached and with real life the way it is, I didn't really get a chance to do any modeling until now.
Here is first true attempt at something worthy of posting. |
Post by frootee // Jun 11, 2007, 6:40pm
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Nice work Tugar! Welcome back to 3D... it's been awhile. And welcome to the forums! :banana: :banana: :banana:
Frootee |
Post by MadMouse // Jun 11, 2007, 10:51pm
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That one hell of a lot better than my first work with TS:banana:
Welcome to the forums from me also.
Steve |
Post by 3dvisuals dude // Jun 12, 2007, 1:44am
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Way nice Tugar!
Welcome aboard! Looks like a Smith and Wesson if I'm not mistaken, excellent modeling and nice render. Looking forward to seeing the rest of it too!
- 3dvisuals dude |
Post by ProfessorKhaos // Jun 12, 2007, 3:29am
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Not bad at all! I think my first model posted was a sphere within a sphere (a.k.a. planet and atmosphere) so I'd say you clearly have some past experience!
Welcome aboard! :) |
Post by jayr // Jun 12, 2007, 3:51am
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that's far better than my first model too! i think it was a sphere pulled out to look like that ship from the film 'the navigator' and painted chrome. hate to pressure you, but are you going to do the rest of the gun? |
Post by Tugar // Jun 12, 2007, 11:28am
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hate to pressure you, but are you going to do the rest of the gun?
Yes, I am going to do the rest of the gun. The cylinder looks to be one of the easier parts. The frame is a nest of complex parts and angles. I will get it done but it may take some time. I'm still sifting through the tutorials. :D |
Post by jayr // Jun 12, 2007, 12:47pm
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there was a speed omdel challenge a while ago on guns, have a look in the roundtable section if you haven;t seen it, the completed ones showed the wireframe images, it might be of some help. |
Post by chrisj // Jun 12, 2007, 12:51pm
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Great start.
I recommend SDS for the hand grip. It will be a good test of your new skills.
Chris |
Post by Tugar // Jun 12, 2007, 8:28pm
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there was a speed omdel challenge a while ago on guns, have a look in the roundtable section if you haven;t seen it, the completed ones showed the wireframe images, it might be of some help.
Thanks. It did help. I'm not entirely pleased with the grips yet but it's a start.
ChrisJ what is SDS? I'm still a newbie. I need all the help can get |
Post by ProfessorKhaos // Jun 12, 2007, 9:15pm
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SDS stands for subdivision surfaces. Basically, it's kind of an intelligent "mesh smoother". You create a control mesh which contains the SDS mesh.
Even if your object has some pretty sharp edges, you can still use SDS. You control how sharp or rounded the SDS edge is by putting control mesh edges closer together. The idea is that with a relatively simple mesh you can make changes that minimize tedious point editing work and still put the details where you want them to be.
I've seen all sorts of objects done in SDS but one of my favorites was a Mini Cooper done by Andy Kay in tutorial style a few years ago. Maybe someone here can dig it up for you. |
Post by splinters // Jun 13, 2007, 12:17am
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Or have a look at the 'Little Cloud' thread. Just about everything in there is box modelling with two or three layers of SDS applied. Ironically they are then painted with a SSS material (just to confuse more)...:D |
Post by kena // Jun 13, 2007, 5:16am
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I find it always helps to show the tools associated with a function, so here is the SDS icon.
6831 |
Post by W!ZARD // Jun 13, 2007, 6:12am
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Um... sorry kena but I think you'll find that's the SDS icon - for Sub-Division Surfaces as opposed to the SSS - Sub-Surface Scattering - icon. |
Post by Tugar // Jun 13, 2007, 8:11am
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and these are all on TS6.6? |
Post by Morgan // Jun 13, 2007, 9:09am
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Yes, there's an SDS tool in version 6.6. The icon may look slightly different, but it's still pretty close to that. |
Post by kena // Jun 13, 2007, 11:29am
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Um... sorry kena but I think you'll find that's the SDS icon - for Sub-Division Surfaces as opposed to the SSS - Sub-Surface Scattering - icon.
oops = thanks - I fixed it in my post. |
Post by Tugar // Jun 13, 2007, 7:53pm
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What would be the way to make a rifled barrel? Modern firearms have barrels that the insides are grooved in a twisting pattern to make the bullet stabilize. Like the example below but I don't need anything with that many grooves. |
Post by brianalldridge // Jun 13, 2007, 8:20pm
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Try makind a simple polygon and lathing it, then use it for an object subtraction on the inside of the barrel |
Post by chrisj // Jun 13, 2007, 10:25pm
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Take A Rectangle. Lathe It Into A Helix And Ensure You Leve A Small Gap As It Twists. Basically Create A Spring With A Rectangluar Section. Creat A Hollow Tube With An External Radius That Sits Within The Cross Section Of The Spring, And Inset The Spring Into It, Voila, Graoovy Tube Man! |
Post by chrisj // Jun 13, 2007, 10:26pm
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I Meant Groovy Of Course |
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