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Old November 20th, 2008, 02:32 PM   #31
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Black backgrounds I think .. I will be making the control surfaces .. but if you have an idea for a texture .. I can use that on the surface .. .

I hope to send you the rough build tomorrow night ... you can see then .. and if the scales work for you ..

the crew man I have in the images is from POSER
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Old November 20th, 2008, 02:33 PM   #32
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Ok so then instead of me making -say - whole 'weapons' control screen, I should just make 'sub screens' that would go on the big screen?

Like, I should make some 'open app' windows and not the whole thing?
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Old November 20th, 2008, 02:37 PM   #33
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This is what I'm on at the moment.
Am I goind the right direction?
If not, you can let me know - I take direction well.

I haven't put any details in yet.
But before I go much further (and perhaps end up in the weeds) am I going the direction you're envisioning?


I recognized the Poser guy.
That's good though because it means we're building to scale and that makes it 100x easier on me when I import my 'actors' into the scene.
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Old November 20th, 2008, 02:37 PM   #34
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yeah ,, the buttons are easy .. I just reorientate them to fit the Klingon model .. I hope to have a sample modeled for you to try out ,,

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Old November 20th, 2008, 02:39 PM   #35
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This is what I'm on at the moment.
Am I goind the right direction?
If not, you can let me know - I take direction well.

I haven't put any details in yet.
But before I go much further (and perhaps end up in the weeds) am I going the direction you're envisioning?


I recognized the Poser guy.
That's good though because it means we're building to scale and that makes it 100x easier on me when I import my 'actors' into the scene.
Yeah that's the direction I am thinking .. excellent ..
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Old November 20th, 2008, 02:40 PM   #36
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Ok, whenever you're ready to do a quick test and send something my way - let me know and we can do it via MSN instant mess.

Heck, if you send my one tonight (even rough) I can get a handle on setting up some temp stuff on this end.

I can't tell ya how excited I am doing this.
I'm really having a blast.
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Old November 20th, 2008, 02:44 PM   #37
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It not ready .. I am working out the scale..


I happy to be working on it myself .. its a new direction for me ..

but now I am going to call it a night mate .. ..
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Old November 20th, 2008, 02:47 PM   #38
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Ok. That works for me too.
I need to take off for the night as well.

I'll be back though in about 4-5 hours and I'll start back on the computer screens.
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Old November 21st, 2008, 02:27 AM   #39
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Old November 21st, 2008, 03:57 AM   #40
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Major cool.
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Old November 21st, 2008, 04:12 AM   #41
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Old November 21st, 2008, 08:51 AM   #42
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Looks great, Ger.
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Old November 21st, 2008, 09:12 AM   #43
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working in the side control area now
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Old November 21st, 2008, 09:14 AM   #44
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Good, now those chairs won't be facing an empty wall. :laugh:
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Old November 21st, 2008, 09:58 AM   #45
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That's going to look great.

They changed the bridge for almost every part of ST. First there was the one from STIII/IV, then the one from STV/VI, and last the one from TNG/DS9.

Like all of them.
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Old November 21st, 2008, 10:06 AM   #46
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Thanks .. Fretslayer is working on the textures for the displays .. I create the buttons/controls. .I have to look for idea for the ceiling
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Old November 21st, 2008, 10:56 AM   #47
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Yeah, Klingon bridges are cool, no matter what movie or show you're watching. And we have TMP to thank for it all because that set the Klingon interior style that they used in almost every Klingon interior (except the BOP bridge in STIII.)

Looks friggin' fantastic, Ger.
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Old November 21st, 2008, 12:11 PM   #48
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Yep. Awesome stuff!

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Old November 21st, 2008, 05:57 PM   #49
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Was just looking at the screengrabs of the movies again, to see that the Klingon bridge in STIII is different from the one in STIV, when it should be the same, LOL.

Anyway, if you decide to do the bridge from ST III, take a look what the japanese guy did with it: http://fesarius.hp.infoseek.co.jp/klingonbop.shtml


Now back to your model, ceiling? that would be a "checkered frame" "wireframe", don't know how to call it in english, beams/rods crossing eachother, so you will get a checkerd shadow pattern when the light goes through.
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Old November 21st, 2008, 06:04 PM   #50
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Thanks for the images.
I've been using some from one of the films. I thought it was 3 but it's very red/orange and those mesh images don't look like my refrence pics. I 've been looking at some imges in Photoshop and trying my best to recreate them. This will help me with the textures.

Oh, in case you didn't know - I'm doing the texture maps for this mesh.

-- Ok, I just found info on the screen caps I've been using, they're from ST:V

Here's some of the images.


http://www.3dgladiators.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=22870

And Hey, WJaspers - I've been using your ST6 bridge for an animated project.
There's a couple of images of it a little further down the same thread.
It's going to look awesome in the animation. Thanks for sharing it and I'll make sure you're given plenty of credit (opening & closing titles) for your work.

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Thanks for the images.
I've been using some from one of the films. I thought it was 3 but it's very red/orange and those mesh images don't look like my refrence pics. I 've been looking at some imges in Photoshop and trying my best to recreate them. This will help me with the textures.
Paramount changed them much, so I think it wouldn't hurt if you took some liberty recreating them


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Oh, in case you didn't know - I'm doing the texture maps for this mesh.
Yes I know, best meshes are created this way, one to model, one to texture.

(I am always jalous of people who can actually do both)


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-- Ok, I just found info on the screen caps I've been using, they're from ST:V
Here's some of the images.
http://www.3dgladiators.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=22870

And Hey, WJaspers - I've been using your ST6 bridge for an animated project.
There's a couple of images of it a little further down the same thread.
It's going to look awesome in the animation. Thanks for sharing it and I'll make sure you're given plenty of credit (opening & closing titles) for your work.
Saw the images from STV, and also the STVI bridge renders you did, VERY good



Oh, btw, the word for the ceiling I was looking for would be "grating". It applies for the TNG/DS9 bridge. The bridgeceiling (partly) can be seen in STV when Spock is the gunner, and some pieces of it in STVI.
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That lighting effect can also be seen in TOS near the turboshaft doors.

I use a grating gel a spotlight in front of the doors and I get a really good effect.
When it comes to the BOP bridge shots I figure we're going to look over as many images as we can and decide what looks best. Something I've noticed in the ST:V images is that it looks like somebody on the BOP bridge is a chain-smoker. LOL!
I'm going to experiment with volumetric clouds on the BOP bridge to see if I can get that same effect - and if so - does it improve the shot or not.

It's funny really - I started off doing a couple of minutes of EG's reImagined connie then it sort of grew a bit and now that Taranis is building the BOP bridge it's being written into something more along the lines of 10 minutes or so.

Pretty cool really - It's sort of like a website project when you think about how many people here have knowingly (and some unknowingly) contributed to this.
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Was just looking at the screengrabs of the movies again, to see that the Klingon bridge in STIII is different from the one in STIV, when it should be the same, LOL.

Anyway, if you decide to do the bridge from ST III, take a look what the japanese guy did with it: http://fesarius.hp.infoseek.co.jp/klingonbop.shtml


Now back to your model, ceiling? that would be a "checkered frame" "wireframe", don't know how to call it in english, beams/rods crossing eachother, so you will get a checkerd shadow pattern when the light goes through.
I have seen this guy work before .. incredible work on every single piece he works on . the picture will help me big time .. thanks

That a good direction for the ceiling .. I will work out how to model it into the lower part of the set .
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Old November 22nd, 2008, 03:29 AM   #54
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I am glad your so good with the textures .. take the pressure of me
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Old November 22nd, 2008, 09:27 AM   #55
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some work done on the control areas and a temp ceiling
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Old November 22nd, 2008, 09:48 AM   #56
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The control surfaces look great and I love the lighting in that 3rd image.
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Old November 22nd, 2008, 06:13 PM   #57
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Looks fantastic.
I think I need to redo the computer screens for the 'edge' (I don't know what to call them at the moment) surface computers.

If you think so let me know - It might take me a couple of days to make it look good though.
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Thanks guys ..

Fret I will send you the current bridge later .... and you will see what best ,, #


I still need to work on areas ..
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I have rework the control display . and I am look at the ceiling again ..
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They look great!
I think I'm going to have to put a lot more work into the computer textures to come closer to the quality of the mesh.
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