Blake's 7 Liberator DSV - Page 2

gmd3d · March 29th, 2009, 12:02 PM

thanks ..

gmd3d · March 30th, 2009, 12:59 PM

some texture added and more hull details ,, 98% done

jayru · March 30th, 2009, 01:18 PM

I'm really enjoying this... it's a very good interpratation of DSV-2 (ha ha ha, yes, I am fan...).

gmd3d · March 30th, 2009, 01:46 PM

.. I am just finished .. Just want to decide if I should have windows (Light) on ie

evil_genius_180 · March 30th, 2009, 10:34 PM

I still have no idea what this ship is supposed to look like but your model looks fantastic to me.

gmd3d · March 31st, 2009, 02:43 AM

thanks mate

.. this is version 01 .. I may return to it in the future and improve on it

jayru · March 31st, 2009, 05:01 AM

If you need reference material give me a shout. I think I have a "few" bits and bobs somewhere...

gmd3d · March 31st, 2009, 07:10 AM

Thanks .. I have all I could find on line ,, including a tech manual for it.. apparently
but post it .. this one is version 1 I will be updating it someday

Thomas P · March 31st, 2009, 08:49 AM

Looks great!

gmd3d · March 31st, 2009, 09:50 AM

hey many Thanks Thomas P ..

jayru · March 31st, 2009, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Taranis

Thanks .. I have all I could find on line ,, including a tech manual for it.. apparently
but post it .. this one is version 1 I will be updating it someday

Wilco, along with a good link or two for some nice screen grabs as well... give me a few though... major distraction going on tonight...

gmd3d · March 31st, 2009, 01:18 PM

I have finished this stay tuned for the final updates and perhaps a short animation tomorrow if I have time

thanks for all the comments and help

gmd3d · March 31st, 2009, 01:24 PM

here is a render I hope this works out and you like my attempt as I do .

jayru · March 31st, 2009, 02:56 PM

Lovely stuff! You've done the old girl proud

gmd3d · March 31st, 2009, 03:07 PM

found a error that I have to fix before I animate it and release it

jayru · April 2nd, 2009, 06:11 AM

I await with lots of anticipation....

hagar · April 2nd, 2009, 11:43 AM

(Tongue hangs out, drool watering the carpet) Wow! Looking real good. And yeah, I'm a fan too. She looks excellent.

gmd3d · April 2nd, 2009, 02:16 PM

I am redoing the textures a bit.. and renaming some surfaces .. I hope to have the same effect when finished .. it will after the week end before I am finished ..

sorry

but since most of my stuff take months this is a record

Tenement · April 3rd, 2009, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Thomas P

Only can find the 2D (side view) but I know he did a finished piece as well. Here ya go:

That's a stunning take on the Liberator. Has anyone came across a 3d render of her?

gmd3d · April 4th, 2009, 05:03 PM

I decided thatthe poly count was to high .. so I am trying it textures

what do you think of the top Weapons pod

evil_genius_180 · April 5th, 2009, 12:08 AM

How high is the poly count? Also, (people are going to hate me for this) which part is the top weapons pod? Is it the big cylinder thing on top that it looks like you textured? If so, that looks pretty good, dude. Even if it's not the right part, it looks good.

gmd3d · April 5th, 2009, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by evil_genius_180

How high is the poly count? Also, (people are going to hate me for this) which part is the top weapons pod? Is it the big cylinder thing on top that it looks like you textured? If so, that looks pretty good, dude. Even if it's not the right part, it looks good.

Well not that high in a rendering a single frame but for animation it was taking 8 hours to do a simple scene ..

The big 3 cylinders at the end of the nacelles are the main Weapons ..

Thanks I am having a dilemma about the right way to approach this. I like to be able to do close shot and a textures fall apart for me when I try that..

jayru · April 5th, 2009, 08:09 AM

The textures give it a very old look... which given the ships regenerative abilities I din't think it would have, apart from it's final appearence where it really was falling apart, the Liberator always looked brand new, and very clean.

That being said, the textures add that much more depth to it.

gmd3d · April 5th, 2009, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by jayru

The textures give it a very old look... which given the ships regenerative abilities I din't think it would have, apart from it's final appearence where it really was falling apart, the Liberator always looked brand new, and very clean.

That being said, the textures add that much more depth to it.

that's the very thing i am having trouble with .. i have forgotten the ability's of the liberator .. i have to rethink this

evil_genius_180 · April 5th, 2009, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Taranis

Well not that high in a rendering a single frame but for animation it was taking 8 hours to do a simple scene ..

So? I thought that was pretty normal for a simple scene. Do you have a dual core? I don't and a 300 frame flyby of my Phase II model takes about that long (of course, I realized that I used higher quality textures than I should, but that's beside the point.)

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Originally Posted by Taranis

The big 3 cylinders at the end of the nacelles are the main Weapons ..

I'd thought they might be, since you said "weapons pod" but I don't know enough about this ship to make assumptions like that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taranis

Thanks I am having a dilemma about the right way to approach this. I like to be able to do close shot and a textures fall apart for me when I try that..

One thing you can do is keep the higher quality version for the close shots but use the faster rendering version for wider shots. I *think* that's what they did on shows like Enterprise because I can't see them doing a normal animation with the highly detailed ship they featured in the tight shots.

gmd3d · April 5th, 2009, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by evil_genius_180

So? I thought that was pretty normal for a simple scene. Do you have a dual core? I don't and a 300 frame flyby of my Phase II model takes about that long (of course, I realized that I used higher quality textures than I should, but that's beside the point.)

I'd thought they might be, since you said "weapons pod" but I don't know enough about this ship to make assumptions like that.

One thing you can do is keep the higher quality version for the close shots but use the faster rendering version for wider shots. I *think* that's what they did on shows like Enterprise because I can't see them doing a normal animation with the highly detailed ship they featured in the tight shots.

You have good sci-fi I will do as you suggest.. but I am falling into the same traps I usually do with my models .. changing my mind in the 9th hour

hagar · April 5th, 2009, 08:09 PM

Try using different textures. Those do make her look 'old'. But also, they have a shine on them. As I remember, Liberator always appeared to have a matt finish. (No idea why - it was never explained on the show).

gmd3d · April 6th, 2009, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by hagar

Try using different textures. Those do make her look 'old'. But also, they have a shine on them. As I remember, Liberator always appeared to have a matt finish. (No idea why - it was never explained on the show).

ahh you have hit on the weakness of my modelling .. Textures .. here I always struggle

hagar · April 6th, 2009, 04:04 PM

(Sigh) Me too.

jayru · April 7th, 2009, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Taranis

... Textures .. here I always struggle

You and me both. Tends to be why many of my projects go unfinished....