B-type Warbird Cruiser

July 5th, 2009, 11:49 PM

or as Starfleet commonly called a D'deridex-class Warbird of the Romulan Star Empire

Now be patient. This mesh will be a slow progress.

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I can appreciate why you don't see this mesh built often as it has been very difficult to achieve the right hull shape. It has inspired me to develop a new modeling or updated [modern] style model. Those you re-call my old meshes were…well to be polite…a glob of poly’s

I am excited to begin this. This shape has taken me 3-4 weeks to perfect…am not kidding!

Well then let the fun begin. I also plan to add a few un-cannon details…because I can

July 5th, 2009, 11:53 PM

Just trying to bring 3DG up 2 speed on a build I started back on the 16th of June

July 5th, 2009, 11:55 PM

the images thus far...some progress and some set-back

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there it is up 2 speed...So Um how you guys been?

gmd3d · July 6th, 2009, 01:05 AM

cool design and great to see you posting again. its been a while since you where last here 2005, by the looks of it

great also to see this design been worked on

Thomas P · July 6th, 2009, 08:43 AM

Sweet panel work - nice effort so far. Things are fine

July 6th, 2009, 10:35 AM

Thanks guys .....Forest Gump voice "am pretty tired....Think I will go home now..."

much progress...

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July 6th, 2009, 11:51 AM

Ohhhhh.
That looks way cool!

gmd3d · July 6th, 2009, 12:08 PM

wow that awesome ..

forget bed .. work ..

get the whip .. or the thumb screws

Tenement · July 7th, 2009, 07:01 AM

Bed is overrated. The satisfaction comes from a completed mesh, a blinding headache and RSI. Job well done!

July 8th, 2009, 09:34 AM

anyone have experience with - clay render / ambient occlusion for the renders having trouble attempting this effect with the mental ray feature causes a crash close

I get a "not enough memory max will now close error" when I try it. I have 2gb memory so what am I doing wrong

Thomas P · July 8th, 2009, 10:35 AM

Sorry man - no help from me. I've had problems with memory using shaders when I have too many lights and get a similar error because the system says it does not have enough memory to calculate the shadows. I have 3GB and a 2GB swap file. I'm not using a new version of MAX though - I have to use Ronnie Olsthoorn E-Light.

July 8th, 2009, 10:37 AM

never mind...at one time there was a website that had tips on 3dmax workability and stuff. Anyone know of a updated one for max8?

July 8th, 2009, 10:43 AM

Max's HDD page file? ever hear about adjusting that? I did tweak the render settings and found out why I got the crash and resolved that but am curious about the HDD thing

gmd3d · July 8th, 2009, 02:21 PM

2GB of memory .. man I would love to have 1GB ..

martok2112 · July 8th, 2009, 02:36 PM

WOW ! That is looking SHAWEET! Awesome hull detailing too.

God, I love 3D modeling/animation!

Some real pros here.

July 10th, 2009, 04:41 PM

I have spent a few days learning the Mentalray Ambient Occlusion and here it is....also changed some details and re-fined some areas.
I feel this area is complete and have started to move on - Bad news though is the work I have done for the past 4-5hrs...well it was crap so I deleted it. and am no disgruntled and heart broken [Mo's voice from Simpson's "drama Queen!"] okay maybe not that devastated

I was fiddling with the head so after deleting it no news to report as I was not pleased with the results...bah it must be perfect!

well here is my first clay render type effect...

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pretty neat - the one thing I like is that it does bring out any error type render issues. They were easy enough to fix just time consuming
So the Mountain Dew Voltages have worn out so until next time....away we go

July 11th, 2009, 03:37 AM

a clean mesh? here is a wire frame you be the judge...

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gmd3d · July 11th, 2009, 10:05 AM

oh ,, cool updates .. it give me ahead ache trying to figure out how you started it

martok2112 · July 11th, 2009, 10:41 AM

Keep it up! It's shaping up beautifully!

Lee · July 11th, 2009, 11:45 AM

Looks pretty clean to me, just dense...

July 13th, 2009, 12:39 AM

Sweetness... the mesh looks great and clean, but it is giving me the shakes just trying to figure out how this all started.

Cheers! — Möe

July 13th, 2009, 08:05 AM

Dense? not sure what that means

July 14th, 2009, 07:06 AM

Looks fantastic!

July 15th, 2009, 05:13 AM

Niiiiiiice! I love the detailing!

July 16th, 2009, 12:25 AM

What is mental ambiant oclusion? or whatever it is lol. Seriously though, superb job.

gmd3d · July 16th, 2009, 03:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by psycoderek

What is mental ambiant oclusion? or whatever it is lol. Seriously though, superb job.

I Googled it and found this
http://www.christopher-thomas.net/pa...ion_shader.htm

July 16th, 2009, 03:47 PM

you jerk how did you find that!...............thank you....a most excellent read!

gmd3d · July 17th, 2009, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EBOLII

you jerk how did you find that!...............thank you....a most excellent read!

just lucky I guess.

signed The Jerk

July 18th, 2009, 08:44 PM

status report....I rebuilt the wing because of a flow problem I forgot to mesh in. Nothing lost other than time. I have nothing worth posting yet and look forward to Sunday the 19th as I will get at least 4-5hrs to play so there it is....

that flow problem had to do with the underside of the wing...to clear up confusion

Rolk · July 22nd, 2009, 04:52 AM

fantastic and awesome pics