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Another Traveller Mini-Movie

I see that you adjusted some of the shadow on the intakes

Besides the color adjustments you made it definately looking good.


Please keep up the good work.

And if praise is not enough let know what is


Dave Chase
 
Money's always good :)

Seriously, I'm just doing this for fun.

Now I've got to sort out the drives/aft hull, which AFAICT hes never been seen before!
 
Your stuff is great! i've admired it for some time. I think a art forum would be nice. Some of the info and knowledge some of you have can save time and make amature artists like me get better results. I applied some of it already. I created a new starport render the other day. Kinda used to cover of T20 guidebook as inspiration. Its msn spaces so hopefully you can all get to it.

http://spaces.msn.com/members/chrwhite2002/

btw: your system defense boat looks good. I can't seem to model the basic hull. Seems like it shouldn't be that hard, but I gave up. maybe someday they'll make a basic primitive that looks like an eraser. ;)

-Chris
 
Nice artwork Chris! I suspect it won't be long before you get a contract to illustrate some books or novels propelling you into the pro category.
 
I like the crashed ship pic. What program do you use? Looks like Bryce.

An art forum has been suggested a few times, but Hunter doesn't seem to have taken the hint.
 
thx! Your right. If I need a landscape Bryce makes them fast and easy. I modeled in 3ds, imported to bryce (reapplied the textures. ugghh), then photoshop'd some dirt on it. Know of any others that import 3ds 1/2 way decent for cheap? Your the second 3d artist to spot bryce right away. ;)
 
Bryce does have a fairly distinctive look. I used to use it myself a few years ago. For landscapes it's great, but for anything else it's a bit of a pain.

If you want cheap software, check the coverdiscs of computer magazines. They quite often give away free copies of older versions, along with cheap upgrades to the current version.
 
Originally posted by chrwhite2002:
http://spaces.msn.com/members/chrwhite2002/
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Some nice stuff there, mate.
If I had one crit it would simply be that there is so much going on in each image that they get a bit noisy and unreadable.
Also, is it possible to soften shadows in Bryce? The shadows on the mountain range are solid black. There should be some ambient radiosity there making them muted, darker, slightly purply shades of the main surface texture.

Crow
 
Got a bit distracted with other things, but here's my version of the Marava back end. The plans (and only known picture) show two sets of twin m-drives, and that's what my old model had, but I was never totally happy with it. What do people think of this version?

ftpic9.jpg
 
Top notch! I love the drives. I absolutely hate the iris valve doors. Now, I've always hated Iris valve doors but I realise they are a Traveller Deckplan trope. However the thing bothering me about these is the curve in the segments. They're too curved. Too banana-like. They need to be a lot straighter. More of a subtle curve. Katana-like.

Love those drives though. Love the Cricket oval shape. Love the modelled detail. Love the surface texture.

Keep going.

Crow
 
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