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Chicago
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I took up the Zeppelin for the San Diego Aerospace Museum project. I have always been fascinated by airships, and it was easier than my first choice, the A6M Zero. :)
These are the plans for the L-32 which is very similar from what I understand.
-Sebastian
www.sebastianszyszka.com
www.gianninicreative.com
modo 401 (31381) • MacBook Pro (2.4GHzC2D, 4GB, NV8600) • iMac (2.16GHzC2D, 3GB, ATIx1600)
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6/15/2007 - 10:07 AM
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San Diego, CA USA
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Great! I am anxious to see this unique model take shape!
Thanks for participating and for posting your work here!
-Jeff
san diego modo user group: www.sdmodo.org
product design+development: www.jeffrutan.com
LEGO fun: www.aerospacebricker.com
business fun: www.timeitnow.com
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6/15/2007 - 11:15 AM
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Chicago
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Thanks again Jeff.
For anyone else interested in building airships, real or virtual, here's a cool site I found:
http://www.airshipmodeler.com/
Hoping to get some early meshes posted by the end of this weekend, as my time allows.
-Sebastian
www.sebastianszyszka.com
www.gianninicreative.com
modo 401 (31381) • MacBook Pro (2.4GHzC2D, 4GB, NV8600) • iMac (2.16GHzC2D, 3GB, ATIx1600)
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6/15/2007 - 11:48 AM
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San Diego
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Go Zep! Anyone have a light. :) We all look forward to another fine model c/o J.R.'s Flying Circus.
-Gardner
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6/16/2007 - 4:10 PM
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Chicago
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Quote from Gardner :
...another fine model...
I think you're giving me WAY to much credit there... Let's hope it has vertices and polygons. Gotta start small...
-Sebastian
www.sebastianszyszka.com
www.gianninicreative.com
modo 401 (31381) • MacBook Pro (2.4GHzC2D, 4GB, NV8600) • iMac (2.16GHzC2D, 3GB, ATIx1600)
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6/16/2007 - 8:33 PM
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San Diego, CA USA
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Sebastian,
Please see my long post here:
http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=17871
for tips on getting started with this.
Thanks,
-Jeff
san diego modo user group: www.sdmodo.org
product design+development: www.jeffrutan.com
LEGO fun: www.aerospacebricker.com
business fun: www.timeitnow.com
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6/17/2007 - 10:22 AM
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Chicago
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Thanks Jeff! Some useful Modo-specific tips in there. The part about the background image rotation in particular has been helpful, I could not figure out what I kept doing wrong.
I am waiting for a paid gig to finish rendering (can't wait for net render) before I can really start hammering this out. That and I need to finish up the flashlight real quick, jut to be able to say that I finally finished a WIP... :)
-Sebastian
www.sebastianszyszka.com
www.gianninicreative.com
modo 401 (31381) • MacBook Pro (2.4GHzC2D, 4GB, NV8600) • iMac (2.16GHzC2D, 3GB, ATIx1600)
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6/17/2007 - 12:39 PM
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Chicago
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And so it begins.
-Sebastian
www.sebastianszyszka.com
www.gianninicreative.com
modo 401 (31381) • MacBook Pro (2.4GHzC2D, 4GB, NV8600) • iMac (2.16GHzC2D, 3GB, ATIx1600)
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6/25/2007 - 9:19 PM
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Chicago
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-Sebastian
www.sebastianszyszka.com
www.gianninicreative.com
modo 401 (31381) • MacBook Pro (2.4GHzC2D, 4GB, NV8600) • iMac (2.16GHzC2D, 3GB, ATIx1600)
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6/25/2007 - 9:36 PM
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San Diego
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Good start. This is a fun model. I'll be interested to se how you handle the fabric look.
-Gardner
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6/25/2007 - 10:58 PM
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Chicago
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Funny you should mention that Gardner. A quick tension test before I get too far...
-Sebastian
www.sebastianszyszka.com
www.gianninicreative.com
modo 401 (31381) • MacBook Pro (2.4GHzC2D, 4GB, NV8600) • iMac (2.16GHzC2D, 3GB, ATIx1600)
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6/26/2007 - 9:54 AM
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San Diego, CA USA
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How do you do this tension?
Please show wires.
Thanks,
-Jeff
san diego modo user group: www.sdmodo.org
product design+development: www.jeffrutan.com
LEGO fun: www.aerospacebricker.com
business fun: www.timeitnow.com
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6/26/2007 - 9:58 AM
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San Diego
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Cooooool. Thanks for the 'demo.
-Gardner
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6/26/2007 - 11:42 AM
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San Diego, CA USA
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Yes, nice realistic look and thanks for the lesson! ;-)
-Jeff
san diego modo user group: www.sdmodo.org
product design+development: www.jeffrutan.com
LEGO fun: www.aerospacebricker.com
business fun: www.timeitnow.com
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6/26/2007 - 12:12 PM
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Chicago
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I actually screwed up. That first render is BEFORE SubD. SubD actually messes the appearance up, the indents start looking like someone pushed them in with a finger, NOT what I'm looking for.
Need to keep trying...
-Sebastian
www.sebastianszyszka.com
www.gianninicreative.com
modo 401 (31381) • MacBook Pro (2.4GHzC2D, 4GB, NV8600) • iMac (2.16GHzC2D, 3GB, ATIx1600)
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6/26/2007 - 12:14 PM
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Chicago
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I think I'll just stick with a non-subdivided mesh, it looks pretty decent.
-Sebastian
www.sebastianszyszka.com
www.gianninicreative.com
modo 401 (31381) • MacBook Pro (2.4GHzC2D, 4GB, NV8600) • iMac (2.16GHzC2D, 3GB, ATIx1600)
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6/26/2007 - 12:23 PM
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Chicago
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Added some stand-ins.
-Sebastian
www.sebastianszyszka.com
www.gianninicreative.com
modo 401 (31381) • MacBook Pro (2.4GHzC2D, 4GB, NV8600) • iMac (2.16GHzC2D, 3GB, ATIx1600)
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6/26/2007 - 3:50 PM
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San Diego, CA USA
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I know this one is not the Hindenburg, but I can't help imagining huge flames when I see this! ;-)
Good progress - I think you will have fun with the gondolas! ;-)
-Jeff
san diego modo user group: www.sdmodo.org
product design+development: www.jeffrutan.com
LEGO fun: www.aerospacebricker.com
business fun: www.timeitnow.com
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6/26/2007 - 4:06 PM
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San Diego
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Quote from Sebastian Szyszka :
I think I'll just stick with a non-subdivided mesh, it looks pretty decent.
I'm still trying to tell when to sub-d and when not to. I'm not familiar with the renderer enough to know how good the smoothing algorithms are.
Yours sure is looking good.
-Gardner
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6/26/2007 - 10:05 PM
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Chicago
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I'm still larning Modo, but I think there's a way to adjust the smoothing angle for the meshes, isn't there? As for figuring out what smooths well, I just do quick test renders and tweak it if I hate it. :)
-Sebastian
www.sebastianszyszka.com
www.gianninicreative.com
modo 401 (31381) • MacBook Pro (2.4GHzC2D, 4GB, NV8600) • iMac (2.16GHzC2D, 3GB, ATIx1600)
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6/27/2007 - 10:07 AM
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just westa Chicago
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Hey Seb (nice to meet you in email),
Nice progress. :)
Click on your Material and go all the way to the bottom and you will see "Smoothing" set to 100% and "Smoothing Angle" defaulted to 60%. Play with your angle % there. Make sure you are set to "Shaded" in your viewport and that your Shade Options: Smooth (down a bit in the menu) is "checked" on. You will be able to discern what works pretty well, without having to render each setting change. You can render after you feel you got it looking good, just to be sure. ;)
deg
http://deg3D.biz
Message edited by deg3D on 6/27/2007 - 10:38 AM
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6/27/2007 - 10:21 AM
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Chicago
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Thanks Deg! That is very helpful.
-Sebastian
www.sebastianszyszka.com
www.gianninicreative.com
modo 401 (31381) • MacBook Pro (2.4GHzC2D, 4GB, NV8600) • iMac (2.16GHzC2D, 3GB, ATIx1600)
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6/27/2007 - 10:28 AM
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