IndyArms 10,186 Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 I like to play with some nice software that I make 3d objects with, then render... Wondered if anyone else does similar... Here are some of the pics I have made... mind you... these are images of a full 3d object. These objects can be rotated and viewed from any angle, and retain full detail from any direction. Each stripe, each piece is a complete object that was created, placed, and colored... some of these images have dozens of hours of work into them... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rskins 0 Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 nice.. what program are you using? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IndyArms 10,186 Posted August 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Those were made using Bryce5... I have used that since Version 2... and 5 is even better than the rest... Although still as easy to work with once you get the hang of it... The ass kicker with Bryce is learning to work with absolute values on the keyboard... start an object at world center 0,0,0 - X,Y,Z Coordinates, Then when you get it right, lock it... so it doesn't move a fraction of a point, in some unwanted direction on you, when you click on it again... then when you add on, things can be done easily with a copy and a paste to a negative value, and rotation... That will give great duplication for objects that require bilateral symmetry. I had to give up a lot of mouse work, and move to keyboard value placement, to get a lot better with my detailing. It also helps to have a fast video card when you render some of them... as some reflective values can be quite time consuming. Especially when you render over water, and it wants to render the reflection on all the little waves... I always render basic works over flat grey or blue... then merge the image to a landscape after the landscape is done... place the object accordingly in the landscape then final render to get a finished image file. you can create movies with bryce, too... but that takes longer than I want to mess with... but it works awesome if you bother to take the time... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IndyArms 10,186 Posted August 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Heres a screenshot of a sample wireframe of one of the planes... The whole is grouped thats why its in red... and the whole group is selected. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigj480 203 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Nice models, Indy! I messed around in rhino3d a few years ago. I was modeling cars for a free racing game using blueprints found on the net. It's a good way to pass time but I usually stopped before adding the textures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dayanx 1 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 (edited) all my stuff is strictly 2D, but I like what I see dude! Edited August 20, 2008 by dayan inikhaton Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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