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Re: Anyone artistic?
« Reply #15 on: April 12, 2013, 11:08:31 AM »
Quote from: Zacherof on April 12, 2013, 05:05:42 AM
Really want to try this 3d modeling. What would you guys suggest I start at?

well I tried a bunch of 3D modeling programs, "Blender" is free and does everything the big money programs do...but the GUI is not User friendly, I have read many many people talk down about Blender because of this, but once you learn the layout, you realize it is very easy to get around in.

there are an absurd amount of tutorials also, everything you need is already out there, and you wont have to pay for them.

so I suggest Blender :aok
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Re: Anyone artistic?
« Reply #16 on: April 12, 2013, 11:21:39 AM »
Alright. Thanks a bunch ink :salute
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Re: Anyone artistic?
« Reply #17 on: April 12, 2013, 11:25:01 AM »
Quote from: Zacherof on April 12, 2013, 11:21:39 AM
Alright. Thanks a bunch ink :salute

no probs....been an avid Blender user for a few years now, the only thing I am not proficient at is the game Engine itself....so I can help with anything other then that :rofl

UV mapping seems daunting at first but a few things to know and tricks will make it SOOOOOOOO much easier...but that is far off :devil
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Re: Anyone artistic?
« Reply #18 on: April 12, 2013, 11:34:00 AM »
Actually, I find Blender to be much easier to use than many other programs. You want to talk about User Unfriendly? Look at GMax. I did some modeling for Neverwinter Nights 2 that required using GMax at one stage (for some reason, the Blender exporter was never able to export helmet models) and it's a clunky pain in the @#$.
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Re: Anyone artistic?
« Reply #19 on: April 12, 2013, 06:12:55 PM »
Quote from: Saxman on April 12, 2013, 11:34:00 AM
Actually, I find Blender to be much easier to use than many other programs. You want to talk about User Unfriendly? Look at GMax. I did some modeling for Neverwinter Nights 2 that required using GMax at one stage (for some reason, the Blender exporter was never able to export helmet models) and it's a clunky pain in the @#$.

never even heard of Gmax, but then again I have been stuck on blender for as long as I have been into 3dmodeling....tried mudbox, Zbrush,3dsmax,(plus others that i forget the names)....I found Blender to be the most intuitive, and logically set up.

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Re: Anyone artistic?
« Reply #20 on: April 12, 2013, 10:18:53 PM »
GMax is more or less to 3DSMax what Gimp is to Photoshop.
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Re: Anyone artistic?
« Reply #21 on: April 13, 2013, 02:32:16 PM »
Quote from: Saxman on April 12, 2013, 10:18:53 PM
GMax is more or less to 3DSMax what Gimp is to Photoshop.

have you worked with the BGE?
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Re: Anyone artistic?
« Reply #22 on: April 13, 2013, 02:40:10 PM »
No, my modeling history is primarily Rhino to AC3D to Blender, with a little bit of Milkshape and GMax for special situations (the latter two mainly importing stuff I already modeled in other apps) with Photopaint and Gimp for texture work.
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Re: Anyone artistic?
« Reply #23 on: April 13, 2013, 02:45:39 PM »
Quote from: Saxman on April 13, 2013, 02:40:10 PM
No, my modeling history is primarily Rhino to AC3D to Blender, with a little bit of Milkshape and GMax for special situations (the latter two mainly importing stuff I already modeled in other apps) with Photopaint and Gimp for texture work.

Milkshape I used, but always go back to Blender :D
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Re: Anyone artistic?
« Reply #24 on: April 15, 2013, 02:26:10 PM »
Nice to see some fellow Blenderheads out there.  And great work by all who have posted.  I have some models I could post but I would need a quick lesson on how to post pictures.  Anyone give me a hand with that?  Also my models are not textured.  Just starting to get my head wrapped around the whole UV unwrapping thing.  Then working on the images in Gimp and the textures in Blender.  (sometimes makes my head spin)

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Re: Anyone artistic?
« Reply #25 on: April 15, 2013, 07:10:42 PM »
Quote from: BSB on April 15, 2013, 02:26:10 PM
Nice to see some fellow Blenderheads out there.  And great work by all who have posted.  I have some models I could post but I would need a quick lesson on how to post pictures.  Anyone give me a hand with that?  Also my models are not textured.  Just starting to get my head wrapped around the whole UV unwrapping thing.  Then working on the images in Gimp and the textures in Blender.  (sometimes makes my head spin)

BSB

get a photobucket account, upload the images to photobucket, then they will give you a link to post here easy peasey  :aok
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Re: Anyone artistic?
« Reply #26 on: April 15, 2013, 07:21:29 PM »
Yes. Manually trying to enter the code isn't going to work.
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Re: Anyone artistic?
« Reply #27 on: April 15, 2013, 10:27:44 PM »
I'm incredibly artistic!

You should see what I could do with a huge govenment grant and some poop!


(Actually, I'm not. JG11's 1Canukk however has mad skillz! Hope he pops in here!)
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Re: Anyone artistic?
« Reply #28 on: April 17, 2013, 10:12:24 AM »
OK... going to give this a shot.  Here is a model of one aircraft I have been working on in Blender.  I used the cycles render to get the photos and I have a lot of fireflies (white spots) in the photos.  Also getting a lot of black dots like I sprinkled the model with a light coat of pepper.  Ink or anyone else if you have any ideas on how to get rid of the spots for a better render in cycles I would much appreciate it.

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Front left view



Top right view



Front View



Cockpit close up



Left Back View


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Re: Anyone artistic?
« Reply #29 on: April 17, 2013, 10:58:06 AM »
Use a different file format. Try PNG instead.
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