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Re: USS Fletcher for public display
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lugnet.build.military
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Thu, 8 Nov 2001 22:07:12 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
**snip of some better-informed comments than I'm able to make**
> My only suggestion would be for you to consider going back and
> rendering the forward hull as SNOT--pixellation is the only thing
> that detracts from such a dashing ship. I don't know, however,
> if you have enough grey tile to avoid the pain in the keester
> that would be plating the whole side studs-out.
Speaking of which, how do you plot/plan the sweep of the hull? I've done
some practice bits but I can never approximate the curves well; they always
come out somewhere between a basic parabola and a basic V. What's the
secret? Or do you just look at a hull plan and build to match?
> But wow, is that ever nice!
At the risk of ditto-ing, I must concur wholeheartedly! All you finks and
your fancy-shmancy ship! Just wait until I figure out what the heck I'm
doing...
Dave!
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| (...) Hi, Demanding Dave! ;) Really, I plan out the curve on the carpet, and build to match. But there's also some smoothing involved, making sure that there's some kind of relationship between the angle and the rate of change. I'm hoping to get (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| (...) mounts turned out, and the way you've captured the color scheme. The stacks also came out extremely nicely. The whole thing is very, very, very well done. The silhouette in the 3/4 aft view (the "blurred" sepia one) is incredibly nice, and (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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