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    realistic minifig heads with ldraw and povray? —Sven Reger
   Hi, I'm trying to produce a realistic minifig head with povray. I tried severals head parts in MLcad but the result after conversion with L3P is always not very good. I tried LGEO parts but it is too old and only supports a very early version of the (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ray)
   
        Re: realistic minifig heads with ldraw and povray? —Tore Eriksson
     (...) Taking the risk of being flamed again, I recall there were some minifig heads made using inline POV-code for use in L3P. If they can be spotted or reproduced, you (and I) will have very realistic minifig heads without compromizing the (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ray)
    
         Re: realistic minifig heads with ldraw and povray? —Tore Eriksson
     (...) With very little effort, I found this link: (URL) this pretty little face (left = inline POV and right: standard LDraw) (URL) had to adjust two little code flaws, but it's very little sweat. (Hey, it took less than 30 minutes to locate Paul (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ray)
    
         Re: realistic minifig heads with ldraw and povray? —Timothy Gould
      (...) Would you be so kind as to add those (and any others you find) to the POV parts repository on the LDraw wiki, please. (URL) (17 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ray)
     
          Re: realistic minifig heads with ldraw and povray? —Tore Eriksson
       (...) I'll try - if I get enough time. There is a potential problem with the studs on top of the heads that I haven't solved yet. Btw, I found these beauties by Chuck Sommerville, too: (URL) (17 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ray)
      
           Re: realistic minifig heads with ldraw and povray? —Tore Eriksson
        (...) Head stud problem now solved. Will this be good? (URL) (17 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ray)
       
            Re: realistic minifig heads with ldraw and povray? —Tore Eriksson
        (...) *LOL* I just don't know why, but I get this strange feeling that this part needs some work... (URL) (17 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ray)
       
            POV dat - 3626bp06 - Minifig Head with Standard Grin, Eyebrows and Microphone - POV —Tore Eriksson
         0 Minifig Head with Standard Grin, Eyebrows and Microphone - POV 0 Name: 3626bp06.dat 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain (fwcain@yahoo.com) 0 Unofficial Part 0 // Inline POV code generated by MFHead v0.01 0 KEYWORDS town, launch command, spaceport, headset (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
       
            POV dat - 3626bp39 - Minifig Head with Dark Grey Facial Hair Pattern - POV —Tore Eriksson
         0 Minifig Head with Dark Grey Facial Hair Pattern - POV 0 Name: 3626bp39.dat 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain (fwcain@yahoo.com) 0 LDRAW_ORG Part UPDATE 2002-03 0 // Inline POV code generated by MFHead v0.01 0 CMDLINE -c14 0 KEYWORDS face, smile, smiley, (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
       
            POV dat - 3626bp3k - Minifig Head with Islander White/Blue Painted Face - POV —Tore Eriksson
         0 Minifig Head with Islander White/Blue Painted Face - POV 0 Name: 3626bp3k.dat 0 Author: Andrew Westrate 0 Unofficial Part 0 // Inline POV code generated by MFHead v0.01 0 CMDLINE -c14 0 KEYWORDS Islanders, Islander King, natives, whiteface, mime 0 (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
       
            POV dat - 3626bp40 - Minifig Head with Messy Hair Female Pattern - POV —Tore Eriksson
         0 Minifig Head with Messy Hair Female Pattern - POV 0 Name: 3626bp40.dat 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain <fwcain@yahoo.com> 0 Unofficial Part 0 // Inline POV code generated by MFHead v0.01 0 CATEGORY Minifig 0 KEYWORDS face, pirates, castle, lipstick, (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
       
            POV dat - 3626bp61 - Minifig Head with Ice Planet Moustache and Eyebrows - POV —Tore Eriksson
         0 Minifig Head with Ice Planet Moustache and Eyebrows - POV 0 Name: 3626bp61.dat 0 Author: Bernd Broich 0 Unofficial Part 0 // Inline POV code generated by MFHead v0.01 0 // 2004-04-15 AJW added torus primitives 0 // replacing s\3626bs01.dat 0 L3P (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
       
            POV dat - 3626bp62 - Minifig Head with Ice Planet Messy White Hair - POV —Tore Eriksson
         0 Minifig Head with Ice Planet Messy White Hair - POV 0 Name: 3626bp62.dat 0 Author: Bernd Broich 0 Unofficial Part 0 // Inline POV code generated by MFHead v0.01 0 KEYWORDS Space, Ice Planet, Wild West 0 L3P IFNOTPOV 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
       
            POV dat - 3626bps5 - Minifig Head with SW Smirk and Brown Eyebrows Pattern - POV —Tore Eriksson
         0 Minifig Head with SW Smirk and Brown Eyebrows Pattern - POV 0 Name: 3626bps5.dat 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain 0 Unofficial Part 0 // Inline POV code generated by MFHead v0.01 0 KEYWORDS Star Wars, Classic Trilogy, Han Solo, Harrison Ford 0 // (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
       
            POV dat - 3626bpse - Minifig Head with SW Scout Trooper Black Visor Pattern - POV —Tore Eriksson
         0 Minifig Head with SW Scout Trooper Black Visor Pattern - POV 0 Name: 3626bpse.dat 0 Author: Andrew Westrate 0 Unofficial Part 0 // Inline POV code generated by MFHead v0.01 0 CMDLINE -C14 0 KEYWORDS Star Wars, Episode 6, Empire, Speeder Bike, (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
        
             POV dat for L3P v1.4 - 3626bpse - Minifig Head with SW Scout Trooper Black Visor Pattern - POV —Tore Eriksson
         Ok, so now I've found out why my minifig head dats with inline POV no longer work. New POV-Ray version was no problems this time. But two changes frm L3P 1.3 to 1.4 caused problems: The names of the colors have been changed from Color[n*] to (...) (15 years ago, 11-Aug-09, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
        
             Re: POV dat for L3P v1.4 - 3626bpse - Minifig Head with SW Scout Trooper Black Visor Pattern - POV —Lars C. Hassing
         (...) Sorry for the late answer. L3P v1.4 has L3Version declared, v1.3 has not. #ifdef (L3Version) material { L3Color0 } #else #if (version >= 3.1) material #else texture #end { Color0 } #end (L3P v1.4 does not support PovRay < 3.1) For the studs I (...) (14 years ago, 14-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
       
            POV dat - 3626bp7c - Minifig Head with Blue Wrap-Around Sunglasses Pattern - POV —Tore Eriksson
         0 Minifig Head with Blue Wrap-Around Sunglasses Pattern - POV 0 Name: 3626bp7c.dat 0 Author: Andrew Westrate 0 Unofficial Part 0 // Inline POV code generated by MFHead v0.01 0 CMDLINE -C14 0 KEYWORDS Ross Ranger, Town, Arctic, A1, explorer 0 (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
       
            POV dat - 3626bp7b - Minifig Head with Blue Sunglasses Pattern - POV —Tore Eriksson
         0 Minifig Head with Blue Sunglasses Pattern - POV 0 Name: 3626bp7b.dat 0 Author: Andrew Westrate 0 Unofficial Part 0 // Inline POV code generated by MFHead v0.01 0 CMDLINE -C14 0 KEYWORDS Scooter, Town, Arctic, A2, explorer 0 KEYWORDS Antarctic, (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
       
            POV dat - 3626bpa2 - Minifig Head with Adventurers Mummy Pattern - POV —Tore Eriksson
         0 Minifig Head with Adventurers Mummy Pattern - POV 0 Name: 3626bpa2.dat 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain 0 Unofficial Part 0 // Inline POV code generated by MFHead v0.01 0 CMDLINE -c7 0 KEYWORDS face, eyebrows, scars, sutures, Adventurers, Egypt, (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
       
            POV dat - 3626bpao - Minifig Head with Big Eyes, Curv Eyebows, Lt.Red Mouth - POV —Tore Eriksson
         0 Minifig Head with Big Eyes, Curv Eyebows, Lt.Red Mouth - POV 0 Name: 3626bpao.dat 0 Author: Michael Heidemann <mikeheide@web.de> 0 Unofficial Part 0 KEYWORDS Jing Lee 0 // 2004-11-28 initial version 0 BFC CERTIFY CCW 0 L3P IFNOTPOV 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
       
            POV dat - 3626bph5 - Minifig Head with Crabbe/Ron Pattern - POV —Tore Eriksson
         Well that's all for this time. I guess it's time for some sleep... /Tore 0 Minifig Head with Crabbe/Ron Pattern - POV 0 Name: 3626bph5.dat 0 Author: Andrew Westrate 0 Unofficial Part 0 // Inline POV code generated by MFHead v0.01 0 CMDLINE -C14 0 (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
        
             Re: POV dat - 3626bph5 - Minifig Head with Crabbe/Ron Pattern - POV —Tore Eriksson
         Just in case you wonder what I am doing and why: (URL) the left: an ordinary LDraw minifig head To the right: The same head run through my latest utility. There is a difference. Guess which version I prefer...! /Tore (16 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
       
            POV dat - 3626bps2 - Minifig Head with SW Brown Eyebrows Pattern - POV —Tore Eriksson
         0 Minifig Head with SW Brown Eyebrows Pattern - POV 0 Name: 3626bps2.dat 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain 0 Unofficial Part 0 // Inline POV code generated by MFHead v0.01 0 KEYWORDS face, serious, determined, Star Wars, Original Trilogy 0 KEYWORDS Luke (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
       
            POV dat - 3626bphb - Minifig Head with Severus Snape Pattern - POV —Tore Eriksson
         0 Minifig Head with Severus Snape Pattern - POV 0 Name: 3626bphb.dat 0 Author: Andrew Westrate 0 Unofficial Part 0 // Inline POV code generated by MFHead v0.01 0 KEYWORDS Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Hogwarts, Slytherin 0 BFC CERTIFY CW 0 L3P (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
       
            POV dat - 3626bps3 - Minifig Head with SW Small Black Eyebrows Pattern - POV —Tore Eriksson
         0 Minifig Head with SW Small Black Eyebrows Pattern - POV 0 Name: 3626bps3.dat 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain 0 Unofficial Part 0 // Inline POV code generated by MFHead v0.01 0 KEYWORDS face, serious, Star Wars, Original Trilogy 0 KEYWORDS Luke (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
       
            POV dat - 3626bpsc - Minifig Head with SW Grey Eyebrows & Implant Pattern - POV —Tore Eriksson
        Still working on my MFHead program. v0.02 now handles double-faced mf heads like this 3626bpsc correctly. Before I officially release the program, I will try to make it handle patterns at the torused parts, like chin and upper forehead. I will (...) (16 years ago, 14-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
      
           Re: realistic minifig heads with ldraw and povray? —Sven Reger
       Hi guys, thank you very much for so many good answers in a very short time. I found Anton Raves converter page yesterday. In the end the converted data was useless for me and his documentation is unreadable on a Windows PC :-( As so many others Lutz (...) (17 years ago, 2-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ray)
     
          Minifig Heads with Inline POV-code at LDraw Wiki POV Parts Repository —Tore Eriksson
      (...) Done. Added 8 heads so far. (URL) link to my page: (URL) working on that Maxihead, experiencing major problems... I'm deeply sorry for bursting up in this subject. I don't find those "good reasons" good at all, compared to all that we miss. (...) (17 years ago, 2-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ray)
     
          3901.dat - Minifig Hair with Inline POV-code from Anton Raves Library —Tore Eriksson
      Anton, are you there? Two questions: * Is it ok to inline your modified POV code into DAT files? Do I have your permission to do so? * Where is the function/macro ring() defined? (Had to REM it out to stop POV-Ray from complaining...) 0 Minifig Hair (...) (17 years ago, 31-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.ray)
    
         Re: realistic minifig heads with ldraw and povray? —Willy Tschager
     (...) hi tore, no flaming at all. there were very good reasons for introducing this policy: (URL) like there is no mirror of this post in the specs at LDraw.org. odd! has some of you an idea why there is no trace? w. (17 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ray)
    
         Re: realistic minifig heads with ldraw and povray? —Orion Pobursky
     (...) Probably because this was decided on so long ago that there wasn't a set place for it at the time. We should make a generic library policy article and list it on the specification page. -Orion (17 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ray)
    
         Re: realistic minifig heads with ldraw and povray? —Willy Tschager
     (...) if this quick copy'n'paste: (URL) the job we could add it to the "LDraw.org Official Library Standards" at: (URL) me know. w. (17 years ago, 2-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ray)
    
         Re: realistic minifig heads with ldraw and povray? —Orion Pobursky
     (...) Actually, since this a fairly minor rule I was thinking more along the lines of an article entitled Generic Rules for Official Library Part Files but this will do for now. -Orion - (17 years ago, 2-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ray)
   
        Re: realistic minifig heads with ldraw and povray? —Sven Reger
   Hi again, here is the result of the newly rendered minifig heads: (URL) I think they look much better than the original heads. Greetings Sven (17 years ago, 3-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
 

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