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Re: realistic minifig heads with ldraw and povray?
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Date: 
Sun, 1 Jul 2007 18:06:17 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.ray, Tore Eriksson wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.ray, Tore Eriksson wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad.ray, Sven Reger wrote:
> > > 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 minifig head.
> > > I tried the mesh enhancer from L. Teichert. The result is a little bit better
> > > but still looks not very realistic. Espacially the upper part of the head still
> > > has a lot of corners. And the mouth seems to disappear with mesh enhancer?!
> > > L. Teichert is unreachable under his old mail addy...he has a small gallery with
> > > really nice minifig renderings. So I think there is a way to reach a better
> > > result.
> > > Every idea or hint is very welcome!
> > > 
> > > Sven
> > 
> > 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
> > enourmous advantage of L3P's simplicity and resource economy.
> > 
> > /Tore
> 
> With very little effort, I found this link:
> http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dev/?n=9094
> with this pretty little face (left = inline POV and right: standard LDraw)
> http://web.telia.com/~u66203131/LDraw/3626bp6.jpg
> I had to adjust two little code flaws, but it's very little sweat. (Hey, it took
> less than 30 minutes to locate Paul Easter's file, copy, adjust, render, and
> finally write this post.
> 
> I'm very sad that EmbPOV isn't allowed in official parts - but then again, it's
> completely allowed in private, unofficial folders! :D
> 
> /Tore

Would you be so kind as to add those (and any others you find) to the POV parts
repository on the LDraw wiki, please.

http://ldraw.org/wiki/index.php/POVray_Parts_Repository

Tim



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  Re: realistic minifig heads with ldraw and povray?
 
(...) 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) (19 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ray)
  Minifig Heads with Inline POV-code at LDraw Wiki POV Parts Repository
 
(...) 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. (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ray)

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  Re: realistic minifig heads with ldraw and povray?
 
(...) 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 (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ray)

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