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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Dave Schuler wrote:
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WARNING: Outside of this disclaimer, this post contains no references to
genitive or excretory organs, nor does it play on gradeschool
color-games.
You have been warned
Here are two new
offerings, this time rendered on non-purple backgrounds.
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Yes, I think I like the non-purple, although my original thought was a
completely white background; you still have some shading things going on
there. But IMO it’s an improvement over purple.
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I tried one in pure-white, but it wound up looking washed-out and faded. The
two that you see here are POV-Ray’s Gray95 and the default “floor” color from
Lars Hassing’s most excellent L3P program. All props to Lars, as always!
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As I was examining your MOCs more closely, I started to notice the non-LEGO
elements which are a part of the Apocryphal library, and I found myself
smiling and thinking how nice it would be to have some of those elements. It
does, in a way, seem rather silly to restrict oneself to purely LEGO elements
if one is creating a purely virtual reality, but whatever.
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There are two ways to look at this: either as a fun diversion from real-world
LEGO purity; or the tip of the wedge by which I endow the masses with an
appreciation for clone brands. I’ll let you decide...
Lately I’ve realized that I “suffer” from my own form of purist’s psychosis, in
that I confine my MOC’s to Mega-Bloks-only elements. Sure, some of the parts
that you see have LEGO analogs (the 2x4 brick, the 1x3 plate, etc.) but the
real-world equivalent of every virtual brick in these MOCs can be gleaned from a
Mega Bloks set (and in the represented colors, to boot!).
In making this realization, I’ve realized also that purists aren’t as nutty as I
used to think them to be: I find it quite inspiring to confine one’s palette to
a specific set of bricks and colors. It has nothing to do with “brand purity”
per se, but rather the desire to work from a seemingly more restrictive
platform.
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What I am wondering is this, Dave! Are you able to apply the settings of
someone who has rendered in POV-RAY to your own MOCs, such as these examples
below?
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POV-Ray lighting is probably my biggest weakness in the rendering game. I tried
Jeroen’s radiosity settings but couldn’t tell heads from tails.
If some kind soul would care to point me to a set of ready-to-use radiosity
settings for the total simpleton, I’d be most appreciative.
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Overall, though, I think your work is pretty good, Dave! (for an apostate:-)
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Thank you very much--that’s quite a compliment, coming from such an accomplished
builder.
Of course, I still believe that you’re a total slacker, and it’s really Ross who
does all the truly cool stuff. 8^)
Dave!
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