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Glad you reposted this Matt...missed it first time around. The ship you are basing it on looks wild...an unorthadox look that should be a real challenge to build, although your first step are well on the way. As far as I can see, you can't get any (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Ion Cannon Frigate
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Thanks! I render it in Ldite (have no Idea how to use PovRay) then Print Screened each of the 36 frames (10 dregrees rotate on the Y axis each time), pasted in Paint, saved as .gif then created one animated gif using Ulead Gif Animatior 2.0 (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Followup to Proposal of building theme "sequels"
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Hey all, Just wanted to say that I wasn't suggesting this idea as a contest. I envisioned it as more of a Moonbase Module kind of thing. We set a few guidelines and let the builder's imagination do the rest. I cetainly wouldn't want to place a time (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Photo programs (was Can you dig it?)
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(...) As do I, but IF you were to BUY it, it is pricey... (...) Paint Shop Pro does most everything that Photoshop does, but I found it a little harder to use, but I am used to Photoshop's way of doing things. some of my friends use it and assure me (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Building Bible (was USS Okazaki NCC-1960 WIP)
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(...) I would add Character/Function (or making a ship look like it does what you say it does) Trav (-|-) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | My take on some .space fads
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Hi all, Here are some old models I made when various fads swept the .space newsgroup. Uberbike (URL) Uberbike was constructed and piloted by Arnold P. Grumby, though he prefers to be called Uber-Terror. Since his peculiarly small stature prevented (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: Can you dig it?
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(...) Yeah, what he said. I use Photoshop. However, there should be some shareware or freeware apps out there that allow you to resize pics. ~Grand Admiral (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Request for Ideas/Suggestions
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Hi everyone. Its been a while since I last posted on anything, and in truth, I've been a bit inactive on the building end as well, but as I'm looking to get back to work on my project, I thought I'd reissue the request for help and/or suggestions on (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: USS Okazaki NCC-1960 WIP
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(...) As an addendum to these points - I have found from experience that slopes are the ideal way to get a graceful shape with a strong underlying structure, but will be heavy and use lots of bricks. On the other hand, sloped panels (SNOT) are a (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: USS Okazaki NCC-1960 WIP
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There might be something intersting for you here: (URL) have never undertook a Really Large Ship, but I can give basic design principles: 1. Don't get boxy. Boxiness can really kill a huge ship. 2. Make an internal support structure. Use technic (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.space)
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