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Re: BFD Engine 1 Gets Super-Sized
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Sat, 12 Jul 2003 01:14:40 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Will Hess wrote:
> In lugnet.town, Allan Bedford wrote:
> > There are three things I really like about this model:
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> Thanks for the kind words Allan. I'll address your comments and questions
> below.
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> > 1) The overall design is very clean and well thought-out.
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> It should be :-) I've been tinkering with it for the better part of a year!
And the effort shows. But goodness gravey man... a whole year? Time for a
coffee break. ;)
> > 2) The deck gun! I love the styling of this. I'm planning on using the chrome
> > version of the light saber hilt as air horns on some of my future engines. But
> > I had never thought of it as part of the deck gun.
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> As soon as I saw this part I thought that it would make a good nozzle for the
> end of a hose or monitor. I tried to incorporate it into some of my four-wide
> designs but it never looked right. You might say that that lone part is
> responsible for my move to six-wide apparatus.
I had the same sort of 'inspired' moment with the 1x4 arch brick. I realized
they were almost exactly right for the small wheels on the 2x2 plates and I knew
I wanted to do more than just one truck. My plan is to do a whole series of
4-wide apparatus. I have three done so far (instructions for all, renders for a
one) but have plans for several more.
I like 4-wide since it reminds me of the old pre-minifig style vehicles of my
childhood sets. But with some of the new parts available today, you can add a
lot more detail and yet still stay at a very small scale.
I do want to try my hand at 6 wide someday. For now, I'm happy working smaller
though.
> > 3) The beautiful renders of the model. For those of us who are attempting (but
> > failing) to produce exactly that type of render, I'm wondering if you'd consider
> > sharing the lighting (and other settings) technique that you used to get those
> > pictures. I keep trying to produce that nice 'catalog' style picture, with no
> > floor, no background, but shadows on the engine itself and I just can't seem to
> > get it to come out as clean as yours. Care to help us understand the process
> > better?
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> I borrowed the lighting code from Bram Lambrecht. It can be found in the middle
> of this post: http://news.lugnet.com/cad/ray/?n=98
That may be the sort of thing I was looking for. I'll give it a try, thanks! I
was sent some lighting tips by another builder but haven't been able to recreate
the results I want. :(
> The camera setting is one I either developed or borrowed (can't remember which)
> three or four years ago. I paste it into the POV file and use the translate and
> rotate command to adjust the position of the model, as I understand those MUCH
> better than I understand camera positioning.
I'm confused. You adjust the camera positioning? Or the light positioning? :)
I find both baffling. Just when I think I understand it, I try a setup and it
turns out to be an ugly mess.
Best regards,
Allan B.
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| (...) Seeing a single part that inspires an entire model is one of the joys of Lego IMHO. (...) That's how I got started :-) (...) Trust me, that code is easy to use...just replace the three lights in your POV file with it and render. (...) Neither. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jul-03, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) Thanks for the kind words Allan. I'll address your comments and questions below. (...) It should be :-) I've been tinkering with it for the better part of a year! (...) As soon as I saw this part I thought that it would make a good nozzle for (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-03, to lugnet.town)
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