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Return of the warehouse Mech
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Return of the warehouse Mech // Work in Progress
Post by MadMouse // May 22, 2006, 6:34am
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Eh, didn't you say you tested the Mech in the ts7 Player?
No your not going mad Lars. I was involved with Beta testing TS7 for a short while and that is when I tried my mech in the player.
Steve
P.S. I was thinking about a night render for my Mech Marcel. Could look cool:) |
Post by KeithC // May 22, 2006, 6:51am
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I think the last pic you showed wasn't as rusty as the rest; however it would be consistant because of the location, the feet would be dirtier than the 'waist' of the mech. At least that's my assertion. I agree about not entering the month that MM enters this beast!!:) |
Post by brianalldridge // May 22, 2006, 2:10pm
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In your last pic, the valve controls look a little too clean in relation to the rest of the mech. |
Post by Shike // May 22, 2006, 10:09pm
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I did it like Andrew in this Tutorial (http://www.andrew-whitehurst.net/hdri_tut.html) ans this works quit good. A wastebasket.. mmh don't know if this works but it's a try.
btw. I like your Beast :)
Thanks, beasts are my favourite subject to sculpt. :)
Ah, the tutorial mentions a difference image for the composite... that's something I havn't thought about. Gotta try it ! :D
*sitting and staring at screen....waiting for MadMouse to log in, hoping that he worked on the mech instead of sleep last night* ;) |
Post by W!ZARD // May 27, 2006, 6:00am
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I think the last pic you showed wasn't as rusty as the rest; however it would be consistant because of the location, the feet would be dirtier than the 'waist' of the mech. At least that's my assertion. I agree about not entering the month that MM enters this beast!!:)
Chuckle! Roman is gonna have slim pickings for the gallery the month that MadMouses Mech gets entered! Steve, you're frightening off all the competition! Maybe Roman should just give you an upgrade now to save time!! I doubt he'd get any complaints from the rest of the community given that most of us are just awestruck by what you are doing here!
just my $0.02 worth |
Post by KeithC // May 27, 2006, 8:06am
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Maybe Roman should just give you an upgrade now to save time!! I doubt he'd get any complaints from the rest of the community given that most of us are just awestruck by what you are doing here!
I agree with that;)
-Keith |
Post by MadMouse // May 27, 2006, 9:41am
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Thanks Guys.
Nice to see your still about Stephen. Been missing your sense of humour around the forum.
Hurry up and finish that CD of yours and get back to some proper work.:)
Originally Posted by W!ZARD
Maybe Roman should just give you an upgrade now to save time!! I doubt he'd get any complaints from the rest of the community given that most of us are just awestruck by what you are doing here!
Maybe I shouldn't post this in the monthlys then.....Er.....then again..... maybe not;)
ATB
Steve |
Post by MadMouse // May 27, 2006, 11:02am
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Well here's the next piece of the puzzle. I haven't got much done recently
as I've been distracted by getting used to using Ultimate Unwrap 3D but its coming along slowly.
I was planning to do the fork section in red, similar to the end on the fork arm seen here.
What do you think?? or should I go back to yellow?? Comments and crits welcome.
ATB
Steve |
Post by Alien // May 27, 2006, 11:26am
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Don't forks usually tend to be bare metal? Either deliberately, or the paint's just been worn away? :confused: |
Post by MadMouse // May 27, 2006, 11:44am
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No.. No.. You misunderstood me or maybe I didn't make myself clear.
I didn't mean the forks themselves. Obviously the forks need to be bare metal with just a
hint of paint in low wear areas. I was referring to the body of the fork carriage section as seen in this pic.
My logic was when this thing is working the arm would be swinging around and would be quite dangerous
hence the red paint job. |
Post by Alien // May 27, 2006, 12:15pm
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Ah, right, I see what you mean. I can't honestly say which colour I think would look better. The red might work, but then again it might clash too much with the yellow. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alien42/smilies/dunno.gif |
Post by brianalldridge // May 27, 2006, 1:22pm
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I understand your reasoning behing the red paint, but I've noticed things done in CG that are red start to look kind of like a toy. |
Post by MadMouse // May 28, 2006, 1:03am
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I know exactly what you mean Brian. Maybe I'll try both colour schemes and put it to a vote. |
Post by Shike // May 28, 2006, 4:29am
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I know exactly what you mean Brian. Maybe I'll try both colour schemes and put it to a vote.
Excellent idea! That means we get to see more pictures :D
Really like your latest renders :)
... and yes, I tried to magnify your testrender seen in the "Show us yer room"-thread...but it was a little to small.:(
Maybe Splinter can trick you into showing more by starting a "Show us yer Monitor" ;) |
Post by splinters // May 28, 2006, 8:49am
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Maybe Splinter can trick you into showing more by starting a "Show us yer Monitor" ;)
Ok, here's a new challenge..as soon as you read this press print screen and show us what's on yer monitor*!
Oh dear, I fear an influx of mucky pictures....:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
P.S This is a joke...unless of course it isn't....:confused:
* Of course what we will get will be numerous screen grabs of this thread... |
Post by MadMouse // May 29, 2006, 1:31am
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LMAO...
you didnt say which monitor....:) |
Post by Shike // May 29, 2006, 1:42am
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I think I see a hint of the mech behind the windows....nope, that's not it, not unless you changed the textures to green paint..:D |
Post by MadMouse // May 29, 2006, 10:48am
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Well thats the fork section finished. I decided on the red (so no extra pics Lars... sorry:) )
It sure made a nice change to work on another colour than rusty yellow.
Comments and crits please people.
Onto the cab next. There is a light at the end of the tunnel at last;)
ATB
Steve. |
Post by daybe // May 29, 2006, 11:08am
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Nice work steve, looks so real.:cool: Can't wait to see this finished and thanks for sharing. |
Post by KeithC // May 29, 2006, 11:16am
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Nice work again, M.M. You should think about contacting Corel when you're done with this; they don't have too much emphasis on using PSP for this type of work, they may want to feature the Mech.:)
-Keith |
Post by brianalldridge // May 29, 2006, 5:40pm
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Nice, it doesn't look the least bit toyish! |
Post by Loadus // May 30, 2006, 6:01am
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This thread is keeping me pinned here. Every day I have to stop by and DROOOOL. :D:D lol.
That thing is coming out more than nicely. Can't wait to see it finished! |
Post by Shike // May 30, 2006, 7:52am
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Well thats the fork section finished. I decided on the red (so no extra pics Lars... sorry:) )
Aaaw, I wanted two pics...nah, just kiddin, your choise with red was the perfect choise, it looks great ! :D |
Post by MadMouse // May 30, 2006, 10:21am
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Thanks Guys :) |
Post by W!ZARD // May 31, 2006, 5:21am
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Thanks Guys.
Nice to see your still about Stephen. Been missing your sense of humour around the forum.
Hurry up and finish that CD of yours and get back to some proper work.:)
ATB
Steve
Now Steve you of all people should know that you can't rush good art! But thanks for the kind words. Actually the CD has come to a temporary halt as has just about everything else thanks to various real world issues but I should be back to it soon. I do try to get over here to my favourite forum at least a couple of times a week though.
Now about the forks - they look great my friend but I do have a couple of observations. First it's my understanding that the reason that so much heavy machinery is yellow - like your mech - is that yellow is the most easily seen and readily (reddily?) identifies colour under the widest range of light types. Red - like on many fire engines for example - often looks black under those orange (sodium vapour?) streetlights but yelloe still looks yellow.
So your fork mount, being red, will contrast nicely with the yellow but might not necessarily be the 'safest' colour.
The other point is that the red you've chosen, whilst looking great also strikes me as a little bloody looking - I'm imagining the red fork mount on the otherwise yellow mech and it may look like you've been using the mech to dissect a whale or something! Assuming whales have red blood that it!
Now your mech's gonna look brilliant no matter which way you go but I just thought I'd offer you some of my thoughts on the matter... seeing as you did ask!;) |
Post by MadMouse // May 31, 2006, 9:56am
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Hi Bud,
MMMMmmmm very interesting Mr. Bond.
You've made a good point there, and its one that I hadn't considered. My logic behind the red fork carriage was that when the Mech is in use the forks would be swinging in a circle at a dangerous, skull smashing, head height and pedestrians passing the working mech would need to be aware of the arm and red is always used as a danger warning. But your point about the red not showing up as well in certain light conditions is very valid. However, as you know I drive fork lifts of all shapes and sizes for a living and I have seen or driven all manner of colour forklifts, yellows and reds, greys, blues and even beige!!! so I think I could get away with any colour. Its more a case of yellow is the recognised standard and stereotypical colour. So maybe this time its a case of style over functionality because I must admit I do like the look of the red paint job.
The other point is that the red you've chosen, whilst looking great also strikes me as a little bloody looking - I'm imagining the red fork mount on the otherwise yellow mech and it may look like you've been using the mech to dissect a whale or something! Assuming whales have red blood that it!
Maybe the forks used to be yellow and a careless operator hit so many people in the head that their blood stained the forks a lovely shade of red.
Mmmm now how would I go about depicting that?? Anyone know of a good brain matter tutorial???:D
Thanks for the comment Stephen, I can always count on you for good constructive crits.
ATB mate and hurry up with real life so you can get back to this space we call true:)
Steve |
Post by Shike // Jun 4, 2006, 2:43am
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I think the fork is the least dangerous thing on this huge mech ! :D
As long as it has flashing lights and perhaps some warning sound...
for thoose who (for some strange reason) doesn't hear the enormous vibrations and thumping sound when the huge feets are crushing the ground and everyone in the way ;)
I have to admit that I get slightly nervous (:o) when I'm visiting customer factories and they have fast moving forklifts.... but a huge mech should move a bit slower and be slightly safer? ( altough it didn't in the Aliens-movie :rolleyes: )
Oh, btw, when you're finished with the mech, make sure to sell the idea to the forklift companies.... I would really like to see this beast in real life ! :jumpy: |
Post by Steinie // Jun 4, 2006, 4:25am
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Just a tought before you finish....are you going to have a detachable arm so that other tools can be connected for other operations? Back in the 80's we designed something similiar that is being used in Mack Truck founderies and also was in an early movie "Raising the Titanic" (GE prototype). It could pickup a truck but had computer feedback (electrical hydraulic) so that you could feel the spongey filter if it's "hand" squeezed a cigarette. |
Post by MadMouse // Jun 4, 2006, 7:14am
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I think the fork is the least dangerous thing on this huge mech...... ......I have to admit that I get slightly nervous when I'm visiting customer factories and they have fast moving forklifts
You may be right about being the least dangerous thing on this Mech. If I succeed in matting in a photo of me at the controls that will by far be the most dangerous thing :)
Just a thought before you finish....are you going to have a detachable arm so that other tools can be connected for other operations
Indeed... If my enthusiasm doesn't fail me I intend a few variations. When I was originally modelling the Mech I was inundated with ideas for different version ranging from forestry, welding, fire fighting through to underwater salvage. I rather like the fire fighting idea myself.:D
ATB
Steve |
Post by MadMouse // Jun 8, 2006, 1:15am
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Cab section is finished.........
...and if you've been keeping count that means.........
DRUMROLL PLEASE!!!!
:banana: :banana: :banana: THE TEXTURING IS FINISHED!!!!:banana: :banana: :banana:
Whooo hooooo!!!:) well, now I've got that out of my system, any comments and crits on the cab section are most welcome. The next step is a photo shoot at my place of work and then the fun really begins.:D
ATB
Steve |
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