Author Topic: WileyCoyote's WIPs - Continues to Lurk Around (Read 681901 times)

Phoenix Bondi · « **Reply #4020 on:** April 04, 2013, 10:50:09 PM »

:eek :drool:

DMWalsh79 · « **Reply #4021 on:** April 05, 2013, 12:12:22 AM »

Looking good Wiley! Cookie for you!

ShaunKL · « **Reply #4022 on:** April 05, 2013, 11:37:38 AM »

I've been waiting for you to get back on the NX ever since you first mentioned her. Excellent excellent work! Shaking with anticipation!
(Especially for the refit and Columbia)

baz1701 · « **Reply #4023 on:** April 05, 2013, 11:47:32 AM »

Great start and the way you do specs that hull will really pop

mckinneyc · « **Reply #4024 on:** April 05, 2013, 12:14:14 PM »

Gorgeous as always Wiley.

Just thought with the NX you will have done every Enterprise seen on screen with the exception of the cannon Ent-C and the future Ent-D

FekLeyr Targ · « **Reply #4025 on:** April 05, 2013, 12:53:03 PM »

I agree. This one looks very beautiful.

WileyCoyote · « **Reply #4026 on:** April 06, 2013, 12:58:08 AM »

Upper saucer aztec is complete.

Kophjaeger · « **Reply #4027 on:** April 06, 2013, 09:15:47 AM »

Do you add lighting effects to hulls like this one to give them an extra luster?

WileyCoyote · « **Reply #4028 on:** April 06, 2013, 10:07:57 AM »

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Do you add lighting effects to hulls like this one to give them an extra luster?

I don't exactly know what you mean.

This lighting scheme is simply a Skylight with the rendering mode set to light tracer. It is about as basic as you can get.

Once I have all of the textures and specular highlights finished, I'll add some extra lights to the scene to make the mesh look more real.

Kophjaeger · « **Reply #4029 on:** April 07, 2013, 03:35:19 PM »

Lighting effects to the diff maps to add a highlight to the features?

WileyCoyote · « **Reply #4030 on:** April 07, 2013, 08:08:06 PM »

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Lighting effects to the diff maps to add a highlight to the features?

Lighting effects to the ??? maps to add a (something) to the (what'cha'ma'callit)?

My rendering scene is really basic. Just a few omni lights (one being the shadow), the textures are this:

Diffuse Color: Ship Texture
Specular Level: Specular Texture
Self-Illumination: Ship Texture

Sometimes I remove the spotlights from the alpha channels (leaving only the windows lit), and add an actual spotlight to the ship in Max.

starship · « **Reply #4031 on:** April 08, 2013, 01:19:35 PM »

As Mr. Spock would says... "F A S C I N A T I N G !!!"

Kophjaeger · « **Reply #4032 on:** April 08, 2013, 03:40:23 PM »

We are definitely talking different things

Not a lighting effect to the render but to the texture itself, much like drybrushing a physical model with a slightly brighter color, and darkening the recesses. On the NX class/era, it could give the final product a more glossy/metallic look. I've seen it done before, but I am trying to get a handle on how to make it really look good. Right now I use several lighter/darker layers of the skin, mask them, and blur/airbrush the layer mask to jewel the finished product. Your aztecing is remarkable.

WileyCoyote · « **Reply #4033 on:** April 13, 2013, 11:34:44 PM »

The upper and lower saucer aztecs are done.

Shadowknight1 · « **Reply #4034 on:** April 14, 2013, 01:51:15 AM »

Looking good there Wiley, as usual!

Vortex · « **Reply #4035 on:** April 14, 2013, 05:54:06 AM »

Love it.

ShaunKL · « **Reply #4036 on:** April 15, 2013, 11:57:43 PM »

This brings back memories. I may have to take my Enterprise off the shelf and look around at it to compare with your mesh.

Nighthawk · « **Reply #4037 on:** April 20, 2013, 10:06:09 PM »

he's gonna choke on so many cookies

WileyCoyote · « **Reply #4038 on:** April 22, 2013, 01:10:28 AM »

Here's some more work:

I changed the base color of the hull so it reflected the NX-01 a bit better. Once I get some scene lighting going on, the whole ship will start looking like it was from the show. All of the aztec paneling can be toned down on the refit- when I get to it. Now, I just need to map and texture the aft sections, and add all of the other miniscule detailing.

moed · « **Reply #4039 on:** April 22, 2013, 01:35:04 AM »

Excellent accuracy Wiley.

Wonderful work!

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