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[Q]Modeling a Pirate Ship?
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:51 pm
by Doctor
How would some of you guys go about modeling a pirate ship? I need to make one for a project, and I don't really know how to approach it. So far my attempts have looked... not so good
Thanks for the help,
Doctor
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:13 pm
by a mammoth
I tried once. It sucked, but I found a tut where you use splines to get each view ports shape down, I'd have to find it again.
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:51 pm
by llama_juice
how awesome of a pirate ship are we talkin about here?
*map idea insparation*
bwhhahahaha
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:11 pm
by SnaFuBAR
i would plane model or spline cage it.
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:18 pm
by Doctor
SnaFuBAR wrote:spline cage it.
Hmmm? I've never heard of this, please explain, young laddy?
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:32 pm
by cooldude5990
get blueprints make outline every curve with a spline, then draw a plane over them.
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:15 pm
by [cc]z@nd!
me, personally, would start from a box and extrude, chamfer, etc. 'till i achieved the look i wanted. but that's me, take it as last-minute advice.
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:41 pm
by a mammoth
[cc]z@nd! wrote:me, personally, would start from a box and extrude, chamfer, etc. 'till i achieved the look i wanted. but that's me, take it as last-minute advice.
That would achieve the look of a mangled monkey.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:20 am
by llama_juice
I havn't tried spline modeling yet, I know I could make one with plane modeling, and make it look rather good aswell.
Alright, 20 min job :/
Yea, I know it's simple, but I did just the hull thinking that'd be the part people would probably struggle the most with... I also didn't have any reference pictures, that's just what I immagined a 20 min job to look like... so I modeled it....
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:24 am
by {D
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:42 pm
by TomClancey
ya he could but y would he spen 185$ on a 191,824poly ship, cus im sure that Doctor may want this to be a map or a Vehicle of some kind. also he said anyway to Model a ship, not buy one.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:03 pm
by a mammoth
You realize that ships have a overall bend to them?
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:44 pm
by Doctor
TomClancey wrote:ya he could but y would he spen 185$ on a 191,824poly ship, cus im sure that Doctor may want this to be a map or a Vehicle of some kind. also he said anyway to Model a ship, not buy one.
Nope, it is not going in game.
Also {DS} 8, I use gmax to model, I mod Halo Trail, and I use Paint.NET and gimp instead of Photoshop. >.> I am a cheap shit
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:09 pm
by TomClancey
lol, im almost cheap, i use gmax and photoshop =P, and im getting 3ds max 9 this sumer.
BTW: anypics on your ship model?
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:36 pm
by fishface617
I advise not buying 3ds max 9, its not really supported yet in modding, get 7 or 8.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:07 pm
by TomClancey
erhm y not? and im getting 9 because its a full license studen price for 380dollars, and the full licence max 8 comes with like 5 other thins i dont want for like 800dollars, so i though its a good trade off... so thats y im geting 9.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:27 pm
by SnaFuBAR
fishface617 wrote:I advise not buying 3ds max 9, its not really supported yet in modding, get 7 or 8.
Bluestreak.
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:23 am
by fishface617
It works with 9? I didnt know it did.
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:32 pm
by rentafence
Well, bluestreak IS maxscript, isnt it?