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Well, it should be noted that this is Flare. Different rules apply here. Now, I'm sure all of us would appreciate it if you stayed and posted your artwork here, but around these parts we prefer links, thumbnails, or small resolution images as opposed to large resolution images.
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Really nice work, Sean. That's Truespace, huh? Any special radiosity pluggins? Really solid rendering...
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trueSpace has Radiosity built into it (since 4.0), but I never use it as it is a tremendouse waste of RAM and processor power. As long as you know the basic principles involved, it's very easy to fake it using standard lighting techniques (I could probably even get TS2 to render something of similar quality with the right lighitng setup).
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I could have sworn there was Radiosity going on. Those soft shadows are truly pro. Is it the textures? How many lights did you wind up using? Really, really great job.
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Very nice work, all it needs is some Ambassador-class graphics and a dedication plaque.
Also, didn't the E-C miniature's bridge, feature a set of windows in the ceiling? that would be an interesting feature if you could incorperate it into you interior.
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Please show me a photo of the original, then. I know it was a refit, but I've got no reason to believe they changed something that minor until I see a pic to the contrary.
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there really aren't any good pics of the top of the original E-C config. however, sci-fi art seems to think that there was a window on top, and i think i can almost see one in this pic. there is a little indentation on top of the bridge module (here is the bridge module blown up a little bit, which makes the indentation easier to see). maybe someone else has a better shot. the Yamaguchi definitely does not have a window on top. i would say, until we see a better pic of the E-C, that there is circumstantial evidence for the orginal configuration Ambassador class ships have a bridge window, but nothing definite.
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I'm not sure I agree with your interpretation of those pictures. It's probably just a spec of dirt, or even just a slight ridge (like the rings on the dome of the Enterprise refit bridge).
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my interpretation is simply that their might be a window. as i said, the pics of the original E-C really aren't good enough to tell. i doubt it's a quarter inch spec of dirt, though.
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I was actually going by the schematics. There seams to be a series of little windows along the front edge of the dome. However looking at the miniature, I can't tell whether they are supposed to be windows or just superficial notches.
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Did people know that the Voyager also had ceiling windows - although they were 'upright' and in the 'alcove' of the ceiling - not just a dome like the E-D.
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