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No problem, David. YOu posted THAT when I was writing THIS.
Nguyen, Mark M.L. Currently a graduate student at the University of Calgary (Geography Department). 24 years old. Fluent in French (which gets you more girls than you can imagine). Avid fan of Trek, giant robots and swordfighting. Pleased to meetcha.
I guess if I were to have an in-universe personality, I'd consider myself a Civilian Tactical Consultant. The kind of guy who is brought in by Starfleet to test and evaluate stuff of tactical and practical use. Ex-Starfleet under mysterious cicumstances.
Mark
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Shik
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Argh...looks like I'm gonna have t'get IRC or ICQ one day so we can all get together & discuss in true Linda Richman format. As it is, I'm too lazy & stupid to leave AOL, so I can always be IMed with AIM or emailed at [email protected]
This is my suggestion: Dave, it's your project, we are simply peons here. I suggest that we do as you say & email you a copy of a bio & Trek-related resume, highlighting talents & the like that could be useful. That would then give you the chance to decide who's batter at what & who should be the de facto division head; I don't think anyone would really mind working under the direction of anyone else here. It's pretty much a mutual respect-fest among us.
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Shik: I didn't understand a word of that first paragraph... I'm 40. When I went to high school, there was one computer in my whole town (city hall). I am a computer graphic artist now, but I don't speak the lingo. Could you run that through the universal translator?
Seriously, the whole point of the bio thing was so we could get to know each other. Doing it by email would just give it to me. Just don't post any sensitive data.
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Captain David J. Schmidt Head of Starfleet Design & Tactical __________________________ Below-the-Line Data:
40 years old, married (2nd time) with 3 kids. Hobbies: Star Trek technical writing and design. Started writing/designing back in the eraly 70's. Favorite Authors: Weber (Honor Harrington series rules), Heinlein, Niven, Pournelle, Robinson. Old-time fan, going back to mid-70's (just watch "that 70's Show - I was Eric to nine decimal places). And yes, I actually DO like Voyager. The show is 30+% crap - but Sturgeon's Law states that 90% of EVERYTHING is crap. So Voyager is ahead of the curve. Employed as a computer graphic artist for a software development corporation. Alpha-male SOB personality. Hoping to make a profit with this idea of ours, and quite willing to split the pie according to utilized contributions. Why? Because it is not about money - it's about being the best.
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Basill: The only thing I can't get used to with BBS is the idea that while I'm waxing poetic, somebody else is responding to an earlier post.... Of course, when I went to school, we took typing. - On typewriters. - You know, looked like keyboards, but had paper on a roll and an ink ribbon. - Ink, its a fluid...
(if you think I'm kidding, look at the differences in the artistic style between Starfleet Tactical Book 1 and my Deck Plans for the Enterprise-A. Pen-and-ink vs computers).
Seriously: Judging by the quarters you rendered, I've got the right guy. All we have to do is get a figure or two from a application like Poser, and then "paint" the new uniform on him/her (holding a PADD or something. Then you simply place said figure in your scene prior to rendering. In fact, I'll bet that prepared figures are downloadable as freeware (not as Starfleet Officers, but close enought to modify). I'll get our researcher to find a few (both genders) for you. What 3d software do you use?
Shik: See above. Fetch! And get me a title for you. And a bio, please.
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You guys might want to look here for 3-d people.
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Mark: I was about 30 at the time (check the publication date - I'm not sure). I look about the same (maybe 10 kilos heavier). In fact, I don't even remember all of the people in the photo, but I'll try:
Janet Schmidt (my first wife) married Roger Wright. They presently reside in Edmonton.
Robert Earl Day (Butch Day) was and is one of my closest friends. He resides in Seattle, WA. He is a BIG name fan - FIAWOL (as well as the smartest man I'll ever meet). If you are big in fandom, you know Butch. He is the person who introduced me to Gene.
I was the only one involved in the project, the others simply volunteered for a "Team" photo for book versimilatude.
Good point though. We might do the same for the next work, although we'd have to use individual shots.
I would also encourage team members to forward other product concepts. How about a "Battle of Wolf 359" showing the arrival, attack patterns and final resting/drifting paths of the various vessels? See my postings in the Wolf 359 Thread. Any other ideas? Those who work on a project get the credit/profits.
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"Fetch," he says.
"Yeah, my boss don't appreciate me, either. 'Igor! Go for brains!' 'Igor! Go for sandwiches!' I dunno...gimme another beer..."
I know exactly jack SHIT about rendering. BUT!!...there's a staff member of mine who does. I'll pose the question to him.
Re: bios. Understand your idea. Mine's somewhat different. Any good project manager needs division heads who can handle the task at hand. Never hurts to have the additional information.
Title, eh? Hmm. We'll assume this is the late 2290s or early 2300s, right? Bah. I'll think about it later.
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Shik: You Shi*! I read your latest post while I was drinking a Coke. Now I have a caffienated keyboard! Thanks, I haven't had a laugh like that in a long time - and I love Far Side too.
I don't know all that much about 3d rendering either, but here is what I do know (Basill or Jeff, correct me if I'm off-base).
Poser comes with basic character figures. These can be manipulated/posed at will, and then saved in other formats (ie: Lightwave), or simply rendered. Now, the clothing is not actually on top of the nude body, rather it is a different body. 3d artists like to build these to spec, and create the wrap-around color scheme (the texture map). Warrior's uniform/texture map is excellent - but is it his, is he willing to let us use it, or is it freeware? Or can one of us, using Poser or another 3d application, duplicate this if the answer is no?
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Hmm. I suggest that anything like image copyright issues & whatnot be handled by whomever will be handling the actual rendering, since they'd have a better understanding of what's actually going on. I've got Galen coming front & saying "Better to leave the vagaries of the universe to those who KNOW what they're on about..."
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I really don't know the answer to that. I usually just stop into 3dGladiators to drool over the artwork, but I think your assumptions on Poser are correct, and unless I'm wrong, you could use Warrior's meshes as long as he is credited.
Or you could e-mail him (like I just did)and get the story without any mis-interpretations. [email protected]
------------------ Star Trek Gamma Quadrant Average Rated 6.27 out of 10 Smileys by Fabrux (with four eps posted) *** "Oh, yes, screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!" -Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001 **** "The candidate who slimed John McCain in the primaries and smeared Al Gore in the general election is now the president who pledges to elevate the nation's tone and bring civility to our discorse. Kind of like Michael Corleone brought peace to the mob by killing the heads of the other four families." --Paul Begala, Is Our Children Learning?
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Shik: Good point. And I see what you mean about the personnel jackets and files.
Shik, you seem to speak this lingo better than I do. Is there a non-public BBS which we could utilize for distribution of proprietary artwork/writing, so it would be secure to members of the team? We could still use Flare for general communications, I'm talking about exchanging files for proofing, etc.
People: Post your general bios here, but forward anything for my eyes only to: [email protected] __________________________________________________
Basill: For now we will utilize a generic figure (low detail for faster modelling) from the web, and we'll cross this bridge later. If you or Jeff feel like asking Warrior, please go ahead. I will be forwarding the plan views to you of all the equipment/generators.
People: If someone finds a suitable non-Trek placeholding figure, please advise. __________________________________________________
People: I don't want to post the samples of the deck plans for proofing. I would rather email a set to each - suitably watermarked. PDF okay?
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I sent an e-mail to Warrior with this thread's link. I was going to send him your e-mail addie too, but I couldn't find it. I told him to possibly expect an e-mail from you, and his addie is in the post directly above yours.
You can reach me at [email protected] (and I wouldn't mind a set of those floorplans either...)
------------------ Star Trek Gamma Quadrant Average Rated 6.27 out of 10 Smileys by Fabrux (with four eps posted) *** "Oh, yes, screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!" -Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001 **** "The candidate who slimed John McCain in the primaries and smeared Al Gore in the general election is now the president who pledges to elevate the nation's tone and bring civility to our discorse. Kind of like Michael Corleone brought peace to the mob by killing the heads of the other four families." --Paul Begala, Is Our Children Learning?
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