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Just remember that the Nebula does not have all of the windows of a Galaxy class! (though I know you would never make such a silly mistake)
Any chance of sending me some images of this ship "between" Amby and Galaxy designs?
Is it the Probert version Ambassador?
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quote:Originally posted by The Red Admiral: To what are you specifically referring, diffuse settings, specularity (shine), textures?
Hmmm I'm not 100% sure which aspect it is... but it's... errr - a little bit of all of those things - if I understand the terminology correctly. It might be the way the "light" bounces off the hull - or even just the monocromaticism of the hull - I'm not too sure - I'm not bagging I only want to see you improve!
In another thread someone posted a model of a connie done by someone at TrekBBS *spit* but if you can find that pic - you'd know what I'm trying to... explain - it's the "physical" feel of the hull or something.
Anyway, still nice.
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Yes I do know where you're coming from, specularity defines how much shine a surface reflects. But getting the correct appearance it takes a lot of tinkering, patience, and trial and error, not to mention multiple lighting rigs to get the desired effect. I've been accused of lighting scenes with too much specularity, not enough specularity, too much ambience, not enough ambience etc. And whereas someone will say 'too much', another, on the same scene, will say 'not enough'. I guess it's all about finding a happy medium.
Yes I know about the saucer windows on the Neb. But I will be doing both Neb variants. Firstly a rebuild of the now poorly constructed Sutherland type (as seen here), and then the Phoenix, and here
Bernd's Tanganyika is a nice blend of the Ambassador and Galaxy, better I think than Probert's Ambassador. Here's some WIP images (with basic lighting and texturing - these aren't beauty shots)
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The ship's hull design is not bad, but the nacelle pylons are horrible.
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RE: Connie-refit If I remember correctly, aren't the rec deck windows supposed to be visible on the starboard aft edge of the saucer's rim? It looks like you've just mirrored the 'normal' windows from the port side.
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Hey Rev. Yes that had already been pointed out, and I've made the adjustments, and refined the decals in accordance with some better model photos I've acquired. This, I think, will be the final version. Some new hi res orthographicals will come later.
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Looking great! The starboard ACL light on the saucer should be bright green (not white), but that's getting nix-pickey on ya.
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Yeh I knew that but actually couldn't be bothered to go back and re-render it, lol. But the orphographic images (which I've since done) do have red and green lights on the underside as well. Hopefully the ship will now be completely accurate, right down to the personnel hatches and airlocks.
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One minor thing: the phaser mounts on the saucer should be yellow- yours are grey.
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That drydock one is now my desktop wallpaper.
Bueatiful work.
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First, it is a beautiful shot. The multicolor warp-star-streaks are great, too. Many shots just make them white streaks.
But, since we're picking nits... This is a common detail missed I've noticed. Background stars behind the torpedo are brighter than surrounding areas. They should actually be obscured, because the glow of the torpedo will wash out the light from the stars.
And if we're talking the 1701 and not the A, let's go whole hog and make it TMP's Ent., before ILM painted over the pearlescent with a clear matte.
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but if you can find that pic - you'd know what I'm trying to... explain - it's the "physical" feel of the hull or something.![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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