The reactor thread

[Timstone]

Very cool pics David. I like those a lot.
The model took me about ten minutes to build. I certainly have an idea to texture this little reactor, thanks to you.
The only thing is, I'm very bad at texturing. I'm doing my best with max 7, but I simply don't get the results you get. I guess there are too many options to change in max 7.

Maybe you can give a few setting you used to create these wonderful pics.


Edit:
I've just completed a few drawings for the next 4 reactors. They're all variants of this Version. I hope I'll have some time this evening to work on them.

[Aiken]

Nice reactors. Don't forget to send pictures to SJ, so he could include them to Image mod.

[Nodachi]

Timstone quipped:
The only thing is, I'm very bad at texturing.

Well, there's a bunch of BS! You do a great job with your textures. I have to rely on procedurals to get anything done so you've got me beat.

[Timstone]

Thanks Nodachi, but you haven't seen anything impressive from me (besides the planets and the Borg Cube).
In the modeling department I think I'm good enough, but I seldom have good ideas to implement. Or I have a very, very labourintensive method in mind.
Also the lack of time do practice is a huge limit.
But thanks for the kind words.

P.S. David made the four smaller pics, I just gave him the idea of the model (he recreated one of mine).

[David E. Gervais]

Tim, the textures I used in my replicas are from the built-in procedural textures in bryce. If you're looking for bitmap textures, I could always render and save some of the textures in bryce, but there is an infinate number and I don't have infinate time. And some of the textures are what is called 'complex effects' and deal with transparencies, volume, and layered textures.

Anyway, I'll see what I can do, just send me an e-mail and tell me what you want.

Cheers!

[Timstone]

Damn it!
The friend who became mother had some complications. It practically threw my whole weekend into chaos. On the bright side, I became godfather (I think that is how you call it...)! Woohoo!

I've made only a few drawings in the half hour I had to model this weekend.
Stay tooned!