Necron2-0 In reply to Makeamukero [2014-11-12 06:25:56 +0000 UTC]

Same to you. 

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Necron2-0 In reply to genchang2112 [2013-12-18 06:22:01 +0000 UTC]

No problem. Besides ... I thought your rendition of the Klingons going after V'ger was fantastic.  I wouldn't exactly call stating the obvious a kindness.

So that was done with Blender, eh? I may have to look into that.

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genchang2112 In reply to Necron2-0 [2013-12-18 06:53:54 +0000 UTC]

Well, the ship components were built (in assembled form) in Blender.  Blender is only the start of my assembly line.

 I took those components as .obj files, and then converted them in a program called Reallusion 3DEXChange 5.5 PRO (updated to version 5.51).  Then, I took the converted components and assembled them in another program called Reallusion iClone 5 PRO (also version 5.51).  Because the components were large enough, and their central points were positioned as they were in Blender, they just kinda fell into place in iClone.  All I had to do was drag each converted file to the center of the grid in iClone, and they fell into place.

Then, within iClone, I was able to texture, attach the components, and finalize the ships.  In iClone is where I do the actual animation and rendering.

But, Blender itself is a powerful (and free) modeling and animaton program. I just haven't dabbled into the more advanced aspects of modeling and animating (let alone texturing) in Blender. 

Now, if I can just improve V'ger itself.

My next project after I finish my Enterprise vs. K't'inga battle, will be to retexture the USS Enterprise refit.  See, the textures I put on it have the hull lights natively in the images.   When I tried to photoshop them out, I was still left with remnant artifacts...outlines of the light sourcing, if you will.   What I plan to do is use my Eaglemoss Enterprise model as the new texture source, since it is not lit up.  This way, I have a clean texture source, I can add on the Azteca hull patterns I downloaded off the net, and then add the glows back in so that they aren't so bright.   

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