Topic: SS United States - More Exciting News (Read 84456 times)

firestar12 · « **Reply #200 on:** June 16, 2009, 18:03:10 »

Nah, just focused on other stuff. I wish I had gotten more reference material for it, otherwise, it would be done, but different pictures said different things about them.

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #201 on:** June 16, 2009, 18:18:06 »

Great progress Shane. Keep it up!

Looking forward to seeing the end result!

Jack.

firestar12 · « **Reply #202 on:** June 20, 2009, 21:20:31 »

Thanks very much Jack, much appreciated.

Will be posting in update in a few minutes.
Edit: Here is the update, cutting holes in the deck so that we can get started on some of the real stuff!

firestar12 · « **Reply #203 on:** June 20, 2009, 22:34:24 »

Will have to refit these stairs to fit this area at the back.

Minime · « **Reply #204 on:** June 20, 2009, 22:36:14 »

Very nice, even though that texture looks weird, not sure if the deckiss supposed to be that way or not.

firestar12 · « **Reply #205 on:** June 20, 2009, 22:41:23 »

Yes, that was a texture error I am fixing. That is the hull texture on there. kinda an error.

That stairs modify took a lot quicker than I thought it would!

firestar12 · « **Reply #206 on:** June 21, 2009, 16:16:35 »

Ok, this next update is going to contain some MAJOR detail.
Railing Fixes
Stairs Modification.
Hopefully lifeboats and davits.
First, can anyone find out if these stairs have holes through the like the ones on the PoR?

EDIT: Another Stairs update.

Nathan|C · « **Reply #207 on:** June 21, 2009, 17:44:01 »

They look almost identical to the stairs on POR, except each stair step on POR is made of wood instead of metal

firestar12 · « **Reply #208 on:** June 21, 2009, 20:22:56 »

Ok, so there are holes..nice. WIll probably add those as a .png texture, unless a .dds can handle transparency.

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #209 on:** June 22, 2009, 07:50:19 »

Looking very good shane, keep up the good work.

Jack.

Tomaten · « **Reply #210 on:** June 22, 2009, 12:37:08 »

.dds can handle transparency

very nice

firestar12 · « **Reply #211 on:** June 22, 2009, 14:53:34 »

Quote from: tomaten2006 on June 22, 2009, 12:37:08

.dds can handle transparency
very nice

Ok, then I will make a .dds texture right now. Also, thanks! Your models are good too!

EDIT: Here are the bad looking stairs, the texture issue will be sorted out ASAP.

firestar12 · « **Reply #212 on:** June 22, 2009, 19:03:50 »

(Sorry for the double post)
I have sorted out the texture issue. Now, I just have to add some more realism to these stairs. The update is rendering, and I will post it as soon as it is done, I would have posted it sooner, but blender crashed.

Here it is guys, I will be making it look much more better later.

firestar12 · « **Reply #213 on:** June 23, 2009, 02:56:03 »

No, I don't think so, I will add depth later, I still want to add some detail to the boxes up at the bow, and I also want to get started on the lifeboats, I have not been able to find any pictures though.

EDIT: I just decided to actually model them, the texture looks awful. Will post an update in a sec. Just to satisfy you, here is what I have done so far.

Another Edit: Thank god I found the remove doubles tool, that could have taken a LOT longer.

Yet ANOTHER EDIT: Now I have the real stairs modeled, not a texture, looks much more real I think.

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #214 on:** June 23, 2009, 07:51:02 »

Keep up the work Shane, you're doing well

Jack.

Minime · « **Reply #215 on:** June 23, 2009, 13:17:17 »

aren't those little details like the steps and other gonna make the poly count much higher?

firestar12 · « **Reply #216 on:** June 23, 2009, 14:31:24 »

Those stairs are very low poly considering how much detail they have. They only have 700 polys. Also, thanks Jack! I appreciate everyone's comments!

firestar12 · « **Reply #217 on:** June 23, 2009, 14:36:29 »

Oh, I thought you were saying that the stairs were the current polycount of everything I have. So far without the stairs in the model, (Have not quite finished them yet) I have 34,974 polys. I plan to make some more poly-friendly rails though.

firestar12 · « **Reply #218 on:** June 23, 2009, 14:53:31 »

Well, Titanic has 800,000 so I think I am set for quite a while.
EDIT: I think this looks much more realistic compared to the rest of the steps.

Minime · « **Reply #219 on:** June 23, 2009, 15:55:49 »

Yeah that looks very nice, let's hope the poly count won't get too high.

firestar12 · « **Reply #220 on:** June 23, 2009, 17:00:08 »

Haha...don't worry. Polys are our friends.

Minime · « **Reply #221 on:** June 23, 2009, 17:02:27 »

it can be, it's our friend and can also be our worst enemy, just like fire.

firestar12 · « **Reply #222 on:** June 23, 2009, 17:51:24 »

Haha...I will be posting an update in a second. Rendering right now. Also, I am going to re do those cranes, using the blueprints you gave me a while ago. (Not the ones you drew, the other ones.)
@ Minime: Whats wrong with Fire?

EDIT: Ok, here are the stairs completed. I better get started on that lightmap, getting really sick of waiting for these renders. Also, I will fix those dark gaps in the stairs.

firestar12 · « **Reply #223 on:** June 23, 2009, 18:26:24 »

Yes, I have also started my first lightmap! Now renders can be done in WAY less time. For an example of the lightmap, see this part of the ship is lightmapped, and all the other parts are not. (Still working on it's errors, it is not perfect yet).

DVOMarineDesign · « **Reply #224 on:** June 23, 2009, 20:00:32 »

Firestar,

These stairs you're showing us have about 13/14 stairs and not 7. The right number should look more realistic for the final product.
The SS US has about 396 external stairs (the numbers are about 8X20+12X13+10X3+10X50, more or less one or two for the highest stairs), so that means 396X00=277200 polies for stairs... which is, according to me, a big NO.
My opinion is you should spend these polies in shapes and details that really need it for realism sake and for respect of the dimensional aspect of the real ship (a deeper study of photos found on the Internet and books would be recommended or even needed).
In consequence, these stairs should be textured.

But that's just my opinion and way to see it. That's of course your model and you're free to do as you wish of course. I know it is certainly not an easy ship to accurately model and I value your efforts in trying to do so.

DVOMarinedesign (Dom).

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