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Second attempt at this image posting business!! Took me half a dozen attempts to get into my own webpages to upload the darn thing! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/confused.gif
Anyway, I am attempting to post an image of an Armillary Sphere I am working on, its a sort of 3D spherical astrolabe. No surface detail yet, I was just so pleased to get this far with it, I felt the urge to post it as is, I hope nobody minds http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
Mike
http://www.xaracen.pwp.blueyonder.co...sphere%201.png
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i will second that mike... Looks pretty darn good so far.
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I'd like to see a tutorial for that one!
You certainly push Xara3D to limits! Awesome work Mike
Jim
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Guys, thanks. It uses the same tricks as the X-Wing and TIE fighters, I use the Swing2 animation to swing the rings and frame legs into position, the blue sphere is a small dot with a large rounded bevel, and the central pole is the same dot extruded and swung into position. There should also be a couple of latitude rings representing the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, but I am having trouble getting them positioned correctly, though they aren't really necessary.
I will post again when I have added the engraved detailing. That will take a little while.
Mike
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I am definently waiting to see that... Very nice so far.
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Mike,
You're amazing...
ron
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The armillary sphere now has some surface details. I would have preferred to do this by subtracting the engraved details from the rings etc, as I did in the astrolabe, but Xara3D was completely mangling the resulting shapes, so these details are done with textures instead. I think the image is still quite acceptable, as long as the lighting is controlled.
Comments, criticisms, and suggestions are welcome, as usual. I expect I will start putting a tutorial together, in the next day or so http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif .
Mike
http://www.xaracen.pwp.blueyonder.co...%20cropped.png
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Very nice, Mike. Very nice. Verrrrrrrry nice.
What else can I say?
Your wife must be a very understanding woman -- mine complains that I spend too much time on this sort of thing already, and you keep raising the bar! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/frown.gif
Did I mention that it's reeeeeeeely nice... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif