A 3D modeling Challenge

[Mike Bailey]

At last, a challenge that I can do

You gotta start somewhere. Thanks for joining in the fun.

[Gare]

Hey, Keith—

I love what you did with the transparency on the space beacon. Nice different poses, too.

Well, I'd be an idiot (my default state) were I to redo my own space beacon, so how about something that should set off the space beacon, light years in all directions? Equivalent to the Kellel run in 12 parsecs?



I have a Cinema 4D plug-in that generates a massive amount of small primitives across a surface, so this was a lot less work than it looks like!

-g

[ss-kalm]

... I love what you did with the transparency on the space beacon ...

Funnily enough, even I, knowing what I did, look at it as transparency - which may actually be due to the all the right angles - but none of the surfaces are transparent ... they are reflective. It can be seen on the first image in the reflection of the red/shadow in the side of the yellow square, but as far as I can see that's the only obvious spot.

[Gare]

Keith, do you mean I picked up on something that wasn't there?

Damn, and all this time I've been paying necessarily for hallucinogens...

Not a problem, if there is indeed a problem.

Someone, I'm not saying who but they have access to the Xara Xone, killed the local link to this June 2014 video on how to apply partial transparency to cubes:



Yeah, it's 2D Xara, however, you might see something you didn't know beforehand.

My Best,

Gary

[theinonen]

I have a Cinema 4D plug-in that generates a massive amount of small primitives across a surface, so this was a lot less work than it looks like!

Cinema 4D has always been out of my budget range but AC3D has a plugin that works similar way.

[Gare]

GWP's clock face tutorial

I'm promising myself and everyone else to try to stick to the tutorial illustration...after this submission.

[Mike Bailey]

GP's March 2006 Tutorial, A Chrome studded sphere.

[Gare]

VERY cool, Mike.

+10

g

[Mike Bailey]

+10

Thanks g, only 9,985 left to get my Pink Cadillac.

[Gare]

Thanks g, only 9,985 left to get my Pink Cadillac.

OMG!

-g