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Matsta's Technical Modelling Thread!

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:15 pm
by matsta
Hey guys

ok as you all probably know i've taken a strong interest in technical models. starting with my electronic actuator and, with the suggestion from Arneoog to start modeling items from the Festo catologue http://www.festo.com/StartPage/Default.aspx , i now have a near infinite repository of amazing source material.

as i am still relatively new to MoI i thought i would start off simply with a few basic items out of the catologue. This thread will serve as the WIP dumping grounds for my (many) up and coming modeling endeavors.

BbB has taken an interest in texturing some of my models and, although i hope to learn more about this soon and hopefully start doing it properly myself, i hope that he, and anyone else who would like to give it a go, will continue to help with texturing. these models will basically become a testing ground for anyone who would like texturing challenge.

I hope that you guys enjoy the work :)
greetz
mat

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:35 pm
by OnoSendai
nice model + render :)

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:12 pm
by matsta
hey guys

ok so made a few changes to the Drive, they were rather obvious, edited the length of the middle section and also added a gap toward the back between the middle and end section to get the deviding line to be visible. and of course left it to render over night ;)

greetz
mat

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:47 pm
by Kram1032
great!
I can't wait for BbB's textures on them :D

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:58 pm
by matsta
hey mark

not sure if hes going to texture these ;) its completely up to him if he wants to or not :D i enjoy them in this form quite a bit and i dont necessarily think that every item has to be textured, but it would be nice ;) hehe

greetz
mat

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:06 pm
by Kram1032
yeah, sure :D they already look really great, now :)

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:00 am
by zsouthboy
Instead of relying on BbB, you should force yourself to try to texture these :)

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:05 am
by OnoSendai
upload to gallery pls :)

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:14 am
by DaveC
zsouthboy wrote:Instead of relying on BbB, you should force yourself to try to texture these :)
I agree whole-heartedly. You can only learn from the experience. :D

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:13 am
by matsta
matsta wrote: although i hope to learn more about this soon and hopefully start doing it properly myself
i do hope to get there soon but atm im kinda busy. i set the models a higher priority than the texturing. perhaps once finals are over ill give it more attention.

greetz
mat

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:53 am
by IanC
Really love the clean look, very nice models & setup :)

Would you mind sharing the studio lighting scene?

Cheers,
Ian

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:03 am
by BbB
Good job Matsta. Why don't you try one of these really intricate classic espresso machines?

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:45 am
by matsta
Good idea BbB will look for one ;)
might make an interesting challenge :D

@IanC, its really not worth sharing dude. its 3 large planes. blackbody emmiters set at 5000 at 450 watt. linear tonemapping normal settings... sure you can manage ;)

greetz
mat

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:15 am
by matsta
all i have to say is wow! althought the image wont allow me to model it :S imagine this :O

Image

and althought not your "classic" espresso machine i really liked the look of this baby :D would love to own one but ill just have to have the next best thing ;)

Image

greetz
mat

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:16 am
by Kram1032
O.o
not symmetrical enough, right?