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scott robertson
Engine Wiper
USA
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 Posted - 11/22/2009 : 1:10:33 PM
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| Thanks for all the support. For those interested in the "textures" approach, the best place I found is a site www.cgtextures.com. You can download free, up to 15mb of high resolution texture images. The selection of wood is just incredible, not to mention the other types of materials, and even complete building elevations available. New images are being added all the time. The site even has some tutorials on photographing your own. I have been approached by a number of people to put together clinic on how I approach this technique for modeling. I plan to initially make a power point slide show to share in the not to distant future. Right now I am outlining the best way to convey the information - its not rocket science just a series of simple steps. Scott |
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LynnB
Fireman
Canada
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CieloVistaRy
Fireman
USA
4474 Posts |
Posted - 11/22/2009 : 2:22:14 PM
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Great progress Scott! Great buildings to go along with a great track plan. I can't wait to see the final results!
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Cielo Vista Railway (on30) |
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Frederic Testard
Engineer
France
16524 Posts |
Posted - 11/22/2009 : 6:32:40 PM
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Scott, that's another great building. The texture effect is very convincing on the pictures. How would you estimate the viewing distance when you begin to see that this is only 2-dimensionnal texture?
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scott robertson
Engine Wiper
USA
447 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2009 : 12:11:40 AM
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| Fredric: I have been told that from 18" to 2-ft. the effect is very convincing, and most of the time it is only after I tell them that its paper that the viewer has to do the "finger" test. |
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Jerry M
Fireman
USA
4055 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2009 : 01:15:19 AM
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| Looks real nice. good inexpensive way to go as well.... |
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jcoop
Crew Chief
USA
996 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2009 : 12:01:10 PM
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Scotts buildings get allot of "Finger Testing" Even people who have been modeling for a very long time have to touch it to believe it.
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Sitting along side the orignal Central Pacific Rail Road.
Home of The Great On30 Barn Meet, that will be held April 27th 2013 |
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scott robertson
Engine Wiper
USA
447 Posts |
Posted - 11/26/2009 : 1:46:54 PM
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Happy Holidays to all. It is a beautiful day in the Sacramento CA region, so I thought I would share a few shots of my latest addition to the wharf - the Water Rat Tavern. When installed it will straddle about 1/3 on land. My next efforts will be to finish up the pilings around the wharf, and then on to a light house structure (ala Troels model inspiration.
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Tom Sullivan
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 11/26/2009 : 2:12:15 PM
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Scott, beautiful shots of your wharf scene and thanks much for posting the texture address.
This is all I need to go get Photoshop! and get started....tom |
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BigLars
Fireman
USA
7479 Posts |
Posted - 11/26/2009 : 2:23:10 PM
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Scott,
Great addition to the end of the wharf. So are you going to detail the inside of the Tavern with the local crowd?
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Tommatthews
Fireman
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Posted - 11/26/2009 : 2:26:27 PM
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| Can I get an order of scallops and oysters, homemade fries and a beer .... [:-thumbu] |
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Grubes
Engine Wiper
USA
353 Posts |
Posted - 11/26/2009 : 3:03:59 PM
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Frederic Testard
Engineer
France
16524 Posts |
Posted - 11/27/2009 : 01:20:42 AM
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Very nice, Scott. A superb wharf!
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kirk
Fireman
Sweden
4542 Posts |
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Locoman
Fireman
USA
1535 Posts |
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Never Done and Always Changing On30 Railroad
