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[kranko77]

Thx for the Tut.
I make this Picture for my best friend. Hope you like it.

[Heffay]

That is fantastic! Did you do some post processing for the blast effect, and how?

On the constructive criticism side (hope it's ok) the grass makes the mech look small, almost human sized. Almost need less of it in the scene and the camera angle pointed up more. The lighting looks great though! Can you share more details of how you made this?

[kranko77]

Hy thx,
that have me already told several, but that's tall grass and wanted. I have to think about it again ;-)

For the light stuff i use the tool Pixeluvo / Flamepainter and Photoshop.

[Eleventor]

Or mayby you make the electricity pylon (google translator) smaller.

[Heffay]

Eleventor, on 06 January 2014 - 03:49 AM, said:

Or mayby you make the electricity pylon (google translator) smaller.

Telephone pole?

[Eleventor]

yes

[DirePhoenix]

Heffay, on 06 January 2014 - 06:55 AM, said:

Telephone pole?

telephone lines and power lines are often run on the same types of poles.

[Iqfish]

That looks almost like a spooky777 painting, which is an awesome quality factor! Keep it up!

[Eleventor]

DirePhoenix, on 08 January 2014 - 11:36 AM, said:

telephone lines and power lines are often run on the same types of poles.

i'm from germany, so yeah....

[Dauphni]

DirePhoenix, on 08 January 2014 - 11:36 AM, said:

telephone lines and power lines are often run on the same types of poles.

No they're not. The only power lines on poles are high-voltage lines. Telephone lines are never above ground.

[DirePhoenix]

Uite Dauphni, on 08 January 2014 - 01:25 PM, said:

No they're not. The only power lines on poles are high-voltage lines. Telephone lines are never above ground.

http://en.wikipedia....ki/Utility_pole

They run telephone lines. Above ground.

Also power lines.

Edited by DirePhoenix, 08 January 2014 - 01:36 PM.

[Dauphni]

Why would you do such a thing? That's just a recipe for disaster. I wouldn't want to run the risk of having the power go out every time there's a storm...

[DirePhoenix]

Uite Dauphni, on 08 January 2014 - 03:13 PM, said:

Why would you do such a thing? That's just a recipe for disaster. I wouldn't want to run the risk of having the power go out every time there's a storm...

It's right in the second paragraph:

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Electrical cable is routed overhead on utility poles as an inexpensive way to keep it insulated from the ground and out of the way of people and vehicles.

[Alaskan Nobody]

Uite Dauphni, on 08 January 2014 - 03:13 PM, said:

Why would you do such a thing? That's just a recipe for disaster. I wouldn't want to run the risk of having the power go out every time there's a storm...

I cannot speak for the rest of the world, but up here in Alaska, we are far more likely to have an earthquake than a storm.
We put our cables up on poles for the reasons quoted by DirePhoenix - it's cheaper and less dangerous than them being underground.

[Tekadept]

Large chunk of australia is all above ground power except for new buildings and estates after a certain date

[Iacov]

hey guys!

thank you for this wonderful thread!

apparently i am too stupid to use blender...
i've exported everything i need for my cat k2 (catapult main, l/r clavicle, l/r ppc arm, l/r mg) with noesis (and flipped UVs)
and i wanted to use blender, to put everything together, to get it printed at shapeways...
but i don't even manage to change the view...i can zoom, but i can't change my perspective onto the catapult...not to mention that i have no slight idea how to "edit" the model, in terms of removing an arm, and adding another to it...

the shortcuts for removing doubles etc don't work either...ctrl-v just wants to paste stuff from my clipboard

every tutorial i watched seemed to require basic knowledge about blender...but none helps with basic things like how to move the camera or how to actually "grab the model" and put it on the "ground"...

is there an easy tutorial around?

cheers!

[Ransack]

The tutorial links in Heffay's OP were really useful for me.

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Blender Youtube tutorials (great way to start learning Blender): http://youtube.com/cgboorman
Blender tutorials (highly recommended): http://cgcookie.com/...tion-beginners/

I would start here http://cgcookie.com/...-for-beginners/

Also, I was never quite able to follow Tek's rigging video. I found that there is an addon included in blender for rigging

http://youtu.be/dYiAd_08-0k

Hope that helps

[Adridos]

Uite Dauphni, on 08 January 2014 - 03:13 PM, said:

Why would you do such a thing? That's just a recipe for disaster. I wouldn't want to run the risk of having the power go out every time there's a storm...

It's dirt cheap.
If you've ever been in a country that had been a part of the Eastern Bloc, you may have noticed all electricity is run overhead. The result of the rather quick industrialization and electrification of those areas during the inter-war era.

[Eleventor]

i´m using Cinema 4d and i still cant user the colors correct..... can someone help me whitch texture i have to use?!

[Sparks Murphey]

Adridos, on 09 January 2014 - 09:54 AM, said:

It's dirt cheap.
If you've ever been in a country that had been a part of the Eastern Bloc, you may have noticed all electricity is run overhead. The result of the rather quick industrialization and electrification of those areas during the inter-war era.

At least there they're made of wood. In South Australia, there weren't enough trees that were long or straight enough for the job of hoisting electrical cables through the air, so a man named James Stobie invented the Stobie pole, two beams of steel with the space between them filled with concrete. Rot-proof, termite-proof, fire-proof... and car-proof. A Stobie pole will cut most of the way through an oncoming car without suffering much.


So now you don't just have 240V cables above your head, you also have nigh-indestructible vehicle smashers lining the road.