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  • mdbruffymdbruffy Posts: 2,345
    edited December 1969

    stlegends said:
    I have already read it - if I can achieve even half the quality that you've achieved in your graphic novel, then I'll be happy. Yours is EXCELLENT work!! :D

    Thank you, sir. :-)

  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
    edited December 1969

    Georgehaze said:
    For those who haven't seen it yet, the "Battle of Axanar" is now on Youtube, along with some stunning views of the first Federation warship... and I'm certain that some one of us will be building this model for the rest of us to share very soon.

    I think I must >squee< — this looks great!
  • shadowhawk1shadowhawk1 Posts: 2,200
    edited December 1969

    Hi all,

    thought I would stop in here while I still can and let you all know what is going on. As most of you have seen on the news, this region of the world has gone to hell in a hand basket. I can't tell you to much due to security issues but things are pretty tense where I am located. I am supposed to head out for R&R next Sunday but it looks like the locals may interfere with my plans. At any given time we might have to make a hasty exit. If that happens I will try to call my brother Paul and he will hopefully let everyone know that I am alive and well. I have seen a lot here over the last decade, and I have realized that I am a realist at heart, and having an eyes on assessment of the situation here on the ground and the risks are real and potentially deadly here right now. I really hope that in a few weeks the threat will have been dealt with and we can all laugh and call me the group drama queen ... but if not ... well I want to say to all of you it has been a great ride and I have enjoyed the thread and the people who are a part of it. I will update everyone as I can.

    Roy.

  • mdbruffymdbruffy Posts: 2,345
    edited December 1969

    shadowhawk1 said:
    Hi all,

    thought I would stop in here while I still can and let you all know what is going on. As most of you have seen on the news, this region of the world has gone to hell in a hand basket. I can't tell you to much due to security issues but things are pretty tense where I am located. I am supposed to head out for R&R next Sunday but it looks like the locals may interfere with my plans. At any given time we might have to make a hasty exit. If that happens I will try to call my brother Paul and he will hopefully let everyone know that I am alive and well. I have seen a lot here over the last decade, and I have realized that I am a realist at heart, and having an eyes on assessment of the situation here on the ground and the risks are real and potentially deadly here right now. I really hope that in a few weeks the threat will have been dealt with and we can all laugh and call me the group drama queen ... but if not ... well I want to say to all of you it has been a great ride and I have enjoyed the thread and the people who are a part of it. I will update everyone as I can.

    Roy.

    You be careful over there!

  • Robert FreiseRobert Freise Posts: 4,481
    edited December 1969

    Be careful and as safe as possible

  • rschulterschulte Posts: 489
    edited December 1969

    Come home soon and safe!

  • rschulterschulte Posts: 489
    edited June 2014

    I'm finishing up my SFMC Rankpins and Combadge... I've redone the rankpins from individual props to one prop which you change the materials to. Actually this prop is similar to GeorgeHaze's excellent Generation Beyond. Overall, this ended up working much better then my original.

    Here are a few renders. Hope to post it this week.


    Also working on what I call an "Armor Badge" which is attached to combat armor (i.e.. Bodysuit, Xurge3D HEV) as an add-on the my Star Trek Elite Force armor set I'm attaching a few images for that. I'm only planning on using SFMC ranks, not Starfleet, but if I get enough interest, I'll might try and add them.

    This can be customized to support what ever camo you wish to use. The badge logo options are: "SFMC", "MARINES", "SECTION31", "SPECOPS", "HAZARD" (for Hazard teams), "RECON".

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  • rschulterschulte Posts: 489
    edited December 1969

    Starfleet marine Rankpins and Combadge posted.

    http://www.sharecg.com/v/76503/browse/11/Poser/SFMC-Rankpins-Combadges-for-M4-and-V4

    Hope you enjoy this.

    Russ

  • AndypAndyp Posts: 31
    edited December 1969

    Hey All,

    This is a long shot but I'm hoping someone will be able to help me find a few things again. There used to be a site that had a bunch of ST Voyager props such as cargo containers, biobeds, the sickbay console, and briefing room chairs, astrometrics chairs, tricorders... Does anyone remember the site url, or know of where to find those models?

    I know one of the meshes is shown in Jediman's Voyager Sickbay ICU image

    http://www.sharecg.com/v/54493/gallery/11/Poser/Voyager-Sickbay-ICU-

  • rschulterschulte Posts: 489
    edited December 1969

    andrewbrian said:
    Hey All,

    This is a long shot but I'm hoping someone will be able to help me find a few things again. There used to be a site that had a bunch of ST Voyager props such as cargo containers, biobeds, the sickbay console, and briefing room chairs, astrometrics chairs, tricorders... Does anyone remember the site url, or know of where to find those models?

    I know one of the meshes is shown in Jediman's Voyager Sickbay ICU image

    http://www.sharecg.com/v/54493/gallery/11/Poser/Voyager-Sickbay-ICU-

    The site was DTEMachine.com but has long since been removed.

  • GRFK DSGN UnlimitedGRFK DSGN Unlimited Posts: 1,100
    edited December 1969

    Didnt someone do like a "time machine" thing where they archived the site so people could still download the freebies?

  • AndypAndyp Posts: 31
    edited June 2014

    I did that like years ago, when we were in thread 1 or 2, If I remember right the HTML files pointed some of the files to something mary's site tripod or something I think I downloaded all the files wayy back when but have since lost them.


    EDIT: Got the stuff on the way back machine again. thanks :))

    Post edited by Andyp on
  • robkelkrobkelk Posts: 3,259
    edited June 2014

    GRFK DSGN Unlimited said:
    Didnt someone do like a "time machine" thing where they archived the site so people could still download the freebies?
    If you mean the Wayback Machine, sort of.
    https://web.archive.org/web/20070501060655/http://www.dtemachine.com/counter_link.asp?URL=download.asp
    Not everything was saved, and you have to manually rename the download files to (something).zip when you save them - but at least some of the Voyager goodies are there.
    Post edited by robkelk on
  • mdbruffymdbruffy Posts: 2,345
    edited December 1969

    Now available for download:

    http://mdbruffy.deviantart.com/art/Ventures-The-Life-and-Times-of-Shev-Ta-Laren-461840522

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  • TheCastellanTheCastellan Posts: 710
    edited December 1969

    Any word on that expanded ship parts set Greywolf's working on?

  • TheCastellanTheCastellan Posts: 710
    edited December 1969

    mdbruffy said:
    Now available for download:

    http://mdbruffy.deviantart.com/art/Ventures-The-Life-and-Times-of-Shev-Ta-Laren-461840522

    How'd you make the ship numbers and name? :)

  • mdbruffymdbruffy Posts: 2,345
    edited June 2014

    TheCastellan said:
    mdbruffy said:
    Now available for download:

    http://mdbruffy.deviantart.com/art/Ventures-The-Life-and-Times-of-Shev-Ta-Laren-461840522

    How'd you make the ship numbers and name? :)

    I found a ship model with the name on the texture map instead of built into the model's texture. This one was a game mod by Wiley Coyote.

    With a texture map to work with, changiing the name was easy in Photoshop.

    Post edited by mdbruffy on
  • TheCastellanTheCastellan Posts: 710
    edited December 1969

    Hmmmm.

    Anyone have a model akin to that ship seen in the animated Trek episode where the Enterprise was in that pocket dimension, some ship that was missing for centuries....the name eludes me for the moment.....o.o

  • mdbruffymdbruffy Posts: 2,345
    edited December 1969

    TheCastellan said:
    Hmmmm.

    Anyone have a model akin to that ship seen in the animated Trek episode where the Enterprise was in that pocket dimension, some ship that was missing for centuries....the name eludes me for the moment.....o.o

    You talking about the Bonaventure?

  • TheCastellanTheCastellan Posts: 710
    edited December 1969

    mdbruffy said:
    TheCastellan said:
    Hmmmm.

    Anyone have a model akin to that ship seen in the animated Trek episode where the Enterprise was in that pocket dimension, some ship that was missing for centuries....the name eludes me for the moment.....o.o

    You talking about the Bonaventure?

    Yea, I think that's the one... :D

  • rschulterschulte Posts: 489
    edited June 2014

    Here are a new set of Starfleet rankpins (goes along with my recent SFMC post). These are based on those used in "Star Trek Online" MMORPG game.... I kind a like this "big block" style so I wanted to them for Poser. I create two sets of the rankpins, (Gold and Silver) see attached.

    In order:
    W1 Warrant Officer
    O1 Ensign
    O2 Lieutenant JG
    O3 Lieutenant
    O4 Lt Commander
    O5 Commander
    O5A Senior Commander (optional)
    O6 Captain
    O6A Senior Captain (also called Fleet Captain)
    O7 Commodore
    A1 Rear Admiral Lower half
    A2 Rear Admiral Upper half
    A3 Vice Admiral
    A4 Admiral
    A5 Fleet Admiral

    I create Mats for the Rankpins similar to the ones I did for the SFMC rankpins. ( Ie. Divisional Mats, Black and transparent).

    The huge challenge for me was to get the Admiral ranks to show up clearly. Note: I did not do the enlisted ranks.

    Feedback and comments welcomed.

    Russ

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  • rschulterschulte Posts: 489
    edited December 1969

    TheCastellan said:
    mdbruffy said:
    TheCastellan said:
    Hmmmm.

    Anyone have a model akin to that ship seen in the animated Trek episode where the Enterprise was in that pocket dimension, some ship that was missing for centuries....the name eludes me for the moment.....o.o

    You talking about the Bonaventure?

    Yea, I think that's the one... :D

    this is a light wave model
    http://www.3dgladiators.com/dloads/details.php?image_id=6

  • TheCastellanTheCastellan Posts: 710
    edited December 1969

    rschulte said:
    TheCastellan said:
    mdbruffy said:
    TheCastellan said:
    Hmmmm.

    Anyone have a model akin to that ship seen in the animated Trek episode where the Enterprise was in that pocket dimension, some ship that was missing for centuries....the name eludes me for the moment.....o.o

    You talking about the Bonaventure?

    Yea, I think that's the one... :D

    this is a light wave model
    http://www.3dgladiators.com/dloads/details.php?image_id=6

    Thanks, but it's a pity I don't have lightwave o.o

  • rschulterschulte Posts: 489
    edited June 2014

    TheCastellan said:
    rschulte said:
    TheCastellan said:
    mdbruffy said:
    TheCastellan said:
    Hmmmm.

    Anyone have a model akin to that ship seen in the animated Trek episode where the Enterprise was in that pocket dimension, some ship that was missing for centuries....the name eludes me for the moment.....o.o

    You talking about the Bonaventure?

    Yea, I think that's the one... :D

    this is a light wave model
    http://www.3dgladiators.com/dloads/details.php?image_id=6

    Thanks, but it's a pity I don't have lightwave o.o

    You can use PoseRay to convert from lightwave to obj.

    https://sites.google.com/site/poseray/home

    Post edited by rschulte on
  • mdbruffymdbruffy Posts: 2,345
    edited June 2014

    rschulte said:
    TheCastellan said:
    rschulte said:
    TheCastellan said:
    mdbruffy said:
    TheCastellan said:
    Hmmmm.

    Anyone have a model akin to that ship seen in the animated Trek episode where the Enterprise was in that pocket dimension, some ship that was missing for centuries....the name eludes me for the moment.....o.o

    You talking about the Bonaventure?

    Yea, I think that's the one... :D

    this is a light wave model
    http://www.3dgladiators.com/dloads/details.php?image_id=6

    Thanks, but it's a pity I don't have lightwave o.o

    You can use PoseRay to convert from lightwave to obj.
    https://sites.google.com/site/poseray/home


    If you're using Poser, it'll accept Lightwave files. 3D studio, too.

    Post edited by mdbruffy on
  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
    edited December 1969

    rschulte said:
    this is a light wave model
    http://www.3dgladiators.com/dloads/details.php?image_id=6

    Is 3dGladiators still running and getting updated? I haven't visited there for a while, and the site doesn't recognise my username/password — and I can't even request a reset, it doesn't recognise my e-mail either. So I can't download anything from there.
  • TheCastellanTheCastellan Posts: 710
    edited December 1969

    mdbruffy said:
    rschulte said:
    TheCastellan said:
    rschulte said:
    TheCastellan said:
    mdbruffy said:
    TheCastellan said:
    Hmmmm.

    Anyone have a model akin to that ship seen in the animated Trek episode where the Enterprise was in that pocket dimension, some ship that was missing for centuries....the name eludes me for the moment.....o.o

    You talking about the Bonaventure?

    Yea, I think that's the one... :D

    this is a light wave model
    http://www.3dgladiators.com/dloads/details.php?image_id=6

    Thanks, but it's a pity I don't have lightwave o.o

    You can use PoseRay to convert from lightwave to obj.
    https://sites.google.com/site/poseray/home


    If you're using Poser, it'll accept Lightwave files. 3D studio, too.
    I'm using Daz3

  • mdbruffymdbruffy Posts: 2,345
    edited December 1969

    SpottedKitty said:
    rschulte said:
    this is a light wave model
    http://www.3dgladiators.com/dloads/details.php?image_id=6

    Is 3dGladiators still running and getting updated? I haven't visited there for a while, and the site doesn't recognise my username/password — and I can't even request a reset, it doesn't recognise my e-mail either. So I can't download anything from there.

    I was just there and download both the Bonaventure and a Deep Space Nine model. There is a notice on the Homepage about if you haven't been there in awhile, you need to update your username and password.

  • rschulterschulte Posts: 489
    edited June 2014

    rschulte said:
    Here are a new set of Starfleet rankpins (goes along with my recent SFMC post). These are based on those used in "Star Trek Online" MMORPG game.... I kind a like this "big block" style so I wanted to them for Poser. I create two sets of the rankpins, (Gold and Silver) see attached.

    In order:
    W1 Warrant Officer
    O1 Ensign
    O2 Lieutenant JG
    O3 Lieutenant
    O4 Lt Commander
    O5 Commander
    O5A Senior Commander (optional)
    O6 Captain
    O6A Senior Captain (also called Fleet Captain)
    O7 Commodore
    A1 Rear Admiral Lower half
    A2 Rear Admiral Upper half
    A3 Vice Admiral
    A4 Admiral
    A5 Fleet Admiral

    I create Mats for the Rankpins similar to the ones I did for the SFMC rankpins. ( Ie. Divisional Mats, Black and transparent).

    The huge challenge for me was to get the Admiral ranks to show up clearly. Note: I did not do the enlisted ranks.

    Feedback and comments welcomed.

    Russ

    Additional rankpins for this Star Trek Online set... I wanted to add the flag ranks for the SFMC to the posting.

    Marines:
    W1 Warrant Officer
    O1 2nd Lieutenant
    O2 1st lieutinant
    O3 Captain
    O4 Major
    O4A Major (alt)
    O5 Lieutenant Colonel
    O5A Lieutenant Colonel (alt)
    O6 Colonel
    O7 Brigadier (alt)
    A1 Brigadier General
    A2 Major General
    A3 Lieutenant General
    A4 General
    C1 Cadet 1st Class *
    C2 Cadet 2nd Class *
    C3 Cadet 3rd Class *
    C4 Cadet 4th Class *

    * also has a silver set for these ranks.

    One comment on Star Trek rank insignia is that they tend to be too small to read and it mIght pose problems with extending the proper courtesy. I've made these rankpins a little bigger to address that.

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  • stlegendsstlegends Posts: 18
    edited December 1969

    Just an quick progress update on Star Trek: Legends, an actual rendered scene with lots of characters to see how a typical panel will look in the 3D webcomic. I had to render it in six different sections and then splice them together in Photoshop since 4GB of RAM isn't enough to do such scenes with more than a few characters in it. It took all week to render and composite, but hopefully it looks decent enough to have justified the time. Thanks for looking. :)

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