Squid Empire Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Here's a little 3D model (concept) that I've made over about 2 days, It's a small nuclear power station. I found a free rendering program for Sketchup, but I don't really have the hang of it yet, so the renders are a bit basic. Renders Additional Images 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodlied Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Looking good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerad2142 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 It all looks good to me EXCEPT, I don't like the poles those lights are on on top of the cooling tower, I think they should be thinner. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rackz Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 nice, totaly fit to your 2D art 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid Empire Posted February 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Thanks everyone Jerard I tend to agree, those poles were a bit dubious from the start; I wasn't really sure where I was going with them... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChopBam Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Could this be exported to AR? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid Empire Posted February 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 It could be exported in a variety of formats (like .obj) but I don't think it would be worth it; sketchup is a very fast and inaccurate modelling program and the things I design would be terribly polygon inefficient (I gather) and probably full of terrible, inexcusable, blue-screening errors. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerad2142 Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Thanks everyone Jerard I tend to agree, those poles were a bit dubious from the start; I wasn't really sure where I was going with them... I think if you just make them thinner they will come out looking better, in addition you could place a dazzle effect on the end of each rod to give it that final touch (granted, the stock dazzle lights aren't very impressive and aren't viewable for long rangers, but with some tweaks and better textures you can end up with something rather nice). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternity 6 Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 What program are you using to render it ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid Empire Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 It's "Kerkythea", a stand alone program that integrates with sketchup but apparently also works with many other modelling softwares. It's free and easy enough too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 you could place a dazzle effect on the end of each rod to give it that final touch Translation: MOAR DAZ'LROD I just now got around to looking at this thread for some reason, not sure how/why i skipped it. It looks great! All these artsy things make me so jelly because I can't do any of it! lol. Keep up the good work man! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid Empire Posted March 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 The only way you can good at stuff is by doing it! Give sketchup a go! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enduar Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Seconding the fact that google sketchup is fun. Now if only I had done this is a program that can actually export to useful formats in its free form. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid Empire Posted March 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 You can export to 3ds max files and other autodesk too from sketchup (pretty sure) for free 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enduar Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Last I checked the free version couldn't do the proper format, I thought. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonsense715 Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Last I checked the free version couldn't do the proper format, I thought. https://secure.w3dhub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=414835 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid Empire Posted March 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Last I checked the free version couldn't do the proper format, I thought. https://secure.w3dhub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=414835 Hold on, hold on. Sketchup seems to have changed it's policy it looks like enduar was right! I went to check the export formats and sketchup gave me some warning about my '30 days being up' (this is a new 'feature') and I can only export in a .dae now. I'll have to update the tutorial at some point now >.> Edit: DAE's can be quickly converted (it seems) to other formats for free(?) with programs like this; http://www.greentoken.de/onlineconv/- so although sketchup won't let you export a 3ds (urgh) you can still use it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enduar Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 I figured a freeware solution would probably pop up for it. At any rate I've been toying with Blender now, but it would be nice to grab that hover fortress design and fix it up to export it. (it's probably got a ton of extraneous geometry floating around inside of it) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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