August 2010 CC Challenge!

[Legacy_Michael DarkAngel]

               @Zwerkules



Did you try Tessellate.  Select the faces of the part of the swan's neck you want to change (I would also do the section further down the neck).  Look for the section right below "Weld" in the "Edit Geometry" rollout.  You'll see a button marked "Tessellate" a spinner that defaults to 25.0 and two radio buttons.  Make sure the "Edge" radio button is selected and press the Tessellate button.



That should quarter each face (if you had eight faces you'll now have 32).  It should also do so without changing the general shape of the faces you selected.



You now have an extra set of vertices to play with.  You could leave those faces selected and Tessellate again thus giving you 3 sets of vertices.



Or you could create a new cylinder for the swan's neck giving the new cylinder more height segments.



And when using any of the stack modifiers I generally do not collapse until the very end, before I attempt exporting.  Oh, and save often with the "Increment on Save" and "Backup on Save" options selected in the Files tab of the Preference Settings.



HTH





MDA
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Morikahn]

               Oh, didn't see that you want us to announce what we will be working on, to avoid redundancy.



I'll be making an ornate desk with extensions covered in books, relics, and other religious artifacts. A sort of personal study location that shows the affluence of a high priest.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Estelindis]

               That sounds awesome, Mori.  By the time this month is over, our high clerics are going to have the best apartments ever.  :-)
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Eradrain]

               I think I might get in on this project and make a sanctified chamberpot.



NWN needs more chamberpots.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Jenna WSI]

               I don't understand the process (and not sure I want to) but I do enjoy watching you folks at work. Interesting to see the WIP shots.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Fester Pot]

               So I guess when it's all done, all the work by CC artists will be packaged in one easy to download and use HAK with a name of Cleric Chamber Placeable Pack or some such? I hope so because tracking these down individuallly and have to repackage them in our own haks will be time consuming.



Looking great everyone! Giant stained glass windows that emit light would be cool (like the city windows in the tileset).



FP!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Jez_fr]

               

Fester Pot wrote...

So I guess when it's all done, all the work by CC artists will be packaged in one easy to download and use HAK with a name of Cleric Chamber Placeable Pack or some such? I hope so because tracking these down individuallly and have to repackage them in our own haks will be time consuming.

A package with all the entries will be release on the Vault, with a name like "August 2010 CC Challenge" (how original?) with all credits of course, with ready to add 2da lines.

Hey guys that's really nice to share your lights on modelling methods, thanks! =)

@Este: thanks! no sure exactly where i'm going though XD
Love your altar, medieval CC look so cheap most of the time, it's really refreshing to see some rich looking thing. It's opening lots of doors for future stuff, isn't it?

@Zwerkules: courage, don't let the swan die! '>

@Morikhan: super idea, can't wait to see that.

So, I add a chamber pot to the list, nice *writes notes*

That's exciting, thanks people! =)
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Jez_fr, 05 août 2010 - 02:19 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Zwerkules]

               The swan will not die, thanks to the good advice of you people here. I did what Morikahn suggested and worked with the bend modifier. Don't know how I overlooked that. Somehow I overlooked the whole parametric modifiers section even though I was looking for 'displace' ones. Those modifiers sure will come in handy in the future.

Did I read 'chamberpot'? So someone is actually going to make a gozunder! '>
For a while I was really tempted to make a four poster and a gozunder.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Zwerkules, 05 août 2010 - 02:43 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Bard Simpson]

               

Fester Pot wrote...

Giant stained glass windows that emit light would be cool (like the city windows in the tileset).

FP!

Hey, that's a great idea. Oh, and that also explains your avatar -- stunned by the beauty of the window, while its colors play across your beard. '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Eradrain]

               

Zwerkules wrote...
Did I read 'chamberpot'? So someone is actually going to make a gozunder! '>
For a while I was really tempted to make a four poster and a gozunder.

You read correctly.  It would be a repository for....(Wait for it)....holy ****.

Get it?  Eh?  Eh?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Estelindis]

               Take a bow, Eradain.  '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Frith5]

               Excellent idea. What high cleric would be without an ornate thundermug? Perhaps containing a tiny portal to the elemental plane of something-or-other.

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[Legacy_Bard Simpson]

               

Frith5 wrote...

~~ Perhaps containing a tiny portal to the elemental plane of something-or-other.

Oh, Frith, do you mean this would be the source of excrementals? [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/devil.png[/smilie] I don't remember if Kevin Smith explained that in Dogma.    (Sorry, I couldn't help myself.)


Anyway......there are some dynamite placeables showing up here!

@ Estelindis: I agree with Ben; the cloth is great as-is.

@ Zwerkules: Good luck with that neck; I'm really looking forward to seeing your finished product.

Heck, I'm looking forward to everyone's work; you guys are doing great things.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Bard Simpson, 05 août 2010 - 11:35 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Eradrain]

               With my sense of humor, I just might model and animate a poop-elemental to go with the chamber pot.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Michael DarkAngel]

               Mr. Hankey comes to NWN '>