Jedi Starfighter
 

The 'Jedi Starfighter' Tutorial on SimplyMaya.com - will we be seeing a Lightwave version of this tutorial on SimplyLightwave at any time in the future?

Star Wars fan.

It is doubtful but maybe if you could raise enough hell over it then they will do it.

I've been toying with the idea of Grievous' Wheel Bike, but we shall see.

HELL !!!!

well ok, I've been modeling SW stuff in the past, but I'd really like to push it to the level you guys are working, most of the stuff I see here is beyond my knowledge :eek: , and most space tutorials are pretty basic.

basically, any well detailed spaceship would help, as long as it has great texturing potential... which is where I fail most.

gee that sounds pathetic...:blush:


well ok, here's one off my models with pathetic texturing...
it's a blue version of Lars homespeeder

http://users.pandora.be/sma/fx/3dswm...ourierblue.jpg

Now that would Rock!!

Hi All! Personally, I would love to see a tute on those Buzz Droids that pull your ship to bits around you...Eeeep!

I find it fun to view the Maya tutorials, but model in Lightwave.

I did Anakin's Jedi Fighter using the maya's tutorials. Here's one render.

and another.

Wow Great Job ! :eek:

And last one, I promise :)

great looking image promethius! I like it - maybe we can talk about you doing a tutorial on it for the lightwave site?

if interested then pm me

Thanks for the comment R-6. Just keep modeling and have fun.

promethius

holy cow that looks great !!!:bow:

Is that doable ? doing a tutorial for maya in lightwave ?!
ahum, for someone that is not familiar with maya that is....


otherwise : 'Talk to kevin you must !' :p

Yes it is. I aslo did one from the Apache tutorial in MAYA. Even though I have MAYA, I am still very comfortable using Lightwave. I guess using Lightwave for 6 years now as a Hobby. I am pretty much a Lightwaver junky. Some people can take that long to be comfortable with these types of software, besides learning in an artist CG form.

I just take the knowledge in Lightwave and apply the techniques they use. Pretty much that is what I strive for, is the techniques in how others do them.

Cheers,
Promethius

Is it harder to do in Lightwave ? Since you can use both Maya&Lightwave :bow:

I agree with promethius in regard to learning the techniques that are used by those that are skilled.

I purchase tutorials from both SimplyMaya and SimplyLightWave as I think they represent excellent value for money and teach me a lot, even though I use XSI.

http://www.btinternet.com/~peter_pat...SI_LW_SLW1.jpg

it's a challenging idea...

I think I will do one of the free tutorials on simply maya first and see how far I get with that.
And if it goes well, I'll buy the fighter dvd.

thanks guys !

R-6,

It is only harder if you are not familiar with most of the tools in Lightwave. If you are familiar with Bandsaw Pro and Edge tools, than you are about half way there, even though there are alot more to use in different way. These tools are the one's I keep as shortcuts along with select loop, removeX, weld average, and all the basic shortcuts too:

bevel
smooth shift
strech
rotate
etc
etc

Try a free tut on Maya and see, if you are comfortable with Lightwave. The major difference I see from MAYA and Lightwave is how the Subpatch division is approach from the modeler's point of view, so you have to think how would I do that in Lightwave.

Cheers,
Promethius

Thx promethius,
Funny thing is years ago I played around with Maya ,had the book Maya 4 fundamentals.I actually didn't mind Maya also tried Max.
I didn't consider Lightwave until I found out how much these programs cost !:eek: I was also sold on the Great LW community and seeing great work done in Lightwave.
Keep up the great work promethius !
:bow: