[colto]

Haha surfer answered the questions before I ever even read them. And yes he is right. I am not sure if I will have room to add a aerodynamic shell. The fans start sticking straight up (for storage purposes) and then rotate down. This keeps me from being able to add anything to the top or sides.

[surfer14]

colto-i believe that voices3d couldn't view the last video you posted. anyway i thought it was pretty cool.

voices3d- i think you have to download the DivX plugin from this site http://www.divx.com/ if I am wrong would another member give the correct URL..........

[Funky Bunnies]

wow, man. Great stuff- Though I'm pretty sure you're not noobish enough to be in this category :p nice work on the legs. If you can maintain that amount of detail all around you should be golden. keep up the good work.

[colto]

Ok I decided to model the computers mainframe. I still need to add all of the little circuits inbetween the parts. Anyone know of a good way to do this? I mean using like a plugins or something cuz I don't want to manually go in and bevel out tons of little wires. I was thinking maybe splines and using rail extrude. Dunno. Anyway here is the first shot.

[colto]

Here is the other shot of the mainframe. This really only took me 30 minutes to make. I just made some polys and beveled them like crazy! I still have alot ahead of me 4 this project. Here is my to do list:

This week: finish mainframe, do rough model of Rescue Pod.

Next Week: Finish Rescue Pod, Make Rescue pod arms and legs.

3rd Week: Finish modelling, Rig, Animate.

4th and 5th week: Have animation completely ready to render. Add any extras. Render Animation.

Final week: Composite all Animations together. Post Finals. Breath one gigantic sigh of relief

[R4s1n]

Definetly coming together! Awesome progress so far. I bet the polygons are adding up fast with all the detail you're adding

[surfer14]

wow colto looking good i don't know anything about lightwave so i can't give you anytips. buT your robot is looking awsome......
I think you could beat a NORM anyday........

[colto]

Ah I don't think I am near good enough for NORM yet. For example, look at Voice's and Funky Bunnie's entries. I don't think I am anywhere near good enough to do that kind of stuff. I am definately gonna stick with noob. If I do win noob however I will enter as norm all times after. I would rather win a noob entry first before going straight to norm. I mean I already have enough competition with metallicjet and I REALLY want to try and win a competition for SimplyLightwave. There have been so many SM winners lately I wanna remind em that it is the skill and time put into a project that makes it great, not the software you use. Not to say it isn't a nice piece of software. I am about to start trying to learn it so I can get good with it before college. Of course my main app will always be LightWave! Speaking of nice software have you guys seen Vue 5 Infinity? It is a standalone program that does simply OUTSTANDING looking natural landscapes. It can also handle BILLIONS of polygons. Yes I said BILLIONS! I just watched the trailer for the app and stood there with my jaw dropped. And it's only $299 if you are a student! With it's lightwave compatibility I might finally be able to do a full CG movie. Anyways I am getting a little off topic so I am gonna go model now. Cheers!

[metallicjet66]

hey man so its a battle between each other huh, let me tell u something, u've been using ur 3d software for what? 8 months? i've been usin maya for a month, so dont expect alot from me but its still a tuff competition....let the best noob win

peace man

[colto]

Haha. Well currently you are the other noob with the most done so far. I have a feeling Krull's entry will be tough competition. Yeah I have been using LightWave for eight months but I have always kinda tried to avoid modelling. And I have NEVER done IK but will have to for my hydraulics. Hopefully this competition will change that! Anyways best of luck to you.

[voices3d]

I do agree on that you are more norm than noob. Tough, i feel like a noob. i got lightWave 4 years ago, but during 3years i dident do anything . hehe. The Scene editor still holds great mysteries for me

Your model is going great. Cant wait to se the finished one

[colto]

Haha yes I have never used the scene editor except for once where I used the scale scene keys button to make an animation go in slow-motion.

[metallicjet66]

so colto...ur done with ur bot? jus wonderin, cant wait to see ur animation with such a neat bot

[colto]

No not even close if I stick with my schedule then I should be done in about 2 weeks. Maybe less depending on how much I get done this week.

[metallicjet66]

oh ok, jus curious.............