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Published: 2015-07-07 00:52:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 1243; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 0
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with the texturing on the Enfield turning out so well, i went back to the U.S.S. Ethalion, an Akura-class variant that i built about two years ago. this was before i dived into Mental Ray, and after just replacing a couple Maya-blinns, the difference was startling. so i've replaced pretty well all of the blinns and phongs to mi_materials.
so i've spent the last few days replacing all of the old texture assignments, and in some cases, going back to the initial Photoshop files to do some repainting.
even in the last couple days, i've gone in there and rebuilt some of the meshes, in particular the nacelles. to be honest, i just cribbed them from the Beagle, and it was kind of scary how something a few years ago seemed to be just fine, but now makes me cringe.
think i'll just finish this off, re-render a turntable, and then go back to the Enfield.
packages used: Autodesk Maya, MentalRay and Adobe Photoshop
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thanks!
it's weird how two years can make such a difference in how i'm modelling my ships. i look back at this model and just see all the problems.
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many things have changed!
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a lot of it was up-rezzing the textures, particularly on the badging. in the previous iteration, the NCC and the ship name were a bit on the blurry side. but MentalRay seems to handle larger texture maps more efficiently, so i was able to get the red lining in there without it looking too mushy.
the interactive lighting also helps sell it.
i still want to go back and fix up some things, like the front of the nacelles and redo the impulse exhaust like the Enfield.
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