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As a follow-up to the skull I did a while back, I thought I'd try the rest of the body.

Here is a WIP shot of the skeleton. I'm getting worried that the poly count is a little high (at about 1000 polys, 1000 pts now). I think the rib cage will add quite a lot to that too.

Hey all,

Is there a tool to automatically 'simplify' a model? By this I mean delete redundant points, or points that have no major effect on a model (they cause a 1 degree change in the edges they connect to for example).

I've heard of these tools, and they can make it very easy to add lowpoly background characters to a scene. Is there something that I can use on anim8or models?

Thanks

hello all,
Here is my first attempt at modelling a 'human'. I intend to keep going, modelling a body (or, well, close enough to a body ). There is an attempt at edge looping, but it was then triangulated (for lithunwrap, and for easier conversion into a game engine).

Note: this is for a fantasy style: not intended to be a perfect medical reference
It is also fairly low poly: only 180 points.

Hello all,

I'm having a lot of trouble getting rendering to work (in version 0.95), and am not sure if it is due to bugs or not. I have read the anim8or manual (section on scene mode), and I think I'm doing everything ok.

There are a few problems: firstly (and probably worst of all) the textures don't show. The textures work fine in object mode, so they should be there. I can't find any references to being able to disable / enable textures, so am currently assuming this is a bug (I blame Vista, perfect scapegoat for any weirdness in my experience )

My other major issue is that my small local lights seem to be covering the whole model in their warm yellow glow. These lights should be basically candles (compared to the rest of the scene), and I have tried fiddling with their radius. Is there any other way to control the brightness of a light?

There are a few other things, but they seem to be genuinely my fault (not knowing how to insert background images / turn on antialiasing, manual seems to explain that stuff ok though). I haven't really used scene mode before, but think it is the right tool for the job and I want something a little better than the usual (in object mode -> render -> render image).

Thanks all

g'day all,
I am trying to improve my modelling skills, but my textures just plain suck. They just don't look right, the important features are too 'washed out' (don't really stand out enough) and minor (nearly invisible in GIMP) patterns on large flat areas stand out too much.

The Joan of arc tutorial doesn't really go into textures, where are there some good texturing guides?

G'day,

I guess this is a minor one in the scheme of things, but would make things a lot easier. When experimenting with materials (in the dialog), it would be useful to see an example of the 'shiny ball' of this material in realtime. It would make it easier to gain an idea of what the material looks like (rather than guessing, then having to close the box to look at it).

Hello all,
This is a kind of embarassing one: it seems my google-fu is weak, since I'm sure I've seen these lists before (in a graphics programming course at uni, before I got into actual modelling) but the best i can find now is http://www.free3dtutorials.com/texturing/3d-max/creating-a-stainless-steel-material.php (kind of vague, and using environment mapping and such rather than 'pure' materials). I'm searching for some guides on making my materials: trial and error are getting me nowhere fast, and I think I need some 'basis' materials to begin.

The lists I'm talking about show the values of diffuse, ambient and specular (and shininess), and the colours associated with each one, perhaps along with a 'ball' of the material to show what it looks like.

Thanks for any help. It's driving me nuts trying to simulate things like gold and steel just by tinkering (mostly randomly, though with some knowledge of the theory) with the material values / colours.