Oberursel Rotary Engine

1998328is · 21 December 2004, 09:54 AM

Tim West · 22 December 2004, 08:48 PM

Hello and welcome,

Have a bigger render to share?

Hard to get a good look with this one.

Mark_Miller · 23 December 2004, 12:53 AM

Hi Paul
Welcome to the aerodrome

As Tim said, the image is a little too small.
I imagine you are bumping up against the 50 k limit.
Perhaps if you just posted one of the views at a larger size it would be easier for people to see and give you feedback.
also watch your compresion - When i'm file size limited I usualy set it up pretty high.

You might also want to give us a little info
Like who you are, software, intent etc....

as for the oberusal
The modeling looks pretty good to me.
and it looks to me like you have a generated nice representation of a plastic engine

Which is fine, of course, if that is your intent.
However, I think you might want to play with the spectral properties and add some texture.
It is usualy a gratifying exercise

Mark

1998328is · 23 December 2004, 08:16 AM

Yes the 50k limit is limiting

(LOL)
I have posts on Renderosity.com (they have a 500k limit) Its free to join my stuff can be found in the Carrara/aviation section.
So heres just one view.
I work in Carrara (although I will be switching to Amapi)
I’m trying to build a DR-1 but the wings are proving impossible to do in Carrara
As for texturing... I haven’t gotten to that part yet. So far all my attempts have that “plastic” look. I tried to put a cross on my DR1 and ended up with a tile effect all across the fuselage

Not to worry I will eventually figure it out.
So who am I?
I was born and raised in....
I’m a digital press operator/prepress/designer/large format operator, originally from Watertown MA now living in beautiful Plymouth MA with my beautiful wife and our one attention driven cat.
I went to school to be an Illustrator but long ago put aside my pencils and brushes to learn this new fangled dig-it-ile stuff.
I have a mac (no debates on PC vs Mac please I’ve used both) and work in photoshop-Illustrator-Carrara+Painter
When I started using 3D modeling software it was my intention to use it to make simple props for digital painting.
Thats me in a nutshell.
Thanks very much for your help and comments!
ttyl
PA

Tim West · 24 December 2004, 03:49 PM

Hi,

Looks good but the intake pipe looks oddly shaped before it makes the 90.

Good luck with your textures

1998328is · 1 January 2005, 07:07 PM

This is what the engine is for. I have been working on a DR-1 for a while.
I saw yours Tim which I thought is great. I just finished the mid wing and am now attempting the upper wing.
PA