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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.

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# 1 22-02-2007 , 02:31 PM

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I dedice to model a ship from the serie : battlestar galactica.

I Start today and only really work on the engine(back) and the wing(which is not finish). Dont leave comment to tell me that my engine is coliding with the wing. i know, im only not there yet user added image

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# 2 22-02-2007 , 03:00 PM

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Looks great so far! I suppose you're using NURBS?
Do you think you'll do a battlescene or anything?

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# 3 22-02-2007 , 04:27 PM

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I suppose you're using NURBS?

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Why would you suppose that?

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# 4 22-02-2007 , 08:14 PM

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No done in Poly convert to subdiv...I hate Nurbs

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# 5 23-02-2007 , 01:10 AM

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dude, that is pretty tuff(amazing!) ... i love the wings? how do you make the wings edges soo smooth, i can never do that when i make things ...

(by the way, be careful of the image size, admins might not like how big it is but it fits pefect on my screen :p)

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# 6 24-02-2007 , 07:39 AM

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I did some more tweaking before I start the cockpit. I fix the motor area and the front part of the wing. I will do the grid on the top and bottom of the wing soon.

Since im hosting my own image, i dont think the admin will not be ok with this since im not using their space and Bandwith

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# 7 26-02-2007 , 09:25 AM

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I start working on the cockpit, I still have couple of ajustement to do on it but im almost ready to add the finishing touch.

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# 8 26-02-2007 , 10:21 AM

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I Add the guns

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# 9 26-02-2007 , 10:47 AM

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this is very cool, as a big bsg fan it's nice to see some of the ships on the forum as they seem to be appearing a lot less often on the show user added image

Just out of curiousity what are you using for reference? screen caps from the series or did you find some orthographic refs?

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