old ruins

# 1 10-02-2003 , 08:44 AM

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This is another project I had left behind for a while and picked up only recently. I appreciate any suggestions while it is still under way. The texture is only temporary.

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# 2 10-02-2003 , 09:07 AM

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Off to a great start here. Can't wait to see your progress.

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# 3 10-02-2003 , 10:53 AM

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ah ruins

Looks all right to me. The more slabs and slates and you put in the scene, the merrier.

As a peculiar note on detail, I think "they" used small metal "cramps" to hold the stones together. But if this is so, I don't think it was supposed to be seen.

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# 4 10-02-2003 , 08:43 PM

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ruin-making

Actually, it depends if you are talking Greek or Roman...
Greeks used a tongue-and-groove stone joint (I wander if I spelled it correctly...) because they only knew bronze, which is too soft for heavy construction. Romans used iron and concrete with the method you described.
Sorry for sounding like a smart-ass, but I love this stuff!!! And I grew up with Roman and Greek ruins practically in my backyard, so I have an "emotional attachment" to the subject...
But keep the suggestions coming!!!!!

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# 5 11-02-2003 , 06:48 AM

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adding on

It is so difficult to make progress when I get caught up in experiments... But that is part of learning, I suppose.

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# 6 13-02-2003 , 09:36 PM

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some help with textures?

I have started playing with textures to add detail and to replace the temporary texture I had started with by editing it and its bump map. Any suggestions appreciated...

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# 7 14-02-2003 , 06:52 AM

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have a laugh on me...

Ok, so is there any way I could have done the road looking somewhat this way without having to model the stupid stones one by one?

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# 8 16-02-2003 , 09:21 AM

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done

Ok this is it! If nobody has anything to suggest, I'll post it on the
finished work section.

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# 9 16-02-2003 , 12:41 PM

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I think you have to turn on the anti-alias settings in the render globals.

There is another thing with the light I think, but I'm not sure what it is.

It is very exiting as it is, but I question the color of the light.

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# 10 16-02-2003 , 07:44 PM

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thank you

You are perfectly correct, I rendered this at the lowest resolution because it was already taking ages to render...
If you could help me at all with the light I would appreciate!!! I have done my best to match the light with the picture in the background, but it's the 1st time I ever try anything like that, so I am sure there is plenty to improve.

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# 11 16-02-2003 , 09:10 PM

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also the pillers seem to look thesame in texture... alter them so they differ from each other. Maybe add some dents and breaking parts? - but its comming on good!

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