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# 31 12-06-2004 , 10:08 PM

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question once again:

to you think the stuff growing out of the head.... are more like hair or more like long stitches/cornets?like on a triceratops....???

And can anybody suggest me a nice shader ,connection etc. tutorial? i would like to learn it and put a simple shader on my dragon head....

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# 32 13-06-2004 , 11:02 AM

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my dragon has the neck on the wrong place....i decided to connect it to the back of the head....
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https://www.ai.mit.edu/people/pkamvys...res/dragon.jpg

and here my Render Image:

aaaaaaaaaaaaah i dont know why but i maya cant render anything....even a simple poly sphere is not rendered!!!WHY? help.... i choosed the right camera....its something else....

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# 33 13-06-2004 , 11:13 AM

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phew a simple restart helped me out...well here s the wrong places neck... i also added a tongue and increased the size of the head as well...

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# 34 13-06-2004 , 11:13 AM

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wowah, gr8 going on that model.

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# 35 13-06-2004 , 01:15 PM

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here is the optimized neck...fixed up...now the shoulders start.

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# 36 13-06-2004 , 05:00 PM

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looking good only one thing i don't really like are the horns at the back of the head, maybe if instead of them being curved towards the body they were curved away it would give a better look and also look realistic take a look at my thread over at simplylightwave and let me know what you think

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# 37 15-06-2004 , 03:22 PM

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I'm sorry but i'm unable to log in to the lightwave section of simply3dworld ....but ill givr the horns a try and makke em more linear and pointing straight andd strict away from the head....

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# 38 17-06-2004 , 02:50 PM

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hi guys!

I have added a few teeth at least and also a hair coming out right under the nose....and as u can see a tongue is also existing.I made the forehead higher and head(not visible in the pic)deeper.(i know the horn is a bit wrong and the bottom of the mouth (chin) is a bit too spikey caused by the incorect mirroring...ill fix all the C&C on the other stuff plz).

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# 39 17-06-2004 , 03:05 PM

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Looks good and nice detail but the nostril is kinda uneven and messy.

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# 40 17-06-2004 , 03:11 PM

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yes i see that it is partially black...i think i have to move some vertices....but this is VERY time consuming (i mean the whole model) i hope i can do it with texturing....it will be very close...

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# 42 18-06-2004 , 07:39 PM

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man it's impressive what I´ve learned trough this challenge...
well here s only a small taste of that:

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# 43 18-06-2004 , 07:43 PM

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what i still dont know is what is the easiest way to map the dragon skin (let's say a green map with a bump creating a skin like a fish scales) ....is it the best to repeat only a 256x256 map again and again over the whole dragon body?plz tips and tuts...THX a lot...with help i can come to an end...of course i will model a body and wont stop to model...

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# 44 18-06-2004 , 07:48 PM

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here you can see the modeled teeht better....AND THE GLOWING EYE HA ^^

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# 45 18-06-2004 , 08:46 PM

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depends on what you're trying to go for. I think making a large map for the body should be fine, as it doesn't appear that you are trying to make a game model. As such, you wouldn't necessarily have texture restrictions.

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