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# 1 04-11-2005 , 06:26 PM

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Ok. I'm gonna do this.......

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# 2 04-11-2005 , 10:01 PM

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Neat!

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# 3 05-11-2005 , 03:05 PM

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I've go the horn...done

Not sure if I'm going to model the protruding edges on the brass horn or use bump mapping. What do you reckon?

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# 4 05-11-2005 , 03:40 PM

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You might be able to tighten up the edges of it. It looks a bit "bubbly" at the moment, compared to the photo, ya know?

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# 5 05-11-2005 , 03:48 PM

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I agree with the Mountain!

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# 6 05-11-2005 , 05:28 PM

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I see what you're saying. I actually extruded the horn a bit to give ti some depth. Perhaps the way to go is to reduce it or have no depth at all.

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# 7 05-11-2005 , 07:46 PM

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I hope this helps, it's kinda confusing

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# 8 06-11-2005 , 04:20 PM

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Great choice
I'm still learnin how to use the shaders properly.I'd love to see how you'll do that gold horn.Good luck.Please comment your progress as you go along

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# 9 11-11-2005 , 10:03 AM

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I completely restarted the horn. Extruding it didn't look right.

So here it is again with wider petals and 'flatter' at the edges. It's currently NURBS, but will converto top poly shortly.

It's still not finished. Still needs a bit of tweaking and have to put the protruding edges yet.

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