Topic: dunno if I posted this tut here yet?

[Starforce2]

http://bc-central.com/forums/index.php/topic,365.0.html

Over at BCC there is a tut for making phaser strips in max. dunno if anyone here will find it usefull or be able to apply the technique to anything else but there it is.

[Klingon Fanatic]

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We need all the tutorials we can get if we want fresh talent to help you model makers out.

KF

[FoaS_XC]

I didnt grab the PDF, so I don't know how they did it, BUT - i did make my own method of saucer and phaser strip creation just now.
I'm in the middle of a project at the moment, but when I am done and if i feel like it ill make a tutorial.

[Starforce2]

I know of a method where you draw the shape of a saucer as if you cut the disk in half and drew one side of the shape, then the rest is filled in, but I doubt I can remember the buttons to press to make it happen and then cut off the extra crap when I'm done. Deemon (of armada fame) made that one, but for some reason I kept loosing my copy of it.

[FoaS_XC]

Starforce, you are talkin about a Spline and Lathe technique?
I've used it, gotta say: not a fan of the results. it's great for high-poly, but i never liked the results for low-poly stuff. Its harder to visualize, having to constantly flip back and forth between pre-lathe and post-lathe to tweak. Direct mesh access is a plus, methinks.

[Scottish Andy]

Thanks for posting this Starforce, but when I go there I don;t see a .pdf attachment on the thread. I don;'t have an account, so of you have the .pdf, could you attach it to this thread please?

Thanks!

[Starforce2]

here it is. I'll get it on bcfiles that way people can get it anytime.

[Scottish Andy]

Thanks, much appreciated!