For those that want to try it out. A dream catcher. The size and general design is up to the modeler. The trick... Sea shells in the web were normally stones would be placed. If the modelers want to try any other oddity besides stones and shells that would be great too. The model, once finished just post a small render here. The modeler can do whatever he or she wishes to do with their models :) This is for fun. I will even post my feeeeeble newbie attempt at one. Anyone that wants to join in have fun with it :) Take care all :)

massive grin now there's an idea :-)

Very cool Andi :) (::) (::) (::) (::) (::) 5 cookies for you :) I'm working on mine still O.O Looks great :)

OMG, this is terrific. You get 5 cookies also. I love the fire effect and the background makes it pop out.

Taged :)

Thanks for the comments everybody. If there are any other pov'ers here that want the source code for it, just let me know.

On edit - hit submit too soon - Great models Andi & Pstekky!

Message edited on: 09/07/2004 23:39

Terrific model Pstekky :) Is that a bell in the middle? Terrific touch :) hands Pstekky his bag of 5 cookies :)

Very coool. The skulls melting and the partial one emerging from the center give a doorway to another place feel O.o Terrific job :) hands silkie a bag of 5 cookies

I haven't forgotten guys :) I've gotten as far as the outer and inner rings. I'm stuck on the "webbing" part O.o modeling newbie here ;)

thank you Hyria! :)

I"m pretty much a newbie myself. what I did was download the ferris wheel model for the webing. It doesn't have much webbing but it sufficed for this project. I ungrouped the objects and deleted everything except for the spokes of the ferris wheel.
I created the torus in bryce and edited to be the ring.

I used the chain thang model for the center piece and merged 2 of them together then ungrouped them and deleted sections I didn't want.

I used the fire texture on any old terrain in bryce and zoomed in on it for the background.

I created all these as seperate pieces and then opened up photoshop. I started with the background image and then placed the ring and chain thang as layers on top of the background. I selected a small circle in the background and deleted that part from the chain thang. Then I added the skull that I already had stored on my computer and moved it to a layer behind the chain thang so that it was coming through the center. I used the blur tool to make it look more gruesome. then I used the smudge tool to smudge the lines of the chain thang to make it look like I wanted.

then back in bryce I created the metaball and brought it over in photoshop to create the string thingies hanging off the sides and bottom of the ring. last thing I did was add the rest of the skulls and blur them.

not sure if this meets the challenge criteria doing it this way but I have no idea how to actually create models. I"m lucky to be able to write my own name, so using graphic software has been an excellent way for me to create what's in my mind's eye.

just thought I'd let you know how I created this so anyone else that's as graphically challenged as I am can pick up some tips.

Silkie

Message edited on: 09/12/2004 12:15

Sure It works Silkie :) This is after all just for fun :) ((hugs and take care))

Hi guys,how long have we got to answer the challenge?

Hi there. How about until the end of October. :) Have fun :)

Sounds good to me :-) I is gonna 'ava go...

I didn't forget :) I finally got a little time to do dome modeling. Hopefully I'll get it posted by the end of the week :). Take care all and happy modeling :)

Yes I didn't postwork so yes the net is waaaayyy off lol I'll do better once I get more time soooo don't laugh toooo hard ;)

Hyria, no one is allowed to laugh AT someone's attempts in here. We're allowed to laugh with you, but not AT you. :) That's the whole point here... to challenge yourself and others. :) No fun if you don't keep learning and trying things you haven't done before. :)

Oh yeah... and a great entry into your own challenge too BTW. :)

Thanks rimrunner. :) Ya I put the challenge up to learn how model more intricate things and to challenge myself too. :) Have fun :)