Forum: Bryce


Subject: Land's Core- Orbital Defense System

darkness_02 opened this issue on Jan 13, 2005 ยท 6 posts


pakled posted Thu, 13 January 2005 at 3:29 PM

183,000 hzs? you mean Hertz? I think that's somewhere between AM and FM, but you never know..I don't know which of several ways to measure laser outputs are in use, ergs, watts, 'gilettes' (actually considered, then dropped, back in the 60's..;)
The texture work is improving. I think what I'm seeing is the beam going out the far end, hitting an asteroid (?). Beams are hard to do in Bryce, I've managed to do it once or twice.. one of my pet wishes is to create a solid beam of arc-welding actinance, without postwork..;)You might drop a small radial with the light color just in front of the satellite, which both helps show detail, and makes it look a bit more 'real'. If you're comfortable with playing with the Deep Texture Editor, the solar panels might do with a little more 'shininess' (Specularity? reflection? I'm going off the deep end here..;)
If you can narrown the thickness of the solar panels, they'll look a bit more realistic. One thing you might try in Wings (if you're making this in there, it has a few of the telltale signs..;), is highlight the edges on the panels, extrude slightly (like..oh.. .005, or .010, something like that), and then texture them with a shiny metallic texture. Most satellites are pretty shiny, because of the need to counter solar heat and radiation
Keep with it, you're doing just fine.

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)