Message edited on: 01/20/2005 19:13

wow, very cool! Which Poser are you using to make it?

I'm using Poser Pro 4.

YES !!! ....... Looking good !

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

I don't know where that Barn was built, but it looks like it was either a Cantilever Barn or a spin off of one. The Cantilever barns built in the 1800's with cribs on each side, but very more sturdy looking than what yours shows. they were whole logs notched one the ends so they could fit together with no nails. These barns are mostly in the Appalachian area, there are a lot of them in east Tennessee, but like all Barns that have any age, they are going fast. I have pictures of a lot of barns since I've been in east Tennessee, I know of at least 15 barns within the last 14 years that were torn down. If this is the type of barn your grandparents had I have pictures that I have drawn which are exteriors, and I have some pictures of a Cantilever that is just the frame work if I can find it if you need some pics to help you.

Lookin' GOOD !!! ;=]

You've done and excellent job! So much so, in fact, that it brought back memories of my own Grandfather who had a barn very similar to that (He was an Indiana tobbaco farmer) I looked at your picture and can just SMELL the tobbaco leaves hanging upside down by their stalks drying in that barn. He's been gone 30 years now and your barn just gave me a pang of missing him....Great work! :)

Thanks for that comment beachnut...guess I'm doing something right here. I have alot more work to do on the barn...working on the rafters, the stalls, tin roof, and siding. Doc has been a wonderful help and a wealth of info when I run across something that I didn't understand or how to do.

NC, huh? And a name like Cherokee69? The detective in me says you're from Western NC.

Chuck, Actually not western NC, but about 45 miles east of Charlotte. Cherokee comes from me being 1/8th Cherokee.

Ahhh, I see. Drat! Hate it when I look like an idiot (smile). I grew up near Hickory, NC (about 60 miles west of Charlotte). In the foothills.

Chuck, I get that alot. Many people think I'm from Cherokee because of my nic, so you aren't alone in thinking that.

re: "Doc, am I going a little too overboard on this?"

Hi cherokee69,

Well, ...... Yes .............. and ..... no.

It all depends on what you want to do.

If you want to practice using DGS to make a true replica of a wood structure that is true down to a high level of detail, then the answer is ... no.

If, on the other hand, you want to use the final model in renders and there are areas of the structure that will never be visible, e.g., rafters way up inside in a dark corner (unless someone like NSG crawls up there with a flashlight ...)

... then the answer is ........... yes.

Ok?

Ok.

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

P.S. There is, also, something inherently satisfying about having accomplished something that is not easily done ... even if no one else ever sees it, no? ;=]

"P.S. There is, also, something inherently satisfying about having accomplished something that is not easily done ... even if no one else ever sees it, no? ;=]" Yep, I think that is what all this boils down to. It's a desire to recreate what use to be. I've always wanted to rebuild that barn but with prices of materials, it wouldn't be worth it....but, I can do it virtually. Thanks for all the encouragement Doc and everyone else. This has been fun...so far.

Yup, Poser materials are real cheap. (after the initial investment, of course ;=] )

I have a whole lumberyard in my library. It's worth million$ and million$ ................ of bytes. ;=]

BTW - when it stops being fun, ........ don't do it anymore.

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

BTW#2 - Doc sez, "Poser ain't just fer figures anymore, ya know!"

cheers,
;=]

BTW#2 - Doc sez, "Poser ain't just fer figures anymore, ya know!"

You got that right..there is more that you can do with poser than...well...go look at the Poser gallery and you'll see what I mean.

Message edited on: 01/22/2005 20:19

It's a thing of beauty !!! ;=]

Thanks Doc....Without your tuts, I'd never been able to do this or figure it out so I guess I owe it all to you. I'm going to work on some of the stall siding this evening when I get home from work.

Lookin' good!! Are you maintaining different "groups" and "materials" so you can make areas transparent for making renders? Just a thought. cheers, dr geep ;=]

Looks nice!

Wonderful to follow your progress! It looks so nice.

Thanks everyone..I'm really enjoying this and I owe it all to Doc....but..I sure wish there were more poser people that appreciated this kind of thing or would do more in poser. Doc, Yeah, I'm thinking of having the entire frame as one group and then maybe the foundation, the stall walls, front, rear, left and right walls as separate groups, then maybe the roof tin as another. What do you think?

Hi cherokee69, That sounds like a good plan. ;=]

Doc, Just had an idea...Rosity is always having monthly challenges and alot of people seem to enjoy those. If you have some good contacts with people running this place..why not suggest a monthly challenge of something created in Poser like your tuts do and I'm doing here. It would get people (if they would participate) to use their skills and minds to come up with something totally created in Poser and not using some other prop or props that that someone else has made. I think it would be cool and a good idea but then again, some people might not think so.

Excellent work Stan, and I really like the idea of the "Doc" Tut Challenge - I will be sure to pass it along to the Poser Mods :) Just tOOooo much fun :) Dee-Marie

re: "... people running this place ... "

It would appear that one of them ...
(waves ... Hi Dee ! ;=]
... already has seen your suggestion (<---I LIKE it !!!) and will pass it on.

It just might be veddddddddddy interesting.

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

Oh yeah, she saw it and has already passed it along. "It just might be veddddddddddy interesting."..you got that right. Maybe like something they have created in Poser using your tuts. It would need to be the main figure or prop for the image and not some small little thing added to an over postworked image. Also, not one of the props you used in the tuts. Would my barn qualify since it was started before this idea came about? It was the inspiration for the idea.

Thanks Dee will get together with the rest of the Mods and coordinator and see what we can come up with. :O)

Truely ..... a work of art ! ..... (in more ways than one) ;=]

But, I don't like the look of that sky ... you'd better hurry up and git that roof on there. ;=]

You even notched the rafters ... now THAT'S classy !!! ;=]

Cherokee69, you pose an interesting questions. Maybe the PTB's on the challenge will indeed look into this.

Oh yeah, still have to do the doors for the stalls.

Beautiful work! geep> he did what to the rafters?

Cherokee, remember the ladder to get to the second level inside.

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=877880

Thank you geep, understand it now! :o)

cherokee69, great work, notches and all!

What's next.. <<
Share it or sell it so others (read us) also can have it! ;o)

You're welcome Tiny but ... C'mon ... you know you could build one of your own ... ifn ya really wanted to ... couldn't ya? Well, couldn't ya? ;=]

Oops ......... sorry Tiny. ;=[ Your modern stable looks excellent! Anybody got a shoe remover that I can use on my mouth? ;=]

No, no geep, I didn't mean to say:
fists on hips wiggling head "As if I wouldn't know how to make a house eh!?"
Just wanted to say I was a bit tired of making houses and prove it by showing I actually -did- make one. :o)

helps geep getting the unnecessary and imaginary foot out of his mouth