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Subject: PREPARE TO BE BLOWN AWAY!


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smallspace ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 2:59 PM · edited Tue, 04 February 2025 at 2:39 AM

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Every once in a while I run across something so beyond the normal that it puts me in shock. That happened this weekend when I went to see Tom Knight, the head modeler for Imagination Works. I was expecting to see updates on a new female character. Instead, what he showed me was this:

PROJECT MAGELLAN

Not simply a model. Now your Poser characters have there own spaceship! Its a total Poser environment. Completely to Poser scale. Everything works: doorways open and close, chairs swivel, elevators go up and down, etc. Its modular with a command, section, a habitat section a cargo section, and a power section. The command section also features a detachable shuttle. Each section can be loaded independently to make it easier to work with. Within each section, portions not visible can be hidden for faster rendering and movement. Everything is fully and professionally textured. Morph dials to activate functions such as opening doors have preset limits. (to keep a door from, say, flying off into space)

You might think that a project this size would be impossible for the average Poser system to handle. You know what? If the average Poser system is a 200 MHz Pentium One, with 64 megs of ram, then youre right! This project will kill a system like that, so its not for everyone. However, on my 1GHz Pentium III (hardly state of the art) with 512 megs of ram, theres no problem what so ever loading, moving and rendering the entire project.

Its not finished yet. Some of the interior detail needs to be added, and everything needs to be checked out to make sure it works. Imagination Works plans to sell it with pre-done lighting, a camera library that will move you quickly from one section to another, and pose files that will do things such as open and close all the doors in a single section.

Theres no price for it yet. Quite frankly, theyre stumped on what they should charge for it, because theres never been anything like it for Poser.

The Magellan is just one of a number of different Poser based projects Imagination Works has planned for this coming year. Other projects include plans, trains & automobiles, dinosaurs, weapons (for dinosaur hunting, of course) fantasy creatures (dragons, centaurs and the like) and of course, a new line of specially created human characters (including clothing) with totally new ideas in texture mapping and meshes designed from the ground up for Poser.

Ill be posting images of these new projects all this week.

-SMT

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smallspace ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 3:00 PM

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The Captain would like to know if youd like to see more of the ship?

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Little_Dragon ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 3:02 PM

. . . . . (speechless!)



c1rcle ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 3:04 PM

OH MY GOD!!!!!! that is truly amazing, I don't know if I believe you that it will go into poser tho, even with my 2.0Ghz P4 with 1GB of Ram, if it's real I want it asap :) gimme gimme gimme !!!!!!!


6Dprime ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 3:08 PM

Is there a URL?


Khai-J-Bach ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 3:10 PM

faints thats incredible... thinks - checks date.. no it's not april 1st thats INCREDIBLE!



c1rcle ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 3:11 PM

Attached Link: http://www.iw43d.com/

found them I think


c1rcle ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 3:16 PM

Attached Link: http://www.iw43d.com/

gotta ask them to release a few freebies, drum up some business just like daz do


Valandar ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 3:26 PM

Ho... ly... Sheiza... passes out

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smallspace ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 3:38 PM

If you'd like to give Tom from Imagination Works some feedback, his email is: knight@iw43d.com -SMT

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smallspace ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 3:54 PM

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From the Back...

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smallspace ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 3:55 PM

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The Shuttle

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smallspace ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 3:58 PM

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The Cargo Bay Doors

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MaterialForge ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 3:58 PM

...oh...my...g... Yep, I'm there. Pass the smelling salts, please. This is perfect for some projects I've been planning. Provided it's not in the 4-figures price range, consider it bought!


wolf359 ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 4:00 PM

This is Great!!!



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smallspace ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 4:00 PM

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Cool, ain't it?

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Hiram ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 4:06 PM

I just peed myself.


smallspace ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 4:07 PM

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I'll have to ask Tom if those are fuel tanks...

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smallspace ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 4:09 PM

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Da' BRIDGE!

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VirtualSite ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 4:11 PM

Oooooooooooo, I'm seein' lots of RED DWARF possibilities here..............


Hiram ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 4:15 PM

I'd be interested in knowing the file size right about now. Heck, Mike's suit pack is over 31mb, this thing has to be three times that. I know my achine wouldn't do it. "She canna tak' nay moor captain! She was'na built for this!"


smallspace ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 4:23 PM

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Comm Room and hatchways...

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smallspace ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 4:31 PM

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She's designed for a complement of 40-50...but given Poser...I would think you'd want most of the crew to be eaten by aliens before the action starts...

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smallspace ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 4:34 PM

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in long, scary hallways...

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Penguinisto ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 4:37 PM

Unbe-friggin-leivable! I'm almost too damned scared to ask you how much he's gonna charge for that puppy... /P


SAMS3D ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 4:38 PM

Looks amazing.....Sharen


smallspace ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 4:40 PM

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Pretty clean for a mess :)

All pictures rendered in Poser...no post work.

-SMT

I'd rather stay in my lane than lay in my stain!


Hiram ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 4:42 PM

From these pictures, it appears that what you're saying is the shuttle is what I thought was the bridge in the first image. Kind of a break away thing like the "saucer section" on the TNG Enterprise?


MaterialForge ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 4:46 PM

I want it. I want it now. ;)


smallspace ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 4:49 PM

Hiram...that's the ticket, but I like to think of it a little more like the ship in "Alien" -SMT

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Gazukull ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 6:16 PM

I think one suggestion that would make is even kewler is it come with camera presets for the different rooms. If it already has that then we are dobra ; ) - Gazzy


Jcleaver ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 6:47 PM

I don't think I make enough in a year to pay for this awesome model. Incredible. Stupendous.



Butch ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 6:55 PM

Banging my head on my desk.... I wanna wanna it NOW!!!!!!! Please please say that it is going fairly reasonably priced. I am already started to save my pennies... (Have any of you noticed that banks are getting really sticky about taking rollled coins? I have about $40 dollars worth and I tried three banks including the bank I use.)


sirkrite ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 7:02 PM

My God! That package most have a massive file size. It on one or two CDs? BTW It looks fantastic! :D


X-perimentalman ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 7:48 PM

Great Freakin Zeus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that's all I can think of to say, dayam that is somethng special all right.


queri ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 8:32 PM

It's possible it might be --relatively-- affordable. They're selling 10 posable cars for $150. This is an amazing project. I want that bridge! This is not Millenium scale, right? We're in P4 scale? I hope, cause Mil figs would crash it. Emily I got so much in Poser now, I'm lucky it can open. What am I thinking?


TalmidBen ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 8:43 PM

I('m not one who's easily impressed. I'm IMPRESSED!


TalmidBen ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 8:51 PM

I would charge 100 - 150 dollars for this. Yes, I know, that's kinda cheap for the scope of this project. But for Poser, you have to be cheap to be competitive.


Strangechilde ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 9:08 PM

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! That is freakin' amazing, that is. Wow. WOW. I'm with Hiram though... me puir har' disk! She cannae take nae mair... an' me processor, gi' us ine mair poly an' she'll blow! But that's on my Most Wanted list, as of now.


soulhuntre ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 10:05 PM

It looks good - but unfortunately it isn't something I could use. The texture work would really have to be slamming to make it something I could render in. Don't get ne wrong - it's an amazing model but like most Poser settings it looks like the dollhouse version of what it is supposed to be. It doesn't look real inside - iot looks like a toy inside - or maybe a B movie set :) Ah well, it sure looks like there will be a lot of buyers!


movida ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 11:16 PM

I'd love it also, but I'm sure not going to re-texture it. It is a knock out though s


Thorgrim ( ) posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 11:32 PM

WOW! (Picking up chair after tipping it over) This is an amazing job. I can't beleave the detail you've put into it.


Ironbear ( ) posted Tue, 26 March 2002 at 6:19 AM

Very kewl. You're right - I am blown away. Sharp!

"I am a good person now and it feels... well, pretty much the same as I felt before (except that the headaches have gone away now that I'm not wearing control top pantyhose on my head anymore)"

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wolf359 ( ) posted Tue, 26 March 2002 at 8:03 AM

"it's an amazing model but like most Poser settings it looks like the dollhouse version of what it is supposed to be. It doesn't look real inside "<

Thats probably due to poser curent weak render engine.
I downloaded a complex starship bridge set
made by a professional lightwave modelor( Mobius)

I will use it in Cinema4DXL in the final renders
but i had to bring it into poser for previsualization
to set my camera angles and animate my figures for export to cinema.

and this mobius model did not look very good under posers lighting but in a true raytraced environment with volumetric lighting it looks awesome of course.
as i supect this new model will look in a better program

I commend Small space for truth in advertising
by showing this poser item rendered in poser itself
so people who render in poser only can make an informed choice



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smallspace ( ) posted Tue, 26 March 2002 at 10:08 AM

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...here's a few in Studio Max.

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smallspace ( ) posted Tue, 26 March 2002 at 10:13 AM

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Impressive, no?

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smallspace ( ) posted Tue, 26 March 2002 at 10:21 AM

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Module This is actually a section that isn't finished yet. It's envisioned as a conference room. It IS good, however, for showing the general quality of the textures.

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smallspace ( ) posted Tue, 26 March 2002 at 10:26 AM

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Better?

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jenay ( ) posted Tue, 26 March 2002 at 10:27 AM

uga uga - i am blown away - should stop modelling at once ...


smallspace ( ) posted Tue, 26 March 2002 at 10:38 AM

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from the floor.

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Mason ( ) posted Tue, 26 March 2002 at 12:28 PM

Amazing! This is even better than the opening night of Ishtar. I'm wondering if it has hide-able sections so cameras can be placed to get good shots. Then again its so huge I doubt that's a problem except for some narrow hallway situations. Probably costs as much as building the real thing :)


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