www.geocities.com/pirewyn click the castleplay link click the dungeon link on the main menu the d/l for the gnarly sets is sometimes tough to get as i have only limited bandwidth.

seems ok now. . .i mean i told 5 whole people about the dl. . .

DOH! dammit. . i pay em 5$ a month so that the page will be there. . .grrr

Ok here is the set in question. I am not putting it in the freebies as my site tends to get bogged down and geocities tells me to go to hell. . so here is the site . . . www.geocities.com/pirewyn click the castleplay link. . .then go to the dungeon (that is where the d/l are) check out the set and let me know what you think. . i am already working on the second set which should include doors and windows and bit and pieces. cheers, Drew

ok, the grmelins in my computer are very strange and tempermental little creatures. . .theprocess you gave was NOT working and now 5 min later it IS working . . .so after i go bang my head against the wall for about 5 min i am going to FINALLY finish this project. lays laurels at the Docs feet

Doc, I am importing a 3ds file with the default settings. i didnt think any of those import settings would make a difference. You have a suggestion? The grouping tool routine doesnt work well or neatly as i have got to grap every single face of the mesh in order to avoid having "holes". Is this scale issue fairly common or did i win the prize? It is really t hrowing me, why a door panel made from the cloned parts of a wall panel should be randomly resized by poser when the wall panel was not.

now that is not such a bad idea. . . lemme give it a try

hmm it seems the motivation here is the age old addage of "show dont tell". Hey Mel, why not up the bar. . .have folks not include any sort of exposition when they post the work. In other words, don't TELL us the story in the description. There are a few posts that include a pargraph or more of explanation. Let the images speak for themselves. i am working on a bit for this challenge as well. At one time i had ambitions to be a writer so i fully believe in exercising the "show don't tell" muscles. If anyone is racking their brains for material i reccomend reading Scott McLeod's "understanding comics" and anything you can find by Wil Eisner. They both really help with fine tuning your visual story telling. and Stranger. . . you happened to name work that speaks volumes of story. Chardin always told a story, and the Mona Lisa is an ageless enigma backed by some of the most intense soap opera style drama ever dreamed of. There is nothing ordinary there. You can toss Rembrandt and Michelangelo among the top visual story tellers ever too. If you dont think they are then i urge to go visit the Cistina at the Vatican. . worlds largest comic with the one message being "pride goeth before the fall" or better yet "hubris lays the path for destruction" -for all you christians out there >:)- im not even going to get into rembrandt, if you cant see the stories there, then you are blind. ok thats my rant. . .sorry >=)

well i tried exporting as obj and it screwd up the texturing like you would not believe. . . .

i guess with mike and vicky could create them, cloth them and then scale downt eh entire figure. . .but thats a total pain the butt. . . all i need are tunics and skirts and chemise for the kids. . oh well . . .gotta do what ya gotta do.