Need a good quality one for close up renders, anyone know of a good one??
TIA!

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Cofiwch Dryweryn.

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I'm not sure what you mean by a peacock chair, something like in the link? I have a soft spot for fancy chairs, and since I cant afford to buy all those I like I'd have to make do with virtual ones:) I'd love to try and model one, but (a) cant promise I'll manage to tame hexagon for long enough to get a final product (b) this would be quite a challenge for me, I think I can do it but  I cant promise to get it done before Christmas. If someone else has a ready one or can do it faster, that probably would be better for you, and I wouldnt mind.

PS if you have better reference pictures, post those?

"I paint that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive. I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence."
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Yep, top and middle are the type I'm after, if you want to make one go for it, that's be terrific!
Oh and January 1st is fine!!

Injustice will be avenged.
Cofiwch Dryweryn.

I'll give it a go.
Are you going to want it just for Vue or are would you need it for poser too? If you only need to pose the character sitting on it in poser, I maybe able to do the wicker appearance as a procedural  in vue in which case the obj version will look like a solid.

"I paint that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive. I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence."
Man Ray, modernist painter
http://artpearl.redbubble.com/

Hi, I always find posing someone on a chair is far easier in poser and taking in to Vue as a whole but somtimes it can be done inside Vue, I'm not fussed, whichever way is easier for you!!
Many thanks and don't worry if you don't make it, it's the thought that counts!!

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Cofiwch Dryweryn.

Hmm... you are a very forgiving and tolerant guy, but I probably wouldnt be that tolerant towards myself if I cant make it:) Anyhow, making the vue material turned out a bit more complicated than I expected so I left it meanwhile(although I didnt give up yet). So first round will be 'real' geometry', which means more poly's. I did the bottom half as a feasibility test, and I think it will be OK. No texture at all on it yet, and it may need some tweaking, but maybe now my brain will let me do something else, my list of 'must do today' is bursting:) (I modeled the cushion before, but you can have it as part of the chair if you want it)

"I paint that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive. I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence."
Man Ray, modernist painter
http://artpearl.redbubble.com/

The base looks really good my friend, excellent in fact, I have every confidence in you doing it on this inital viewing!!
Thanks again!

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Cofiwch Dryweryn.

Well, I think I'm more or less there. It was a challenge indeed... Maybe some of the problems were due to gaps in my knowledge, but Hexagon not doing 'what it says on the tin' is also frustrating.  I couldnt get a good version of the 'net' on the top part by modeling the geometry. Couldnt get a good vue texture either, but I learned how to do a transparency and bump maps for it in Photoshop and I think that part is OK. I'll have another look at it during the weekend for last tweaks. Any comments are very welcome, but I think I got to the current limit of my ability...

"I paint that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive. I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence."
Man Ray, modernist painter
http://artpearl.redbubble.com/

Well wow!! That is absolutely freaking awesome my friend, really brilliant and will do what I need very nicely. Many, many thanks for taking the time and effort to make such a beautiful model, outstanding!!

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Cofiwch Dryweryn.

I'm glad you like it - it was a good exercise for me. If you send me site mail with a regular e-mail address I'l send it to you. ( I cant be bothered at the moment to figure out how to put it somewhere downloadable).

"I paint that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive. I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence."
Man Ray, modernist painter
http://artpearl.redbubble.com/

ArtPearl, what can I say? That is ABSOLUTELY beautiful!!

When I first saw thefixer's request, I confess that I looked all over.
I went to sites with freebies.
I went to sites with pay-for products.

Nowhere, and I mean NOwhere did I find any peacock chairs as beautiful as your creation.
I envy your skill! (And LOVE your chair!!!) 

Angelsinger - thank you so much! I also looked around to see what other people modeled and couldnt find anything:) I'm glad you like the final result - I havnt been modeling long. If you, or anyone else, want it too please  site-mail me a regular e-mail address and I'll e-mail back a vob file. It is a bit on the large size -6.6 MB. Its proportions seem to be OK - I exported an untextured obj file from vue and imported to poser. with a scale of 0.5% Simon sits quite comfortably and his arm fits well on the armrest.  I may put it (and maybe a poser file) in free-stuff in the near future.

"I paint that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive. I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence."
Man Ray, modernist painter
http://artpearl.redbubble.com/

Quote - ...I'm glad you like the final result - I havnt been modeling long.

Really?  Now I'm truly jealous!  I tried my hand at modelling, and let's just say... I came up with a good sphere. lmao

Quote - If you, or anyone else, want it too please  site-mail me a regular e-mail address and I'll e-mail back a vob file. It is a bit on the large size -6.6 MB.

What a wonderful offer!! Mail forthcoming!! : D

Quote - Its proportions seem to be OK - I exported an untextured obj file from vue and imported to poser. with a scale of 0.5% Simon sits quite comfortably and his arm fits well on the armrest. 
I may put it (and maybe a poser file) in free-stuff in the near future.

If you add this as a free-stuff item, I can only image the people who will jump on the opportunity to use it! I was very surprised to not be able to find a similar (and suitable) model, anywhere... Yours is exquisite!