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

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. . . . . (speechless!)

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 !!!!!!!

Is there a URL?

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

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found them I think

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

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

Remember, kids! Napalm is Nature's Toothpaste!

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

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From the Back...

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The Shuttle

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The Cargo Bay Doors

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...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!

This is Great!!!

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Cool, ain't it?

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I just peed myself.

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

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Da' BRIDGE!

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

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!"

Comm Room and hatchways...

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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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in long, scary hallways...

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

Looks amazing.....Sharen

Pretty clean for a mess :)

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

-SMT

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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?

I want it. I want it now. ;)

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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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

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

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.)

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

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

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?

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

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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

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"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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Impressive, no?

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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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Better?

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

from the floor.

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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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Everyone please check the attached thread for updated information. -SMT

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Choke! Gasp! WOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW! topple out of my chair Space, the final frontier.....

Beautiful work! I can't wait to get my hands on this! My FTL:2448 art work will never be the same!