Hi, my name is John Martzahn, alias BeyondVR. I live in Davenport, Iowa, the largest community of an area known as the Quad Cities, straddling the Mississippi River. I have been married to the same woman forever (since 1969; do the math). I spotted Bryce 3D in late 1997, and got my first computer. A few weeks later I bought Poser 2. I was very happy creating 3D art, and I never planned to do any modeling, but...
I learned how to model using Anim8or, and still use it the most. Anim8or is robust, and handles the large files I create easily. It lacks many advanced tools, and I use Hexagon 2 and Shade 8 to supplement it. I also have Carrara, and someday I'll open it ;) For my Renderosity store I have created kitchen items and automotive tool sets, but my principal love is doing WW2 ships. My WW2 Destroyer, the Bryce version of which I sold to DAZ3D, has become the most popular WW2 warship on the Web. In the fall of 2007 I added the WW2 Battleship and the Liberty Ship. I create many free addons for my models, and they are available at http://hometown.aol.com/helmzahn/addon1.html.
I plan to start on the Japanese WW2 aircraft carrier Akagi in December of 2007. I also have a light cruiser planned, and a PT-Boat. What comes next is anyone's guess. Thanks for stopping by!
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Comments (4)
Mikan
maybe the tones are too strong(!), but really looks phantastic...Bravo! Exc!
Ornlu
Yeah. The water looks a little weird. Too bright or something.
lgp692000
I agree, the tones semm to heavy, but the render looks great.
FitArtistSF
Mikan is correct, even with a sunset/sunrise of reds and oranges, the water would still be darker, still with blues and greens. Water has it's own color and even with changes in the weather will only take on a small amount of the sky color. You've done well to show the gunports closed, which would be correct when a ship is at sea and not in port or battle. Also, you have removed the extra sails and flags, that the Hankster created to portray different weather conditions. Just tone down the overall colors, darken the water a little, to what is called it's "local color", and reduce the reflectivity of it, and it will look better.