UPDATE Here is the finished ver,could have tweaked some more but overall pretty happy with the result. My budget was 2500 tri's for this bust (in actual fact in came in just under). Used Basic Translucent shader with reflection at 50% coupled with 1 diffuse,spec and normal map at 1024x1024 Was going to go with a fatter…
I'm interested now gamedev. So Im guessing you set up the grid to a power of two in max kind of like fly_soup was suggesting lines every 4 and major lines every 8. So then you block out how your modular sections are going to work out only using blocks that are in powers of two. Could you have a section thats 512 Height…
I thing the fur trim on his hat could use some color variation for shadows. Right now it's kind of grey and plain. Making it a color (purple maybe to contrast yellow doggy fur?) and adding some chunky fur shapes could maybe make it stand out a bit more. First thing that comes to mind are the Poros from League of Legends.…
Bane is an awesome character, when he isnt portrayed as mindless muscle that is - the novel about batman and bane is pretty gritty and a decent read to boot, if Nolan can squeeze the life out of that storyline and show how deep the psychological battle of ideals is between batman, azreal and bane then the movie could be…
Wednesday, November 9, 2005 http://www.billoreilly.com/show?action=viewTVShow&showID=534 Talking Points Memo A victory for traditional America "The Hillsborough School Board near Tampa has reversed its decision to remove religious holidays from school calendars. We reported the story last week, the folks in Florida rose…
Thanks again guys. This thread offers good info on 3D Printing but it can be a bit overwhelming too. http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=57065&page=4&pp=15 What I do is as follows... Step 1 - Make sure your model has no open edges. I don't like the STL Check modifier myself. A quicker way is just switch to…
Depends on price range and how much things like efficiency matter to you. Since it sounds like your hardware or drivers are going nuts, I'd reinstall drivers and try to make due until march when Nvidia's DX11 comes out. Then check price vs. performance vs efficiency. Supposedly, Fermi will be nice and powerful but hella…
My word. While Ford is having trouble getting hybrids to American buyers, in the UK, Ford cars average 20-40 mpg more than their US counterparts. Ford UK Ford USA Model MPG Model MPG Ford Focus 49.6 urban/57.6 extra urban Ford Focus 26 City/34 hwy Ford Fusion 61.4 mpg combined Ford Fusion 23 city/31 hwy Ford Galaxy 42.8…
Good choice I got a similar PC and a thread along the same lines is on Game artisans so I am going to just post what I replied there: My (two weeks old) new system if you want options: CPU: Intel Core i7 930, 2.80ghz, 4Core, 8 logical Processors OS: Win7 64 Home. Ram: 6.0 GB GFX: 2 ATi Radeon HD 5700's, 1GB Ram each. Case:…