design teams

[nightoftheroundtable]

hello I was wondering is there any graphic design teams out there. hmmm I was thinking of starting one or joining one. If anyone wants me to join there team or help me start mine. can you talk to me or add me to msn.

[captainj2410]

Design teams as in...

[nightoftheroundtable]

you know what I mean for design team. okay then as a design team I am talking about.

1 project manager
2. main project creator. or person who makes the basic design of the model.
3. detail creator. you know we have like someone who does the finishing touches on the model.
4 last but not least we have someone who is good with making textures and adding them to the project.

[captainj2410]

1 project manager
2. main project creator. or person who makes the basic design of the model. :One of us?
3. detail creator. you know we have like someone who does the finishing touches on the model. :Someone like tbd?
4 last but not least we have someone who is good with making textures and adding them to the project. :Not me...

[nightoftheroundtable]

hopefully I have made my self clear on what I was talking about. maybe we can start a team together captainj2410. then we can recrute other people.

[captainj2410]

We seem to be halfway there already.

[nightoftheroundtable]

lol hmmm yeah true but I dunno if tbd would like to join as for the texture creator. I know who would be a good addition. DRAKELOT or Antonio

[captainj2410]

My vote is still with tbd for detail work

[nightoftheroundtable]

okay then. captainj2410 who do you want to be the project manager and project creator. as you stated its one of us. lol

[captainj2410]

Well, can you draw schematics?

[nightoftheroundtable]

so I take it I am the project creator. then that would make you the head project manager

[captainj2410]

sounds good, here's what i've gotten so far on the minishuttle by the way:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a153/captainj2410/ms22g1.jpg

[captainj2410]

note the hull plating on the aft cargo module

[nightoftheroundtable]

that looks pretty good. okay I have a question. on the hull plating how can I make the lines more visible so that people can see the hull better.

and I will be posting what I have gotton done on my part so far.

[captainj2410]

Extrude and scale up in the x axis

[nightoftheroundtable]

ooh okay I will do so

[captainj2410]

it helps to take surfaces before subdividing and changing their color so you can select them more easily after subdivision

[nightoftheroundtable]

hmmm alright. I will think about doing that. and I think I found a ways as usale to get the lines to show on the hull plating. couldn't you add lines where each of the other lines on the hull plating that intersect each other and just combin those line and make the color black then all you see is the basic black lines.

[nightoftheroundtable]

well I am finished with the rear hatch. tell me what you think.

http://users.techline.com/drreed/RearHatchOfMiniShuttle.jpg

[captainj2410]

Looks like it'll make a fine bulk cargo shuttle!

[nightoftheroundtable]

thanks for that. as you have already guessed it my skill level it ac3d is increasing. I can now make something thats not symeterical to something that is symeterical. ooh btw I have came up a new little side project of my own. while I am thinking of ways to make the landing gear.


I call my new project.P.A.S.B

[captainj2410]

I take it it will be up soon?

[nightoftheroundtable]

hmmm it will be up soon. right now I have the front cockpit design done which is looking awsome.
ooh btw this new ship of mine will be exteremly dangours.

[nightoftheroundtable]

heres a pic of my latest project the Poly-Assualt-Stealth-Bomber or P.A.S.B


http://users.techline.com/drreed/P.A.S.B.png

tell me what you think.

[captainj2410]

Just the cockpit did you say?

[nightoftheroundtable]

yes that is the cockpit design so far.

[captainj2410]

Hmm. Pretty anxious to see the rest of it!

[nightoftheroundtable]

yeah you'll see the rest of it when I can get to it

[captainj2410]

Another spinoff, I've got a rough interior walkthrough of an Avenger class corridor:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a153/captainj2410/Interior1.gif

how does it look?

[captainj2410]

Wow...it shrunk in photobucket...

[nightoftheroundtable]

lol still that looks pretty good for a spin off.

[captainj2410]

I was surprised at how easy it was to make. All I did was make an outline of the corridor shape, extrude it, make joints, and manipulate vertices to get the turns.

[nightoftheroundtable]

yeah that is true. I mean once you get accomodated with ac3d, and know alot of methods usally its those simple methods and processes that can create these complexed projects.

[captainj2410]

Well, this design team thread is going nowhere fast...

[nightoftheroundtable]

well then we should probably be recruting some people that we want in this team.

[captainj2410]

So, try to get tbd for detail work?

[nightoftheroundtable]

I will do so Captain.

[captainj2410]

LOL:
Design chief: Captain captainj2410
Chief modeler: Commander nightoftheroundtable
Detail work: Chief Engineer tbd (?)
Texture: Lt. Cmdr. (?)

[nightoftheroundtable]

ooh I sent tbd a message about our new team I am hoping he will join.

[captainj2410]

This is the time when praying to God is applicable.

[nightoftheroundtable]

no thor will not be joining us. but we still can do the work of four.

[Titus]

What are you guys going to make?
A whole line of Star Trek type ships?

[Titus]

Have you seen Dennis's well in the showcase?
He is pretty good at texturing.

[nightoftheroundtable]

yes I have seen but dennis is also busy with his cyborg project. I will ask dennis when he is not busy.

[Titus]

Sorry, I didnt think about that.

[Titus]

I just thought of something. Since captianj was saying would should have contests and you guys wanted to have a designing team why not have a team contest?

[nightoftheroundtable]

hmmm a team contest then people modeling skills would greatly increase

[Titus]

You are welcome for the idea

[nightoftheroundtable]

hey Titus you wouldn't happen to have msn messenger would you. we could talk more about this there. if you do have msn send me it through the PM messaging system.

[Dennis]

yes I have seen but dennis is also busy with his cyborg project. I will ask dennis when he is not busy.

Thanks for considering me, but I'm afraid with the side projects I have, I simply won't be able to put forth the kind of effort that people could depend on me for. The cyborg project is actually a practise project for some "real" work I have coming up soon, and I have a feeling it will be cut short before it gets done as it is.

But thanks again for considering me.

One piece of advice I do have, though, is to perhaps define exactly what it is you're working on --- i.e., are you creating a rendered scene, an animation, and/or a set of models? Some more specifics as to what the final goals are may pique more interest. Just a thought.

[nightoftheroundtable]

But thanks again for considering me.

One piece of advice I do have, though, is to perhaps define exactly what it is you're working on --- i.e., are you creating a rendered scene, an animation, and/or a set of models? Some more specifics as to what the final goals are may pique more interest. Just a thought.

your welcome Dennis. basically what me and the captain here was planning on doing. was that I would build the basic model design. captainj2410 will oversee the project development and help if need be. I dont really want to do detail work. but I will if no one else wants to join.

[dylan101]

I am way to tired to read, but can I join the team?

[captainj2410]

Sure! What would you want to work on?
PS, nightoftheroundtable, i think i'm getting somewhat better at detail work, it's mainly just excessive use of the extrude tool!

[dylan101]

I could be a main project creator, or like a Project Creator-In-Training, because I am new to this. (I need a tutorial to make a tie, to show to my friend, he needs one).

[captainj2410]

what kind of tie?

[dylan101]

Tie Fighter :)

[captainj2410]

can't you just use the sample that came with ac3d?

[nightoftheroundtable]

hey captainj2410. I see that you have added me to your msn contact can you log on plesse. sorry didn't mean to go off topic.

[dylan101]

Yea I guess, well then, any star wars ship like an X-Wing

[nightoftheroundtable]

hmmmm never tried making the X-wing

[dylan101]

Do you know where I could find a tutorial?

[captainj2410]

i don't know that anyone has made a tutorial. if you found some schematics online i'm sure it wouldn't be too hard

[nightoftheroundtable]

you shouldn't worry about locating tutorials for space ships. schematics would help. but all my ships that you have seen I have made on my own with no tutorials.

[captainj2410]

how would you get schematics for something you made up anyway? lol

[nightoftheroundtable]

good question. but my question is how do you make the ship schematices anyway?

[captainj2410]

i draw my own schematics. it usually takes a few months though

[nightoftheroundtable]

hmmm okay. I was just wondering what programs would you use to make them other than pencil and paper.

[captainj2410]

some type of autocad maybe. a lot of people use corel draw

[dylan101]

Wait I got an idea, I will make a star destroyer, they look pretty easy. Does anyone have schematic for it?

[captainj2410]

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.obh.snafu.de/~madley/starwars/dataimg/executor.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.obh.snafu.de/~madley/starwars/executor.html&h=426&w=590&sz=83&hl=en&sig2=bocksCvMIXAkHdBKcWJrJA&start=1&tbnid=sjPEeWyjPWYkjM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=135&ei=6VCvRPzYDbCaaPaayZMF&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstar%2Bdestroyer%2Bschematics%26svnum %3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN

it's not a regular star destroyer though, it's the executor (super star destroyer)

[dylan101]

Hmm, thats kinda hard to make. Stupid SSD!!! I hate you! :) :) :)

[captainj2410]

I do have a book with all sorts of schematics and technical data in it, but that doesn't do you any good i guess...

[dylan101]

Hmm, I guess Ill just make my own type of ship. Any tips for how it should look or how I should make it? (I may even make an inside!)

[nightoftheroundtable]

I have never delt with the interior specs of the ship. I mostly work on the outside and make that look nice. I guess that lies in with what type of ship are you going to make? are you going to start with the box shape or the sphere.

[nightoftheroundtable]

hey dylan. if it is schematics you want I found a website of your dreams.^_^
http://users.sisna.com/roguewing1/schematics/trek-klin-rom/startrek2.html

check it out. it might broaden your horizon.

[captainj2410]

how about this one?

http://www.shipschematics.net

[nightoftheroundtable]

There are obiviously many choices dylan here can use to his advantage.