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Paviljoensjacht 1733 | Blender
Martes replied to Robska's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
@Robska, that's Solidify Modifier in Blender: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/modeling/modifiers/generate/solidify.html https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/modeling/meshes/editing/face/solidify_faces.html -
Paviljoensjacht 1733 | Blender
Martes replied to Robska's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
NURBS to OBJ sometimes produces strange artifacts, especially during triangulation. Note that the quads you see in Blender are actually pairs of invisible triangles, that may (or may not) change when you rotate the model. This can cause visual artifacts when the quads are relatively large, because Blender has an annoying habit to triangulate the quads the wrong way each time. -
Iberian (Basque) Atlantic Whaler ca. 1550 — as, dos, tres…
Martes replied to Waldemar's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Extremely sleek and elegant hull form, even accounting for a very deep flat tuck. In a design sense she is a small carrack? -
Which will look more or less like this. It's still not easy to fully appreciate Ancien Regime style French carving design in what can amount to pixel-art, but the stern ensemble looks (almost) continuous now.
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A couple of new shots of La Salamandre after a long pause. Still a lot of polishing and colour correction remains for the stern, and I am seriously thinking about increasing the resolution of the side texture to make the quarter badges sharper.
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Frigates and a bomb vessel:
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Some more assorted shots. Warspite, Cambridge, other ships in the background.
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Cambridge, darker guns and corrected gunports:
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I may be mistaken, the superimposition is very rough, but: With a difference of .7m it seems that you can get the Christiania tumblehome without cutting the original upper works, just extending the sides under the gun deck either by over planking or changing the frame shape.
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Liffey, again
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Oh, yes, the hull is decidedly French in style, and it would be very interesting to see how you are going to change the bulkheads.
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The Elephant-style razee. In addition to blackening the guns, I completely removed the solid bulwark from the forecastle, replacing it with netting structure. Now she looks a bit more like an oversized frigate. A little bit.
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Much better! Hanging tails of the sitting captain could probably use some work, but the ensemble is already sufficient in conveying recognizable shapes. So the sculptor can do it right after all, if pressured enough
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The "long" razee frigate with the same corrections applied:
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The 74-razee frigate with correctly sized gunports and darkened guns:
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I think many quite underestimate the state of the market of miniature figures. And those things do set certain expectations. (wargaming enthusiasts can discern specific regiments by eye at this scale and manufacturers know this) This means there is a certain industry standard. Just a couple of examples from image search - in 1/58 (28mm) scale:
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Another shot from the sailing test, a very dynamic one:
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@Kevin, it's the sculptor's hide we are after, not Chris. And that he has taken the money without doing a minimally plausible work by his own - let alone market - standards makes it only worse. I really doubt such "professionals" should be encouraged.
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Absolutely unique views of ships that survived into the 20-th century and got on film. Hindustan: Implacable: The sinking of Implacable - note her behavior on open water: Conway ex-Nile: Worcester: Victory in 1925:
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There are a lot of figures of comparable sizes that take all the details and forms into account. Type "Napoleonic officer 1:64" into google images. There are correctly styled naval figures, and you won't believe what people do with hussar uniforms Even Hornblower figurine made by the same author is all right. But Hornblower stands straight, and this pose is more complex. The problem here is not seams or buttons (although if the sculptor did know about them, it would really help), but loss of overall shape. I am guessing that the author tried to emulate the cloth when changing the pose of the character the cloth behaved incorrectly due to error in rigidity parameters. From technical standpoint it is a bug, and it is (probably) not very difficult to fix.
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A quick in-game test of the new style. Additionally to darkening the guns, I corrected the gunport sizes and extended the artificial shadow to front forecastle ports.
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That's "flap" and "breeches" in this case. And their shoes are somewhat too modern. The coats are double-breasted with epaulettes, that puts the timeframe around after 1805, so most likely they should wear half-boots with long trousers, but if we suppose very high-end dress ensemble, the shoes looked differently then and had higher heels and much more prominent buckles. The question is how real you want to make it.
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And the tails being separated also adds to both rigidness of the structure and elegance of the silhouette. Note that this horizontal seam is usually almost invisible because it's mostly concealed by pocket flaps.
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Maybe I am a bit late here, but the coat definitely appears very ill-fitted from behind: The material appears too thin, following all the body shapes inside (which it shouldn't, broadcloth tends to keep it's own form), and there is no trace of tailoring. The thing is that the back of the coat is composed of several parts with quite rigid seams that ensure that the depicted problem does not happen. References: https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-71256 https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-71336 https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-71607 https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-71431
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View comparison of a 74 (Colossus) with a frigate (Liffey):
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