Magnus Posted September 27, 2015 Author #121 Posted September 27, 2015 (edited) Another much progressed render. Ocean is better and the deck now has people on it. Quality is HD ... Edited September 28, 2015 by Magnus st george, jchbeiner, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote
druxey Posted September 27, 2015 #122 Posted September 27, 2015 Animated figures aboard really make a difference! Good stuff, Magnus. mtaylor and PeteB 2 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
mtaylor Posted September 27, 2015 #123 Posted September 27, 2015 Looking really fantastic, Magnus. That ship is almost alive. druxey 1 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)
Magnus Posted October 2, 2015 Author #124 Posted October 2, 2015 (edited) Here two massive renders ... up to three days rendering each on a computer with 8 cores: Edited October 4, 2015 by Magnus druxey, PeteB, JerryTodd and 5 others 8 Quote
Gaetan Bordeleau Posted October 2, 2015 #125 Posted October 2, 2015 I like the last video. It is very informative. It look like to be as on french ship. The height of the longboat probably means that they were not sitting as we normally do on smaller boat. I thing they were standing up and resting on like on the second picture. avsjerome2003, mtaylor, Mirabell61 and 1 other 4 Quote
Magnus Posted October 3, 2015 Author #126 Posted October 3, 2015 I like the last video. It is very informative. It look like to be as on french ship. The height of the longboat probably means that they were not sitting as we normally do on smaller boat. I thing they were standing up and resting on like on the second picture. Never thought about it. All the boats are 1:1 depictions of the drawings in the book "Anatomy of the ship PANDORA" by McKay & Coleman. It was my primary source as it is most likely for all other 3D and "analog" "Pandora projects". The effort to built these boats was higher than building the hull of Pandora itself. Especially the planks took an endless time ... druxey and avsjerome2003 2 Quote
Magnus Posted October 7, 2015 Author #127 Posted October 7, 2015 This render shows the mighty plugin for C4D "Infinite Ocean". It just puts an ocean carpet into the camera angle and saves plenty of resources. And yes there is also the "flame" which is usually cut off at the top of the screen ... avsjerome2003, st george, druxey and 1 other 4 Quote
druxey Posted October 7, 2015 #128 Posted October 7, 2015 Nice, Magnus! Can one add more atmospheric haze? Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
Magnus Posted October 9, 2015 Author #129 Posted October 9, 2015 From another angle ... avsjerome2003, mtaylor, druxey and 1 other 4 Quote
Magnus Posted November 29, 2015 Author #130 Posted November 29, 2015 (edited) Some polishing and optimization currently going on ... e.g. texture quality on the sails has been improved. Edited November 29, 2015 by Magnus druxey, avsjerome2003, st george and 2 others 5 Quote
Magnus Posted November 30, 2015 Author #131 Posted November 30, 2015 A mainmast topgallant sail as the latest addition ... with nice drapes ... expensive polygoncount though ... jchbeiner, druxey, Landlubber Mike and 4 others 7 Quote
Magnus Posted December 3, 2015 Author #132 Posted December 3, 2015 Here we go ... malachy, st george, jchbeiner and 3 others 6 Quote
Magnus Posted December 6, 2015 Author #133 Posted December 6, 2015 Accomplished now ... mtaylor, avsjerome2003 and druxey 3 Quote
druxey Posted December 6, 2015 #134 Posted December 6, 2015 Beautifully rendered, Magnus. You'll hate me for pointing this out, but there were actually two reef points per cloth on topsails as well as the courses! We'll allow for artistic license here, won't we? mtaylor and avsjerome2003 2 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
Magnus Posted December 6, 2015 Author #135 Posted December 6, 2015 (edited) Beautifully rendered, Magnus. You'll hate me for pointing this out, but there were actually two reef points per cloth on topsails as well as the courses! We'll allow for artistic license here, won't we? Ahh! Where? What? ... I took this picture as a kind of reference ... where are these two reefe points missing? Perhaps this here? Well ... there is a trade-off between completeness which means total modelling-madness and a convincing overall look ... would say my whole rigging is 50% complete anyway ... Meanwhile some "study" on better sail behaviour here ... want to create big renders over christmas ... Edited December 6, 2015 by Magnus Erik W, Mirabell61 and mtaylor 3 Quote
druxey Posted December 6, 2015 #136 Posted December 6, 2015 Here is a copy of an illustration from Steel of 1794, showing two reef points in every cloth. However, artistic license (and polys) may take precedence! avsjerome2003, mtaylor and dvm27 3 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
Magnus Posted January 2, 2016 Author #137 Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) The double reef points ... here they are. Did revisit the fore topsail and created it according to the picture above.. This source tells me about three rows of reefpoints while Lees' "masting and rigging of english ships of war" .. (p139) says four of them. His book is a bible ... Edited January 2, 2016 by Magnus mtaylor, Mirabell61, jchbeiner and 2 others 5 Quote
druxey Posted January 2, 2016 #138 Posted January 2, 2016 Impressive, Magnus. That looks very authentic now. mtaylor 1 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
Magnus Posted May 8, 2016 Author #139 Posted May 8, 2016 A new render. Possible after upgrading memory to 64 GB ... malachy, jchbeiner, capnharv3 and 2 others 5 Quote
Mirabell61 Posted May 8, 2016 #140 Posted May 8, 2016 brilliant work Magnus !!!! Nils mtaylor 1 Quote Current builds -Lightship Elbe 1 Completed - Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild - "Zeesboot" heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB clinker scratch build scale 1:24 - Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild - Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build - Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) "SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild) "HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan -"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96 (scratchbuild) -"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) "Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild) original was my grandfathers ship -"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 "Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32 under restoration / restoration finished "Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50
mtaylor Posted May 8, 2016 #141 Posted May 8, 2016 Now that is incredible. I've watched it a couple of times and it looks as real as can be. Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)
druxey Posted May 9, 2016 #142 Posted May 9, 2016 I agree with Robin about dates and number of reef bands. The animation is terrific, Magnus! robin b and mtaylor 2 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
Magnus Posted May 10, 2016 Author #143 Posted May 10, 2016 (edited) I agree with Robin about dates and number of reef bands. The animation is terrific, Magnus! As far as the reef-bands are concerned sources are inconsistent. Take these two: Here with three reef-bands: (current fore topsail) And here from "James Lee/the masting and rigging of english ships of war" page 139 with four: (current main topsail) Edited May 10, 2016 by Magnus edmay 1 Quote
Magnus Posted May 10, 2016 Author #144 Posted May 10, 2016 Not qwite certain what you are saying about the reef bands in lees,for inst he notes on pages 138/139 the evaluation of fore and main topsails in eight seprat drawings .of note 1710/1788/and then 1788/1802 4. Also a study of some of the best marine painting contepore will concern .one other point and please for give if it reads as being a pain in the but, your fore and main and I faint fluke back to see as on tablet and will lose this, you have sail on top of yard as on a ship with a jackline reefing which did not come infill much later mid 1850/or so. I do trust that this is not coming over as a pooface digit it just I am always trying to get thing in the time fram that they were and a life time is not long enofe i well know how difficult and time consuming it can be the evolution of the age of sail is so vast in scope your work in bringing some life and movement is astonishing robin The lee source i did take is the one from 1788/1802 as Bounty was as of 1789 and then Pandora did hunt for the mutineers not much later. With the reefed sails sitting on top of the yards I am not shure ... I might be wrong ... I just considered it to look better ... edmay and mtaylor 2 Quote
druxey Posted May 11, 2016 #145 Posted May 11, 2016 I suspect the number of reef bands differed depending on the depth of the topsail: fewer in smaller ships, more in larger ones. The upper illustration (unattributed) is from Volume IV, The Fully Framed Model by D. Antscherl, adapted from Steel's Rigging and Seamanship. The latter showed the topsail for a 20-gun ship. The TFFM illustration is for a 14- or 16-gun ship. For what size ship is Lees' illustration? I also notice that the reinforcements are different in the examples illustrated - Lees omits the top lining. mtaylor and robin b 2 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
Magnus Posted June 15, 2016 Author #146 Posted June 15, 2016 (edited) Did work on the bowwave and foam topic. Rendertimes are horrible. Each frame around 25 min. Therefore very short. More a test though. Latest achievement here: Edited June 15, 2016 by Magnus mtaylor, jchbeiner, edmay and 3 others 6 Quote
Magnus Posted June 21, 2016 Author #147 Posted June 21, 2016 (edited) more ... Edited June 26, 2016 by Magnus druxey, edmay, st george and 2 others 5 Quote
ivica70 Posted June 23, 2016 #148 Posted June 23, 2016 Hi! Very nice. As I have said already before... Greetings Ivi mtaylor 1 Quote
edmay Posted June 25, 2016 #149 Posted June 25, 2016 Danke, Danke MaGnus,My wife just gave me this model for fathers day, your log will be most helpful, I live in Canada but if I was back in Germany I would say "ein beer und prost", many thanks Edwin mtaylor 1 Quote
Magnus Posted June 26, 2016 Author #150 Posted June 26, 2016 Danke, Danke MaGnus,My wife just gave me this model for fathers day, your log will be most helpful, I live in Canada but if I was back in Germany I would say "ein beer und prost", many thanks Edwin Thank you. Did upload a longer version and more to come. mtaylor 1 Quote
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