Thanks, love the work that you're doing on the supercar.
I'd say that I'm about 80% finished - there are a bunch of parts on the back that I have to get to, the landing gear, finishing the canopy (texture and modeling work), R2, Luke's face, and, like you said, the helmet. Slowly but surely.
Yeah it is. Looks nice. Although just crank it up to help with the illusion it's a small toy - or down, technically, if you're using F numbers to set it.
Hey Stonky,
That X-wing looks amazingly realistic. 2 thumbs up!
Got a few questions as well;
-Do you use displacement maps for the "LEGO" on the little knobs or is it pure geometry?
-Can you pump out a really nice render at 3840 x 1080? I need a new background!
Really looking forward to seing this one finished!
Like Armondikov said, yes, using geometry for the "lego" logo on the studs would be prohibitive, so it's all displacement maps. I've got a system set up where I can turn them all on or off depending on how long I want the renders to take, and because it's the same stud on all of the pieces, the uvs and the displacement shader is already set up whenever I have to make a new piece.
I'll be sure to turn out some bigger renders as things move along, thank you!
I've been crazy busy at work recently so I haven't been able to put a lot of time into it but I'm eager to see this one to the end soon with my eye on the Yavin Rebel hanger diorama.
@Armondikov: thank you! Yes, the hanger is definitely in the works - I'm working towards the screenshot that I had posted earlier. I've already started to build some of the other stuff in the hanger and set up a camera - it should be fun! And yeah, he looks pretty serious - the Luke minifig has a serious face, I tried to match it, but maybe I went too far...
@maran: thank you, and thanks for the offer on the snowspeeder. No snoespeeders in the Yavin IV hanger, but if I ever get to the Echo Base hanger in TESB, I'll keep it in mind.
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A bigger render:
What left to do on the brick side?
I'd say that I'm about 80% finished - there are a bunch of parts on the back that I have to get to, the landing gear, finishing the canopy (texture and modeling work), R2, Luke's face, and, like you said, the helmet. Slowly but surely.
And because DOF seems to be popular these days...
Yeah it is. Looks nice. Although just crank it up to help with the illusion it's a small toy - or down, technically, if you're using F numbers to set it.
That X-wing looks amazingly realistic. 2 thumbs up!
Got a few questions as well;
-Do you use displacement maps for the "LEGO" on the little knobs or is it pure geometry?
-Can you pump out a really nice render at 3840 x 1080? I need a new background!
Really looking forward to seing this one finished!
The extra blur is looking good, it really makes it seem like you're shoving a real camera up close to it.
Like Armondikov said, yes, using geometry for the "lego" logo on the studs would be prohibitive, so it's all displacement maps. I've got a system set up where I can turn them all on or off depending on how long I want the renders to take, and because it's the same stud on all of the pieces, the uvs and the displacement shader is already set up whenever I have to make a new piece.
I'll be sure to turn out some bigger renders as things move along, thank you!
I've been crazy busy at work recently so I haven't been able to put a lot of time into it but I'm eager to see this one to the end soon with my eye on the Yavin Rebel hanger diorama.
And doing the whole hanger would be, in a word, awesome.
I agree with Armondikov though, he should be quite thrilled sitting in there
If you're planning on doing the hangar; I do think I've got a Snowspeeder laying around here somewhere
Lego Death Star exploding into a splattering of loose bricks? That'd be pretty fun to do.
EDIT: Actually, just looked up the proper Lego Death Star, I would not envy anyone who tried to make that! It's insane. Cool, but insane.
Which one?
There are two, the minifig one and the non minifig.
That's a little puppy compared to this behemoth that's coming out pretty soon:
sneek peek here
@Armondikov: thank you! Yes, the hanger is definitely in the works - I'm working towards the screenshot that I had posted earlier. I've already started to build some of the other stuff in the hanger and set up a camera - it should be fun! And yeah, he looks pretty serious - the Luke minifig has a serious face, I tried to match it, but maybe I went too far...
@Freak: thank you, much appreciated!
@maran: thank you, and thanks for the offer on the snowspeeder.
@Wiz: thank you, you're too kind, as always!
@homerpalooza67: thank you! Not quite done yet and there's still some tweaking to do, but I think that it's on the right track.
@MarkyD: thanks!
Some of the Star Wars lego sets are epic! I'd love to do the big Millennium Falcon too!