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[scooterlord]

...sandwich material of the arrays, I assume you mean the sunlight absorbing surface (?). as for the pancam lenses, you mean the ones located in the front and rear of the mer? I know they seem a bit odd because they are capped with glass which, in this situation, because there are no transparent materials it actually looks odd. anyway, good thing is I am almost done with 'difficult' parts, except maybe the hga cable mounting bracket I mentioned earlier. looks like the cad drawings I came across inside a .pdf file I found are different than the actual final part holding the cable.

besides that, everything else I know how it's done and then it's just cables and stuff before I enter the texturing process

[dilo]

Simply brillant, happy to see you solved the issue.

comments welcome as always..

I think that most of us will say "stunning" and "bravo!", at least. This work is a great example of patience and love and the result clearly show that was worth to dedicate so much resources to it. We had the privilege to see it growing up and now that is almost finished I feel emotionally involved, even though my personal contribution was only in terms of encouraging words...
Congrats again!
PS: any idea about possible applications when model will be completed with textures? Perhaps, the most immediate one is to do some rendering using real MER panoramas as background or even detailed digital terrain models, if available... (an UMSF "Roving Mars"? )

[djellison]

I mean the gold coloured honeycomb inbetween the top of the arrays and the bottom of the arrays -

(actually - looking at KSC, there is nowhere near as much of it as I thought there was - it's mainly a channel, pehaps a cm or two deep, to carry cables - but at the key parts for structure - it's a honeycomb)

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[scooterlord]

dilo, thanks for your kind words! well, you know, I try being patient for almost a couple of years, work bit-by-bit every day, get frustrated, angry, model, remodel mainly to enjoy people's recognition when you are done. I am really glad that there are supportive people out there that keep me going!

djellison, the model might seem complete, but there are a million of things that still have to be modeled. I still need about a month's work of modeling to start really analyzing the hi-res reference I have and start writing a 'to-model list' for the really little things needed to do. Currently, eg, the ones I can think of are: back part of the hga, the damn hga cable mounting bracket - I hope I get reference for this, the cable film on the whole idd, still missing a million nuts and bolts, the honeycomb you mentioned, bottom part of the azimuth drive of the mast, the 'ears' of the mast that keep it attached to the main mer surface, bottom part of the low gain antenna, rear of the mer, that fat thing on the right (can't remember what it is ... and a lot more!

anyway, once I am done, trust me, you people should expect to see life-like renders, and I won't dissapoint you. I will try to make HUGE renders so that every little detail can be seen. plus, I am thinking of fish-eye renders from all of the cameras of the mer

[Ant103]

Amazing
Happy to see that you finally succeed to render this big project. I can't wait to see how it will be look with texturing, materials, reflections and other things like that.

Keep up your excellent work .

PS : I made this last image my wallpaper, it's great .

[Guest_PhilCo126_*]

Very nice work, first impression made me believe that the PanCam Mast Assembly looks a bit too high, but that's because of its perspective seen slightly from above. Truly an amazing job!

[scooterlord]

so, here's another render.. enjoy!



I'll post when some serious progress takes place which will be quite some time from now... still expecting your comments!

[hendric]

With models like this, I can wish to see a UMSF Roving Mars 2.0, with updates to present day.

[scooterlord]

hello there.. I know, long time no see, started my new perm job (FINALLY!) and a lot of things going on with my life so I kinda abandoned the project a bit, and am just some time away from progressing; IF I manage to gain some strength to study the model again to model stuff I am missing then it will be done soon! Just cables and minor stuff to go. However as I keep modeling I encounter new details here and there... can't say I am dissapointed, just haven't been in the mood to progress.

Anyway, here is a new render with the cabling and almost-full-detail. I would love to hear your comments. Just compare to the first render I posted of this and see the MILLIONS of differences

[hendric]

*thump*
ah ca na tal, mai jaw ia on da flora

[scooterlord]

hello again... I am almost done with the cam mast.. it's almost full detailed now, only things missing are the tide-ups that hold the cable... here is a new render I did while testing...

[Guest_jumpjack_*]

I remembered I saw this project somewhere, but having not stored any link, I looked long for it... around, in 3d modelling forums! I couldn't remember I found it into an astronomy forum!
It would be really nice to see a textured render, now that most part of the hard work is eventually over!

[scooterlord]

well, its good to know that many of you support my work and are patient enough to wait for the project to end. Truth is I've been tired with it from times to times but now that it's almost done I feel like modeling all the time...

..however I am in the middle of many things - redecorating my home, work, second job, etc - so I model whenever I have time. Soon I will settle down and have more than enough time. Trying to take it slow - one step at a time because I know that if I happen to abandon a session of modeling and am not happy with it I'll be thinking about it all day. Too much anxiety huh? :/

Keep visiting back though

[OKB001]

Lovely work scooterlord! A real labour of love! wow!

[scooterlord]

Hello everyone, I know it's been quite some time that anyone has heard from me, but in case anyone cares I am still alive. A lot of stuff going on, and I am not that excited to work on 3d. I take it really slow, because it has been painstakingly hard. Anyway, here is a new render, I am trying to sort out the cables from the reference photos, unfortunately the 2 mers are different one from another and it's kinda tough to make out what is going where. Here is my progress so far, I keep doing stuff and deleting, it's a bit difficult to have everything like you want it; cables look a bit thin, but I will sort this out during the rendering process. Enjoy!




Top cables will be remodeled; their path is completely off.. probably many of these will be remodeled till I am done with them..

Once the model is done, I will immediately start rendering; rendering is a beautiful process and although it takes quite some time, I really enjoy creating textures, etc and most importantly I enjoy the fruit of my labour... Would love to hear some comments