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scooterlord
post Sep 2 2006, 05:01 PM
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hello.. i am trying to model in 3d the mars rover and can't find the correct material, so I was wondering whether anyone in here has access to more information than I do and cares to help.

I am looking for detailed pictures of rover parts from all sides (top, left, right and bottom). I am attaching a few pics for the members to see the progress of my work. Trying to be as accurate as possible. Process is really slow since I have to make stuff out of bad reference pics I've tried collecting material from the nasa site, from raw images coming from the rover, from roobtics' sites etc, but couldn't come up with the correct reference i am seeking.

if anyone cares to help, please do so smile.gif






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post Nov 3 2006, 02:23 PM
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thanks ustrax smile.gif

airbag.. there's still a LOT of work to be done; many parts i haven't even started modeling, all parts so far need thorough detailing - there are no cables anywhere yet - and it will be a very difficult task, i try not to think about it because i'll just become nervous and it's still not time for that.

...after the modeling is done... exporting the model to import in 3ds. part by part. this needs to be done because the program i am using to model (rhino3d) doesn't help a lot in uv mapping for textures so i need to export in 3ds...

...and last but not least, texturing. VERY difficult, needs optimizing, needs masking, needs testing - renders takes a lot of time. I want to have all details on, the mer seems not to have that many different materials so I hope i don't encounter any problems.

so, hm.. that's a lot of work, huh? biggrin.gif


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- scooterlord   mer photos   Sep 2 2006, 05:01 PM
- - dilo   scooterlord, I do not have the documentation you...   Sep 2 2006, 07:44 PM
- - djellison   There are a LOT of high res images at the KSC webs...   Sep 2 2006, 08:25 PM
|- - scooterlord   thanks dilo.. as for the polys, I have no idea, t...   Sep 2 2006, 08:28 PM
- - djellison   I've had a look through for HGA and other deck...   Sep 2 2006, 08:45 PM
|- - scooterlord   thanks for the help! currently looking to the ...   Sep 2 2006, 08:49 PM
|- - dilo   QUOTE (scooterlord @ Sep 2 2006, 08:49 PM...   Sep 2 2006, 09:39 PM
|- - scooterlord   hey there guys... sorry it took me a while to get ...   Sep 8 2006, 08:09 PM
- - remcook   Sorry, I can't help you. I will just say: wow...   Sep 8 2006, 08:16 PM
- - scooterlord   thnx remcook! well, i've done it before, I...   Sep 8 2006, 08:23 PM
|- - jaredGalen   QUOTE (scooterlord @ Sep 8 2006, 08:23 PM...   Sep 9 2006, 09:20 AM
|- - scooterlord   QUOTE (jaredGalen @ Sep 9 2006, 12:20 PM)...   Sep 9 2006, 10:12 AM
- - djellison   Loving the work - I'm wondering what the end g...   Sep 8 2006, 09:17 PM
- - scooterlord   well, reason I started this project is because I w...   Sep 8 2006, 09:46 PM
- - djellison   Something of an overlap... I'm involved in med...   Sep 8 2006, 10:04 PM
- - scooterlord   well, here i am again with a difficult update... ...   Sep 14 2006, 08:36 PM
- - scooterlord   new update guys... decided to drop the hga for a ...   Sep 20 2006, 08:45 PM
- - Nix   woaw, all I can say is, what a cool job you're...   Sep 23 2006, 08:05 AM
- - climber   Soon, you'll be able to better describe the ro...   Sep 23 2006, 08:48 AM
- - scooterlord   error hunt sounds great! try this for the hga...   Sep 23 2006, 02:18 PM
- - scooterlord   hello again. sorry it took me so long but i've...   Oct 4 2006, 08:36 PM
|- - dilo   Very impressive, scooterlord! I'm not so e...   Oct 4 2006, 09:47 PM
- - Nix   Tremendously good work I'd say! I look fo...   Oct 4 2006, 08:55 PM
- - scooterlord   thanks! as for dilo, I didn't play with c...   Oct 5 2006, 04:41 AM
- - scooterlord   hello with a new update... not that bigof an updat...   Nov 3 2006, 01:51 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (scooterlord @ Nov 3 2006, 01:51 PM...   Nov 3 2006, 02:11 PM
|- - Airbag   I am just in awe at your efforts. I can't even...   Nov 3 2006, 02:17 PM
|- - Airbag   I was looking for the mechanism on the MI renderin...   Nov 3 2006, 04:02 PM
- - scooterlord   thanks ustrax airbag.. there's still a LOT o...   Nov 3 2006, 02:23 PM
- - scooterlord   hm, i am not sure what you are talking about airba...   Nov 3 2006, 04:24 PM
- - PhilCo126   Quote: Wooow that's really too much ... that...   Nov 3 2006, 04:57 PM
- - djellison   http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image..._mars...   Nov 3 2006, 04:58 PM
|- - Airbag   I couldn't really find any more useful links t...   Nov 3 2006, 06:20 PM
- - scooterlord   thanks doug. that mi diagram is very useful. wish ...   Nov 3 2006, 10:59 PM
- - scooterlord   here is the...uhm... 'rear view' of the mi...   Nov 4 2006, 12:20 AM
- - scooterlord   hello everyone and merry christmas! it's n...   Dec 26 2006, 10:09 PM
- - djellison   Not sure if the MI is spot on - I think the optic ...   Dec 26 2006, 10:25 PM
|- - scooterlord   hello there... new update. first time to post the ...   Dec 27 2006, 11:10 PM
|- - Leither   QUOTE (scooterlord @ Dec 28 2006, 12:10 A...   Jul 15 2007, 06:48 AM
- - Airbag   Here is a very nice picture of the instruments, wi...   Dec 29 2006, 02:28 AM
- - djellison   You had it right all along....you've trumped m...   Dec 29 2006, 06:03 PM
- - scooterlord   well, great news today! I am done with the moe...   Dec 31 2006, 03:07 AM
- - scooterlord   hello there! long time no see... I hope some o...   Jan 26 2007, 12:29 AM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (scooterlord @ Jan 26 2007, 12:29 A...   Jan 26 2007, 01:40 AM
|- - AndyG   I'm never very keen on "me too" post...   Jan 26 2007, 08:33 AM
|- - Bob Shaw   It's textbook stuff - and needs to find a home...   Jan 26 2007, 11:57 AM
- - Tesheiner   One more <clinck> to the swearbox. It sho...   Jan 26 2007, 12:41 PM
- - scooterlord   teshneier thanks, but I need MUCH more clearer ref...   Jan 26 2007, 02:00 PM
- - mars_armer   A couple of pictures that may be helpful...   Jan 26 2007, 09:25 PM
- - mars_armer   ...and a couple more.   Jan 26 2007, 09:26 PM
- - scooterlord   mars armer!! where the hell did you get th...   Jan 26 2007, 10:16 PM
- - scooterlord   hey there! based on the new reference I got yo...   Jan 28 2007, 05:02 PM
- - scooterlord   hello guys. how have you been doing? I gave it a l...   Jun 8 2007, 08:13 AM
- - Toma B   WOW!!! You are doing great...BTW...   Jun 8 2007, 08:41 AM
- - scooterlord   to have it done with the level of detail I want, h...   Jun 8 2007, 08:43 AM
- - PhilCo126   This is too much... Superb detail!   Jun 8 2007, 02:54 PM
- - lyford   I need a swear jar for this thread as well.....   Jun 8 2007, 05:17 PM
- - scooterlord   lol! i am not sure why you would need a swear ...   Jun 8 2007, 05:21 PM
- - lyford   I am blown away by the detail... it seems more vis...   Jun 8 2007, 08:15 PM
- - scooterlord   guys, i am in need of your help again... if anyone...   Jun 15 2007, 09:34 AM
- - Nix   Woaw. The web looks spectacular! Can I have on...   Jun 15 2007, 06:14 PM
- - djellison   Just drop the cash straight into it. Wish I could...   Jun 15 2007, 07:43 PM
- - scooterlord   djellison, first pic doesn't help at all. show...   Jun 15 2007, 09:59 PM
- - Ant103   Gargle The 3D model looks very spectacular. I...   Jun 27 2007, 08:50 AM
- - scooterlord   well, as for you ppl accessing the files, prolly n...   Jun 27 2007, 08:54 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (scooterlord @ Jun 27 2007, 12:54 A...   Jun 27 2007, 02:52 PM
- - scooterlord   well, sorry if some of you guys are dissapointed, ...   Jun 27 2007, 03:01 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (scooterlord @ Jun 27 2007, 04:01 P...   Jun 27 2007, 03:06 PM
- - scooterlord   well, thought it would be nice didn't say it w...   Jun 27 2007, 03:09 PM
- - remcook   How detailed is the Dan Maas model anyway?   Jun 27 2007, 03:48 PM
- - djellison   Not as good as Scooters, lots of it is done with g...   Jun 27 2007, 03:58 PM
- - hendric   Well, Scooter's work I would put in the semi-p...   Jun 27 2007, 08:54 PM
- - scooterlord   as I said, once I am done anything is possible it...   Jun 28 2007, 08:02 AM
- - scooterlord   hey there... I have a new render for ppl interest...   Aug 3 2007, 10:14 PM
- - Ant103   Incredible! Absolutely incredible! I'm...   Aug 3 2007, 10:45 PM
- - lyford   wonderful work!   Aug 3 2007, 11:07 PM
- - jamescanvin   Great work, as usual. I'm sure you know this ...   Aug 4 2007, 07:30 AM
- - scooterlord   yup, i know the front connectors are missing, they...   Aug 4 2007, 09:05 AM
- - scooterlord   hello again! this might not seem like a big u...   Aug 22 2007, 01:56 PM
- - scooterlord   hey there.. it's me again I am almost done wi...   Oct 31 2007, 09:53 PM
|- - john_s   Fantastic work as usual! Your patience is ama...   Nov 1 2007, 04:28 AM
|- - dilo   Nick, each time I see your fantastic progresses I ...   Nov 1 2007, 07:24 AM
- - scooterlord   thanks for the support already guys people intere...   Nov 1 2007, 07:43 AM
- - Ant103   Incredible, just an incredible work .   Nov 1 2007, 05:35 PM
- - djellison   I was just re-texturing my low-res MER for project...   Dec 21 2007, 07:32 PM
- - scooterlord   happy new year everyone! doug! LOL! ...   Jan 7 2008, 10:37 PM
- - scooterlord   hello. well, I have a bit of bad news (not all tha...   Jan 31 2008, 12:27 PM
|- - dilo   Well, it seems you need a sponsor to finish this g...   Jan 31 2008, 03:30 PM
- - scooterlord   hmm... looks like I won't have to. there seeme...   Jan 31 2008, 09:59 PM
|- - dilo   Simply brillant, happy to see you solved the issue...   Feb 1 2008, 05:04 AM
- - djellison   THe sandwich material of the arrays is probably th...   Jan 31 2008, 10:24 PM
- - scooterlord   ...sandwich material of the arrays, I assume you m...   Jan 31 2008, 10:57 PM
- - djellison   I mean the gold coloured honeycomb inbetween the t...   Feb 1 2008, 08:41 AM
- - scooterlord   dilo, thanks for your kind words! well, you kn...   Feb 1 2008, 09:41 AM
- - Ant103   Amazing Happy to see that you finally succeed to...   Feb 1 2008, 10:15 AM
- - PhilCo126   Very nice work, first impression made me believe t...   Feb 1 2008, 05:42 PM
- - scooterlord   so, here's another render.. enjoy! I...   Feb 1 2008, 06:01 PM
- - hendric   With models like this, I can wish to see a UMSF Ro...   Feb 4 2008, 04:50 PM
- - scooterlord   hello there.. I know, long time no see, started my...   Aug 20 2008, 11:09 PM
- - hendric   *thump* ah ca na tal, mai jaw ia on da flora   Aug 21 2008, 07:38 PM
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