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Re: Ferengi Marauder - Star Trek TNG
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 4:30 am
by Raul Mamoru
My friends!
The wait is over. I'm leaving the Ferengi fleet dock.
In my view, the model is complete. (I have other missions to accomplish on the docks of Starfleet)
Three versions were created.
1. Poly original model (for STMC).
2. Low Poly model (for STMC).
3. Low Poly model with Normal bump map (request made by our fellow Xsnip3rX).
The gallery features new pictures of models.
I apologize for the delay.
And I appreciate the patience of all the followers of this topic.
Thank you all!
Re: Ferengi Marauder - Star Trek TNG
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:01 am
by mikala
Odd to see a quality mesh of a Ferengi ship.
Doesn't that violate some Ferengi "Rule of Acquisition"?
Another fine mesh Mr M!
Re: Ferengi Marauder - Star Trek TNG
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:38 am
by Raul Mamoru
Well, the Ferengi avoided revealing details of their technology.
I told them I owned a good amount of gold from the planet Earth.
This opened the doors.
But they do not know that I'm back home without this gold deposit.
In a few hours, the Ferengi shall see, here at STMC, the ship being distributed for free!

Re: Ferengi Marauder - Star Trek TNG
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:49 am
by mikala
The Ferengi wil be losing their minds over it!
Re: Ferengi Marauder - Star Trek TNG
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:17 am
by Chris2005
Awesome!
Raul your models never cease to amaze me.

Re: Ferengi Marauder - Star Trek TNG
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 4:49 pm
by starship
Fine ship Raul! 8)
I don´t know why, but when downloading her (max and 3ds), I only receive a file with 0 bytes...
All other downloads, for any ship, works fine. 8)
Re: Ferengi Marauder - Star Trek TNG
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 6:47 pm
by Raul Mamoru
Hi, Starship!
As far as I know, I sent one mesh only in obj format.
The download options for 3ds/MAX must be the result of some automatic model page.
I guess.
Re: Ferengi Marauder - Star Trek TNG
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:55 pm
by Chainsaw_NL
Very nice raul. Beautyful mesh again. I think erik has put up extra links. Unfortunaly they don't work. The OBJ works fine. Exept no smoothing groups are present and i had to add a lot of extra vertices (especialy along the windows because they had overlapping faces)
If you have trouble importing try this obj importer.exporter plugin
http://www.guruware.at/main/objio/index.html
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3075/marauderg.jpg
Re: Ferengi Marauder - Star Trek TNG
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:01 am
by Raul Mamoru
Thanks Chainsaw!
I know what you mean.
Are the result of Boolean operations, is not it?
Well, I did some tests here and the overall result was satisfactory.
But if you have any suggestions for at least minimize these negative results, please share with me.
I am grateful in advance.
I take this opportunity to say that Max 9 file was sent to Erik, to not let the link empty.
Re: Ferengi Marauder - Star Trek TNG
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:49 am
by Erik_Timmermans
Guys, I did actually write this about the download links on the Marauder download page

. It specifically states the 3DS and MAX links don't work.
Since the STMC website doesn't natively handle OBJ, I have to put one or two other formats in otherwise the mesh won't show up in the listing.
Anyway, Raul has sent me the MAX version and this is up now as well. The 3DS link is still empty!
Re: Ferengi Marauder - Star Trek TNG
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:46 pm
by Chainsaw_NL
Olá Raul,
Yeah cutting windows is a pain in the ass. There are several ways of doing it. The most common is creating a shape and subtracting it from the main mesh. (boolean subtract) I usualy use a proboolean on imprint mode and then cut the shape out of the model. Then delete the innner faces. But the best results are cutting it manualy. A video on how to do that can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZLfQNAzAEU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z3vcgAowMw
Re: Ferengi Marauder - Star Trek TNG
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:35 pm
by Raul Mamoru
Hi, Chainsaw!
I watched the videos. This technique is laborious.
Apply this technique for each window of the Ferengi ship would cost an eternity and a half.
A maneuver to avoid tensions boolean post, would increase the density of the mesh to be cut.
The result would generate a too heavy object for animated renderings.
Anyway, boolean is a complicated subject.
Thanks Chainsaw!