Bored and Broke on Saturday Night

[bobbystahr]

A weathered sign saying Book Store (or whatever) would be nice.
Or a bleached inscription on the wall.
Although..., these guys look pretty suspicious, might be a fake store anyway.

Actually I have a bookstore sign that is supposed to hang on the store front but as I'm redoing the texture on the store I held off on the signage.
Also I've made some gutters that need adding as well as soon as I figure how to get them on in PoseRay as my Deep Exploration disappeared when I had a trojan infection on this dell pre corsair and I've lost the install...did all my modeling and texturing in that app...sigh.

[luvsmuzik]

As you know already, Blender imports and exports (except tgo) just about anything and does all that join and group stuff easily. I am a novice on UV maps, but I am sure you could get it in a flash. Besides lots of tutorials online for loads of basic and complex modelling.

[bobbystahr]

As you know already, Blender imports and exports (except tgo) just about anything and does all that join and group stuff easily. I am a novice on UV maps, but I am sure you could get it in a flash. Besides lots of tutorials online for loads of basic and complex modelling.

I am considering it again. Haven't tried it since it was all undecipherable right and left click but apparently they made it out of DOS. The price is certainly what I can afford.

[bobbystahr]

No thanks, Bobby. But you guys did notice my specific crits, did you not? Rooftiles are laid under eachother instead of over eachother topdown. Good for a nice shower inside the store 

Oh I see what you're on aboot now...they need a course the reverse orientation to the top ones under the joints...as in:

http://www.revitcity.com/forum_files/SpanishTile.JPG

[Dune]

Ah, you're awake, Bobby 

In Poseray you load an object, then load another object that needs fitting onto it. In the file import tab, there's a button "merge". First you choose the earlier imported object from the dropdownlist of earlier imported files, and then hit that 'merge' button, and they are merged. Very easy. They should fit of course, or you'd have to make one part invisible and move the other, but that's tedious.

[bobbystahr]

Ah, you're awake, Bobby 

In Poseray you load an object, then load another object that needs fitting onto it. In the file import tab, there's a button "merge". First you choose the earlier imported object from the dropdownlist of earlier imported files, and then hit that 'merge' button, and they are merged. Very easy. They should fit of course, or you'd have to make one part invisible and move the other, but that's tedious.

Thanks...I recall all that, it's the question of manipulating them in PoseRay that baffles me. Gonna give blender a shot as I need a modern modeler and it seems the best of the free ones which is all I can really afford...it's 2 A M here and I've had a hard day trudging around in deep snow so I'm outa here for some zzzzzz's.

[Jo Kariboo]

Nice set up and light! 

[bobbystahr]

Acted on all advice given, turned out there was a roof under that poly wise huge incorrect roof so I binned that and then as RayTrace isn't really needed for the building I enabled forced displacement and used that to pretty good effect on the roof. I deleted the wimpy ivy that came with the model and grew my own which is pleasing to me. Spent a part of today getting rid of the noise around the lights and can do it but as this is a proof of concept WIP I figgered to save that for a Final as it's likely to 8-10 hours based on my tests. I can't fix that door so the final will have a bit of photoshop magic to 'fill the gap'....C&C welcome before I go to Final if anyone has mare input. Thanks for the help.

[Dune]

Looks pretty good, Bobby. The sign is a bit more blurry now, but that can be age. Overall quite an improvement. The roof could now be a slate roof, kind of.

[bobbystahr]

Looks pretty good, Bobby. The sign is a bit more blurry now, but that can be age. Overall quite an improvement. The roof could now be a slate roof, kind of.

Thanks Ulco. If I could move that freakin' door I'd be a lot happier but it'll have to be photoshop-ed, I did find my slate textures after this was done so I'm mos def gonna do another. I'm really gonna have to get back to building my own...Hope Blender likes me better this time around.....

[masonspappy]

....Hope Blender likes me better this time around.....

I've found Blender seems to work better when used in conjunction with your favorite liquor.

[bobbystahr]

....Hope Blender likes me better this time around.....

I've found Blender seems to work better when used in conjunction with your favorite liquor.

Unfortunately I'm 22+ years dry now...maybe I need stronger pot...heh heh

[j meyer]

Much better now.

Do yourself a favour and learn Wings3D Bobby, much easier and less confusing.
Modeling wise it's definitely better than many other apps.
Blender is still enervating, although it's a bit better nowadays. Useful for some things
Wings can't do.
And Cycles is quite nice.

[masonspappy]

  ...Blender is still enervating...

That's why you need the liquor 

[DocCharly65]

Nice improvements!

Good that I read the other posts before I wanted to talk about that door... 
Jochen is right - give it a chance. Most things I repair with wings3D too. Still not very easy but I think that's the problem of my lazy old brain