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#21
Last post by sboerner - August 30, 2024, 08:17:05 AM
Wow -- that's hard work. From the looks of those slings they're using this wasn't unusual. I hope they made it to their destination and found a horse!
#22
Last post by Dune - August 30, 2024, 07:25:50 AM
You may find this interesting. Heavy labour!
#23
Last post by Dune - August 30, 2024, 01:49:23 AM
Thanks for the insight. It might indeed be less work exporting a terrain and working on that, than going between programs and fitting. Luckily in this case it was pretty quick, as you don't really see the TG ground behind the planks (and it might even be somewhat caved in). But I have to keep that in mind for the future. One advantage of my location is that the Netherlands are pretty flat
The people I use (DAZ basic, btw) are often 'generic' characters made earlier, so I place them where I need them at that moment. In one case it was a bit cumbersome, when I had to move the boat (but that was a matter of subtracting and adding values for each person).
#24
Last post by sboerner - August 29, 2024, 04:26:43 PM
Whenever I need to fit objects to a terrain I export a terrain mesh out of Terragen and import it into Blender. It doesn't have to be super high-resolution. The meshes can be targeted and quite small. I always have an ortho camera in the scene and a renderer set up for micro export.
Then the objects are modeled and placed on the mesh in Blender. If the object is near the scene origin I export the obj at that position. If it is far away I jot down the coordinates in Blender, move the object to the origin and export. Then type in the coordinates when placing in Terragen (allowing for different coordinate systems, of course).
Clusters of models (passengers on a boat or men working on a crane, as I will have in my current scene) are positioned relative to the same origin. So if you move or rotate the boat, you can duplicate the coordinates for all the objects and they will stay together.
For me this is a very precise way to work -- you can position objects to the cm -- and saves a lot of fiddling.
#25
Terragen render with tropical landscapes.
OBJ Models scale and textures with Poser.
#26
Last post by Doug - August 29, 2024, 08:43:57 AM
Bill is watching everyone leave.
#27
Last post by Dune - August 29, 2024, 01:46:25 AM
Thanks for the link. I will certainly have a look!
#28
Last post by Dune - August 29, 2024, 01:44:14 AM
Well, this took me about a month or so, with other jobs in between. I'm hurrying to get it finished before September 14, when there will be an offical introduction of these 2 reconstructions. As you well know it's quite complicated to match objects and terrain. Like making a revetment/timbering along the canal, it means making fidling, adjusting, refitting... hoping it kind of fits.
I don't know actually. Seems like your US method would be smarter. I will ask around (now you triggered me). It might be so the line could pass over lower objects along the canals. I now encounter a new 'problem; I need to redo a bridge, but there's also a drawbridge further down. But the new bridge is not a drawbridge, and should thus be pretty high (they can take the mast down, but there's still all the luggage/freight on the roof). Indeed seems strange. And difficult to match with the terrain, as it should have 2 pretty robust ramps (I draw them as local heightmaps, which takes a lot of fiddling).
#29
Last post by sboerner - August 28, 2024, 03:36:32 PM
Very nice. I'm looking forward to seeing the final product. What does your timeline look like for this sort of project?
I like the canal boat. I've often wondered why European canal boats attached the towline to the top of a mast. (Here in the U.S. it was always fastened to the bow.) Was the mast stepped or hinged so it could be lowered to pass under bridges? What a hassle that must have been.
#30
Last post by sboerner - August 28, 2024, 03:29:55 PM
Thanks. I think for the final version I'll add a thin layer of chimney haze across the rooftops.
Here is the link to my blog:
https://40x4x28.com/this-stupendous-fabric/. This post is mostly an historical introduction, but it will be followed by others about the scene.
