Hey Doc_harvey forgot to mention, just had a quick skim through these forums and I can see why a BSG search led me here, you really DO want a Galactica model! This probably isn't what you want to hear but for what its worth it may be food for thought. Break out the tissues!
Once upon a time there was a poor peasant that really, really, REALLY wanted a model of his favourite spaceship from his favourite PC game! ( That he had to play on his evil landlords computer ) Alas like so many other peasants, he knew that the evil plastic men would NEVER produce a kit of this beautiful vessel. So just as the hammer was about to fall, this poor fellow said to himself "I wonder if I could scratch build a model for myself."
After months and months of inhaling sawdust / glue/ paint/ solvent fumes and lying to his lovely but frustrated peasant wife about all the missing kitchenware, furniture and ever growing pile of discarded attempts at building his beautiful model. He sat down with glassy eye's and started to idly spin the chamber again. NOOOooooo he cried !!! There must be something he had at hand, that could make all his dreams come true. Squaring his shoulders for one final effort to stop this abomination to justice from destroying his world, he took stock of what he had on hand and his skills.
He had plenty of cow dung, though he immediately discarded this material, as his lovely ( but now decidedly intolerant ) peasant wife would never allow a model made of that material in their hovel. He had.....he had ....he had paper YES that was it... he had PAPER! His village even had a set of scissors! PERFECT! this was his ticket to a new LIFE!! Why he had even excelled at cutting out paper shapes as a child at the local missionary Sunday school! BUT as one may have guessed, sitting there the poor peasant soon realised that even though he had a beaming smile, a shiny new sheet of paper, a rusty but serviceable set of scissors, there was something missing? what shapes should he start to cut... ( it made it so much easier at school with the lines already drawn on the paper! - he lamented to himself. )
The poor peasant's spirits sank for a moment, as realised he would have get someone else to draw the lines for him. But what if no one else could draw the lines.. Nooo this can't be possible!!, he said to himself... not when he was so close to his dream. It wasn't hard to draw lines, surely there were many talented people out in the world that could draw lines! So the poor peasant went searching for someone that could draw lines! ( with the permission of his lovely but now completely disinterested peasant wife, who sent him on his way with a hail and hearty "FINE.... WHATEVER" )
After many more months of wandering through the trackless deserts, full of people that spoke strange incomprehensible languages, he found that there WERE people that drew lines... MANY people, they drew MANY lines of ALL manner of things. He started collecting lines, even ones he wasn't particularly interested in, but once he'd discovered these amazingly amazing lines he couldn't stop collecting them! Many more months followed with many and varied interactions with all sorts of people, some were very talented and helpful to poor peasants, other couldn't tolerate poor peasants and weren't very helpful at all, some even suggested he go back to his cow dung.
Somewhere about this time the poor peasant had an epiphany... How was he going to get all these beautiful lines on to his shiny new sheet of paper?? Understandably the poor peasant had started to understand a few of the less mind boggling meanings of these strange languages.. Enough to glean that he needed to seek out a.... Line Master!
After many more months of listening to Sooth Sayers, following their generally good natured ( but sometimes physically impossible ) suggestions, he came to a small shack with the sign MetasequoiaLE R2.1 Was this it??? was this the Line Master he had sort all this time? Why YES it must be.... It was free to all peasants! its very intuitive ( a strange new phrase he'd pick up on his journeys ) It could talk directly to the great Pepakura, the line unfolding master himself!... Why with the combination of the lesser line master 3D Exploration/DEEP exploration ( that he had previously met on his wanderings ), there was hardly a line he couldn't put on his paper. This made the poor peasant very happy and excited! Obviously there were MANY line masters out there that he could learn to use to fulfil his dreams!
Many more months followed as the poor peasant learned to talk to Master Sequoia, He often wondered if he would live to see his beloved spaceship come out of his evil landlords computer... After a "slightly extended" period of trial and error, he finally arrived at point, where he could have a fulfilling and creative conversation with his new line master.
Sure this master had limitations but it was very forgiving of lowly peasants.. Defying many Sooth Sayers predictions, the poor peasant was very satisfied with the performance of his new line master. Why he could even improve some of his lines, without a comprehensive knowledge of geometrical theorem ( another strange term he had pick up from his journeys ) He could even see the day when he going to be able to help other poor peasants put their beautiful lines on pieces of paper!!
Slowly.. starting with simple lines he finally managed to place his favourite lines onto his sheet of paper. Finally the day arrived when he was able to present his amazing creation to his loving family ( who merrily greeted his creation with a thoughtful "What's that supposed to be?" ) But the poor peasant couldn't be deflected from his joyous moment! And from that day forward, he could look at all those lovely spaceships flying across the PC screens with a sense of smug self satisfaction! ( which unfortunately became a point of consternation and mild irritation to some of the other peasants back at his village )
One Sunny afternoon ( while scrapping cow dung from his boot ) The poor peasant reflected upon his journeys and the satisfaction of his beautiful creation. The poor peasant, looked toward the setting sun and thought of the evil plastic men, and knew he would never again be held to ransom by men such as these, although he was quite alone he raised his head and said to them [expletive deleted].... [adjective deleted].... [gesture deleted]....!
Hear endith the tail!...............
The moral ?? Anyone can start to dev their own models, 3D modelling may seem daunting to you learn, but you don't have to reach Guru status, a house builder doesn't have to have a detailed knowledge of forging steel, to use a hammer! Like yourself I ... err.... the poor peasant, just wanted a model!
Two years ago I didn't have clue what a card model was, let alone how to develop one. 3D meshes? - Oh yeah they were something that went into concrete slabs right?? Now I dev all my own models and the occasional ones for public release when I have the time. It will be time consuming and frustrating to ramp up a new skills set just to have a model, BUT its worth every second!
Do yourself a favour and grab Meta ( the R2.1 version, the later has import/export limitations??) Its nowhere as sophisticated as some of the other prg's But hey... who wants to get lost in the tenth level of hell in sub sub menus when your just starting! So why should I ramp up my 3d skills when you can just import straight to PEP you ask? Simple.. extra time spent in 3d prevents a page of patterns, that look like a pain of shattered glass! Most 3d modellers have no concept of card modelling, so although very talented in creative content, the models are rarely suitable for 'unfolding'..
Regardless of how sophisticated ($$$) your software is, the name of the game is to produce a model, that not only you, but anyone can build... so convinced you yet? Give it a go, persevere, Practice practice practice, you can do it!
Hey ....can anyone hear that phone ringing..... mmmmmm... ???
Oh yeah btb... the peasants favourite spaceship was the Taiidan Heavy Corvette from PC game Homeworld.
Pheeew .... Galactica is calling.... seeyuz
Once upon a time there was a poor peasant that really, really, REALLY wanted a model of his favourite spaceship from his favourite PC game! ( That he had to play on his evil landlords computer ) Alas like so many other peasants, he knew that the evil plastic men would NEVER produce a kit of this beautiful vessel. So just as the hammer was about to fall, this poor fellow said to himself "I wonder if I could scratch build a model for myself."
After months and months of inhaling sawdust / glue/ paint/ solvent fumes and lying to his lovely but frustrated peasant wife about all the missing kitchenware, furniture and ever growing pile of discarded attempts at building his beautiful model. He sat down with glassy eye's and started to idly spin the chamber again. NOOOooooo he cried !!! There must be something he had at hand, that could make all his dreams come true. Squaring his shoulders for one final effort to stop this abomination to justice from destroying his world, he took stock of what he had on hand and his skills.
He had plenty of cow dung, though he immediately discarded this material, as his lovely ( but now decidedly intolerant ) peasant wife would never allow a model made of that material in their hovel. He had.....he had ....he had paper YES that was it... he had PAPER! His village even had a set of scissors! PERFECT! this was his ticket to a new LIFE!! Why he had even excelled at cutting out paper shapes as a child at the local missionary Sunday school! BUT as one may have guessed, sitting there the poor peasant soon realised that even though he had a beaming smile, a shiny new sheet of paper, a rusty but serviceable set of scissors, there was something missing? what shapes should he start to cut... ( it made it so much easier at school with the lines already drawn on the paper! - he lamented to himself. )
The poor peasant's spirits sank for a moment, as realised he would have get someone else to draw the lines for him. But what if no one else could draw the lines.. Nooo this can't be possible!!, he said to himself... not when he was so close to his dream. It wasn't hard to draw lines, surely there were many talented people out in the world that could draw lines! So the poor peasant went searching for someone that could draw lines! ( with the permission of his lovely but now completely disinterested peasant wife, who sent him on his way with a hail and hearty "FINE.... WHATEVER" )
After many more months of wandering through the trackless deserts, full of people that spoke strange incomprehensible languages, he found that there WERE people that drew lines... MANY people, they drew MANY lines of ALL manner of things. He started collecting lines, even ones he wasn't particularly interested in, but once he'd discovered these amazingly amazing lines he couldn't stop collecting them! Many more months followed with many and varied interactions with all sorts of people, some were very talented and helpful to poor peasants, other couldn't tolerate poor peasants and weren't very helpful at all, some even suggested he go back to his cow dung.
Somewhere about this time the poor peasant had an epiphany... How was he going to get all these beautiful lines on to his shiny new sheet of paper?? Understandably the poor peasant had started to understand a few of the less mind boggling meanings of these strange languages.. Enough to glean that he needed to seek out a.... Line Master!
After many more months of listening to Sooth Sayers, following their generally good natured ( but sometimes physically impossible ) suggestions, he came to a small shack with the sign MetasequoiaLE R2.1 Was this it??? was this the Line Master he had sort all this time? Why YES it must be.... It was free to all peasants! its very intuitive ( a strange new phrase he'd pick up on his journeys ) It could talk directly to the great Pepakura, the line unfolding master himself!... Why with the combination of the lesser line master 3D Exploration/DEEP exploration ( that he had previously met on his wanderings ), there was hardly a line he couldn't put on his paper. This made the poor peasant very happy and excited! Obviously there were MANY line masters out there that he could learn to use to fulfil his dreams!
Many more months followed as the poor peasant learned to talk to Master Sequoia, He often wondered if he would live to see his beloved spaceship come out of his evil landlords computer... After a "slightly extended" period of trial and error, he finally arrived at point, where he could have a fulfilling and creative conversation with his new line master.
Sure this master had limitations but it was very forgiving of lowly peasants.. Defying many Sooth Sayers predictions, the poor peasant was very satisfied with the performance of his new line master. Why he could even improve some of his lines, without a comprehensive knowledge of geometrical theorem ( another strange term he had pick up from his journeys ) He could even see the day when he going to be able to help other poor peasants put their beautiful lines on pieces of paper!!
Slowly.. starting with simple lines he finally managed to place his favourite lines onto his sheet of paper. Finally the day arrived when he was able to present his amazing creation to his loving family ( who merrily greeted his creation with a thoughtful "What's that supposed to be?" ) But the poor peasant couldn't be deflected from his joyous moment! And from that day forward, he could look at all those lovely spaceships flying across the PC screens with a sense of smug self satisfaction! ( which unfortunately became a point of consternation and mild irritation to some of the other peasants back at his village )
One Sunny afternoon ( while scrapping cow dung from his boot ) The poor peasant reflected upon his journeys and the satisfaction of his beautiful creation. The poor peasant, looked toward the setting sun and thought of the evil plastic men, and knew he would never again be held to ransom by men such as these, although he was quite alone he raised his head and said to them [expletive deleted].... [adjective deleted].... [gesture deleted]....!
Hear endith the tail!...............
The moral ?? Anyone can start to dev their own models, 3D modelling may seem daunting to you learn, but you don't have to reach Guru status, a house builder doesn't have to have a detailed knowledge of forging steel, to use a hammer! Like yourself I ... err.... the poor peasant, just wanted a model!
Two years ago I didn't have clue what a card model was, let alone how to develop one. 3D meshes? - Oh yeah they were something that went into concrete slabs right?? Now I dev all my own models and the occasional ones for public release when I have the time. It will be time consuming and frustrating to ramp up a new skills set just to have a model, BUT its worth every second!
Do yourself a favour and grab Meta ( the R2.1 version, the later has import/export limitations??) Its nowhere as sophisticated as some of the other prg's But hey... who wants to get lost in the tenth level of hell in sub sub menus when your just starting! So why should I ramp up my 3d skills when you can just import straight to PEP you ask? Simple.. extra time spent in 3d prevents a page of patterns, that look like a pain of shattered glass! Most 3d modellers have no concept of card modelling, so although very talented in creative content, the models are rarely suitable for 'unfolding'..
Regardless of how sophisticated ($$$) your software is, the name of the game is to produce a model, that not only you, but anyone can build... so convinced you yet? Give it a go, persevere, Practice practice practice, you can do it!
Hey ....can anyone hear that phone ringing..... mmmmmm... ???
Oh yeah btb... the peasants favourite spaceship was the Taiidan Heavy Corvette from PC game Homeworld.
Pheeew .... Galactica is calling.... seeyuz
