The Ship Model Forum

Thank you Michael :smallsmile: I feel happy that you like it.
What is worth to mention, all my models are constructed EXCLUSIVELY under FREE/OPEN SOURCE software. This is my way to prove that this is also very useful kind of tools. The only limitation lasts as usual between the chair and screen :heh:

Cheers - Zdzislaw

Zdzislaw, beautiful work. Congratulations on it!
Michael

Thanks Owen :big_grin:
Rigging always requires a lot of thinking. Since the ropes are not physically stretched I worked out some techinique how to make them look right. I use a long rectangular prism as an auxiliary basis. I put the parts of rigging along one of its edges receiving this way good effect.

What is next? I still look for inspiration. To build "whatever" I need the plans of good quality. On the other hand, unfortunately I am slowly getting addicted to the sailing ships :big_grin: So maybe next project can be: Royal Tartane "La Diligente" (1738 - 1761).
http://www.ancre.fr/photo01ff.htm

What do you think of it? Any other suggestions? The only limitation is a power of my PC. Last model included over 4 millions vertices and I found it quite difficult to rotate the entire model in a viewport. So looking for the next model I have to take this it into account. Such way I am limited to the relatively small vessels.

Cheers - Zdzislaw

She looks really good. I'm not an expert, but the rigging looks authentic. You've got some sag on a few of the lines, which gives them weight and reality. Looks really good.

Whats next :D

Owen

More pictures available here: http://www.modelarstwookretowe.pl/index.php?p=21 :)

Yet another picture:

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Don't be surprised with a poor background. It is used only here. As I need pictures rendered wit Alpha channel on I use no background which makes the rendered image relatively unattractive...

Cheers

[quote][b][color=#0000FF]Rigging can be quite a challenge![/color][/b][/quote]

You are totally right Phil :big_grin: A source I have used is not totally accurate. So sometimes I did not know how to manage all the ropes. I hope I have not made any horrible mistake.

Anyway, I feel very happy to finish the second sail ship model in my life :thumbs_up_1:

Cheers - Zdzislaw

Very nice. We don't see many sailing ships here. Rigging can be quite a challenge!

Phil

"Le Coureur" has been finished :big_grin: In my opinion there is nothing more to add to the model. During modeling I had a first chance to build a very specific hull (clinker). In fact it is not as much difficult as it seems to be. Another new experience is related to texturing. I was dealing with just few textures but sometimes I put them on the model in a new way for me (plank by plank). But it is also quite easy to achieve. The only thing I have not done is rendering under Cycles... :Oops_1: It still lasts a mystery for me. Maybe next time...

I hope you like my new project. When I finally render all the pictures I need I am going to show them, as well.
Thanks to all for kind opinions and support.


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Nice choice of colours.

One thing I would suggest for the rigging is what I've done on occasion. You get a cylinder and parent it to a curve and you run the curve up the mast where the rope is and the rope automagically follows. It's how I did the ropes and chains on my ironclad model.

Here is one tut on how to make a 'vine' but it might as well be a rope.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIzfbuPD_CQ

Owen

Hello Owen. I am very glad to see that you have found this book useful. And you are right - there are many good blender modelers here in Poland. A reason is quite simple: Blender 3D is an available LEGAL FREE software. To comply with the law we choose to be legal :thumbs_up_1:

Today another small update. I have put some colours on the hull. And it changes the general overview very remarkably. I hope you like it...
I have just started thinking about rigging. But still have no idea how to do it.

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That's looking really good. How are you going to do the rigging?

I've seen that book and it looks good. There are a lot of good Polish Blender artists out there.

Owen

[quote]How do you get the different parts of your hull to match up with each other?[/quote]

I also tried to deal with shrinkwarp and solidify modifiers :Mad_6: until I found an EXCELLENT add-on [b]object_intersection.py[/b] written by our Polish Blender colleague - Witold Jaworski. You can find it here:
http://airplanes3d.net/scripts-253_e.xml

Witold is a strongly dedicated man. He has also written a complete blender manual for aircraft modelers (unfortunately still only in Polish although he plans to translate it into English):
http://airplanes3d.net/index_p.html

I hope it is going to help you. Good luck with your attempts.

Zdzislaw

P.S. By the way, yesterday I managed to assembly all elements of my boat I have done so far. Now finally it is going to resemble a little bit a sailing vessel :big_grin: Of course still much work to do with it:
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I know what it's like, when you find a way of doing things that looks right, it's difficult to cut back on the method. Nobody else might know that it's different, but YOU know. :D

How do you get the different parts of your hull to match up with each other? I use the shrinkwrap and solidify modifiers to get things to conform and then extrude evenly.

Owen

Thanks Owen for your kind opinion :oops:
In fact such a way of texturing is very time-consuming part of work... But since I have discovered how to do it I can simply not step backward :big_grin:

[quote]Can we see some wires?[/quote]

Of course, you are welcome:

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Cheers

Very clean work. Again, your texturing is very good. Nice wood tones are used.

Can we see some wires?

Owen

A lifeboat under construction:

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Texturing these planks was a real slog for me... Still some interior stuff needed. I am going to finish it tomorrow.

How do you think Fritz? :big_grin:

Looking good Lothar!

Out of curiosity, Are the planks on the hull bottom actually modeled clinker? Or is that a texture map? Either way, very convincing.

Hello Michael!
I decided to construct my model in accordance to the plans and information provided by Jean Boudriot and Hubert Berti in a book "Le Coureur 1776" which I have borrowed from my colleague.
Yesterday I have modeled a stern. I found it quite challenging :big_grin:

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