DatterBoy Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 (edited) Hello everyone. Back when I first joined MW, I came upon this thread where artists from all over the world had come and posted their work on CG modeling the VF-1. The work was so inspiring, that it prompted me to do my own version. Having some experience with modeling programs, I took my work there, and I was amazed at the willingness of the other modelers to help me develop my own piece with ad vice, critique, technical assistance, etc. Needless to say, they became like my MW CG family and over a 2-3 year period helped me create what I believe to be the greatest CG work I have ever produced. To this day, when I scour the web, the work produced on that thread has been rarely ever matched. And recently. one of the "veterans" posted some work from his VF-1 and I was inspired to bring them back. So come! Post your work! Movies, images, whatever! However, this is by INVITATION ONLY! So please adhere to these rules on this thread. 1. You can only post if you have been invited by another Veteran. 2. Anyone can comment 3. Only post work that has not been seen on MW before. New stuff! Keep it fresh! So I'm calling some of the guys I remember (so sorry if I missed you, I just worked with these guys more closely, but I am sure they will call you out to come and show your work). Doktor Gonzo Rodavan Brianw76 Aztek Let's do this. Maybe we can inspire a new generation of CG modelers. Cheers! And good to see you bastards again! :Dat Edited March 1, 2010 by DatterBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodavan Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Awsome DAT , will add some when I get home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Gonzo Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Awsome DAT , will add some when I get home OOOOOH, me too!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Gonzo Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 (edited) Working on a new render or two! And, if I might expand your list, Dat, we also saw amazing stuff back in the day from: Ruak Jay-Lew LesParisek Tober Vinnie and I'm sure others I'm forgetting... Edited March 3, 2010 by Doktor Gonzo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganbare Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Very nice texturing! Wait for more of this work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillyche Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Sigh. You guys' stuff is so awesome. Soooo awesome. I wish I had maya. Or, alternately, I wish Autodesk would stop boning us on this and come up with a legit maya > max pipeline. Sheesh! Y'all MW Legends inspire me to do way better work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Gonzo Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Sorry guys, got caught up late at work, only had the energy to set up a single render when I got home... so I figured I'd do an "apples to apples" with Dat's awesome first shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DatterBoy Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 Damn... you got a cockpit and pilot too... I need some of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganbare Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Gonzo Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 More fun stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianw76 Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Great stuff guys!! I really need to convert my stuff to Maya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodavan Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Wow guys ! I wish I had time to render ... can't wait for week end to do some renders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganbare Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Great job with background! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aztek Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Yo! Man its been a while and your guys stuff still looks great! I'm glad you are all still active! I'll reinstall some software and see what I can put up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannon_fodder674 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Yo! Man its been a while and your guys stuff still looks great! I'm glad you are all still active! I'll reinstall some software and see what I can put up! please do. i'm drooling from all these stuff. i'm having an 80s nerdgasm again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillyche Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Great stuff guys!! I really need to convert my stuff to Maya. Or 3DS Max?!? Please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Gonzo Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Yo! Man its been a while and your guys stuff still looks great! I'm glad you are all still active! I'll reinstall some software and see what I can put up! Az! Great to see you, man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DatterBoy Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 Az! Great to see you, man! Totally! Put some stuff up, man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len_d69 Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Sorry guys, got caught up late at work, only had the energy to set up a single render when I got home... so I figured I'd do an "apples to apples" with Dat's awesome first shot! Wow! At first glancee I thought I was looking at a weathered 1/60 Yamato. Great stuff!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tober Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Working on a new render or two! And, if I might expand your list, Dat, we also saw amazing stuff back in the day from: Ruak Jay-Lew LesParisek Tober Vinnie and I'm sure others I'm forgetting... Shucks, thanks Dok Never modelled a VF-1 tho, just the VF-2SS, and that was almost 10 years ago Did some Mospeada stuff recently tho... The VF-2SS needs revising, but I just don't have the time now...: Yes, I still have that background template. -------------------------------------------- Keep 'em coming... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillyche Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Tober: AWESOME. Pure awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Gonzo Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Shucks, thanks Dok Never modelled a VF-1 tho, just the VF-2SS, and that was almost 10 years ago Did some Mospeada stuff recently tho... The VF-2SS needs revising, but I just don't have the time now...: Yes, I still have that background template. -------------------------------------------- Keep 'em coming... The better part of a decade on, and this model STILL makes my jaw drop, Tober. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Holy smokes, it won't be long before members here start putting stuff out that rivals Tenjin's art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DatterBoy Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) Damn.... AZ will feel my pain. Drive crashed, all my models gone... Gonna see if I by chance backed it up somewhere else. Or was it Brian... one of you guys lost your stuff once. Edited March 23, 2010 by DatterBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillyche Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Damn.... AZ will feel my pain. Drive crashed, all my models gone... Gonna see if I by chance backed it up somewhere else. Or was it Brian... one of you guys lost your stuff once. That is so wack. I've had that happen too. Now most of my projects are spread onto different drives. Not enough redundancy, but stuff is still spread out. Well, all things are impermanent. But those models were sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodavan Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Yup ...that happened to me once ... I now have a backup drive , a of the backup of the backup drive which I put in the safe and a backup of on a few cd's I rewrite every year .. -- Paranoid .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Gonzo Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Damn.... AZ will feel my pain. Drive crashed, all my models gone... Gonna see if I by chance backed it up somewhere else. Or was it Brian... one of you guys lost your stuff once. Bizarre. I've been gone from this thread out of sheer depression because, 2 weeks ago, I lost all my models too (along with my music, family photos, documents....) My neighborhood was all flooded out so I was crashing at my parents from the week and basically living out of my backpack, and I had both my external drives in it. Fell asleep on the train on the way home from work and when I woke up... backpack was stolen. I've since managed to recover some stuff, including my VF-1 model (minus textures) from places like the temp directory on my home machine, but the vast majority of my digital life is GONE. So Dat, man, I feel your pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DatterBoy Posted April 2, 2010 Author Share Posted April 2, 2010 Bizarre. I've been gone from this thread out of sheer depression because, 2 weeks ago, I lost all my models too (along with my music, family photos, documents....) My neighborhood was all flooded out so I was crashing at my parents from the week and basically living out of my backpack, and I had both my external drives in it. Fell asleep on the train on the way home from work and when I woke up... backpack was stolen. I've since managed to recover some stuff, including my VF-1 model (minus textures) from places like the temp directory on my home machine, but the vast majority of my digital life is GONE. So Dat, man, I feel your pain. This thread is cursed!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillyche Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Holy crap! Dude, guys, I am SOOOO sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tober Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Thanks for the kind comments guys. Dok - So sorry to hear about your losses - that's like a sick joke. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As for backing up - I have a separate HDD that archives every night through USB, so even a total power surge shouldn't get that even if it destroys most of my PC. I archive all of my master files and essentials every month or so on DVDs which I keep in a safe hidden location in case of another break-in (I lost my 1200 odd music CD collection to thieves as well as allot of other stuff a few years ago). Sorta helps to keep in mind that at some point every HDD will fail. When I finish a project or get to a milestone I compress the master files and email them to a Google GMail account which I use for storage. Sometimes they have to be split in separate emails but Maya files compress heavily. It gives me a little peace of mind in-case this place burns down or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Gonzo Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 I hear ya, Tober. I've most definitely been lax on backing up, and I've blamed most of it on a lack of funding (times have been tough of late and jobs have been sparse, so I haven't been able to replace failing hardware -- both my backup RAID drive and DVD burner have died in the last year and I haven't replaced 'em yet, so those modes of backup fell by the wayside.) Nevertheless, I thought I was safe with the 2 redundant external drives, since I NEVER took both out of the house at the same time... 3 Tuesdays ago was the first time ever, in 3+ years of ownership of these particular drives. So..... sick joke is right!!! Thanks for the kind comments guys. Dok - So sorry to hear about your losses - that's like a sick joke. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As for backing up - I have a separate HDD that archives every night through USB, so even a total power surge shouldn't get that even if it destroys most of my PC. I archive all of my master files and essentials every month or so on DVDs which I keep in a safe hidden location in case of another break-in (I lost my 1200 odd music CD collection to thieves as well as allot of other stuff a few years ago). Sorta helps to keep in mind that at some point every HDD will fail. When I finish a project or get to a milestone I compress the master files and email them to a Google GMail account which I use for storage. Sometimes they have to be split in separate emails but Maya files compress heavily. It gives me a little peace of mind in-case this place burns down or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Gonzo Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Life goes on. Found an older copy of my vf-1 model on a backup CD and have been renovating it. It's almost up to snuff again. Maybe some new pics soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Gonzo Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Still haven't had a chance to work on this -- but I did promise I'd try to post, so here's some longstanding WIP... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tober Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Still haven't had a chance to work on this -- but I did promise I'd try to post, so here's some longstanding WIP... That's some nice work. You really went to town on that VF-1. Hope you get some quality time to texture it up again too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Gonzo Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 That's some nice work. You really went to town on that VF-1. Hope you get some quality time to texture it up again too. Tober, Yeah, this model is for whatever reason one of two or three that I've just kept tinkering with through the years. Most other ones I just finish and put away, but this one I've just kept using as a testbed for new things I've learned, new ideas etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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