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# 1 02-08-2003 , 05:04 PM

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Well, I'm going to give this a try.

Idea is a medieval style wizard's lab with all the gadgets and gizmos one would have: bits of critters, vials, things that go *ping*.

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# 2 02-08-2003 , 05:41 PM

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Inspiration will come from my many years of D&D, so from the book "The College of Wizardry" here is what I'm going for:

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# 3 03-08-2003 , 02:38 AM

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Every good lab must have a table of beakers, so...here's my first set of beakers and a couple of hurricane lamps. I will light it better later, of course user added image

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# 4 03-08-2003 , 02:42 AM

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Goodly!

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# 5 03-08-2003 , 12:14 PM

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Nice pair o' beakers you got there Nat user added image

Im thinking the table legs might be a bit thick? Seems a waste of wood to use a whole tree truck user added image

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# 6 03-08-2003 , 12:19 PM

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looks more like granite or marble...which would also put it under the waste catogery user added image

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# 7 03-08-2003 , 03:13 PM

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looking good!:thumbsup: Revolved splines for the lamps?

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# 8 03-08-2003 , 03:14 PM

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thats just beautiful man...ehhhhr....I mean woman user added image

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# 9 03-08-2003 , 03:56 PM

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icky - Point taken on the legs, it was a quick job to have something to put the beakers on, they may be more decorative later, but will definitely put them on a diet.

howard - yeah, after learning the revolve tool, everything but the darn table in that pic is revolved user added image

made beakers so much easier.

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# 10 03-08-2003 , 04:09 PM

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A nice bit of glass there, is that a downloaded shader or somthing you threw together?

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# 11 03-08-2003 , 07:11 PM

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Ah, the glass. I have ckyuk to thank for his lovely advice in the Revolve Scene thread (https://forums.simplymaya.com/showthr...&threadid=7209). I just changed the colours when I wanted something other than clear and then fiddled with it. Timely bit of advice there and very welcome user added image

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# 12 04-08-2003 , 04:50 AM

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OK, between cleaning and packing to get ready to move next week, I've managed to accomplish a little bit more. Lighting, floor & wall are just temp. Still much much to be done user added image

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