August Challenge - DrKnow - Noobie
 

I dont have time to enter this month, but Im doing it anyways. Im going for something more modern, with a bunch of tubes and stuff. Ill work on it as soon as I get home late this afternoon.

come on drknow.... lets have an update!! ;)

Alan

Sorry Alan. I got an idea to make a potato gun(in arkansas terms "tater" gun) when I got home, so I went and got all the stuff for it. Its pretty cool. It will shoot a potato along with a glowstick(very cool at night) about 250 yards. Im gonna make a bigger one later. Oh, and I will start on this challenge later today :).

lol emmmm.... ok you should post some pics.... :D

Alan

Well, Its just your standard tater gun, just a big pipe on a little pipe with an end cap and a latern sparker. Its cool though.

Ok, I finally did some work :). Nothing cool yet, but this is a nice touch. It is some kind of atom trophy.

Every mad scientist has a little electric deal that serves no purpose, and so does mine.

I had to attatch it to something. So I got creative and made a.......well.........BOX!!!!

lol it's looking cool man keep it up

Alan

I just stuck a few switches and stuff on there. I will texture all of the words and labels on. I think I will put a few more things on it such as led lights, but I feel like moving on for right now.

Thanks Pure. Here is a close.......

Here is a candle. Im not sure how I will incorporate it into the scene, but it was fun to make.

the switches are really cool, but the circle around the dial needs to be much smoother it's too faceted. How about some air vents on it to dissapate some of the heat?

Cool candlestick

Alan

Good Idea Pure. I tried to smooth the dial, but it didnt work out right. The air vents.......I will get on them soon.


Have you noticed that you are the only one who has replied to this thread. Hehe.

Here is the floor I will use. It is the first bump map I have ever created, I still need to add a specular map though.

cool man....everything is looking awesome!!
how did you model that candlestick...is it a nonlinear deformer?

Thats a nice Jacobs Ladder you've got there, how did you make the electrical arc there?

Yea, quite a few deformers actually.

how are these for some vents. They are far from done, but they look alright.

I am using maya unlimited, so the electric arcs are just lightning effects.

I just started on the actual lab. The glow on the lights is too much, and Im also going to give them covers and have them hung from the ceiling a little bit.

cool....i like the floor texture

Thanks man.

Looking good there! I really like the design of the thing with the dials!

I think the floor might be tad too shiny. To make the edges of your dials and workbench more smooth have you tried upping the divisions in the primitives?

Yea, I will fix the bench. I have already smoothed the dials. I didnt think it necessary to post a pic. Im through working on this for today I think.

Ok, I think Im out for this month. I regretfully lost interest in my lab, and I want to pursue something else. Sorry guys.:(