My new model (finally) - Logitech Z-5500

[Tuss4]

ok here we go: here is an article that explains the 3gb switche

http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/arc...fying-3gb.aspx

and a google search to help you out:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...switch&spell=1

[Kage]

Thanks again Tuss4 for that

It seems to have bad effects though, and won't seem to allow the system to have 4GB's of RAM as would usually happen on Vista or with a 64bit Windows if the blog is to be believed, actually giving me less page file space? Plus have to change the way programs open..

I'll have to sort something out though, perhaps with the mesh. 800 thousand polys for the sub alone sounds like an awful lot to me...

I've ordered 2 more GB's though for future use at least
I may have to do the trick of stitching haha.

Updates today I promise that, of some sort. I've already modelled the back air coolers, and have started work on the main connectors, so after work, I'll be right on it (working only 4 hours today).

Thanks again for the links though. I'll look more into it now I know of it.

EDIT:

Turns out all the screws I have is whats causing the massive polygon problem. Each screw I have with smoothing is around 10,000 polys, somehow... so all 30 odd, and thats 300,000 polys right there.

[Kage]

Hey, its been a while since I have shown an update, and well... it doesn't seem like I've gotten much work done to be honest. The connection part has actually took the longest to make.

Shaders are messed up for the minute to so I'm afraid, to show detail, its back to the orangey...thing.

Hope you like it anyway, and I'll hopefully finish this back off in the next few days:





I'm at around 400,000 odd polys now.

[Kage]

That connectors finished now anyway, so its now onto the VGA type connector, followed by the circuit breaker and power connector.

Then I believe the sub modelling is finished

[Honki]

Awesome Kage.

Keep crammin' in those details

[DaddyDoom]

Detail freak....

[Kage]

Thanks you two

DaddyDoom, that was a compliment, right?

Anyway, for your enjoyment, I have thrown together some quick materials. Not final of course, and generated this:



I know my progress is very slow, but I hope you all stick by me This has been a massive undertaking for me, and my biggest yet, and after all this modelling is finished, the texturing will begin, and I will start setting up shots. I just hope it all works out

[Sathe]

Looks great man, but the graaaiiiiinnnnn has to go...also the Chromatic aberration is really strong also, stronger than you would get in a average camera these days.
I just wanna see one smooth render here And il give it a 5*

[Kage]

Hey, thanks Sathe

You wouldn't believe me though if I said, that for that render I did crank up settings beyond normal. I didn't add grain (but yes, I did add that camera thing )
Black materials I find are very hard to make have good reflections but still appear to be black and not grey... so much so, that I tend to have to lower lights which then forces weird artifacts to appear.

I'll have to have another go though

Have you got any tips I could possibly use to help generate better renders with these types of materials?

[Sathe]

Two words, one website
Neat Image
http://www.neatimage.com/

[Sathe]

Here is after using neat image on your latest render, i know you won't mind.

Your grain was pretty severe, so i would suggest adding the new image as a layer and masking back in the bits you want to have crisp detail in the final grade. (for example the red switch looks a bit blurred now)

[Sathe]

and it works great on diffuse renders.

[Kage]

Yeah, those look a lot better!

I threw up settings this morning, and started a render off, but it'll have to be aborted, its took that long, since I have to be in work now. Does look a lot cleaner though

I think I'll finish the final bit of modelling off, and then its texturing/render galore.
It'd be an honour to get 5 stars from a person such as you

[tillaart36]

wO_oT Kage!!!

looks great man...i need some technical device too so i can get modelling again...It's been to long and your work makes me wanna start again :P

Keep going!

[Archeris]

Hey. I got that speaker set, and it looks really nice. Goodjob!