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Now select and copy one of
the center Hoops. Rotate it
as shown in the left image.
Save
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Create
a 20 mm disc, and Lathe it. |
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15.
Copy the loops and place them
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16.
Now on to the mast lines.
It doesn't get much easier
than this. Put both mast and
ship in the background of
an empty layer. Create a disc,
and then stretch that baby
all the way to near the end
of the ship. |
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17.
Grab the end points and swing
them toward the railing (gunwhale?).
After you finished that, mirror
the line across the Z-axis. |
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18.
Mirror both lines on the X
axis and adjust the endpoints
at both ends. You want the
ones at the hull to be touching
the railing, and the ones
at the mast to be immersed
in the mast Loops. |
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19.
Take the upper line, in the
top view, copy it, and rotate
it as shown. Grab the points
at the yard end and pull them
into the end of the yard. |
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20.
To "terminate" it on the yard,
copy one of the yard Hoops,
slide it to the end of the
yard, and rotate it in the
side view toward the Rig 2
line. Next, in the Top View,
rotate the hoop to align it
with the line as shown. To
make it a little better, select
the end points of the line
and move them into the hoop. |
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21.
Here you see the result of
that bit of detail work. If
you want to be more correct,
and it is your work, after
all, you could conceivably
bring the hoop to more of
a point and then make a thick
connection (a tiny ball) to
simulate a knot. |
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22.
Mirror that stuff in the Z-axis, and
grab the end points of the upper line,
and pull it down to where the arrow
is. Then select that last bunch of lines
and call them Rig2. Save file as ship_tute19.lwo
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23.
Now to the final set of lines.
Put all you see in the previous
illustration into the background
of an empty layer. You'll
use it as a guide for the
next set of lines (Rig3).
Now expand the top view and
create a set of points. Spacing
is somewhat arbitrary at this
point. Next you will have
to rotate the row of points,
to have the left-most point
just above the shadow image
of the sail tip. I am showing
you a magnified view of this.
The arrow points at the tip
of the sail, the final destination.
Connect the points with an
Open Curve, and mirror the
line in Z. |
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24.
Here you will have to slide
the new set of points, until
they form a reasonably straight
line from the corner to the
ends of the first line. Anyway,
look and you'll see what I
mean. NOTICE: I did not select
the first point at the sail,
because I don't want to move
it. After some fiddling about,
this is what you should have: |
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25.
You realize that the reason
for the points is that these
lines will be curved, just
to make things look a little
more interesting. Now go to
the sideview, grab all of
the points and create a good
approximation of a slightly
curved line. Yes, I know,
the left view is where you
start out, but this (right)
is where you should end up.
By now I hope I don't have
to hand-hold you through yet
another Rail Extrude evolution.
This is what you need to do:
1.
Copy one of the lines to an
empty layer.
2.
In another empty layer, with
one of the lines in the background,
create an 8-sided 20 mm (2
dimensional disc).
3.
Make sure you position the
disc at the beginning (Diamond
symbol) of the curve (the
"rail"). Rotate and move it
so that the center of the
disc points down the rail.
4.
Go to MULTIPLY/Rail Extrude
and let it rip on "automatic".
You'll
have a nice curved line from
the lower corner of the sail
to the left side of the railing.
Repeat the process for the
other curve. |
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Just a few short minutes later,
this is what you've got: |
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Save
your file as ship_tute20.lwo
Here
are two renders. One in the
attack mode, with the sail
down and the mast in the bottom
of the boat, and one under
sail. The keel is not sub-d'ed
in the renders. The earlier
.zip had the keel "tabbed".
I changed that in the most
recent .zip.
You
can either fill it with LW
Vikings (I want to see the
tutorial), or you can build
Poser Vikings and equip them
with gear from Renderosity. Lots of free Poser downloads there. Anyway, I hope you
like it, and you considered
it useful. Let me add a comment
here. These are largely the
same bits and pieces I have
used on my own Viking ship.
I only opted to extend the
keel into some spiral design
and as of tonight added some
shields and minor modifications
(I flattened some of the sea
chest tops to mix flat- and
round - topped ones. What
you do with this is up to
you and your imagination.
You supply the labor and the
skill. Oh, and feel free to
send me advice on the texturing
of the hull. Everything else
is pretty easy, from what
I can tell. |
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