OT: Battlestar Isis

[darkwing_duck1]

I think, as simple as this image is in some ways, it's the best one I've done to date in DOGA. I've learned a lot since I started a few years back.

The trickiest part was figuring out the "join ups" on the letters in the logo. The font I found didn't do them itself.

 

[The Axeman]

DOGA?

The Battlestar model is way too simplistic for a close, well-lit shot. You'll get better results using moodier dark lighting to hide the lack of detail. Stick the main light behind and very slightly above the ship (as seen from the camera) and add a low level fill light on the side the camera is on to add some detail. Maybe even make the fill light a different colour, like a deep red or light blue to make it look like something is going on off in the distance.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

DOGA is the rather primitive program Darkwing is stuck with.

It is capable of none of the things outlined above, as far as I know.

 

[darkwing_duck1]

DOGA is the rather primitive program Darkwing is stuck with.

It is capable of none of the things outlined above, as far as I know.

Actually, if I understand what Axeman is saying, it is, or at least something like it. I just have to figure out how to do it. it doesn't help that I just upgraded to the latest incarnation a few months ago and found significant changes in some of the interfaces and how they work.

My experimentation continues...

 

[The Axeman]

You might find Sketchup less of a bind to use. It's not as flexible for lighting and so forth, but shockingly easy to get a decent model out of. You can then use a third party rendering tool to make the pictures.

I have to admit I've never heard of DOGA, even Google was a bit stumped by it.

 

[darkwing_duck1]

http://www.doga.co.jp/english/

Lots of people who play the Sereenity RPG use DOGA for ship construction. So do Battlestar Galactica players to a certain extent. Though I have to admit they are a LOT better than I am, and design their own texture maps, etc.

http://cortexsystemrpg.org/index.php?board=5.0

 

[The Axeman]

My first (and last) model made in DOGA. I exported it and rendered it in an older version of Lightwave, the DOGA renderer is so limited it hurts to use it.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2771/4534459292_f7acb07cf4_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4534459290_69f0211b90_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2785/4534459286_406969c53e_o.jpg

That's some old program right there, the specs it requires were getting old in 1996. I think my iPhone could comfortably run this stuff and still play me tunes in the background. Why are you guys persisting with this when even Sketchup kicks its ass? Time to move into the 21st Century.

 

[Kaiser]

good looking BattleStar

and cool space fighter there Axeman