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Made with 3ds and Inventor (as usual). Inspired by =MicheilRelated content
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If it weren't for Dooku's lightsaber duel with Yoda, Episode II would've really been hard for me to watch, sort of like watching a two hour soap opera finale. Also, with the exception of a few Jedi, the Sith have better looking lightsabers. Hope Episode VII will be worth the wait(I haven't seen it yet).
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awesome work! mind sharing a bit about inventor? i am thinking about getting it. just want some opinions
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Thanks, and I'd love to answer any questions you have. It's been over three years since I've touched it, so I would be a bit rusty, but I can answer a lot of questions still.
What do you plan on using it for?
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i plan to mostly use it for design stuff. i have 3Ds max but i saw how easy it was to make certain shapes and connections between shapes that would take a while to work out in max. i'm not exactly sure what i would use it for. right now i'm just trying to find some tutorial and go through them. i'm up to the assembly ones where i am having a bit of trouble. nothing moves the way it should
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UGH. I remember those tuts. What a pain man. Best of luck with that.
I most used Inventor for unconventional stuff - it's designed for the engineering field, and I used it in conjunction with 3DS. I could model a lot of the stuff better in Inventor than I could Max, so I ended up importing a lot of stuff to slap materials on it and use them in animations.
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i can't seem to find any tuts for inventor period. it looks like it's not used much at all, and if it is most of the people are self taught and are not sharing their secrets haha. i've been slowly learning how to do things but a nice tut would be very helpful. specially for tools that require more than one visible sketch like the sweep tool. highlighting over it and seeing that little video they provide did not help me at all. i still can't get anything to sweep across the edge of something like i saw some guy do in a video. sorta like a chamfer in max. i mean i guess i can do it with fillet but he used sweep tool and i wanted to follow him to learn the tool but that's not working out.
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Ugh: sweep. I wasn't great at either Inventor or 3DS, but when I used them in conjunction I was pretty decent.
Sorry I can't be of more help friend. Best of luck though. Be sure to show me some stuff you end up making!
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will do! and it's okay thanks!
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Thanks for the comment, AND the watch!
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no problem man, your a great 3D artist
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Don't really consider myself much of a 3D artist anymore; haven't touched the stuff in quite some time, but thanks anyway!
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wooo nice looking! if memory serves they are from top to bottom; Windu's, Anikan's, Obi-wan's and Count Dooku's right?
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Windu's, Kenobi's (episode I), Luke's and Duko's.
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texturing and stuff really, im not too god with UVW maps etc, also what is inventor for ? go5t an email address?
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I have no experience with UVW maps. Inventor is a program, distributed by Autodesk, designed for CAD (computer aided design). It's designed to be used in the manufacturing industry: you can demension it and make everything to scale (I just eyeball everything, I had an engineering class last year that revolved around Inventor and got really sick of scaling everything, I can just resize it in 3ds) My e-mail is mrlane90@yahoo.com. I honestly don't have the internet so if you decide to e-mail me I'll check it as often as I can.
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Specifically what with? Honestly, I'm pretty new too.
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used ur image as a reference thought u miught be intrested in looking 
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I assume that it's supposed to be Luke's saber. Couple of things: Uno, needs better lighting, Secondly, 'tis a little short. Thanks for the referance though! Could use some materials too. Tell me if you need help...
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Totaly totaly awsome
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Haha - you call yourself a 3D modeler? I could make better lightsabers in Paint.
I'm just kidding - they're pretty awesome times ten
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Is that a challenge?!
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I look forward to it...
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Sure - I'll try to make some in paint. They're going to blow your mind
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Awesome work!
Only thing I would up is the shadow size (Shadow Map parameter within the light options); help get rid of some of the aliasing issues in the shadows.
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Thanks for the advice.
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You're welcome. I've had the same problem before, and had, while figuring something out, came across it in the help files.
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That's pretty spectacular, blob. Having a rack of lightsabers would be....useful. To say the least. Definently
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Thanks for the comment and the fav!
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Yeah, it's about time I got these suckers up!
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No, it's a guard of some sort, used (I think) in the same manner as on a real sword: get your opponent's blade stuck.
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Excellent models mate, and thanks for the nod. My only critique would be to use hdr lighting to make the chrome of the metals really pop. I don't know how to do it in 3ds, but if you have Cinema 4D, I can give you the materials (no color only diffuse/reflection/specular) and the spheres for GI lighting.
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Sorry, only thing I have is 3ds.
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OK, all the best. I have a new 3d piece added today with more hdri lighting/reflections check it out if you want.
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very very nice all diff looks on sabers n the rack isn't too shabby either Congrat i like them a lot
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Hey, thanks for the comment.
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