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Title: Found and finally finished this
Post by: bobbystahr on October 29, 2017, 09:48:31 PM
Was working on this way back in TG2 and was inspired by the dismal weather heer to finish it and at least warm my eyes...C&C O K
Title: Re: Found and finally finished this
Post by: Dune on October 30, 2017, 03:21:06 AM
Are they papyrus or small palms? I think they need more light and translucency.
Title: Re: Found and finally finished this
Post by: bobbystahr on October 30, 2017, 11:43:51 AM
Quote from: Dune on October 30, 2017, 03:21:06 AM
Are they papyrus or small palms? I think they need more light and translucency.

The lower cover is the young Cabbage palm and the main growth is the medium Palmetto while the single "hero" palm was a Palma bend subdev that I suspect was a shared .obj I made into a .tgo but have forgotten where/who I got it from; and the stretched out one came from Lightning and it's Coco nucifera by species.

I agree re: translucency and there's some overblown specularity on the Palma bend subdev one that needs fixing.
Title: Re: Found and finally finished this
Post by: bobbystahr on October 30, 2017, 03:48:03 PM
Here's a 'fixed' version, added some Dune grass and a Walli fern pop as well as tweaking textures.
Title: Re: Found and finally finished this
Post by: N-drju on October 31, 2017, 02:51:02 AM
Cabbage palms are the best. The palm in the first plane has a nice windy appearance to it. Morning sea breeze.
Title: Re: Found and finally finished this
Post by: Dune on October 31, 2017, 03:10:20 AM
Yes, that's much better. Now the shed needs some less dark poles, I think. They are very conspicuous. And I would reduce choppiness of the sea a bit, though I like the reflections. Some people on the beach?
Title: Re: Found and finally finished this
Post by: bobbystahr on October 31, 2017, 03:30:34 AM
Quote from: Dune on October 31, 2017, 03:10:20 AM
Yes, that's much better. Now the shed needs some less dark poles, I think. They are very conspicuous. And I would reduce choppiness of the sea a bit, though I like the reflections. Some people on the beach?
Yeah I agree, that's the way the model came, I probably have better textures. Unfortunately I have no appropriate people, the freebies we have are far too civilized.
Title: Re: Found and finally finished this_UPDATE
Post by: bobbystahr on November 01, 2017, 12:18:53 PM
Well I acted on all the advice and after long struggles with the water I decreased the cloud cover somewhat and got water I like. C&C welcome but unless it's something glaring someone sees that I missed this is done for now.
Title: Re: Found and finally finished this
Post by: fleetwood on November 01, 2017, 12:38:42 PM
Much improved. Nice one  :)
Title: Re: Found and finally finished this
Post by: bobbystahr on November 01, 2017, 12:45:33 PM
Quote from: fleetwood on November 01, 2017, 12:38:42 PM
Much improved. Nice one  :)

Thanks, Dune's advice is always worth following.....if you can...this time I could.
Title: Re: Found and finally finished this
Post by: Dune on November 02, 2017, 03:28:59 AM
You nailed it, Bobby. Water is great now, cabin is nice, and I especially like the smooth part where the boat was pulled upshore. Might be coincidental, but it works.
Title: Re: Found and finally finished this
Post by: mhaze on November 02, 2017, 05:35:01 AM
Nice work! Just the place to retire to!
Title: Re: Found and finally finished this
Post by: bobbystahr on November 02, 2017, 11:06:55 AM
Quote from: Dune on November 02, 2017, 03:28:59 AM
You nailed it, Bobby. Water is great now, cabin is nice, and I especially like the smooth part where the boat was pulled upshore. Might be coincidental, but it works.

happy you noticed that,,,it's a wee bit of neg displacement from a paint shader stroke and wasn't sure if it was obvious enough.
Title: Re: Found and finally finished this
Post by: Dune on November 02, 2017, 12:27:01 PM
That sort of subtlety is often very important to get a sense of reality.
Title: Re: Found and finally finished this
Post by: bobbystahr on November 02, 2017, 01:13:29 PM
Quote from: Dune on November 02, 2017, 12:27:01 PM
That sort of subtlety is often very important to get a sense of reality.

Yeah, it bothers me when folks don't bother with a 2 second tweak