Another New Blog : - Musical Explorations.

The name says it all - Music from around the web.

http://musicexplorations.blogspot.com/

Enjoy! :)

Rob

Again & again

UV mapping that is :) .... however we'll get there. Still working on the Snipe. Time's a bit limited & will become more limited given my situation, however the Snipe is taking shape. I re-mapped the external model...mainly the fuselage and of course this meant re-doing parts of the VC also. Ambient occlusion rendering is a slow business but as one can see the results in the cockpit are effective.



Rob

Weekend WIP Pics

Working on the 3D stuff is excellent therapy. This weekend's WIP - Ambient occlusion mapping on the Snipe & the external model of the Me P.1112 ready for cockpit work.... CFS3 will be first for the Me P.1112. The P.1112 must be my quickest model yet... 4 days work so far. Compare to hundreds of hours in the Snipe... though the Snipe has required much research.



This week back to all the medical stuff :(

Rob

One Last Pic.........

....of the FSX Sopwith Snipe before I paint & apply full FSX materials. The glossy specular will be all gone. I'm not sure whether I can finish before radiotherapy starts.... we'll see.

The VC is also all UVW mapped & ready for painting too. I'm doing the animations just now.



Hopefully I will have the opportunity to finish the CFS3 version later this year also.

Rob

Snipe Cockpit: WIP

Just to show that the Sopwith Snipe has not been forgotten, .... a WIP image. Most of the cockpit area has now been UV mapped save for the instruments and a couple of other parts. Now comes the tedious bit of painting all the parts. It will still be a while before it's complete.



Rob

Some mesh WIPs in FSX.

Here are a few WIP pics of meshes under construction including the frequently disappearing Albatros. Hopefully these won't disappear this time.

The Dr-I will possibly be payware. Anyway they are a long way away and much still to be done, rigging, engines etc. I have to create Clerget & Mercedes engines before I can progress with some of these. I have resumed work on the Snipe again. I can't say when...that depends on health matters. I'll continue with aircraft creation for the time being and again during recovery later this year. Good therapy :)



Rob

New Blog - Rob's Cancer Journey

I have created a new blog relating to a recently diagnosed liposarcoma in my thigh. I will still post here from time to time on virtual aircraft creation.

http://sarcomabattle.blogspot.com/

Rob

Disappearing Images

I just noticed that a few of my images hosted on Imageshack linking through to my blogs have disappeared. I've sent an email to ImageShack seeking the reason.

The images are all WIP images of various meshes... various of the Sopwith Snipe, all my Albatros mesh previews and Spad S.7. There are possibly some others.

A mysterious form of censorship or malfunctioning ImageShack?

Life is full of mysteries.

Rob

The Battle ahead

I received the results of the tumour biopsy & it's cancer after all. Not good news :( It's a liposarcoma.

I have quite a schedule of treatment to undergo starting soon. 5 Weeks of radio therapy followed by resection surgery & a long period of rehab & recovery. Once treatment starts I'll be out of action for a number of months.

Rob

Leg Biopsy

I had minor surgery on my leg this week to take a tissue sample for biopsy. At this stage all that is known is that it is a low grade tumour. I'll find out more next Friday. I'm a bit sore & resting this weekend. The aftermath of surgery was a lot more painful than I thought it would be.

Rob