Yep, you read right. I’m finally calling it done. It feels a bit odd to post a model as a finished project, but my heart and soul has gone into this thing for the last year or so. I have learned so much from modeling it. The funny thing is that if I had to do it all over again now, most of it would probably only take me a week or so.
I only ask that I get credit for the model, and I would be thrilled to see any projects you use it for. Materials aren’t all that great, so look at it as a model with no mats, aight?
[Edit] I just bought my own web hosting service, so now you don’t have to deal with Megaupload. Sorry, there’s really no material on the iris in this render.
[Edit2] There seems to be some demand for the OBJ version of this model, so I decided to make a torrent for it since it is close to 140 MB. I’ll be seeding it for the next couple of days or so. stargateobj.torrent (Again: right click, save as.)
The OBJ is offered as is, with no guarantees. What Blender’s OBJ exporter spat out is what you get.
That’s a lovely model!
I’ll have to check out the .blend file tomorrow.
I really like non-organic models with lots of little extrusions, cuts, and other small details.
Great work man. Hehehe, I’m gonna have to wait till I’ve built my new pc before I can open that blend file - Blender dies on this laptop when I try go out of wireframe. What gfx card you using to work on that?
wow. I am amazed. I have kinda stood by the WIP because it was the only rated thread in that section. 5 stars. I’ll be glad to put that in one of my animations I am working on. like, a cameo or something because that is probably one of the most detailed objects I have ever seen.
Yep, I modeled it with animation in mind.:yes: Each chevron has multiple lights that are controlled by a slider on layer 20, and the iris also has a control slider. That way all you have to do is keyframe how on or off the lights are, and how open or shut the iris is. Chevron 7 is the only one that moves in dial sequences, and that only straight up and down, so it didn’t get a slider. Neither did the symbol ring, but animating that is just simple rotation IPOs.
My gfx card is Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT AGP 8x. Not the greatest, but I can rotate the model fairly smoothly in solid mode.
Ha, You were working on this when I first joined(as my last screen-name too, like a year and a half ago), its fantastic you’ve finished it. Truly amazing.