"Dragons: The Runner" New Stellar Environment.

Fuzzy Modem · Post by **Fuzzy Modem** » 2003-11-03 02:27pm

[QUOTE=Major Diarrhia]That lighting is great, it is like they are illuminated by candle and the moon. You should use it in your movie.[/QUOTE]

That was the plan from the begining. The ships were to be lit by the stars of a binary system, one red, one blue. The scout would then enter the nebular gas searching for the dragon fleet.

BUT

After 8 months working on this project with that environment in mind, I changed my mind last night. It was a very hard decision but I made it for the following reasons-

1) The nebula thing is just way overdone.

2) The red and blue suns make the nebula purple, VERY similar to the mutara nebula in ST:WOK. I don't want to rip anyone off, or appear to be ripping anyone off, or do something that's been done before.

3) The soft red/purple/blue lighting is very soft and serene. I want a harsher, darker lighting for this space battle.

It was a VERY difficult decision to make especially since the binary star system and nebular environment is the only thing I've fully completed thus far. I have been able to reclycle several components, incorperating them into the new scene. After about 3 hours of work I have the initial draft of the new environment complete.

http://www.angelfire.com/dragon/fuzzymo ... lanet1.jpg

Obviously a big differance.
Now I need to modify the story line, but only a bit. Now the scout will enter the radioactive dust cloud around the core of this dead planet.

The new lighting will be a hard white point light from the upper right, a very subtle white ambient light from the bottom left, some fake Global Illumination, and a warm ruddy orange glow from the dust cloud.

It still needs ALOT of work, but I'm pretty happy with it so far.

Thoughts?

*EDIT*

Progress. Adding space dust.

http://www.angelfire.com/dragon/fuzzymo ... gress1.jpg

Fuzzy Modem · Post by **Fuzzy Modem** » 2003-11-03 03:39pm

[QUOTE=Nutsy]is this like shots from an explision?[/QUOTE]

No, it's just some progress shots showing the addition of the dust around the planet. The planet exploded several hundred years ago. The dust is the remnants of the core.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-11-03 09:14pm

Sweeeeeeeet...

We wouldnt be able to get the links to your movie work to date could we?(like that original trailer I saw on Spacebattles)

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-11-03 09:20pm

Wow that is superb.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-11-04 01:45am

<realism Nazi>The gravity from the two halves would not allow the planet to remain like that for long before pulling it into a sphere again.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-11-04 01:48am

But it's so pretty!

Seriously though, not very realistic, but very cool.

Fuzzy Modem · Post by **Fuzzy Modem** » 2003-11-04 01:14pm

Here is where I'm at now...

http://www.angelfire.com/dragon/fuzzymo ... anet10.jpg

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-11-04 04:59pm

Much much better!

What'd you make that with?

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-11-04 05:36pm

awesome. Do you have a story as to what happened to it? you and Kenny need to hook up and make his Satellite O' doom the cause of this indescribable destruction!

Fuzzy Modem · Post by **Fuzzy Modem** » 2003-11-04 06:51pm

Made with maya. I'm still deciding why it blew up. I'll get back to you.

In the mean time-

This is what the new environment lighting looks like.

http://www.angelfire.com/dragon/fuzzymo ... ghting.jpg

I know it's not as pretty, but I think it better fits the mood I want.

Grand Admiral Ancaris · Post by **Grand Admiral Ancaris** » 2003-11-05 07:21pm

*speechless* ......... *drool*