I continued with one of the interior shots and made another render:

:o wow I really like how the glass looks from inside the cabin, the scratches to catch the sun highlight is perfect!!! (why does the other plane have a checker texture in one of the renders?)

VERY GOOD!!

thx.
The glass scratches are added in post. The hanging connector is also added in post. The ...

Thanks... I slightly remade the 1st render (click on image for full view):

Many thanks for your comments.

The metal shader effect is achieved by controlling the specular and reflection amount using a image map. Heres a break down of the textures used:
http://www.colacola.se/pix/mig15_wip/wip_mig15_11.jpg

The cockpit and canopy have their own texures. The canopy has one ...

Modo + octane





...a lot more images here:
http://www.colacola.se/expo_mig15.htm
and here
http://www.colacola.se/wip_mig15.htm

Really nice! You should put this next to my TAC-2 joystick!
http://www.colacola.se/expo_tac2.htm

I use a number of the meshes provided with modo: they seem to organize materials in a way that doesn't export well. Also I am not sure how to make sure all polygons are UV-mapped. Does it just mean that materials are applied to all the polygons? Or is there more that I must do?

Thanks,
tim
Hi ...

Could any of the modonauts out there post their guidelines for getting good .obj files out of modo? I've not had much luck.


I guess there are indirect methods: e.g. modo > Collada > meshLab > .obj > Octane.

Thanks,
tim

???

I export obj straight from modo and haven't encountered many problems ...

there's a easy work around that you can use right now.

1) Set your materials to pitch black
2) Set the environment to 100% white.
3) Invert picture in PS.

voilà...

Nothing super fancy but a piece of equipment those of you who had a C64, an Amiga or Atari during the 80s should have fond memories of - the TAC-2 Joystick!

You can download my mesh & textures from here:
http://www.colacola.se/expo_tac2.htm

http://www.colacola.se/pix/1000_tac-2.jpg

Modo + Octane