Wings of War

[DELTA]

Originally Posted by Zippy

Looks like I'm gonna have to drop out of this one. My computer died rather decisivly on saturday. Not sure when I'm going to have a computer up and running that can run Lightwave.

I know how you feel... Lost my laptop, had no money to even think of fixing it or replacing it, then a neighbor helped me out with a bunch of spar parts and 24 hours was up and running again...

I have a few extra parts, What do you need?

[Zippy]

not entirely sure. It's between the PSU and the MOBO. I'm leaning towards the MOBO as all the indicator lights on the Nic and my optical mouse are on and the monitor hasn't switched to testmode which means there is some power coming from the PSU. I've had two of those die on me before so I'm sure of what happens. Mind you they've both died on this board so maybe the board had enough with the wonky voltage . Thanks for the offer though, it's nice to know people out there care .
I've got my lappy up and running for now. Not sure if 9.3 will run on it though. It's an older Toshiba sattelite.

As for the desktop I'm not too worried about fixing it right now. I'm looking to buy a Macbook Pro once I get back into the work force. I just quite my job at a cabinet shop after reading the MSDS sheets and discovering that most of the stuff I was working with was insane. One of the nicest chemicals in the mix was Xylene, which by itself can cause cancer. So sufficed to say I needed to go . So now it's just a matter of time until I'm back up with an income.

Once again Delta thanks for the offer.

[DELTA]

The pain of loosing a computer is very fresh in my mind and my philosophy is."Help someone out, when they ask what they owe you, tell them to help someone else in need. If every one would do that... it would be a nicer world. If they blow you off and get selfish... Kill Them!...jk.

[Gorgonzola_Happiness]

I wrote a Citizen Journalist article about this topic.
lockheed martin and censorship

I put up a comment on this today, also, as it occurred to me that:

It makes you wonder - if you are wounded by ordnance/munitions/whatever and when you are (if you survive) treated in hospital - does the arms/ammunition/ordnance manufacturer own the copyright to the x-ray imagery of the shrapnel or physical relics left in your body ?

oh what a legal Pandora's box this opens up...

[bmckain]

I just read it and good going, we need to do everything we can to raise awareness of the strong arm abuse by LM.

[DELTA]

Nice article!

[bmckain]

A member asked me to comment on the voting and how it will happen and I am just now getting the chance to post the details.

I’ve been very busy with other things, server moves, DNS hanged, registrar changes and a whole bunch of other stuff. One of those other things is having a new voting booth done. Our dev team is planning on having it ready for the culmination of this contest and it’s very cool. Written as a plugin to VB it will require members to choose 1st, 2nd and 3rd places and won’t accept a vote until all votes have been placed. It also attempts to negate ties (near impossible) but in the event we do have a tie then we will have a runoff between the them. Considering points are also handed out for animations or not among all the other criteria outlined and I really think we won’t need to worry about a tie.

As for handing out points for the other criteria that will be done by the admins, mods and a select group of Premiere and Contributing members so it should be pretty unbiased and even handed.

Half a month left and I see a lot of good work so I am really looking forward to the final subs and voting.

You’re WIP threads will be the submission threads, if you are finished or when you finish you should make a final post with all the items presented via images, animations and text and links, etc. and title the post and FINAL. We will know that you consider your work done. Those who did not quite finish will still be included in the voting but will obviously not get points for the extra considerations.

[bmckain]

Time is getting close, I know many have not quite finished their work. Would it be advntagoues for me to extend the deadline or not? I have no problem with extedning the deadline but I'll leave it up to all of you who are participating. I could cheapen the expereince for some where are approaching completion just as much as it could help others. Still, I'll leave it up to you all to decide.

[BillS]

I wouldn't mind a bit of an extension... but I don't think its fair to those that managed to pull it off in time. How about a few bonus points for those that did it and post it as finished before the actual time is up.

[DELTA]

Originally Posted by BillS

I wouldn't mind a bit of an extension... but I don't think its fair to those that managed to pull it off in time. How about a few bonus points for those that did it and post it as finished before the actual time is up.

Sounds good to me, Work has been a killer.....

[Mook]

I was planning on getting it done, but having found out Lightwave doesn't like my computer anymore and refuses to render my file due to low RAM (I know, go figure!), an extension would be awesome so I can figure out what the problem is and fix it, or at least find a workaround.
That being said, I won't harbour a grudge if the deadline isn't extended!

[bmckain]

Would like to hear from everyone else, so far it's 3 in favor of an extension.

[bmckain]

Sorry to be a pest everyone but there's around 25 of you and only three have made any comment on an extension.

[Rigel]

I say no extension. The contest was originally designed to allow for people not presenting the complete package i.e. points for drawings, points for modelling, points for texturing etc.

I for one expect to lose points on the company history and drawings as I did not put much effort into those parts. I plan on snagging points for completing an animation (the machine is working nights this week).

And frankly, I've run out of steam for this project. The three months has been enough; more than enough perhaps. I just want it over and move on.

[Mook]

Originally Posted by Rigel

I say no extension. The contest was originally designed to allow for people not presenting the complete package i.e. points for drawings, points for modelling, points for texturing etc.

I for one expect to lose points on the company history and drawings as I did not put much effort into those parts. I plan on snagging points for completing an animation (the machine is working nights this week).

And frankly, I've run out of steam for this project. The three months has been enough; more than enough perhaps. I just want it over and move on.

I'm actually starting to lean this direction too, now. Managed to sort my technical problems out for the most part, and that was what was going to stop me getting it done.
Plus, 3 months is a LONG time to be working on one model for me... Gotta agree with Rigel on this one, especially since everything is back up and running.

[Rigel]

My current check list:

1) Create company and history (done; history needs some work).

2) Create company logo (done, but needs a change; looks like a business card).

3) Create the design (done).

4) Build the model (done).

5) Texture the model (done).

6) Present the model in a high resolution (done).

7) Present the model in an animation (work in progress).

[Mook]

And mine:

1) Create company and history (done).

2) Create company logo (mostly done, but needs finalising and a final copy).

3) Create the design (done).

4) Build the model (done).

5) Texture the model (mostly done, apart from UVs for graphics, nose art etc).

6) Present the model in a high resolution (to be done).

7) Present the model in an animation (work in progress).

[Madkoifish]

Well I kind of goofed and thought this ended July 1st then realized when seeing threads pop up consistently this last week that it was July 31st OOPS. I'd say extension in a attempt to finish mine, but as said; the deadline was set and probably should be kept to. It would be unfair to those who actually met the original deadline.

[bmckain]

As the vote would stand right now it would be:

3 for
2 against

I'll give this one more day. What I might do if I extend it is to allow extra points for finishing everything on time. That way those who are done on time can be done and now they are rewarded for that and those who needed a little extra can have it and perhaps make up for it by excellence.

[Bishop]

Originally Posted by bmckain

As the vote would stand right now it would be:

3 for
2 against

I'll give this one more day. What I might do if I extend it is to allow extra points for finishing everything on time. That way those who are done on time can be done and now they are rewarded for that and those who needed a little extra can have it and perhaps make up for it by excellence.

I'd love to have a little extra time, but I don't honestly think I'll get it finished to the level I -want-, no matter how much time I've got.

I'm just going to slam as much in as I can today and tomorrow, I think, and just go with what I've got on the original deadline.

[bmckain]

Okay, not everyone weighed in but I think it's a good cross sample to make a decision and I want to make a decision today while there's time to communicate it.

I see both sides and I believe I have found a way to satisfy both sides.

I will extend the contest to end on August 29th, that is a Friday.

However, knowing that several of you are nearly done or will be done on time I am adding the following points for having scheduled and worked hard to achieve that goal.

25 Points - For completion of project on time

By doing this if you finished your project on time you will automatically get a 25 points boost. I still think a few of the projects that aren't quite that close could make it a real running even if they are done late but we'll have to see.

I think this should satisfy both sides as much I can.

[VK08]

I knew after everything that happened this month I was gonna have to give up on this, so now I'm not doing it for the points, but rather to just finish something I started and kind of gave up on.

[Gryshnak]

Thanks for the extension, I'm afraid health problems knocked this project (and several others) on the head quite effectively. But you never know, I may get something finished yet...

Gryshnak

[Artificial Imagination]

Sweet!!

Thanks for the extension bob, with the baby these days I'll take any gravy I can get lol.

Question about the animation, are there any guidelines as far as what you're looking for in the animation?

[bmckain]

Originally Posted by Artificial Imagination

Sweet!!

Thanks for the extension bob, with the baby these days I'll take any gravy I can get lol.

Question about the animation, are there any guidelines as far as what you're looking for in the animation?

Nope, it's entirely up to each contestant.

[DELTA]

I might have it done, time and work will dictate if I can before the original deadline.

My current check list:

1) Create company and history (done).

2) Create company logo (done, but updating).

3) Create the design (done).

4) Build the model (done).

5) Texture the model (almost).

6) Present the model in a high resolution (done).

7) Present the model in an animation (work in progress).

[bmckain]

Well, I am no where near that far. I am rebuilding the gear, then I have to texture it and rig it.

My current check list:

1) Create company and history (mostly done).

2) Create company logo (done, but updating).

3) Create the design (done).

4) Build the model (done).

5) Texture the model (45%).

6) Present the model in a high resolution (not done).

7) Present the model in an animation (not done).

Updated 8/17/08

[BillS]

Finish texturing.
Do the rig up.
then...........shudder....

Animate it so that people can see that it moves.

ick.

[Mook]

Originally Posted by bmckain

Nope, it's entirely up to each contestant.

So we can just have the various moving parts animated (i.e. landing gear, props etc) and a flyby maybe, and still get points in that category?

[Mook]

Well, I'm getting there...!
An updated list:

1) Create company and history (done).

2) Create company logo (done).

3) Create the design (done).

4) Build the model (done).

5) Texture the model (done).

6) Present the model in a high resolution (rendering now).

7) Present the model in an animation (work in progress).