{"id":4149,"date":"2010-05-23T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T05:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/?p=4149"},"modified":"2010-05-22T18:01:57","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T16:01:57","slug":"making-a-pulp-era-train-coach-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/?p=4149","title":{"rendered":"Making a pulp era train coach – part one"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, mapmaking has now turned slightly as I will be making more modern, or pulp style maps for a while, as I’m working on my adventure 7.50 From Victoria, for the game Operation: Fallen Reich<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are so much things I do not have, so I start off by making some textures with FilterForge<\/a>, some with my filters, and some with other peoples filters. I haven’t bothered with modern style filters before, so I spent some time browsing the filter repository.<\/p>\n

First, a coach floor using my own lacquered wooden floor filter, still going strong.<\/p>\n

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Secondly, I used Mike Blackney’s great diamond plate filter.<\/p>\n

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And third, I used Carl’s fabulous railroad tracks \u00a0filter.<\/p>\n

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That is a good start. Now, I needed to model a buffer for the train, you know that thing at the end of a coach or a locomotive that does chock absorption when breaking a train.<\/p>\n

I start up good old dependable Cheetah3D<\/a>. What a surprise, I start out with a cube.<\/p>\n

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I shape it rather flat, then set the polygon count to 20x20x20 before I make it an editable object.<\/p>\n

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Now, I use the Bend tool, to bend it like this.<\/p>\n

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I add a cylinder to be where the spring is mounted that causes the buffers to always touch each other to avoid a jerky ride.<\/p>\n

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Now I add another cube that I Catmul-Clark subdivide for the right smoothness.<\/p>\n

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Here it is, with that old metal texture. Looks good enough to be on a map.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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