Today we start out in Cheetah3D<\/a> to make another engine part. We start with \u00a0Box that we set to 3x3x3 polygons.<\/p>\n Now we decrease the size of the top polygons by selecting them all and them make them smaller. This will create a cut off pyramid like shape of the top.<\/p>\n Now time for textures, and guess what, I will make them in FilterForge<\/a> today also. This filter is called battleship plating, and it suits well for the use I want for it. First the texture map.<\/p>\n Then the bump map.<\/p>\n Now we make 4 copies of the block we just made. and Apply the texture to them, UV map them a little differently. I still such on UV-mapping, why does it have to be so difficult? I need to find a good tutorial on this. I’ve tried but haven’t found any good ones. If anyone knows a good UV-map tutorial, please tell me.<\/em><\/p>\n Here is a topdown render, good enough if you don’t look too close.<\/p>\n And here we place the core drive units inside the engine room using OmniGraffle<\/a>. This starts to look like a spaceship to me. I also added some diamond plate floor. The grease monkeys need somewhere to dig down into the oil and get dirty.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/plmake401.jpg\" "\\"plmake401\\"")
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