[simpits-chat] Mmmm, sexy....

[Brian Sikkema]

Well, there is more than one type of historic space capsule, and more than
one person tinkering around with doing one, and we each are doing a
different capsule, so confusion was bound to arise somewhere :) Mine just
happens to be the grand-daddy of them all :)

Speaking of which, I've already made good progress on the new model. I think
a lot of the time spent building the old ones were really developing
technique rather than the actual task of modeling. So hopefully I'll have it
back in no time - and better! I'm going about it a completely different way
this time, which should, if all goes well, allow me to save a lot of time on
texturing, using many small textures rather than one huge one. Hard to
explain, but this could end up being a substantially better way to go. So I
guess there are some surprise benefits to being a dumbass.

Brian

PS - I also hadnt updated my video drivers in a while. Turns out the latest
from NVidea allows multiple desktops and many other very nice goodies. So
I'm having fun with that, too :)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Bailey" <mattb@rtccom.net>
To: <simpits-chat@simpits.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: [simpits-chat] Mmmm, sexy....


> Oh, I just remember you were doing a historic space capsule. I guess I was
> confusing you.
>
> -Matt Bailey
>
> On Tuesday 27 May 2003 06:23 am, you wrote:
> > I think you might be getting me confused with Sean here. I'm looking for
> > info on Mercury, not Apollo. I *would* like to know how the heck they
> > landed the blueprints, though, that info might be useful... on the other
> > hand, this is an Oscar Winning Tom Hanks flick, with an Oscar Winning
Tom
> > Hanks budget, I bet their method involves a lot more cash than I have
> > handy....
> >
> > Brian
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matt Bailey" <mattb@rtccom.net>
> > To: <simpits-chat@simpits.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 1:37 AM
> > Subject: Re: [simpits-chat] Mmmm, sexy....
> >
> > > On Monday 26 May 2003 10:02 pm, you wrote:
> > > > I just saw Apollo 13 again on IMAX... man that is one awesome
flick...
> > > > Unbelievable detail, just unbelievable. I'm convinced the set makers
> > > > had
> >
> > to
> >
> > > > have all the original blueprints for the CM and LM, it's the only
way
> >
> > they
> >
> > > > could have gotten everything so good...
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > Sounds like you need to get in touch with them about sharing. :) Say,
> > > have you ever been to the Pima Air Museum? They have what has to be a
> > > mock-up Apollo module but it definitely has some real parts in it.
Dunno
> > > how
> >
> > accurate
> >
> > > it is.
> > >
> > > -Matt Bailey
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