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Recent Random Renderings

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Being separated from my bricks for 5 months of skiing (it's a job!) has led me to have some adventures with LDD, LDD to POV Ray Convertor and POV Ray.

About this creation

This is a fold out gattling gun for the Wasp. I've some other designs in LDD too.

The Wasp will have a missile battery hidden in its other wing.

Here we see the weapons folded out from the Wasp. The cockpit for the mini-fig is underneath the wing but my laptop couldn't render the three, large transparencies which I've used.

I started playing with rendering using models that I'd already made in LDD. This is the The Grey Reaper.

Here's the High Speed Interceptor.

My favourite view is this one, with all of the engines on display.

David Alexander Smith's Classic Space Pocket Money Contest inspired me to find some instructions online for some classic sets. The original version of this Space Scooter used what are now "illegal connections", so I had to improvise a little.

This Mobile Tracking Station is one both mine & David's favourites. I had to make the antenna on top light grey, rather than the original trans-clear, to make the render happen in a reasonable time (6 1/2 hours) on my 5 year old laptop.

LL918 was my first ever Classic Space set and my first ever min-fig. Here we see the pilot about to test fly an example which has yet to have its registration number painted on. The windows are covered with a protective film from the factory (or was it that my laptop just couldn't render the trans-yellow!)

This final photo isn't a render but the Wasp in real bricks. This is as far as I got before I left for the Alps. I hope to have it finished in late May, depending on life and the speed of Bricklink deliveries.

If you want to ask me questions about my adventures in rendering, you can find my e-mail on my MOCpages homepage.

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Ian Spacek

April 12, 2013

Really diggin' that checkered ship! Well built.

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Riccardo Zangelmi

March 19, 2013

Really a masterpiece my friend :)

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Jon B

January 25, 2013

Some great stuff here, the wasp looks especially interesting! 5 months is a long time to be brickless, it must drive you nuts :/

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Thomas Floyd

January 6, 2013

Instead of singing o'christmas tree over the holiday I sang o'david because I missed your classic space awesomeness.Come back please.

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Justin Knelsen

January 6, 2013

The Wasp is one sweet ship! I love your checkerboard design and color choices, makes it one truly unique ship. Awesome work!

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Parrington Levens

January 5, 2013

Wicked dude! I have been trying to figure out how to make LDD look real for a while now cos it would make set background design so much quicker! I love how wel you have been able to do it. CGI belongs everywhere! The Wasp is a killer design!

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Nick Barrett

January 4, 2013

The wasp is very special. They're all good, and the CS sets are a treat to see too.

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Starscream Soundwave

January 3, 2013

Looks fantastic! The wasp looks to be one of your best builds yet, can't wait to see it finished. Glad to see you're still building even without your bricks!

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Andre Benjamin

January 2, 2013

Great to see what you've been up to. I've been adoring that Wasp for the last few minutes now... I don't know how you got all those functions and techniques in there and still made it come out seamless in the end! Astounding!

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David Roberts

January 2, 2013

Quoting MortalSwordsman . Wow this rendering looks real. The Wasp looks absolutely fantastic. I really like all your creations but this looks very special. Has a hint of a valkyrie and concorde about it. Can't wait to see it complete. Hope you are enjoying yourself even though you are away from home.

I hadn't thought of the Valkyrie but yes, you're right the cranked wing tips and delta wing do have something about them.

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David Roberts

January 2, 2013

I hadn't thought of the Valkyrie but yes, you're right the cranked wing tips and delta wing do have something about them.

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David Roberts

January 2, 2013

Quoting LukeClarenceVan The Revanchist Awesome ship, looking forward to seeing it finished. Nice job you have too, do you teach skiing or are you a professional competitor?

Just a ski instructor I'm afraid. I'm hoping to have just Eurotest left to do to get my BASI Level 4 by the end of the winter.

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David Roberts

January 2, 2013

Quoting Magma ! You absolutely LOVE checkered patterns, don't you?

...and stripes too! :)

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David Roberts

January 2, 2013

Quoting David Alexander Smith The render on the Mobile Tracking Station is stunning. In general the results you've achieved makes me consider LDD as an alternative to real bricks. The Wasp by the way looks stunning. I'm really interested to see how those Gatling gun fits into the build.

I've posted a render with the weapons deployed. There's a big, white hole, as I haven't built the engines inside the ship yet.

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El Barto !

January 2, 2013

Cool collection!

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Magma !

January 2, 2013

You absolutely LOVE checkered patterns, don't you?

matt rowntree

January 1, 2013

Certainly won't lose the Wasp in a snowstorm!!! Great renderings and I love the Wasp, although it sort of gives me a headache when I stare at it for very long ;) I actually hope to see more of it in detail, clever fold outs.

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Elk Guard

January 1, 2013

Great work!

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Topsy Creatori(StoveTop nomore!)

January 1, 2013

Some are 'cute as a button', some are 'nifty and nice'! And one is 'wunderbar'! :)

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LukeClarenceVan The Revanchist

January 1, 2013

Awesome ship, looking forward to seeing it finished. Nice job you have too, do you teach skiing or are you a professional competitor?

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David Alexander Smith

January 1, 2013

The render on the Mobile Tracking Station is stunning. In general the results you've achieved makes me consider LDD as an alternative to real bricks. The Wasp by the way looks stunning. I'm really interested to see how those Gatling gun fits into the build.

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Senator Chinchilla .

January 1, 2013

Awesome MOC's! The wasp is really cool. Some of the smaller craft are neat, too.

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Daniel Calleri

January 1, 2013

David, Excellent craft. I love the lines and the color. Thank you too for the invite to participate in your groups recent build event. But during the school year I am off limits! Maybe some other time.

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MortalSwordsman .

January 1, 2013

Wow this rendering looks real. The Wasp looks absolutely fantastic. I really like all your creations but this looks very special. Has a hint of a valkyrie and concorde about it. Can't wait to see it complete. Hope you are enjoying yourself even though you are away from home.

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M2com McKinney

January 1, 2013

There are tons of great vehicles here, many are very inspirational! Great work and glad to see you back. I hope you see more of your stuff!

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