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Starship Intrepid: Heavy Lies The Crown released

Korvar — Sun, 27 May 2007 09:52:00 +0000

As you know, I’ve been involved in making a Star Trek Fan Film for the past little while. Well, it is now out! You can go get it at the Star Trek: Intrepid main page and follow the links.

Having now actually seen it in its entirety, it is pretty good, especially for a first effort. There are some audio issues, but they were down to us not knowing how to record audio!

If you’re interested in my contributions, I’m playing Dr. Richard Garran – the long haired beardy bloke in the odd grey-and-blue uniform who hates Starfleet. The bulk of my special effects work was done in the first scene, with the Captain’s transport ship.

Anyway, the download servers just aren’t working hard enough, so I suggest you go give them a workout…

Free Poser/Daz Studio figure – Apollo Maximus

Korvar — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:31:00 +0000

Wow. Just chanced across this from someone’s forum signature: Apollo Maximus, a full 3D character usable in Poser or Daz Studio, including clothes, morphs, textures, the whole shebang, is now available for free download:

I am playing with it now, and may do a few renders of my own to see what’s possible…

Korvar — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:14:00 +0000

Some more images I’ve been doing:

Daz goodness

Korvar — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:30:00 +0000

I am really enjoying Daz|Studio – recently I’ve found out that people can write shaders for it, and a bloke called Arthur Heinz has done a very nice one. Makes for some very pretty pictures if used right. This was for a render challenge under the title “Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to know”.

This image was made using David, wearing the Jasper texture and Steampunk Cowboy for David clothes, wielding one of the Gunslinger’s guns. Background in Vue 5 Infinite.

Esc – An animation by Justin Henton

Korvar — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:05:00 +0000

Wow. Just wow. Justin Henton’s student film is a fun take on the “animator versus animated” clips that are around. Lovely stuff.

I do so like Daz Studio…

Korvar — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:19:00 +0000

Made using Daz Studio, Michael 3, Pirate Pack for M3 and Samurai Yoroi for M3.

Gave me something to do while Torchwood was on, anyway.

$%^&

Korvar — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:58:00 +0000

There is nothing – nothing – as stroke-inducingly enraging as a computer that doesn’t do what it’s bloody supposed to. I’ve been struggling with Lightwave tonight, for U.S.S. Intrepid, trying to get a tractor beam to look like a tractor beam. Simple enough, until Lightwave decided that it won’t even let me create .avi files, and any Quicktime movies it creates are pure black – no picture at all. What a fun few hours this has been.

So sod this for a game of soldiers, I’m playing World of Warcraft.