paul w wrote: > Hi again. Thanx for putting some thought into that Linda! You gave me > some things to think about. I'm in the process of creating some "art > work" based on Vlad and Loiosh, and possibly Loiosh and his mother > before he hatched. > > I figured if anyone on the planet would be insterested in my work in > progress, it would be you fine people, so I've posted some of the > material in it's current state. I've found that getting reactions from > people half way through can motivate me to finish! This is a working > model of Loiosh in a real-time 3d engine. You'll need a decent computer > to be able to rotate around it smoothly. It also requires Shockwave to > view. (if you are prompted to install Shockwave when you try to view it, > make sure you uncheck the yahoo toolbar that tries to install with it!) > http://www.stuffycorporatedesign.com/misc/loishviewer.htm > > I realize that most people aren't power users like myself, so I took a > "snap shot" in case you don't have the capability (or desire) to view > the actual project from the link above: > http://www.stuffycorporatedesign.com/misc/loiosh.jpg > His textures still need work, but it's getting close. The animation, > such as it is, is an authoring pose that exists only to test Loiosh's 3d > mesh. I'll be doing a 5 second or so animation in the next few days to > put the model through it's paces and make sure he moves ok. I'm really > excited about how cool this will look once I'm done with Vlad (end of > week most likely)! Wish me luck, and thanx again for the feedback. Hmm. Doesn't Loiosh have 4 limbs (two legs, two wings) rather than 6 (two legs, two arms, two wings)? Jose -- Jose Marquez \ Cthulhu 2004 jhereg69 at hackwater.com \ Why vote for http://www.hackwater.com \ the lesser evil?