WiP: 3D Object: Old Microscope

[icr82nz]

looks really good, i would love to see a real photo to compare. i think i would vote in your favor for front page when its done:thumbsup:

[plaguelord]

thanks icr82nz!!!, this night I'll put the real photo. by now, the uv map of the base are completed :D

http://www.ancestral.estudioiris.com.ar/3dgallery/micro/18.jpg

http://www.ancestral.estudioiris.com.ar/3dgallery/micro/19.jpg

[wayfaerer]

looks great so far! You could put it in some kind of old lab where the pioneers of medicine fought disease.
much luck for the gallery!

[plaguelord]

here the original microscope

[plaguelord]

now the parts

[Wolfzbane]

Just curious, do you intend on creating textures so that it looks like the "old" beaten-up original or are you going for a restored (new) look?

[plaguelord]

that, my friend, is a very good question:
I want to make a copy exact the original, but, to make the old look, I will make 2 materials, like the new black paint, and the unpainted metal, and later mix them with a mask or blend, I´m not very sure about how mix the new and the old material, (sugestions are welcome :rolleyes: ) but with this method I can see the "restored" microscope, and the "old & original microscope".
thanks for your question!:beer:

[rquinn]

you should make it brass
oh yeah them old brass microscopes that weight like 50 pounds

[plaguelord]

this one looks like brass with black paint, and weight aprox 5 pounds.
The UV maps are completed, I´m started to make some materials, (the most easiest first :rolleyes: )

cheers!

[rquinn]

you know i meant them brass polished scope

[plaguelord]

can be a nice combination black and brass! soon I'll put some color test

[plaguelord]

the lower lens are finished, here the pict:
I'm making the restored version first.

http://www.ancestral.estudioiris.com.ar/3dgallery/micro/23.jpg http://www.ancestral.estudioiris.com.ar/3dgallery/micro/24.jpg

[nathken]

Speaking of old microscopes, I did a lot of the ones on this page a few years ago


Microscope Museum (http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/museum/index.html)

[plaguelord]

thanks for the link nathken, he has very good ref pictures!

[plaguelord]

update
http://www.radiodelnorte.com.ar/cgtalk/micro/25.jpg
http://www.radiodelnorte.com.ar/cgtalk/micro/26.jpg
(links fixed)

[plaguelord]

I don't know if somebody is viewing this, but, here's another update> :rolleyes:
http://www.radiodelnorte.com.ar/cgtalk/micro/30.jpg
http://www.radiodelnorte.com.ar/cgtalk/micro/27.jpg
http://www.radiodelnorte.com.ar/cgtalk/micro/28.jpg

cheers

[wilson81]

looks good, i like the black/brass combo

[DigitalCrystal]

Lookin' good. Maybe it's just me, but does anyone else get a lot of red x's up until this 2nd page?:shrug:

[plaguelord]

wilson, thanks for put your first post on my thread!
digital-crystal, thanks (I fix some links). :surprised

here´s an update: (I´m almost done!):bounce:
http://www.radiodelnorte.com.ar/cgtalk/micro/33.jpg http://www.radiodelnorte.com.ar/cgtalk/micro/29.jpg

[plaguelord]

well, I think that is finished! :applause:

please give me some ideas for a final shot to
post on the finished work section!!!

http://www.ancestral.estudioiris.com.ar/3dgallery/micro/36.jpg http://www.ancestral.estudioiris.com.ar/3dgallery/micro/35.jpg

thanks for all yours c&c!

[Sceme]

it needs environment, but the model looks awesome:thumbsup:

[knebbes]

i agree to sceme
the only thing i dont like is that the pattern of the peeling paint on the left black cylinder repeats on the right one (i hope you understand what i am talking about ;) )

[torbjorn]

i think it looks too clean and shiny to be old...

otherwise, good job...need better lighting aswell :scream:

[plaguelord]

sceme, knebbes, torbjorn, thanks for your opinion!

what about this for an enviroment: a nice block of glass with the microscope inside and a red cloth in the base, with a museum background?:surprised

you right, I'll tweak the 2 cylinder mask to get a different pattern.

I know some part are very shiny, but I have the original in my hand and some part do not loose their natural shiny.:bounce:

cheers

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