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Scenery objects - Tutorials?

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Hello all -
Brand new to this- been going thru the tutorials and all I see is the projects for planes - Other than inserting cubes an things-
How do you create obects that are dif shapes.
Does anyone know if there are any tutorials out there?
Thanks in advance
Contrail
 
Hi,

There are quite some tutorials for scenery, but usually these are about houses which are indeed a collection of boxes. What kind of object do you want to model?
 
Well - buildings, houses would be a start - bridges- thingss like that.
What I'd like to find are tutorials on how to create the different shapes in an object like a house. Pitched roof for example. Archways through a bridge.
Thanks for your response
Contrail
 
Hi,

Did you check the tutorial that comes with the FS2004 GMax gamepack? It explains how to build a house. This website also has some great tutorials.
 
Contrail - the FIRST thing you should do is just play around with the program. Within FSDS there are a series of tutorials and exercises that lead you through creating objects and such - start with the water tower tutorial.

Creating a "roof" for example, depends as much on your mood that day as to what program you're using - fsds, gmax, 3DSmax, there are different ways of making the same thing.

(Arno and die hard scenery modellers - do not read further)

I built a little outhouse (which now adorns one of my airfields) by placing as my backdrop image the image of a paper card model. I created all my planes on one view, then textured the whole thing using the same image.

Then, I simply "folded" the planes appropriately.

OF course, THAT method is "way out" there, but it proves that there's more than one way to skin the cat... :)
 
Contrail, if you'd like I can send you a couple FSDS source files for hangars that I've done. Not exactly "tutorials" but still you could see how I've created different structures and get some idea of how to go about making them. Don't forget, texturing is almost more important than shaping the objects. Without good textures, even the most accurate models will look like junk.

Learning to texture well is a whole different ballgame.
 
Hi Felix/Mike-
Yes -I have done the tutorials - water tower etc.
And Mike - I would appreciate that - I think I could deconstruct - and figure it out.
Things like pitched/arched roofs I'm not quite sure about.
Would appreciate the help
Contrail
 
Hi Farfy-
Thanks - I'll check out your titorials- Hope all is going well with you-
Have missed you in the sky
Contrail
 
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