Opened on May 11, 2012.
Responses: 1
Work in Progress: 0
Requirements:
Okay, I'm a geek. I know it. But it seems to me that creating a decent looking Warp Core shouldn't be that hard (For non-geeks, that would be the big blue glowing thingy in a Star Trek engine room ). And yet... I can't quite get it nailed down. The actual modeling is pretty easy (although available reference pics are fantastically crappy). But the glowing/animated part is driving me nuts. I've tried spotlights, halo particles, animated textures, node setups, etc. It's just frustrating the crap out of me... maybe someone else has the skills? I'd be much appreciative.
There is no Work in progress for this Request. Pick it up now!
chrisbreen1995
Do you want just the Core or the container around the core?
chrisbreen1995
And, my bad
Lars-Kristian
How do you want the core to animate? Can you link a video reference?
Orion2828
Cool request! I can't wait to see what you talented folks come up with! :-)
rikere
Which style of warp core? TNG, Voyager?
KuhnIndustries
Probably TNG. Although doing a Voyager style with a clouds texture might be possible...
lubeyrin
One word: Videotexture Two words: Videotexture Plugin
KuhnIndustries
Thirty-two words: Sure, that would certainly work. But it doesn't produce a good glow or lighting effect on the environment. I know it's possible, but I had gotten a bit frustrated at that point:)
mcavady
Hi I had a look at this and managed something that seems to work, well how I think you would like it, here is a quick video to show you. http://youtu.be/WIuz72JSBmc ; I will submit the blend file to you, if this is what you want regarding the animation of the warp core.
ScoutingNinja
Hi Just uploaded a blend. I used textures for the effect, and a very simple rig to animate it.
don't know if you still want it I just couldn't resist making the model.(Star Trek fan) I hope you find it useful, tell me if you want me to change it.
manfro1981
i maked cycles version becouse ,never readed well, the reuequst using your model, i added part of the engennering room ,and animated it with pat follow constraint on a tourus that follow the path spreading light that create the effect of working warp core ,i also added a texture ,give a look to evadrops website i found a image of that show a galaxy class model of the enterprise ,but give look to contract code there is a wrong letter.... this is the link Enterprise Model
manfro1981
i working on it with cylces i near to upload something starting from the warp core model publisched by ScoutingNinja, it seem to me good ,when finisched it you can find it on blendswap,i hope is usfull for khuno0362
manfro1981
Sorry i never seen that the request is limitated to blender internal,but i had alredy uploaded the cycles version.