Forum: Freestuff


Subject: UFO Moonbase outfit desired...

paramount opened this issue on Nov 20, 2008 · 225 posts


paramount posted Sun, 30 November 2008 at 8:05 AM

Hi again you busy guys, Morkonan and JoEtzold...

That's some great work you've done there, JoEtzold... The hair and catsuit fabric look terrific! And that's a really nice collection of boots you have put together there also. I sometimes wish I was 10% as creative CGI-wise as you guys - I hold so much admiration for you... I do try by best though. 
Looking at the silver leotard fabrics you've both used here, I realise that I have not yet been able to achieve such a good silver-reflect mat finish in my final renders - this might be the way I light the scene using raytraces though - still tinkering... 
Those Moonbase Girl wigs in the show do seem to vary considerably, with some actually looking quite 'wrong' and ill-fitting. You might be forgiven for thinking the actresses arrived on set and grabbed the first purple wig from a box, and let her make-up artist do the rest!?! Or maybe I'm simply dreaming/fantasising here...
There are some truly cool selections of make-up in the Jade for V4 package, which include something like the outer upper eye flashes/flicks the girls on Moonbase have - not exactly though...
I know what you mean about the problems and difficulty sometimes in locating the product creator names etc, JoEtzold. Once they are in my runtime, I can't always find them either, and am apprehensive of adding renders to forums, for fear of upsetting someone. I think if I was the creator, I would be pleased/proud that someone whished/desired to use my creation - but then I am not as yet a creator!!! 
I usually add some volume to hair by adding 2-3% to the overal size, but I am a virtual beginner, so this probably isn't the cool thing to do - it just gets me by sometimes. 
I've added an image of our beloved Lt Ellis in the only spacesuit 'outfit' I think she wears throughout the series... Note how she has kept her wig on, but I'm not sure precisely what's underneath that suit?!?!?! I can't recall Ellis or her Moonbase operatives/companions ever brandishing a gun/weapon - Raygun. Though I do personally believe that any/all Space heroines should be suitably weapon-attired - to ward off any dastardly aliens who may try lurking round the corner - then they'd wished they hadn't!!! 

Oh! That lace detail is posatively-absolutely superb, Morkonan!!! I think I must consider adding some additional software programmes to my PC some day. 
I've noticed in my collection of UFO/Moonbase images those lace up details vary, I think, depending on how many pies and chips the girls have been devouring during filming!?! Some are drawn together really tightly, whilst others are seperated by a good few inches...... They all look magnificent anyways...

Lovely to see these additions to the thread and it is truly great to be part of it, and I'll hopefully learn from your expertise...

Regards...

AJ