The Word: It's what's new, what's ongoing, and what's to come.
THE WORD
It's been quiet for the last half year or so here at the NQRG.
I haven't really been doing any serious rendering, and this past January I returned to college full time... then wound up with a new job in May that is taking up most of my free time. I apologize for not having anything new to write other than this paragraph. For now the NQRG will be staying up, but I'm not likely to post anything new for a while. Sorry.
Here was the last set of latest developments:
UPDATED AS OF
8/12/03
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The bad news is I started August unemployed, and as such, most of my spare time has gone to both
job searches and making sure I keep my morale high. Haven't done much rendering lately, which does
annoy me a bit now that I have a system that can handle it. At any rate, it's been almost 2 months
since I put up that little 'teaser' image below, so now it's time to see the full deal...
- Coronado Bridge V2 - NEW SECTION! As the link on the front page says, "We learned the lessons from the first bridge. We have the technology. We CAN rebuild it!" This new interior mesh is bigger, better - and for the first time - now available for browsing with FULL QUALITY 880x400 renders! Click on over there and check them out!
6/28/03
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It's been a while and unfortunately I've had little time until lately for rendering. Suffice
it to say there is a project in the works that is going to reach a decent quality that it'll be
posted here at the Galleries in another month or two. Until then, patience dear viewers!
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - Minor update! Not quite a big deal, but this does chronicle a recent change to the system I use for rendering.
1/10/03
- Untitled Bridges Gallery - NEW SECTION! An as-yet untitled bridge design is now online with 4 camera shots. It's another WIP though, so we do apologize for the low lighting :)
12/30
- USS Coronado Bridge Project - COMPLETED! Final production renders were completed this month on the three established CIC shots, which have been uploaded to the Bridge Project page.
- Other Projects Page - ONLINE! New content uploaded to give you a glimpse at various small projects I've done over the years, including things like library meshes I use for the bridge renders, abandoned projects, and "one-shot wonders."
11/25
FUTURE PLANS
- BATTLETECH? - I might tinker around with some of the older TRO 'mechs as they're a little easier to render.
- MOVIES? - I'm eager to get into more animation and movie-making, even though I won't have the space to store those files here at Geocities.
- MORE INTERIORS? - Coronado and Bridge Four have really gotten my skill level up when it comes to interior meshes. I'm debating some additional related projects ranging from the Surprise's Engineering set to revisiting the Pegasus bridge or maybe Bridge Four's respective engineering spaces. I'm not sure.
- SUGGESTIONS? - I never guarantee that I'll do any, but if you've got a cool idea - something I can realistically do - feel free to drop me a line at CptFarrell @ AOL.COM