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- * Babylon 5 Vorlon Ship #1 Version 2 *
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- June 10, 1994
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- Thanks for downloading this archive of a version 2 Babylon 5 Vorlon
- fighter ship model in the Video Toaster LightWave 3D format, hand
- modeled under 2.0 software by the author and originally uploaded to
- Ron Kramer's OBSTACLE ILLUSION BBS, Grand Rapids, MI (619) 791-2109.
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- This archive contains ALL the model elements needed to construct the
- smaller of the 3 or 4 Vorlon ships as seen on the BABYLON 5 space
- adventure series. Included is a fully assembled ship and most of
- the elements used to construct it as well as a surface detailing IFF
- image map.
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- The following original and unaltered files are contained herein:
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- VlonShip.doc - This document.
- VorlonShip.scn - A 420 frame LightWave 2.0 render ready scene.
- ClosedPetal#1 - Closed petal object positioned at 12 o-clock.
- ClosedPetal#2 - Closed petal positioned at 9 o-clock.
- ClosedPetal#3 - Closed petal positioned at 6 o-clock.
- ClosedPetal#4 - Closed petal positioned at 3 o-clock.
- OpenedPetal#1 - Opened petal object positioned at 12 o-clock.
- OpenedPetal#2 - Opened petal positioned at 9 o-clock.
- OpenedPetal#3 - Opened petal positioned at 6 o-clock.
- OpenedPetal#4 - Opened petal positioned at 3 o-clock.
- VorlonBulb - Main base shape of hull on which elements are
- attached.
- VorlonPods - Pods and tentacle attachment assembly.
- VorlonEngine - Engine assembly.
- VorlonTentacles - Tentacle weapon arms (4).
- VorlonShipComplete - The complete Vorlon Ship minus petals.
- VorlonShips.jpg - Composited 24-bit JPEG'd IFF showing 2 Vorlon
- ships, one with open petals, the other closed.
- HullPanel.brs - IFF diffusion image map of panel and weather
- detailing.
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- After unarchiving, put all the petal and ship elements/objects in
- your :TOASTER/3D/OBJECTS/SPACE drawer, the VorlonShip.scn in your
- :TOASTER/3D/SCENES drawer, and HullPanel.brs in :TOASTER/3D/IMAGES/
- BRUSHES.
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- Decompress VorlonShips.jpg to :TOASTER/3D/IMAGES. View it with your
- favorite image or paint program.
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- I modeled this complex object as a self-teaching tutorial and a
- challenge to achieve by trial and error the same object used in this
- Emmy award wining movie pilot and TV series.
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- The ship is composed of 9 parts: the main hull (including the tent-
- acles, 8 surrounding pods, 4 tentacle supports, and engine) and the
- petals (4 in the closed position, 4 in the opened position). The
- petals, when loaded into LW, will automatically be arranged in their
- proper positions relative the the main hull and each other.
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- This updated archive now contains some of the individual elements
- that make up this ship. These include: the revised and more accur-
- ate pods and tentacle support structures combined into one object,
- the revised tentacles using half the number of polygons as before,
- and the Vorlon ship's engine assembly. The 2 sets of 4 petals have
- been rebuilt from scratch and optimized to save memory. The origin-
- al version 1 petals were archived with 1,000's of duplicate points.
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- Depending on how you want the petals to move, either opening or
- closing, set both sets of 4 to have as their PARENT the main ship
- object and make one set of 4 petals 100% DISSOLVED while setting up
- the other set to MORPH into the dissloved set using a MORPH ENVELOPE
- for each one of the 4 petals. A 3 to 4 second (90-120 frame) morph
- is a good speed used to open and close the petals. Be sure to use a
- tension of 1 at the start and end of the morph key frames. Of course
- all these parameters have been defined in the included scene.
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- Users of this model can contact me by writing:
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- Dean A. Scott
- 2043 Hillsdale Dr.
- Davison, MI 48423
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- ... or via FidoNet e-mail at:
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- Dean Scott, 1:2240/130.1
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- IMPORTANT
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- This archive is being distributed as FREEWARE, meaning I hold the
- copyright to my work, but am allowing others to use it without charge
- so long as ownership CREDIT is noted in productions/animations using
- the contents of this archive.
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- None of the contents of this archive have originated nor have been
- obatined from Babylonian Productions, Inc., Foundation Imaging, Para-
- mount, or Warner Bros. They are thus released from liability for
- damages, real or consequential, arising from the use and distribution
- of this archive.
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- This document MUST accompany the distribution of this archive.
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- Users are free to modify for personal/corporate use, but are not per-
- mitted to alter this archive with such modified models/images with
- intent to redistribute such altered archive contents.
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- B5 JumpGate Freeware Copyright 1994, Dean A. Scott.
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