Nice contribution Colin!
Well done, clear and easy to follow.

Cheers

Thanks for taking the time to do this.

Hi Everyone,

Here's a ring design I've been doing for a customer to celebrate 40yrs of riding.
There's to be 3 of these rings made, each will then have the riders name engraved along the bottom of the band.
The design will be milled in wax & then cast in StgSil.

Used MoI for all of it except the actual deforming of the Brake & Clutch Levers to fit snug to the ring shape.
For doing that part I needed to use Cage Edit in Rhino4...looking forward to when MoI also has this feature.
I've only just started to learn about rendering, so here's some of my first tests using VRay.

Just uploaded these same pics to the Gallery

regards Colin

Hi Colin, that's a very cool design, I'm sure that your customer will be very pleased.

It must be fun creating these kinds of personalized projects for people, since it will have sentimental value to them.

- Michael

Nice conceptual motor bike ring!

Nice one Colin!
I know a few bikers that would love one of these.

Keep 'em coming.

Cheers
~Danny~

Great stuff. Keep practicing the rendering. Having great product renders of your designs will be great

Hi Everyone,

Having seen other Members here doing various Sci Fi stuff, I thought I'd have a go at it also...
I remembered watching Gerry Anderson's UFO series as a kid & figured it might be a good starting point.
Did a quick search on the web & managed to find some Blueprints for the UFO model from the show.

Here's the relevant links for others that might be also be interested.
http://ufoseries.com/blueprints/index.html

Here's a link to a model kit that was for sale, this also helped as a reference.
http://amazingscience.altervista.org/ufomodelproduct.htm#

Here's hoping I've done it justice.

UFO blueprints? Cool! :)

It turned out great.

- Michael

Encounters!

Very cool Colin!
just one question, the rippling on the bottom of the ship, is it from the surface created or refraction from the transparent material you used.

Cheers

Thanks for the compliments.

@ Danny, yes, it's the refraction from the glass material I used for the rendering.
Here's another render that shows the same effect...must be something to do with the angle?

regards Colin

Now all we need is a coupla hott models of some cutie chix with purple hair and you'd be straight! :-P


Nice model!

-Will

Hi Everyone,

Here's a design & milling job I had to do for another Jeweller.
Their customer had picked out a nice Emerald cut Ametrine (Amethyst & Citrine in one crystal formation).
The Jeweller figured I could design & mill it quicker than he could hand make it in time for Xmas...so I did!!

All designed in MoI & milled on my MDX-15 & Fourth Axis rotary unit.
Now these pieces are off to the Jeweller to be cast, cleaned up, assembled & set, so this is the last I'll see of it.
You gotta love CAD/CAM for a quick turn around time!!

regards Colin

Very cool Colin, I'm glad that you're able to crunch these jobs out quickly!

- Michael

Precious setting ;)

Nice interesting work as usual Colin, thanks for sharing the experience.

Cheers

Nice work man!!
I'm also interested in purchasing that milling machine (MDX-15).
How much does it cost?
Are you satisfied with it? How much do the materials cost?

Thanks everyone for the nice comments, it's much appreciated.

@ nicko, here's a link back to where this was previously discussed earlier within the post.
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=490.7

regards Colin

Hi Colin,

Nice to be able to knock out a design on short notice! :-) The models and waxes look great.

Jesse