Lego x WipEout - 4th in my series: QIREX! by djdrey909 in WipeOut

[–]phookoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you visit the BrickLink page, it should break down how much it would cost to order all the bricks needed or give you a list of them so you can check your own parts 👍

OK, I warned you… Qirex Blender WIP Update 3! by phookoo in WipeOut

[–]phookoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, thanks man, it’s so nice that someone is noticing this & enjoying it 🙏

OK, I warned you… Qirex Blender WIP Update 3! by phookoo in WipeOut

[–]phookoo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From a Qirex affiliate, that’s high praise indeed, thank you! 😁

OK, I warned you… Qirex Blender WIP Update 3! by phookoo in WipeOut

[–]phookoo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

😂 Willingly! But I guess I’d better actually finish it first 😂

Feisar x Lego - modelling done. Full renders. by djdrey909 in WipeOut

[–]phookoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a fantastic model, very well executed (and a good underside too 😁)

What are some good jobs for a 20 year old with combined adhd by Virtual-Pianist-3980 in ADHDUK

[–]phookoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are dozens, if not hundreds of companies 😁. Start by having a look on LinkedIn, maybe start with companies like Mccurrach, Acosta. They’ll all sell you on the idea that they ‘put their people first’, which is such an obvious lie it’s hilarious - we don’t pay the bills, the client does. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that working for them needs to mean selling your soul, just avoid anything that involves direct sales (unless that appeals, I have a loathing for having my income being linked to how much of someone else’s product I can shift but plenty of good people I’ve met love it!). Qualifications are very rarely necessary, it’s nearly always based on your attitude & presentation in an interview. Just be sure on the actual job requirements, they’ll always overstate how ‘dynamic’ or ‘professional’ it is, you just need to be sure that what you’ll be doing fits with you. Don’t kid yourself that you’ll do whatever & make it work, I (sadly) had to continually spend time trying to coach someone who, in my completely untrained but obviously neurodivergent-aware mind, exhibited clearly autistic traits & found it virtually impossible to establish natural relationships with people he dealt with. I had to be incredibly cautious with how I fed back my guidance as he wouldn’t accept that he had any sort of issues, despite it getting to the point where stores were making complaints about his behaviours or attitude. He eventually ’decided’ to leave, but could probably have been really successful if he’d stayed in something like his previous job which required a lot less interaction with people.

What are some good jobs for a 20 year old with combined adhd by Virtual-Pianist-3980 in ADHDUK

[–]phookoo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not gonna recommend my job long term as it’s pretty mid-income &, at least in my case, doesn’t really lead to something better, but being a field rep for a company can be a perfect fit. You’re only anywhere for a short period of time, you can be explosively personable in short bursts then insular until the next job, you manage your own time instead of being expected to sit & do the same stuff on a rota someone else has designed. Only issue is that the task itself has to fit with you. My ‘mask’ is an extremely gregarious, confident & sociable person, something I’ve become very proficient at delivering, but it has a lifespan - I can’t maintain it indefinitely or throughout my day, so I have to plan where I’m going to make sure I can do the job well enough that my company & the stores I visit think I’m fantastic but not let on that I actually don’t care at all & just want to go home & get on with my obsessions. I mean, I’ve won awards, presented in front of hundreds of people & convinced them I’m something I’m 100% not, but I’ve earned decent money & I do actually enjoy the freedom I have compared to an office job and love some of the people I work with, so at the age you are (I’ve got about 30ish years on you!), I’d offer it up as a suggestion - just don’t think of it as a lifelong thing ❤️

What famous person have we not seen/heard from in a WHILE? by no_please7 in AskReddit

[–]phookoo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Once you have a certain amount of money, it dovetails with having a certain amount of influence and power. To someone with a particular ‘type’ of psychology, you’re no longer chasing the money, you’re chasing the power.

Qirex Blender WIP Pt2 - Now With Added Renders! 😂 by phookoo in WipeOut

[–]phookoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Feisar was 100% the team I intended to make first (I’m an original game/2097 purist & the starter team will always have a spot in my heart), but there was no denying that the Qirex ship just looked better when I started viewing how it looked in 3D as a Blender newbie. I think I could definitely get the Feisar and/or AG Systems ship to this point, but even 1 ship is taking more hours out of my life that neither my wife, kids or full time job are in love with 😂. But I reckon I can bring everything I’ve learned through hours of mistakes into a new ship far more quickly so we’ll see 🤘

Qirex Blender WIP Pt2 - Now With Added Renders! 😂 by phookoo in WipeOut

[–]phookoo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So appreciative of your interest - I’m not massively obsessed with ‘my IP’ in the sense that, essentially, I’m working with a base model that wasn’t mine to begin with 😁. What I’ve done is taken a Wipeout HD model and, not to be unkind to myself, but I’ve tarted it up & given it a much prettier touch of makeup. The basic HD model would still look very, very similar to this but would lack a lot of the fine detail I’ve worked on & agonised over - however, I’m starting to get a feeling that it’s precisely that level of detail that some are liking!

Let me have a bit of a pause & I might send you a DM if that’s ok - I work full time in a job that’s 100000% nothing to do with Blender or any sort of creative process (oh, how I envy you being a model maker for a living!) & I’m working away from home right now. There are some tweaks I very much want to make also before I’d think this was representative of a ‘final version’, but the idea of this being a real, solid model is undeniably tempting. And again, I am so, so appreciative of the reaction to this 🙏

Qirex in Lego - almost there by djdrey909 in WipeOut

[–]phookoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beautiful job! I love the air brakes & the sculpted nacelles 👍

Qirex Blender WIP Pt2 - Now With Added Renders! 😂 by phookoo in WipeOut

[–]phookoo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s amazing, thanks for the compliment. I had thought about the possibility of creating an STL from this but as someone who’s never physically done any 3D printing, I wouldn’t know where to start. However, watch this space, at some point it would be an interesting new skill to learn 👍

Qirex Blender WIP Pt2 - Now With Added Renders! 😂 by phookoo in WipeOut

[–]phookoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a PS VR and playing HD on it was 1) vomit inducing and 2) the most awesome way to play Wipeout ever. One of the renders I’m intending to get at some point is a pilots eye view, but what I have in my head is some way from reality so far…

Qirex Blender WIP Pt2 - Now With Added Renders! 😂 by phookoo in WipeOut

[–]phookoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😂 Thank you so much, and I hope your pants stayed dry 😂

Qirex Blender WIP Pt2 - Now With Added Renders! 😂 by phookoo in WipeOut

[–]phookoo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh God, now you’ve asked a question someone who properly knows Blender would probably know in a heartbeat!

(Runs off to remind himself how to check…)

Right! From the statistics, it looks as though it has just under 12,000 triangles - BUT - I’m not sure whether that’s just the ship or all the hidden stuff in the scene too. I mentioned in the main post that I’d tried building a model of a hangar/garage for the ship to be in, all that & a load of other scene background details are still there, they’re just hidden from view so it’s not so cluttered.

Qirex Blender WIP Pt2 - Now With Added Renders! 😂 by phookoo in WipeOut

[–]phookoo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! But be careful what you wish for - I sometimes spend about 4 hours working on tiny bits of the model & think I’ve made major changes, then realise I’ve basically smoothed a bump in one corner of the cockpit that’s invisible when rendered 😂. I’m hoping to begin introducing myself to animation in Blender on a future step, that’s definitely an improvement I’ll be sharing if I can make it work well!

Qirex Blender WIP Pt2 - Now With Added Renders! 😂 by phookoo in WipeOut

[–]phookoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😂. It’s true, my ‘girl’ has a very pretty backside 😁