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Summary: No use for any 3d work. FORGET IT
Review: A catalogue of nicely rendered images, yes. Fine for your coffee table, but no use whatso-ever for any 3D work.
All of the poly meshes supplied are (poorly) auto-reduced versions of the original geometry that the images in the book were rendered with. At best, the supplied meshes can only contain 5% of the orignal geometry. You will find highter resolution models on a games console than on this CD. There are one or two "high res" models included on the CDROM, but they're not worth bothering about.As an example of how weak this is, take the aircraft model that has a 350k two tone tif texture (could have been 4k) which was actually bigger then the 300k .3DS file. Many of the textures themselves are pooly produced, badly sized or badly anti-aliased, so if you're thinking it's worth the money just for the textures, then think again. If you like pretty pictures, then get it. If you want 3D models then simply don't bother with this.
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Summary: Worse than useless
Review: Most of the models in this package are nice, maybe too nice. I was hoping there would be some low-poly models suitable for gaming, and could only use about 5 straight out of the box. The rest were high-poly count models, although I was able to optimize a few more models to use. The book is small, the dimensions of a CD only thicker. The texture are fairly nice, but a few are kind of dull looking, but what do you expect for less than ten cents per model?
I was looking for WWII era models myself, and there were quite a few actually, but there is a nice wide selection of models in this package. Everything from ancient warships to the Bismarck to a 1940 USA Harley Davidson. There are aircraft, animals, architecture, cars, civil and military ships, motorcycles, etc...
There is a little bit of everything, and almost every model is excellent. The Tiger tank was a thing of beauty when I imported it into my game engine.
It's definitely worth the asking price if you want some high quality .3ds format models.
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Summary: Nice models for the price
Review: Most of the models in this package are nice, maybe too nice. I was hoping there would be some low-poly models suitable for gaming, and could only use about 5 straight out of the box. The rest were high-poly count models, although I was able to optimize a few more models to use. The book is small, the dimensions of a CD only thicker. The texture are fairly nice, but a few are kind of dull looking, but what do you expect for less than ten cents per model?
I was looking for WWII era models myself, and there were quite a few actually, but there is a nice wide selection of models in this package. Everything from ancient warships to the Bismarck to a 1940 USA Harley Davidson. There are aircraft, animals, architecture, cars, civil and military ships, motorcycles, etc...
There is a little bit of everything, and almost every model is excellent. The Tiger tank was a thing of beauty when I imported it into my game engine.
It's definitely worth the asking price if you want some high quality .3ds format models.
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Summary: Worse than useless
Review: The best that can be said for this garbage from Taschen is that it's "only" [$$]. There is about a 1% (that's right, one percent) chance you will find something you can use, in which case you will get your money's worth. 1. Of the 500 models, only 20 to 30 are any good -- 20 or 30 out of 500! The vast majority, as another reviewer has noted, are of VERY low resolution. A high-resolution model can be reduced for game development -- but the reverse cannot be done. The images are very deceptive -- clearly made from hi-res models. 2. Whoever developed the CDs should be drawn and quartered. Many path names are wrong. So you will spend a lot of time browsing to reestablish the paths to image maps. 3. Worst of all, many of these are FREE on line. Check the back cover for the URL of the company that actually made the models (deespona.com). There, you will find many free models -- in original Max format (not 3ds, as on these CDs) and with path names intact, etc. This book is so bad, I'm considering filing a consumer complaint (since once you've opened the CDs, you can no longer return the book).
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Summary: WORTHLESS!!!!
Review: This book and CD roms are worthless for modeling. I found maybe 1 percent useful models. You will have better luck on 3d Cafe or some other free site!
Rating:
Summary: WORTHLESS!!!!
Review: This book and CD roms are worthless for modeling. I found maybe 1 percent useful models. You will have better luck on 3d Cafe or some other free site!
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