Update on my spaceship WIP. I’ve changed the texture and cross-section, and I think it looks a little less toy-like now. The little flying things are ship-busters. The one in the foreground is just a primitive that I didn’t delete. The novel itself is over 60k, and has gone out to a couple …
Category: Pilgrim’s Progress
Announcements, updates, or just general whining about my progress (or lack of) on my writing projects.
May 17
Starting Alpha Readers
I’ve now gotten myself a couple of alpha readers for Legion. The story is at 60K words, and I want to see if there are parts that I’ve skimped on. Ideally I’d like to have it at 80K for release, but in the end it’ll be the size that it needs to be. Postings have …
May 03
Blurb for “We are Legion”
Here’s the blurb for We are Legion (We are Bob), final or close to it. Bob Johansson has hit the jackpot. He’s just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it’s a little unfair when he …
Apr 25
Status Update
New web page up (satisfaction level rising), story developing, CC entries submitted. Doing good.
Apr 25
Progress Report
I’ve got a lot of balls in the air right now. Legion, obviously. I lost about a month of writing while I was working on all the side projects, but I’m starting to get back on track. The spaceship design thing was a huge time sucker. The real cost is learning Blender, which is a …
Apr 18
First Renders
Here’s a first render of the Heaven-1, and a short video of the ship being rotated. I’m still not sure about the composition of the ship’s skin. I was originally thinking of a white ceramic look. I may try that again. Also, I’m going to put on some warning decals and such. Ever looked at …
Apr 08
Spaceship Design
I mentioned earlier that I’ve been learning Blender. It’s been an uphill battle (the software is not intuitive) but I’ve made progress. I actually have the beginnings of a good spaceship. Interestingly, it’s not just a matter of having something for the cover. Designing the ship has forced me to think through some issues, and …
Mar 16
Got my stellarium working
I got the app working. It shows pretty clearly the path through space taken by my protagonist(s). I’m kind of geeked out about it, actually. Here’s an upload of my animation. Unfortunately, youtube really trashes the detail. You have to watch full-screen to have any chance of reading the star tags.
Mar 08
Off on a Tangent
Wow, talk about distracted… As I mentioned in my earlier post, I’m trying to learn Blender so I can do some art for Legion. I have to admit, it’s fun in its own right. Blender, like Bryce (I own v5), is not intuitive, and you really have to go through tutorials to learn it. But …
Feb 26
Making a Cover
I paid someone to make the cover for Outland, and most of the comments have been good. However, the artist is a “photo manipulation” specialist, rather than a painter, sketch artist, or 3D graphics creator. I don’t think she’d be able to do much with my requirements for Legion. I’ve done some looking around and …
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