Forester is finishing up the full sail version of the boat, and will be starting on the "sail up" version next. She is also planning to include some accessories with the boat...separate .obj oars and rudders, fishing baskets, a stone jetty and water plane, and the reference "scaling man" as a separate .obj to keep things true to scale in the 28 foot boat. She intends to offer this boat as a free download on Rendo...and as soon as she uploads the first version of the boat, I'll include a link here so that you all will be the first to know. As you may have guessed by now, my intention is to create biblical story pose sets, which could also be used for general fishing and nautical scenes.
Below is a side by side of the solid .obj boat that I used for reference, and the separate .obj boat that was just completed this afternoon. We're hoping that with Janet's help, perhaps a few morphs in the sail will allow for at least the impression of movement, and maybe she will be able to parent and rig certain parts that are separate .obj. We won't know until we try on that part.
I'll be leaning upon Forester for some advice as to who would typically go where so that the pose sets will be accurate....like how the rudders were operated, how many oars, and where they'd be located, and where would the men stand, especially in rough water.
Forester used the book about the boat's excavation by
Shelly Wachsmann as a modeling reference. If I remember correctly, she created it using Maya, and she did mention that she was avoiding tri-modeling because we'd be using it in Poser.
Here's a side by side quick render in Poser of the progress.
These are Forester's close-up renders, which provide a good view of the interior of the boat, and details of the materials:
Example of the beach and stone jetty that Forester will include in the boat project: