standard modelling excersise. Updated X2

Post by **mykyl** » Sun May 01, 2005 12:26 pm

Well I thought it was about time I tried to create a full creature top to bottom using standard box modelling techniques.

Its unfinished but it taught me a lot. Done in Truespace then rendered in Carrara. I need to sort out the fact that he is unbalanced... Tilts too far back. need to be leaning forward just a bit. Also bring his legs back a bit further.

840 polys without subdividing.

Cheers

Mike R

bigH · Post by **bigH** » Sun May 01, 2005 12:41 pm

like it - cheers
happy may day

Post by **Mr.Nemo** » Sun May 01, 2005 6:22 pm

Nice. Pretty cool. Hey rocky its bullwinkle!

granada · Post by **granada** » Sun May 01, 2005 9:54 pm

Cool,like it a lot

dave

Post by **mykyl** » Tue May 03, 2005 7:42 pm

Playing with bones and posing the moose in Truespace. Other details to add like disturbed snow etc.

Cheers

Mike R

Monsoon · Post by **Monsoon** » Tue May 03, 2005 11:54 pm

Most excellent Mykyl.....you conquered the box!! I got Poser 6 recently. I'm thinking about taking a Curvy figure in there and see if I can Poserize it. Keep up the exercise folks.......( I wish I could say that about my body lol....). It's been digitally atrophied it feels.....

I gotta couple comin' down the pike I think you may enjoy.....

Post by **mykyl** » Wed May 04, 2005 12:09 am

Thanks for the comments folks. Truespace is going up in my estimation the more I play with it. If the render engine was better than Carrara then maybe I would stick with it. Very easy to setup the bones and set constraints etc. I do have a plugin to render through Virtualight with truespace so may try that out.

I like the fact that as you work it puts the tools that are relevant to what you are currently doing into a group ready to be used. Very neat and quick.

Cant wait to see what animation improvements have been made for v7.

Cheers

Mike R

Post by **mykyl** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:54 am

Still playing around.

Cheers

Mike R

bigH · Post by **bigH** » Mon May 09, 2005 6:47 am

looking good - keep it up

Post by **Mr.Nemo** » Mon May 09, 2005 11:22 am

I wish I could do bones. For some reason, they elude me!

Post by **mykyl** » Mon May 09, 2005 11:17 pm

What programme do you use Mr Nemo?

Cheers

Mike R

Post by **Mr.Nemo** » Wed May 11, 2005 9:34 pm

3d max 5-6-7. More or less 5 and 6. With character studio.

Post by **mykyl** » Wed May 11, 2005 9:48 pm

Doh. You did say before. lol.

Dan would be the person to ask about that i think.

Mike R

donfelipe · Post by **donfelipe** » Wed May 18, 2005 4:32 pm

mykyl wrote:Still playing around.

Cheers

Mike R

were the leaves/flowers done with Dogwaffle?

Neat moose. Here's a graphical challenge: what do you get when a moose falls into a puddle of molten chocolate?

donfelipe · Post by **donfelipe** » Wed May 18, 2005 4:37 pm

Mr.Nemo wrote:I wish I could do bones. For some reason, they elude me!

I played with TrueSpace 3/4/5/6 a while, didn't go as far as doing bones.

Played a lot with Carrara and wrote a bunch of tutorials on bones too:
http://www.thebest3d.com/carrara

In particular, here are some on setting up IK and animating with them. What you learn with IK on geometry is also useful when dealing with bones (which typically use IK as well).
http://www.carrarastudio.com/tutorials/

I also have some tutorials for uv map painting with Dogwaffle over Carrara and other 3D stuff:
http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/tuts

Grab the free version 1.2 to try it. Works well with Curvy for adding detail to the various maps
http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/free