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Thursday, December 30, 2010
2 Quickie light cycle shots
Redid a render of the light cycle I came up with a few months ago. I'd like to completely redo this at some point.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Notes to self
Notes on manually converting a camera's position from Messiah to Modo.
In modo create a Locator, then a camera, and parent the camera to the locator. Set the camera's Y rotation to 90. The rest of the transforms from Messiah will be applied to the Locator.
In messiah go to the Setup tab and make sure you've selected the camera you're interested in. Check the Rest block. The X,Y,Z coords are straightforward. Remember units are in meters. Put these in the Locator's Position X,Y, and Z fields in modo.
In messiah the rotation fields are a little different from modo's. Messiah's Pitch is equivalent to Modo's X rotation, Heading matches to Y rotation, and Bearing matches Z rotation. Enter these values accordingly in the Locator's Rotation X, Y, and Z fields.
In messiah go to the Camera block. The Lens focal length (in millimeters) will be copied to the camera's Focal Length field, remember to specify "mm" when you copy the number in! In messiah, the Aperture height (in mm) gets copied to the camera's Film Height field in modo, again remember to use the correct units. The Film Width needs to properly match the with the aspect ratio of what your render output is. So if you're rendering out 1280X720, then the multiply the value of the File Height by the aspect ratio of the output and this should be your Film Width. In this case:
1280/720 = 16/9 = 1.77777
Film Width = Film Height * 1.77777
That should do the trick.
In modo create a Locator, then a camera, and parent the camera to the locator. Set the camera's Y rotation to 90. The rest of the transforms from Messiah will be applied to the Locator.
In messiah go to the Setup tab and make sure you've selected the camera you're interested in. Check the Rest block. The X,Y,Z coords are straightforward. Remember units are in meters. Put these in the Locator's Position X,Y, and Z fields in modo.
In messiah the rotation fields are a little different from modo's. Messiah's Pitch is equivalent to Modo's X rotation, Heading matches to Y rotation, and Bearing matches Z rotation. Enter these values accordingly in the Locator's Rotation X, Y, and Z fields.
In messiah go to the Camera block. The Lens focal length (in millimeters) will be copied to the camera's Focal Length field, remember to specify "mm" when you copy the number in! In messiah, the Aperture height (in mm) gets copied to the camera's Film Height field in modo, again remember to use the correct units. The Film Width needs to properly match the with the aspect ratio of what your render output is. So if you're rendering out 1280X720, then the multiply the value of the File Height by the aspect ratio of the output and this should be your Film Width. In this case:
1280/720 = 16/9 = 1.77777
Film Width = Film Height * 1.77777
That should do the trick.
Friday, December 10, 2010
XF 91 concept jet fighter
Another jet fighter! I don't have a clue why I like these things so much, but what the hell, it's fun to model.
Initial shape:
After freezing the subd mesh, optimizing, and adding cutouts.
A few clay renders
Undersides
Initial shape:
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After freezing the subd mesh, optimizing, and adding cutouts.
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A few clay renders
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Undersides
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Couple of updates to the blue lady
A couple of updates from a month or so ago, busy working on something else at the moment...
Still has quite a bit of work to go.
Still has quite a bit of work to go.
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Another Feng Guo inspired model!
This time I'm trying a complete ZBrush model based on the following Feng concept art:
I started with the following base mesh in ZBrush:
Initial modeling, at subdivision level 0:
Initial pose, just to see if the proportions are anywhere near correct:
Next, subdivide the model's geometry and sculpt some more:
More sculpting, now at subdivision level 2 and 3, mostly 3.
I started with the following base mesh in ZBrush:
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Initial modeling, at subdivision level 0:
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Initial pose, just to see if the proportions are anywhere near correct:
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Next, subdivide the model's geometry and sculpt some more:
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More sculpting, now at subdivision level 2 and 3, mostly 3.
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Further updates to the XF-89, mostly texture mods
Some work on the cockpit area and pilots seat
Adding color and detailing:
Close up of the instrumentation:
Incorporated into ship body:
Ship details:
Group emblem:
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Adding color and detailing:
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Close up of the instrumentation:
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Incorporated into ship body:
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Ship details:
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Group emblem:
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Monday, August 16, 2010
Further XF-89 updates
Here's the latest shots of the model, now with textures slowly being added. First the original concept art:
First, finishing the model:
With textures applied:
First, finishing the model:
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With textures applied:
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