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3D Studio Max
Modelling a birds nest
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Animare 51 posts13 Sep 2005Hi all,
I was wanting to model a birds nest, and just wanted to know if anyone has done this before and what techniques they used...
I was just going to model a bunch of twigs, then clone and place them as you would in a regular nest.
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13 Sep 2005Sounds like a good way of doing it, but it would be very very very tedious.
I can't think of any other way (other than some advanced array with the same idea) -
14 Sep 2005Make a cylinder or something in the shape of a nest, and use the compound scatter object to place any number of different sized twigs on the outside surface of the cylinder-type object. Having several different-shaped twigs scattered over it will give you the variation you need, and using the compound object's tweakable parameters you'll be able to create the randomness that you need without having to place every twig
(you could actually do the same with pflow, and it would be much easier to do....but I don't have time to write the full explanation other than to say: used instanced geometry as your particle shape, and position object as your starting point and all your particles should have a speed of zero) -
Animare 51 posts14 Sep 2005
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14 Sep 2005if u dont want a lot of detail, i would model the shape of the nest and use a transparendy map as fooliage and sticks etc.. then add some more sticks to add volume. that would be quick to render if u arent making very close shots
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15 Sep 2005Another idea...
ALOT of time
Edit mesh on cylinder - Extrude
haha -
15 Sep 2005you can try a hair solution also
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