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nux 199 posts
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Cameron 2,374 posts
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ivanisavich 4,196 posts
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nux 199 posts
alright, i'm going to model a wee bender figurine. being a big futurama fan this seemed the way to go. i'm not going to base it (at least directly) on an existing toy, i'm gonna try to come up with something original yet classically bender.
starting the modelling tonight so hopefully tonight or tomorrow i'll have some progress stills.
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nux 199 posts
alright. heres what i was able to get done tonight. hopefully i'll be able to find some more time tomorrow to do a little more.
and of course. comments and suggestions please.
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hype 2,964 posts
bender - genius! i loved futurama!
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ALi 608 posts
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nux 199 posts
thanks lads. i'm going to refine the shape of his... uhh... eye-shell and i'm looking to rough out the whole model tonight, so i can start refining and playing with materials and stuff. so i'm gonna have aother update this evening.
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nux 199 posts
VERY rough model. progress is slow but its moving along.
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nux 199 posts
i know it isn't much progress but unfortunately it is all i had time for tonight.
i'm thinking of using a biped to pose him. anywya, until tomorrow, c&c welcome (and needed).
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Cameron 2,374 posts
The only thing that comes to mind is doing the legs same as arms, just lines not indents on the segments.
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ALi 608 posts
Ok. One thing can say is that according to reference there is wrong scale in some parts like foots radius and arms length. Nothing else.
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nux 199 posts
hey lads, thanks for the directive comments. i've already changed the footsize/shape a bit. actually the arms and legs are done the same way. the way the default light is hitting them is giving them diferent appearances. and i'm also going to change that. so thanks.
my idea as is right now is to create my bender like a little glass figurine, you know that you see at old ladies houses of like balerinas or angels or princesses? i want to do something like that only... bender.
tonight unfortunately i have nothing to show you, helping my girlfriend study for her exam this evening.
thanks again. planning on doing a bunch of work this weekend so i'll have lots to show yall over the next couple days.
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quinn paynter 356 posts
Hey man, be good to see that Bender. Benders GREAT!! Good choice of model ^_^
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nux 199 posts
hey yall. been on a bit of a hiatus. work and school keep me intensely busy. anyway, spending a few minutes each day over the weekend i managed to rig bender and come up with a short little anim (
http://lucideaproductions.com/short/renderbender.mov.) to demonstrate it. it is really brutal, the movements are robotic (even for bender) and the inflexibility of his torso makes it difficult to keep a fluidity in his actions. it could use a lot of refinement.
so, gimme all the c&c you got. i know it is really terrible. actually, this bender model is the first i've finished. this is the first time i've ever rigged (so i just had to test it out). and this is the first time attemting to animate a character at all.
lol, as i said, i'm a real noob. i meant it. anyway, this just means i need everyone to be as brutally honest as possible.
so next on my to do list is make a little stand for him, pose him, figure out the scene, and come up with some materials i like that will fit what i'm looking to achieve.
tomorrow i'll have some of that to post for sure. thanks lads!
check the anim here:
http://lucideaproductions.com/short/renderbender.mov
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nux 199 posts
i just realized that a few posts back i described the type of product i'm promoting right now but didn't offer any visuals.
this is sort of the kind of thing i meant when i talked about those little glass figurines, our mom's and grandmothers (and maybe secretly some of us) collect.
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ALi 608 posts
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nux 199 posts
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David Holy 302 posts
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ALi 608 posts
Good. I am waiting for your materials. keep us updated.
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nux 199 posts
alright yall. here is my first attempt at materials. don't know vray well at all. so i was really just experimenting. suggestions welcome.
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Cameron 2,374 posts
Haha thats looking great!
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ALi 608 posts
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nux 199 posts
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nux 199 posts
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkk
well, it looks like it is going to be down to the wire for me. i'm away all weekend and won't have access to my computer. i have a quiz test on monday for school as well and i work all day.
so i'm reeeaalllyyy hoping i'll have a little free time to whip something up sunday/monday nights...
anywya, haven't had any time really. here is a real quick glass test (there are gona be bottles in the scene) i'm using vray and i am having a little trouble getting saturated colours (like the rich brown orgreen beer bottles are).
any suggestions?
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David Holy 302 posts
Sorry no suggestions, because i am new to vray. But you show some skill using thsi renderer Thumps up
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nux 199 posts
thanks dave, here are a couple other vray tests. same problem here. the caustics are ok i think but i can't seem to get that saturated colour in the glass.
making the fog colour rich seems to make the glass almost black, i can't find that happy medium.
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nux 199 posts
any suggestions on the dark/rich/saturated-glass look?
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David Holy 302 posts
AS mentioned above: No. But why do you use so much amount of time for thaht? Use that to improve your entry
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nux 199 posts
yeah, well i was asking if anyone else had anything to throw at me. but you're right, too, i do have a bit of an issue with letting things i can't figure out go.
i want to solve the problem before moving on. anyway, i can't do anything more till tomorrow night when i'll have access to my computer again.
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ar LutiK 455 posts
Yeah I know exactly what you meen, but sometimes the best way to figure out something is to work on something else and let the brain figure out, we have a few cpus up there.
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ALi 608 posts
yep, we have a few cpus!
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nux 199 posts
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ivanisavich 4,196 posts
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nux 199 posts
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nux 199 posts
et voila!
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nux 199 posts
again, thanks yall! this was a wicked good time. i learned lots in the process and that was the whole point!
this is great motivation. looking forward to the next challenge!
and i'm completely new to this, so how does the voting work?
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Cameron 2,374 posts
Looks great mate.
I think yours is the last one we're waiting for so I'll get the voting thread open, just take a look in there when its up and you'll find out.
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ALi 608 posts
Looks Great mate. The progress was interesting.
