Category Archives: 3D Modeling

Beasty with Mondrian Antlers Modelled…

Posted on November 13, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Another Layer of tweaking and we have this… which is ready for paint I think…  

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Modelling that thing that I drew earlier…

Posted on November 11, 2012 by recursiveworlds

This is what Sundays are for:)

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3D Printing…

Posted on October 29, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Playing with our new UP!3d Printer… The pictures are of my desk but alas that’s not where the printer is…  

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Steam Punk Chess Robot: Steam from Particles…

Posted on October 29, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Tutorials for week 5 of the Steam Punk Chess Robot Project: A basic jump is enhanced by the use of particle systems to mimic steam, a little volume light, a little texturing and a basic lighting set up…  

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Steam Punk Chess Robot week 3 tutorials…

Posted on October 15, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Finishing off the core of the model, linking up the rig, using out of range [pre and post infinity curves/keys] to make  the Bot chug along… and  a little key frame animation…

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Week 2 of the Steam Punk Chess Robot Tutorials…

Posted on October 8, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Week 2 of the Steam Punk Chess Robot Project: Building on the previous weeks tutorials Looking at controlling fingers and limbs with custom attribute driven reactions through the reaction manager

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Some Animation Tutorials…

Posted on October 3, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Week one of the the six week Steam Punk Chess Robot animation project. Here are the supporting tutorials, I know I ramble and mutter, but they seem to work and I have improved the sound quality on the next set … Continue reading →

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Choice…

Posted on October 2, 2012 by recursiveworlds

The Father of all Cats and the Father of all Dogs choosing beverages…   [vimeo vimeo.com/50609712]

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Steam Punk Chess Robot Full Render…

Posted on September 26, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Took a while to render… more to do with forced updates turning off my machine than the actual time per frame. But here it is with depth of field, a little ray tracing, some volume light and motion blur oh … Continue reading →

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Steam Punk Chess Robot viewport grab…

Posted on September 24, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Whilst waiting for the full version of this to render… [DOF always slows things down] here is a quick view port grab of that is a bit like what it it will look like… [vimeo vimeo.com/49900023]

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