Category Archives: 3ds Max

Steam Punk Chess Robot Standing up and Walking a bit…

Posted on October 13, 2012 by recursiveworlds

This is the scene from the last Steam Punk Chess Robot tutorial that has been “view port grabbed” and then rendered too…        

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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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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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Steam Punk Chess Robot With Additional Depth Of Field…

Posted on September 18, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Just messing with the camera, trying to work out if its worth the extra render time…

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Steam Punk Chess Robot

Posted on September 18, 2012 by recursiveworlds

First motion test of the steam punk chess robot for a second year animation project where I work… Needs a lot of work on the smoke…

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Still planning next terms projects…

Posted on September 13, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Second year first project… Should end up a little like this… Chess Robot [Steam Punk Style] Redux…

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A Little Pre-Term Planning…

Posted on September 11, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Can you tell what it is yet?.. only half rigged but nearly there…

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