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Mech Spider
by gre03- 1 follower
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Hi Here's a mechanical spider I modeled. My main problem is having the whole spider in the one 'model'. At the moment I have each leg in a separate 'model' so that I can change the copy/paste things quickly. But if I put the entire spider in the one 'model' it takes about 10 minutes to copy and paste one leg Does any one have any tips for faster copying and pasting or to reduce the amount of CP's quickly without changing the original shape? Comments appreciated
Last reply by Rodney, -
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Hey Everyone! been a while since I posted, so I thought I'd show off my newly polished T. rex skull. I started building this way back when, but I just recently got my hands on a great scale model of one, so I thought I'd try to fix it (you can see an older render of it in my avatar). Some things about the render: The model is just under 4600 patches, and this render uses the cool new radiosity features, so there's just one klieg light in it, and it took just over 30 minutes to render on my 2.3 GHz Athlon64. http://www.dinocarl.com/trexskull.jpg Carl
Last reply by gazzamataz, -
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That's right...finally figured out a way to get the zip up online: 250free.com/downloads just right click/save as...please do not open the zip through the web server as I do have very limited bandwidth a pic of the finished rig:
Last reply by johnl3d, -
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I just like to post random things sometimes. This is a render that I did last night of two characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Jiggle Billy on the right, and Happy Time Harry on the left.
Last reply by MattWBradbury, -
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After completing my second model, I decided to go back and revisit my first model. I have reworked the head and now ready to put hair on the model. I have worked with the hair wizard but I am having some problems. Any tuts out there on hair? Steve
Last reply by Mr. Jaqe, -
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have to redo settings but here is the first half of idea with stand in character [attachmentid=11453] rough1.mov
Last reply by johnl3d, -
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Hi all - I've modeled the attached. Nothing too exciting, but it's proving challenging to my rudimentary skills. Thanks to Vern for his help and suggestions so far. Looking for more opinions in the area of texturing. The front view is textured with a simple gaussian blur. The back view is just A:M color right now. Does it look at all like paper (and how would I improve this texture)? Thanks for any input. ..doug
Last reply by heyvern, -
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Hi all! I'm making a bike chain with sprockets and, I can't get the chain to work at all. Does anyone have an idea how to make the chain follow the sprockets? I have 1 bone for each link in the chain and I'm using A:M v11.1. //Korken
Last reply by jpappas, -
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My TV production class is creating an animated short this year for a statewide film contest (FAME for all you Floridians). I figured that I would start this thread to get some useful critiques. The entire short will take place on a small pond where several frogs are going to sing an acapella version of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." I have finished the Frog characters- This is where I've run into my first dilemma. I absolutly LOVE the way the Darktree shader works on this model- It's perfect. But I applied the material at my house on my Windows machine. My school is running A:M off a MacG5. How would I go about ether burning the material on as a texture…
Last reply by phnxpyre, -
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Here's a model I made today. It's a japanese Katana with a wave inlaid blade and a lion insignia. Let me know what you guys think.
Last reply by DanCBradbury, -
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Okay I made a project wit two chors the first generates Thom doing two jump cycles as a tga sequence (used alpha buffer) Then for the second chor I import the sequence of tgas and use them as the sprite. I applied to model put in in chor and (not sure if necessary) choose frame at the end of each cycle to match what frame in sequence should be there ( action 1:01 so at 1:01 i chose sprite frame 1:01 at 2:02 chose 2:02)-again might not be necessary. Anyway then rendered the qt here [attachmentid=11396] project file with both chors instead of the sprite sequence [attachmentid=11397] I know its a bit rough but it hopefully will steer y…
Last reply by Dhar, -
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Hi Folks, Just wondering if anyone knew a way to render a model like this. Its a source file for a stereogram generating programme. I think the rule is that lightest values in the pic appear foremost in the stereogram. Maybe there is a way to do it post render... any ideas? Cheers AndyG
Last reply by DanCBradbury, -
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Here is what kept me up too late last night. Trying to keep character consistent with Darrell Johnsons characters. (you can find them here) I have about 6 hours in it so far. I'll probably make another pass on it next weekend Mellow Bug
Last reply by robcat2075, -
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the decal I zipped to get the size down is here [attachmentid=11242] [attachmentid=11243] large frame of output [attachmentid=11244] awindows.zip spaceb.mov
Last reply by DanCBradbury, -
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Here is a short clip that will be distributed to Lawyers in the Atlanta area soon. There is an associate of mine who is marketing a product that targets the legal community. The media he included in the demo contains a lot of our work. All the animation was created using AM. The green screen work was done in a different package. The old fat guy wearing the blue shirt is me (either that or our names are exactly the same). Dustin Productions Promo David
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Soap Opera
by ZachBG- 7 replies
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Hi all: I finally got around to compressing the final version of Soap Opera. For those who don't know, it's a five-minute slice of Mozart's Don Giovanni performed by the denizens of a bathroom. "You'll never look at Pert Plus the same way again!" This version premiered at the D.C. Shorts Festival in September 2005. (I think, technically, it was first shown at the Hash SIGGRAPH party, but I won't tell D.C. Shorts if you don't.) Its next appearance will be at the Cleveland Film Festival this March. I wrote and animated it, Jeff Lee produced the music, and we both modeled it. Special thanks to David Rogers for an exhaustive lighting critique (which I trie…
Last reply by Dhar, -
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Hey guys, I wanted to give the sprite system a run and built a fire. Still some adjustments I think on every aspect, but I'm really impressed with the sprite system... http://www.vrcops.com/vids/FireFire2A.mov Mike Fitz www.3dartz.com
Last reply by Clone Reject, -
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Hello friends For the last couple of weeks I have been working on recreating my office into A:M. This still a WIP since there are MANY small models yet to create. This is my office (or the entrance of the basement flat that it actually is ) where I spend a lot of time fiddling with A:M I feel like I have achieved the atmosphere pretty well (the room is lit by two spotlights, and the it's actually as dark as that) Its rendered in radiosity (~11hr). I have made but not yet rendered a mx1000 mouse and a mousepad and done some adjustments to the grey keyboard (and there is lot more to add... alot) I appreciate comments or criticism
Last reply by agep, -
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I saw something in another forum that inspired me to do a quick test of a microscopic cell. I really haven't spent much time on this, but would like to know if anyone has a material that might suit the "electron microscope" look. Cheers, Eugene
Last reply by ddustin, -
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Since I am working overtime on my "real" job, I don't have time for serious animation projects these days. So I thought I'd try a simple project to teach myself a bit about compositing in AM. I have some video footage shot out the passenger window of my car and thought I might composite this with a flying Shaggy, as though he were flying along side the car like Superman. Simple animation project that could be done in the course of a day or so. The attached image shows how simple the green screen setup is. I've created a simple green screen behind Shaggy and will animate him bobbing and weaving in the air as though he were flying. Then I'll composite this with th…
Last reply by williamgaylord, -
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trying an idea used the toonnation xray material [attachmentid=10975]
Last reply by johnl3d, -
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Tried another reflective idea this with two layers and a rotating sphere(peaked) with one light it only rotates a little since the render time and size would not allow more [attachmentid=11067] this used the fire tgas posted in another area on two layers and one larger sphere with all points peaked and made reflective reflect1.mov
Last reply by phnxpyre, -
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Was to be explosioning sprites...material on CD.... put getting late so here's what got rendered [attachmentid=11072] oh here's the project file [attachmentid=11073] popcorn.mov popcorn.zip
Last reply by phnxpyre, -
Here is the last of the Dinosaurs that we had/have on eggprops. So now we have a complete set. Again this one was done by Brian and Joe and now (after I re-worked a lot of the rigging and tail geometry) works perfectly in the latest versions of A:M. And here it is! Enjoy.
Last reply by KenH, -
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Well, i've worked on this in my spare time between school and other things. I'm pretty new at A:M and this is actually the first model that i actually have rigged. I still have to rig the antenna and fix the riging of the legs. And also increase the amount of patches in the head, because it renders really wierd as you will see in the photo. Comments and Critiques are definately welcome! Thanks
Last reply by teh1ghool, -
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Here is my latest character. Yes, I know...it's just his head. His name is Captain "Lucky" Starz . He is a spaceship pilot. Or soon will be! I haven't decided on a design for the rest of him yet. If anyone has any suggestions, please speak up. What I DO know so far... 1) humanoid body 2) some kinda space getup 3) imagination, imagination, imagination I am still working on some sketches (but I'm really NOT a very good sketch artist) and I will post those as I go.
Last reply by teh1ghool, -
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Hi. Here are my fastest and simplest models ever. i modeled and rendered both of them in about 3 hours i particuarly like the "UNREAL" Comments appreciated.
Last reply by oakchas, -
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this is my wip nothing much to realy see. this is a compound bow just basicly formed up the shape, will have to edit the mesh later. due to all the holes in the riser (frame) there will be a lot of work to make it more organic since thee not flat like this. [attachmentid=11036]
Last reply by jamagica, -
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Hi guys I thought I would share some WIPS along the way to creating my soldier fish........It was a very tricky concept for me to do but am happy with the results....... it's interesting how ur model changes as u tweak over time......made me chuckle a bit..... * His body texture is ALL A:M Materials......... * Only his helmet has texture maps...... * Total patch count is 1008........ [attachmentid=10760][attachmentid=10761][attachmentid=10762][attachmentid=10763][attachmentid=10764][attachmentid=10765][attachmentid=10767] I want to express my many thanks to the guys @ #hash3d IRC channel for there unlimited help.......
Last reply by DarkLimit, -
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Took me all week to get this far, and this was with exlcuding the backgrounds. Lookin for opinions on it. This is the best my limited skills could do.. http://www.twelveoclock.net/junk/BigBlowOut.avi
Last reply by Shredder3, -
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Here is a birds eye view of the latest scene I'm working on. David birdseye_11_8_05_low_rez.mpg
Last reply by teh1ghool, -
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Recently I had the privilege of meeting Ken Baer and James Hash when they were in London for MacExpo. They mentioned that they are always looking for more promotional material so, when this came to mind while I was playing with some Loons, I decided to just do it. This is pretty rough but not bad for just over a days work on the animating. I hope to refine it, get rid of the camera motion, and add another 5 seconds at the end sometime. And of course there are no textures yet, except his eyes and eyebrows. The attached movie file is pretty low res.
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Tenontosaur
by Wegg- 11 replies
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There it is! Again Joe and Brian were involved in this guy. The thing I really like about this model is the fact that the decals don't cover the whole dino. . . but they blend in perfectly with the materials underneath. Its a really great piece. You can check it out <here>.
Last reply by Wegg, -
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I've been working on figuring out how to create a furry character for a few weeks, and have had very little success with Animation Master's hair material. What I've been able to get so far: http://members.shaw.ca/nekosei/others/naote0.jpg http://members.shaw.ca/nekosei/others/naote1.jpg http://members.shaw.ca/nekosei/others/naote2.jpg All slightly different variations of the density settings. But you can see why I'm having problems. The fur looks too uniform in placement, even with the position variation set to 100%. Recently I installed the DarkTree plugins, and got the spotted fur texture applied to her after working on materials to get the fade …
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My mech WIP
by Aurok- 4 replies
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Okay, I still have a lot of work to do on the body, but the legs are ready for some criticism. Please give me any feedback, suggestions, or advise you can. BTW this is my first post. HI! [attachmentid=10954] [attachmentid=10955] [attachmentid=10956] [attachmentid=10958] [attachmentid=10959] [attachmentid=10960]
Last reply by teh1ghool, -
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This is the "glam shot" of the Albertasaur Skeleton Joe Cosman modeled for eggprops a while back. I just re-vamped it a little and added it back on eggprops. I must say it is pretty amazing how much work went into this thing. The tail controls alone are kind of mind blowing. Looks pretty sexy too. You can check it out <here>. And. . . Larry I promise I'll get cracking on the others ASAP.
Last reply by Wegg, -
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A small project to explore some ideas for animation backdrops. The image is supposed to look like a miniature set. Enjoy I'm off to bed.
Last reply by johnl3d, -
This is my first attempt at radiosity. The detail is lacking. But after reading Yves' ideas on radiosity I thought I'd try it. Ed
Last reply by teh1ghool, -
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Trying to reporudce a 30 second clip from the s how. Here's the start...
Last reply by teh1ghool, -
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Another screwed post
Last reply by iGeek, -
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Fellow AMers: I’m building a model of a WWII fighter plane and I’ve run into a decaling challenge that I didn’t foresee with the canopy. The plan was to use a simple spline geometry for the canopy shape, apply a glass material to the shape and then add a detailed decal to represent the canopy support structure (frame) on top of that. It appears that the frame structure decal is adopting the transparency of the underlining glass material, which makes the frame almost completely transparent. I can see that this would be a good thing in most cases, i.e. making sure that the decal has the correct surface properties, but this there a way to turn this off for the tr…
Last reply by heyvern, -
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Just a quick test using an animated sprite to make fire. I have already posted this on the Movie Forum, but I'd want as many as possible to comment on it. I realize it's not realistic, but what should be different? The goal is to make it hyper realistic...;-) [attachmentid=10770]Download the movie - Right click and Save Target As... - and set it to loop for best effect :-) This is the animated Sprite I used: [attachmentid=10680] [attachmentid=10678] Edit For some strange reason it didn't work to link to attachments in other posts (it worked in the preview...) Go here to look at the animation instead, but please post your comments in this …
Last reply by Hutch, -
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Hi Hashers Well after a two months of waiting the waiting is over, sadly I didn't make it to 'The Finalists' sob, sob... Still I did put this flick together rather quickly and I spent only six weeks of spare time on it but the other entries were very good. Here's the link: BBC New Animator BUT! Undettered I will now start work on my next project, which will hopefully have more of a story line and be more entertaining. For those of you that are interested here is my entry. It is 25mb big and you'll need quicktime to view it - enjoy! Bella Bear goes flower sniffin'
Last reply by Paul Forwood, -
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I've been working on a "waves at night with moon" scene for a bit. I think it needs more work, especially with the fog, but I'm sure there is more to improve. I want it to look as photoreal as possible, but I need to find some reference photos or head out to the lake one of these nights to see how it really looks. Any critiques or comments would be great. I'll try to explain more, especially the problems I'm having with the fog, when I have the time, but I have a busy day ahead so I need to go to sleep. Thanks, --Ross
Last reply by rossk, -
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This model intermittently has good cookie cutter eyelashes just not on every render. Usually if I go to the decal section and change the decal to color and then back to cookie cutter it seems to work again. I'm using 12i. Any suggestions? Thanks
Last reply by Williamb, -
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Let me start of by saying cheers to all. The skills of the users are matching nicely with the development of the program. Good job to everyone, I'm thoroughly impressed. I've been out of the loop for 3 years and in that time some awesome stuffs been put out. It's good to be back. It's tough trying to get back clean splinemanship. Wasn't exactly like riding a bike. I was pursuing gainful means of employment. Now finally have time to work on gainful means of enjoyment. He's my first wip since the keecat CD. the floating head is another character still being put together within the same .prj
Last reply by Dhar, -
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Hello, The other they i wanted to make something quick but realistic so i came up with this. The seting up took me about 35 min. and rendering about 15 min. This is my first try to make something realistic. Any comments or critics are welcome... Tankx, JuLy
Last reply by Korken, -
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After going to the Dan Holtz's Race Experience, I decided that I would model the Mesa Marin track. one reason is because I almost broke the track record in a car with only half the horse power. The other reason is the track is scheduled for destruction this month. So I decided I would carry on the legacy. I need some help with some things, first I rotated the straights at 7 degrees, and the corners at 18 degrees, that is what the track has, but it looks like it is way more angled than that. When you use the rotate manipulator, and input a number, is that the actual real world degree, or is it different on this program? Any who, here is the still of what I hav…
Last reply by Odog2020, -
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Here's my most recent project (and my 1st posted animation). Its ment to be a mech that can be stacked and stored easily, and can transform on demand. Comments appreciated Transforming_Mech.zip
Last reply by DanCBradbury, -
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Well i sent this picture in for the mascot contest on the 30th, but it didn't get there i guess. I thought that i would post it so as to be seen. Thanks for any comments. [attachmentid=10636]
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