agep Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 I've seen a few Lego models made with A:M earlier, and since I played with Lego all the time as a kid I wanted to model a Lego model myself. Yet again I went to a toy store and bought a toy. I must say that I don't like all the new special bricks they make now, I miss the good old Lego. Anyway, I went for a truck (with a push_forward_engine), and after a few days here is the result: I've made every single brick (with bevels everywhere), even the bricks not visible, no cheating, cause I wanted to test the Newton plug-in on this one. Unfortunately I have had no luck with the plug-in yet, need to experiment some more. I've attached two renders, one standard AO with a light and one radiosityrender. Both are rendered in v14 (v14 is a lot faster than v13!) Let me know what you think bets regards Stian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaryin Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Well, that's freakin' amazing! It's also freakin' crazy, haha. Great job. It's excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higginsdj Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 So why does Lego supply all those extra parts Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhar Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Superb! Send it to Lego, maybe they want to use it in their next commercial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimblepix Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeAnderson Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Stian, sometimes you're so good, it makes me mad <_> Great work! Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenH Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Cool! All that's missing is the little lego trucker with the cap and bulging arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunsofamerica Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Superb. The thing that really amazes me about your work though is the detail. On each of the parts sticking up on the legos, you have the word "lego" like in the real thing. amazing work. -Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Brilliant. Can I ask questions? How long does it take to render this? Do you have a light setup that you always use and drop the models into it? Is it 3 point lighting, or lots of kliegs? Do you use A:M Composite? (I was recently storing away my 16 yr old son's lego (sniff!) and he built those special models just once, but I noticed that in the last couple of years the only bricks he used were the original rectangular blocks.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agep Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 Thanks for your comments. The radiosityrender os an updated old one. The "white" render uses AO and a single Klieg, while the radiosity render uses 20 klieg as a roof light. Both renders took approximately 3hr a frame in v14 (and over 14hr in v13). as a side note I can mention that the total amount of patches in this model is 31K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrury Sanson Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Makes me wonder how long the render would take without the unseen pieces. Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Thanks for answering my questions, Stian, that's an amazing reduction in render time, especially with 31,000 patches. So much to learn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agep Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 I've just uploaded the car to CGTalk if somebody wants to take a look (and maybe leave a comment? ) LEGO Racers on CGTalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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