My kids absolutely love "diggers" and as a 3D modeler I certainly appreciate them too. All the complex shapes, hard edges, bolts, hydraulics, tire treads, etc. It's a modelers playground and labyrinth rolled into one.
I'm going to start building a digger - a Caterpillar 434E specifically - as accurately and detailed as I can. The name of the game here is organization, perseverance, and efficiency because most of the shapes are not difficult to build. There's just. so. many. of. them. Which gave me an idea...
Why don't we build this thing together? For those interested in following the project, I'm hoping at least a few will participate by modeling certain pieces of the backhoe themselves to be submitted to me for review and incorporation into the final model.
Check out the Collaboration Forum thread for more info!
| Modeling Heavy Equipment: Backhoe (Part 2) | Fundamentals of 3D Mesh Modeling in Blender |
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@theluthier. I had to cut loose for a meeting before the 4th question but I got 2/4 on the quiz up til that point. I am in for the long haul too though!
I think it would definitely be good to watch a video of these things in action. I drove past one today on the ride home from work. If I get the chance I will stop and grab some pictures from the road crew haha.
Exactly Adrian.
I will be making a DOG logo for our truck, will be posting it in the forum
robot wars comes to mind spikey
Thank you Kent. Move over, CAT & DOG, make way for BEAST.
Oh my pleasure Adrian, i get cringe when re-watching the stream at my comments
CAT fighting DOG
Thank you Kent for the stream
Thank you Omar for the entertainment
In fact, why not name the one we are modeling DOG
I name mine DRAGON.