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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| Modeling a Motorcycle | Modeling a Post Apocalyptic Vehicle |
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Wait till Kent starts rigging this digger, when he finishes modelling.
mechanics are really amazing
Distracted easily, like a CAT
Yeah that "crushes to the center so that the pivot action doesn't run into the support rail of the main frame
That is hard to 3D model, how do people do this in real life
I get distracted easily...my downfall.
Karen, writing is my weakness, hence my Writer's Block. I love to try technical writing, academic writing, etc.
At least you learned a lot
research is one of my favorite things to do. I started writing a book one time and got so lost in my research I lost the point of my story lol