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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ah... finally...
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Shawn is correct
yep, you should see the link...
[Q] Go to
ketre link on Page 8 you get a good shot of the arm's function. It extends:
http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/content/Caterpillar/C740874
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I'll see myself out...
That looks so sad, like Vader cutting off Luke’s arm
Kent, you have great patience for modelling parts of vehicle individually. I bet that bucket is challenging.
that reference link I sent has a great shot of the arm too.
We should compile all the reference links from this session in a "repo" of sorts (like a google doc or something)...
[Q] Always go for the photo reference. We're lucky to have so many views of the same model!