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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Huh....they use Creo, thats cool.
Those blueprints looks so cool, they scream model me!
There's the worm hole.
http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/content/Caterpillar/C741034
Don't link on your own stream or we'll all go back in time!
I would like to contribute to this.
I work for CAT so let;s use one of theirs
[Q] Any plans to rig/animate this in the end?
Kent, are you into mechamism?
lol Shawn