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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Laughing out loud!
Count me in. It takes me about that long to build something anyway haha
I love vert pushing!
LoL!
call me old-fashioned...
the longer the better...
interesting
a collab?
hey spikey
1-2 years? Count me IN
Hi cooljjj.
Hi Greg.
Hey @ritag . Busy with work, family, life, sickness, death, life, haha. I am currently working now but blowing it off for about an hour.
hi Rita