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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yea Kent's going to give us a tut for Blender 3.0
So much has passed, Kent won the lottery a year and a half ago, he still teaches CG cuz he likes it
Omar, I wish time machine exists so that I can hop in and travel to my favourite year.
Kent
Are you there
heehee to you it was a few min
I got a lift home, so I got back within 10 minutes, I guess.
Joke? Check your calendar Rita
you were gone so long Rita
Well I thought he died
As a kid i loved Contact with jodie foster