Blender 3D 2.49 Incredible Machines
Machinery Modeling and Visualization with Blender
What is an Incredible Machine?
Best modeling technique for this project
Polygon Modeling of the Weapon
Starting with a background image
Tools and techniques for detailing
Rendering the Project with YafaRay
Adding materials to the weapon
Building edges and planes for the spacecraft
Modeling the front of the spacecraft
Creating the bottom of the spacecraft
Controlling and editing the UV layout
Putting the Spacecraft to Fly and Shoot with Special Effects
Rendering the Spacecraft with YafaRay
Environment setup in YafaRay—creating a physical sky
Materials and textures in YafaRay
Modeling the object with poly modeling
Using Modifiers and Curves to Create Details for the Robot and Scene
Modeling the stands for the robots
Making the Robot Look Metallic with Materials in LuxRender
Setting up materials for the robot
Adding Lights to the Scene and Rendering with LuxRender
Unbiased render engine—how it works
How to add light sources in LuxRender
It's Alive! Animating the Robot
Animation controls and hierarchies
Basic animation with the robot
Rendering and animating the lights