Hardcore Modeling!: 30 Days, 30 Models: PLATINUM

Robertt · 2006-09-06 22:02:50 UTC

Yay, past the halfway point

FINISHED ENTRY #16: SPOON

BEAUTY RENDER:

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ABOUT THIS PROJECT…

Modeling: 20 minutes
Lighting: 5 minutes
Shaders: 5 minutes
Total design time: Approximately 35 minutes
Render time: Beauty render at 1200x1600/low OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: 20 minutes; orthogonal renders at 600x800/high OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: approximately 4 minutes each
Application used: Blender 2.42
Comments: I quickly made some metallic bowls for the beauty render to make it a bit more interesting.

RobertT

robo3687 · 2006-09-07 00:13:34 UTC

congrats on making it past the halfway mark…its a good feeling…

i’m now onto my fork and spoon as well

Robertt · 2006-09-07 21:34:23 UTC

Thank you robo3687 Congratulations on your excellent challenge thread too!

Another one done:

FINISHED ENTRY #17: CALLIGRAPHY PEN

BEAUTY RENDER:

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ABOUT THIS PROJECT…

Modeling: 1 hour
Lighting: 5 minutes
Shaders: 15 minutes
Total design time: Approximately 1 hour, 30 minutes
Render time: Beauty render at 1200x1600/medium OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: 15 minutes; orthogonal renders at 600x800/medium OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: approximately 2 minutes each
Application used: Blender 2.42
Comments: Ink smudges in the background of the beauty render are from a procedural texture set on the world. Just something experimental thrown in there at the last moment for fun

RobertT

robo3687 · 2006-09-07 21:48:22 UTC

i like the calligraphy pen…nice and shiny…lol

keep it up

Robertt · 2006-09-09 12:32:05 UTC

Thanks so much, robo3687

Another one done!

FINISHED ENTRY #18: SNAIL

BEAUTY RENDER:

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ABOUT THIS PROJECT…

Modeling: 45 minutes
Lighting: 15 minutes
Shaders: 2 hours (shaders + render nodes for DOF)
Total design time: Approximately 3 hours
Render time: Beauty render at 1200x1600/high OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: 25 minutes; orthogonal renders at 600x800/high OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: approximately 8 minutes each
Application used: Blender 2.42
Comments: In terms of modeling this scene, this project came together pretty quickly, but it became, fittingly, the slowest of all my entries so far due to what I wanted to achieve in the composition, materials, and rendering. All shaders are procedural. Grass + rocks + ground were modeled as well. Ground was the product of fractal subdivision on a planar surface and further tweaked through proportional editing. The shell was manually modeled from an extruded circle in side view. Only one blade of grass and rock were actually modeled; the rest were duplicated and modified through proportional editing. The greenish background (behind the grass) is from a photo of mine. I used Blender’s image filter to further blur that out to match the rear DOF. Render nodes were used to introduce depth-of-field in the scene. As they are one of the more recent functions that became available with Blender, I’m very exited by the possibilities they offer, since post-processing in an external application is often no longer necessary, and that was the case here, as with all the entries – no post work necessary. For the time spent on this project, I am very happy with the results. Snails are such fascinating little creatures

On to the next one!

RobertT

swiecki · 2006-09-10 06:53:35 UTC

Your speed is insane, and you use blender? Wow…

Amazing Work. U will surely win.

Robertt · 2006-09-10 20:47:56 UTC

Two more completed!

FINISHED ENTRY #19: BROADSWORD

BEAUTY RENDER:

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ABOUT THIS PROJECT…

Modeling: 1 hour
Lighting: 10 minutes
Shaders: 10 minutes
Total design time: Approximately 1.5 hours
Render time: Beauty render at 1200x1600/medium OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: 15 minutes; orthogonal renders at 600x800/medium OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: approximately 5 minutes each
Application used: Blender 2.42
Comments: The design on the sword was modeled using bezier curves. Beauty shot features some of Blender’s built in halo flare materials set to two cubes (one in front, one behind the swords).

RobertT

Robertt · 2006-09-10 20:48:41 UTC

FINISHED ENTRY #20: OFFICE CHAIR

BEAUTY RENDER:

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ABOUT THIS PROJECT…

Modeling: 3.5 hours
Lighting: 20 minutes
Shaders: 40 minutes
Total design time: Approximately 4.5 hours
Render time: Beauty render at 1200x1600/medium OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: 30 minutes; orthogonal renders at 600x800/medium OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: approximately 6 minutes each
Application used: Blender 2.42
Comments: This one took a while, but I’m happy with the outcome, particularly the level of details and the degree of realism. The chair makes use of Blenders Magic and Stucci procedural textures for bump mapping.

RobertT

Robertt · 2006-09-11 21:40:25 UTC

Two more entries…

FINISHED ENTRY #21: MARKER

BEAUTY RENDER:

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ORTHOGONAL / FRONT AND BACK VIEWS:

ORTHOGONAL / TOP AND BOTTOM VIEWS:

ORTHOGONAL / SIDE VIEWS:

ABOUT THIS PROJECT…

Modeling: 20 minutes
Lighting: 5 minutes
Shaders: 10 minutes
Total design time: Approximately 45 minutes
Render time: Beauty render at 1200x1600/medium OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: 10 minutes; orthogonal renders at 600x800/medium OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: approximately 3 minutes each
Application used: Blender 2.42
Comments: I had some fun with beauty render and got colorful

FINISHED ENTRY #22: TACKS

BEAUTY RENDER:

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ABOUT THIS PROJECT…

Modeling: 15 MINUTES
Lighting: 5 minutes
Shaders: 20 minutes
Total design time: Approximately 45 minutes
Render time: Beauty render at 1200x1600/medium OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: 15 minutes; orthogonal renders at 600x800/medium OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: approximately 7 minutes each
Application used: Blender 2.42
Comments: Ah, this project brought back some happies memories, as one of my earliest scenes when I got first into 3D was an attempt to portray many falling tacks. Simple but fun to make

On to the next one…

RobertT

Robertt · 2006-09-12 20:14:09 UTC

FINISHED ENTRY #23: LIGHTSABER

BEAUTY RENDER:

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ABOUT THIS PROJECT…

Modeling: 2.5 hours
Lighting: 20 minutes
Shaders: 30 minutes
Total design time: Approximately 3.5 hours
Render time: Beauty render at 1200x1600/medium OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: 8 minutes; orthogonal renders at 600x800/medium OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: approximately 4 minutes each
Application used: Blender 2.42
Comments: This is something I’ve always wanted to try for fun to model at some point. Thanks to this challenge I finally had reason enough to go ahead and do it Ignited lightsabers use Blender’s halo material for the blade. Additional lights were placed in the back of the beauty render to help illuminate the room. Blender’s render node setup for this project contain a screening pass help with the environment and to boost the halo material glow slightly.

RobertT

robo3687 · 2006-09-12 21:50:34 UTC

thats a pretty cool looking custom saber you’ve got there…

i must say its a shame that the overall interest in this challenge seems to have faded a bit as of late…there only seems to be a few of us still plugging away at it.

yencaray · 2006-09-14 10:55:46 UTC

I love all your work! it’s amazing how you can take something so simple and turn into somethign that is pleasing to look at! great design and renders so creative! yet simple! Superb! Might i ask how you modeled the details on the blade surface of the broadsword?? I’m having difficulty creating models that have similar modeling? Thats keeping me from posting a fiew models cause i’m stuck at not being able to model detailed stuff like that on a surface.

Robertt · 2006-09-14 20:42:11 UTC

robo3687: Thanks! I haven’t had a chance to check all the other threads for the challenge, but hopefully people will stick to it

yencarey: Wow, I really appreciate that The sword details were modeled in with beziers and techniques including copying portions of a bezier circle, subdivision along some curve points wherever necessary, and then proportional editing of portions of the curves once closed. Afterwards, they were given depth and then converted to mesh to become part of the sword.

Now for several more updates…

FINISHED ENTRY #24: SPEAKERS

BEAUTY RENDER:

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ABOUT THIS PROJECT…

Modeling: 2 hours, 45 minutes
Lighting: 5 minutes
Shaders: 5 minutes
Total design time: Approximately 3 hours
Render time: Beauty render at 1200x1600/low OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: 8 minutes; orthogonal renders at 600x800/low OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: approximately 4 minutes each
Application used: Blender 2.42
Comments: Speaker material is procedural. Wires were modeled using curves.

RobertT

Robertt · 2006-09-14 20:52:46 UTC

FINISHED ENTRY #25: ROSE

BEAUTY RENDER:

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ABOUT THIS PROJECT…

Modeling: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Lighting: 15 minutes
Shaders: 10 minutes
Total design time: Approximately 2 hours
Render time: Beauty render at 1200x1600/medium OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: 5 minutes; orthogonal renders at 600x800/medium OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: approximately 3 minutes each
Application used: Blender 2.42
Comments: For the beauty render I was thinking of showing sort of the life of a rose. A screening pass was added in the render nodes. The three separate stages of the rose were achieved using proportional editing. The petals were modeled in an open fashion, and some were separated and shrivelled manually for the third and final stage of the rose. Only wish I had more time to spend on these entries to do so much more, particularly with the materials and lighting. Still is fun and good practice

RobertT

Robertt · 2006-09-14 21:13:32 UTC

FINISHED ENTRY #26: B-52

BEAUTY RENDER:

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ABOUT THIS PROJECT…

Modeling: 1.5 hours
Lighting: 10 minutes
Shaders: 5 minutes
Total design time: Approximately 2 hours
Render time: Beauty render at 1200x1600/medium OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: 5 minutes; orthogonal renders at 600x800/medium OSA/AO/shadow buffering samples: approximately 3 minutes each
Application used: Blender 2.42
Comments: Just a quickly done thing mainly to catch up to where I think I need to be at this point. I pursued this more like a game model in terms of polys and made use of mesh mirroring to expedite matters. I didn’t find great reference images. I’m doing all this on dial-up, btw, so just uploading and waiting for the reply screen to appear has been fun

RobertT

Daygo · 2006-09-16 05:03:15 UTC

I have no words…your works are amazing!Specially for your speed…incredible!
Compliment!!

RobertoOrtiz · 2006-09-22 10:02:16 UTC

FYI to all:
HCM: 30 Days, 30 Models: Voting thread will go live on MONDAY (Posting Rules) (link)

-R

Djampa · 2006-09-23 12:57:28 UTC

I loved that snail, great render too !

Keep it up. Good luck!

anishmations · 2006-09-23 17:43:16 UTC

good going robert! nice collection u’ve got!
waitin for the final 4!!

Robertt · 2006-09-24 13:49:59 UTC

Thanks so much, everyone!

I’ve been very busy with some animation work and some other projects, but I did manage to kick in the afterburners and finish the challenge over the past couple of days

I’m posting links to the last four entries just to get them out there. I’ll summarize each entry and post more information ASAP.

Here we go:

ENTRY 27: PARK BENCH

BEAUTY:
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7611/entry27benchbeauty800x600sa3.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/949/entry27benchbeauty1200x1600gy6.jpg

FRONT:
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7001/entry27benchfront800x600od5.jpg

BACK:
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7855/entry27benchback800x600jh3.jpg

TOP:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/8595/entry27benchtop800x600gj7.jpg

BOTTOM:
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1320/entry27benchbottom800x600ft3.jpg

SIDE:
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3296/entry27benchside800x600ta4.jpg

SIDE 2:
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1166/entry27benchside2800x600kn7.jpg

ENTRY 28: MAILBOX

BEAUTY:
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4117/entry28mailboxbeauty800x600li2.jpg
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/1615/entry28mailboxbeauty1200x1600vu0.jpg