My first proper wings model - Arachnid

#17

Found one image from that book on a friends page.

Not a common spider, but a Mygalomorph, or tarantula/birdeating spider/Earthtiger or whatever local name that are used.

If you are a beginner, a more bulkier spider would be easier to model.

Edit: bout the 7 segments, some say that there are 6, but other count for the first part where the leg meats the body, not seeable on this image.

Michael

#18

Thanks for that:thumbsup:

If you can post a side and front view of the same then I can try and redo it a bit better.

Thanks for any help.

JA

#19

Um when i thought of it there were only that drawing, and some of the legs themselves.
But if you do a search on google on Poecilotheria you will find images of the spider, I dont remember which species this one is, but theyre pretty much the same, with some color variations. side and front views are not used much in taxanomy.
I did photgraph a few of them once, but did not take the time to take front and side view, theyre fast and nasty, running on vertical glass.
And i did look thru my taxanomy books, but couldnt find any.

Michael

#20

Thanks for your help michael.

I will have a look on the web using the term you suggested.

Best regards

John

#21

<< where the leg meats the body, not seeable on this image >>

Dunno if these help - from a couple of slides I took some while ago.

pp

www.geocities.com/paulthepuzzles/spiderpix.html

(Pix won’t stay up for ever, btw )

#22

Grabbed them…Thank Puzzled paul

JA

#23

Thanks to ll for the feedback.

Ive used the image and will now try and d amore realistic version of a tarantula.

Done a couple of legs and heres an unsmoothed screenshot.

Any C&C welcome.

JA

#24

and heres a smoothed version…

#25

OK, finished the leg outline and will try and spend some time on the body later.

Any C&C?

JA

#26

Right,

I’m finished this model to the level of detail I’m going to take it.

Its been a great learning experience and if I get some time will try and render out in C4D.

Heres a view of the underside…

#27

and heres the top…

Any comments and crits very welcome and thanks to Michael for his image and feedback.

#28

looking great?

can you most a bigger version of the finished work…possibly shaded? or atleast with GI?

#29

Sure.

Heres an upper view…

#30

and a lower one…

Thanks for the interest and any C&C on this attempt will be well received (if good or bad).

JA

#31

looking great :smiley:

maybe you should try a Weta [pun intended].

#32

Sorry???:shrug:

Shelob?? Might need to be a bit fatter…But haven’t seen the last film yet.

I hope that the Christopher Tolkien issues are resolved as a Hobbit film in a couple f years would be great. Think what they could do with Smaug…

Thanks for th ecomments.

JA

#33

Weta = not shelob

Weta is a name of an insect in New Zealand.

That’s where the name comes…WETA Digital.

#34

Aaaahh,

I see…sorry…completely took the wrong track there…

JA

#35

Nice work

Some opinions of mine, the first spider looks more robot like (don’t know if that’s what you wanted, but is what I see)

the second one, although not finished, would look a little better with more detail on the top, like the bottom has, even though the picture isn’t all that spectacular for reference.

Anyway, it’s lookin great!:beer: :buttrock: :thumbsup:

#36

Hi jb5k1,

Thanks for the feedback. This was an excercise in trying to improve my modelling skills.

I am now moving on to another topic, a modern azimuthing tug model (see wings 3d forum).

This model is free for anyone who wants to use it and take it further. Would like to see what becomes of it.

JA