Thanks to my kids I've become quite fond of "diggers" over the past couple years. 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 1) | Modeling Heavy Equipment: Backhoe (Part 3) |
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| Modeling a Motorcycle | Modeling a Post Apocalyptic Vehicle |
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🚨🚨SAVE🚨🚨
Old habits die hard, the B select is deep in the brain
[q] Kent, do you plan to give us an overview of your own approach at creating the pieces modelled by the contributors? I'm thinking especially of the hinge and the fender with the fuel cap panel?
Good job, Kent
Like a 2D canvas on a 3D object
Oooooooo I like that explanation
Kent slow down a bit
Questions are piling on
@Spikey @Shawn: checker deselect needs a hint where to start from so you need to deselect on edge
I'll look into that Shawn, I remember seeing that video, but it's long ago;)