Storm Raven

Based on this link of the Space marine Storm Raven Gunship
storm raven page

I decided i wanted one to  complement my Grey knight Forces and although a new model would look and be amazing £50 is not something i have right now, so i decided to make my own out of leftover wood and oddments in the basement

these images show the wood was screwed in to the sawn base block and odd 

 i used a chopped up microwave meal box to make the wings and tail

on top of the model i placed some ariel connectors i had lying about. i decided not to use them in the end as they seemed to big and odd looking

i used filler and sandpaper to clean things up and to hide the imperfections

then used Dr Pepper lids for the engine bits and a wire connection hub on the side to mount the Hurricane Bolters (Guns). further the cockpit was made of more microwave meal plastic, (not a regular resource in our house) 

last touch to this is the wings received the side of a strawberry box to add nice shape

 hear is the more completed version with a nice lick of paint the job on the Dr pepper lids and the red stripe are nice additions. overall it has achieved the desired effect

im not convinced about the cockpit bit. i cant make it transparent. the guns need some nozzles to look more militaristic. i had the idea of using lolly sticks and the base needs some TLC

more updates to come.......

Bradford Wrestling Alliance Motion Capture

Motion Capture Wrestling Project:

 using the professional BWA wresslers Gareth Angel and Mark Star. they donned there bobble suits and did what they do best in front of the motion capture cameras. the camera tracks the reflective balls and as as they move the computer can determine its location in 3d space.

using a flash on the camera brings out there reflective balls (they did have a crash mat for the painful looking moves)

we cleaned up the data by doing a human dot to dot which drives a skeleton. this then in turn drives a 3d model. after tweaking the model will mimic the wrestler's Awesome moves

this video shows the process 

Final Result! what we ended up with!

Dr Oh No is back!

been working away at my degree stuff and came up with this little short. 

Train

hear is something i made at uni looks good with lighting and textures

driver with a bit more

My dredd Driver has a bit more about him and i like it!

Dread has a driver

Modelled a character to drive the dread knight. took ages to decide how to do the chest so it looked ok. imported a sculpted head form mud box and twiddled with shoulders 

i had to move the legs and arms around for the guy to fit in the right place

New Modelling Skills

This is week 3 of being back To University of Bradford Doing an Ma in Computer Animation Visual Effects!

i been applying what i have learned in the way of modelling  this colossal beast the Dread knight of the Grey knight army of War hammer 40k. 

next to learn about texturing then this beast can have colour and stuff 

first finish of the modelling few bits left to do and it needs a pilot of course 

cant wait for the animation stage!!