DatterBoy

Back in business!!!

This thread is cursed!!!

Damn.... AZ will feel my pain. Drive crashed, all my models gone... Gonna see if I by chance backed it up somewhere else. Or was it Brian... one of you guys lost your stuff once.

Totally! Put some stuff up, man!

Damn... you got a cockpit and pilot too... I need some of that.

Damn. The level of detail on this is amazing!

Hello everyone. Back when I first joined MW, I came upon this thread where artists from all over the world had come and posted their work on CG modeling the VF-1. The work was so inspiring, that it prompted me to do my own version. Having some experience with modeling programs, I took my work there, and I was amazed at the willingness of the other modelers to help me develop my own piece with ad vice, critique, technical assistance, etc. Needless to say, they became like my MW CG family and over a 2-3 year period helped me create what I believe to be the greatest CG work I have ever produced. To this day, when I scour the web, the work produced on that thread has been rarely ever matched. And recently. one of the "veterans" posted some work from his VF-1 and I was inspired to bring them back. So come! Post your work! Movies, images, whatever! However, this is by INVITATION ONLY! So please adhere to these rules on this thread. 1. You can only post if you have been invited by another Veteran. 2. Anyone can comment 3. Only post work that has not been seen on MW before. New stuff! Keep it fresh! So I'm calling some of the guys I remember (so sorry if I missed you, I just worked with these guys more closely, but I am sure they will call you out to come and show your work). Doktor Gonzo Rodavan Brianw76 Aztek Let's do this. Maybe we can inspire a new generation of CG modelers. Cheers! And good to see you bastards again! :Dat

I would buy a ton of em. Not sure I even care if they redesign it. The originals were fantastic. Customizing them is so fun.

Just so you all know, I had a crack, thought it would hold forever, nope, completely broken. Fix in advance if you can... it really sucks. Hoping OverDrive can hook me up. :Dat

2 Scenes I always wanted to see done were the Max vs. Miriya first encounter as well as a recreation of their arcade fight.

Dok, you gotta show me how to do those lines with Maya. I want to see what mine would like like in that treatment too. Holy crap! Rod and Brian too... I'm gettin' teary eyed.

Ask and you shall receive! We havin' a reunion? :Dat

Sick. Hasegawa referenced? Poly modeling?

Didn't hate it, didn't think it was a "good" movie, but was entertained. Big opportunity missed to give Hugh Jackman a truly iconic role and establish Wolverine the way real fans know and love him. - Wolverine's berserker rage never really played into it - Overall personality was somewhat wolverine, but not gritty enough - Amnesia was glazed over, should have been more developed - Brothers? No. - Origin itself was too brief. - Lack of attention to real detail and uniqueness. Like someone else said, it was standard "coolness" affair and didn't strive to be "special" - Everyone's age seems to be thrown around like rag dolls. Timelines, people? - dug the side characters - Great fight scenes - good FX (not great) This movie was not made with a lot of love, but it was popcorn summertime entertainment.

It's like... kiddie pron...

These were rigged by Kingnor, he's a professional animator and he did a few animations with it and was far to complicated for me to understand or use. He produced some animations and so did I. Mine were based on keyframing and rotation points, but no skeleton rigs where his was. I've uploaded them here: http://studio1311.net/temp/valk/vids/ You'll very much be able to tell the difference between his and mine. :Dat

Rod, I ain't got no love for the booster but your work is awesome as always! :Dat

Dang. Who is the artist on that pic and where is it from?

Excellent work! Does it have other modes?

Yeah! Rod! Back on the board with new works! Lookin good!

yeah. I was on CGTalk a few years ago. I'm glad to hear these were inspirational for you. Seeing many of the old timers work made me want to do one initially too. They were also extremely helpful and forthcoming with advice. I do have animations, but they are extremely brief. I'll see if I can't find a few. Nothing more than transformation tests though.

Maya Tweaking rocks. Personalizes the model. Makes it unique.

Hmm... Source material... I used Hasagawa model sheets as reference for the decals and Battroid reference but started out using the 1/60 V.1 Yamato and eventually the 1/48. Unfortunately, I didn't know how to use model sheets as planes for modelling in the app so it was pretty much done by eye. More than likely the proportions do not line up as I've done a ton of scaling to get the best fighter/batt modes I could do. I am not sure, but I know that several of the "old timers" modelled it this way. By eye vs. model sheets, so they have a sort of unique set of proportions in some areas vs. traditional source material.

Make it this one! (though I've seen some outstanding newbs... )

Indeed. Hello Rod, Mr. Westgate!