Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2
This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.
# 1 06-07-2007 , 11:34 PM
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Smoking Robot WIP - help modeling

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I'm modeling this after this kid's toy

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so I need to know something easy - I want to cut a circular hole in the side for the arms, and booleans aren't working and are too messy anyway. What's the best way to go about this?

# 2 07-07-2007 , 12:29 AM
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# 3 07-07-2007 , 03:07 AM
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what'd you render that in?


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# 4 07-07-2007 , 03:35 AM
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hey JS thanks for the tut it's excellent


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what'd you render that in?

shhhhhh its a secret.

rhymes with

"shmeeray"

but for maya. beta. it's sick. I'll post some more tests as I work
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this pic has no AA and bad gif compression


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# 5 07-07-2007 , 03:50 AM
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haha, i LOVE "shmeeray"...

those renders are looking great, and the model is cool too.

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# 6 07-07-2007 , 10:46 AM
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Originally posted by tgage
hey JS thanks for the tut it's excellent

it was made for acid44 by 99gs turbo so dont give me the credit:p




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# 7 07-07-2007 , 10:28 PM
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anyone reading this should check out the vray for maya beta - full version is coming out soon and only limitations for beta are watermark and render size. maybe scene size too. its amazing, compared to the :headbang: that is mr in maya. our studio fortunately got access to the unlocked version

# 8 08-07-2007 , 03:46 AM
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HEY!!!:angery:

mental ray for maya is great if you know how to use it.

too bad i dont, haha

yeah, VRAY looks good


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# 9 09-07-2007 , 06:23 AM
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hey got some new pics... just a single sun/sky. gonna do some indoor hdr renders too. still needs work on feet, textures, body details etc...



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# 10 20-07-2007 , 05:07 AM
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he is a rude robot. sry!

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# 11 20-07-2007 , 12:52 PM
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cleaned this up a bit - the caustics got turned on when I didn't want them
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# 12 20-07-2007 , 07:36 PM
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Whoa, this is looking really good. Looks like a VERY realistic toy.


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