Maya 2020 fundamentals - modelling the real world
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# 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


Originally posted by Joopson
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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