Reply To: Collab 2020: Modeling Heavy Equipment (Backhoe)
📣 Assignment #2: Finalize 25% of your chosen Part
April 15, 2020 – May 11, 2020
For the assignment period between stream 2 and stream 3 the focus is finalizing aspects of our chosen backhoe parts. By “finalizing” I mean that individual pieces have all details accounted for and are build for subsurf smoothing:
In stream 2 it took me 2 hrs to model one large piece of the digger arm. Since this kind of complex modeling is slow and tedius, my expectation for assignment #2 submissions is to complete at least 25% of your chosen part. This should get us in the groove of the workflow, hopefully making for smooth sailing for assignment #3 and beyond.
Everyone start from the same file
I still think this approach is best. After each stream I will upload a .blend for everyone to the corresponding stream page. For example, on the stream 2 page you will find the MASTER_caterpillar-434e_model_02.blend file available to download.
That file features the part I modeled on stream as well as the stabilizer / chassis part from @adrian2301. Try to model organized; keeping all your parts within your part’s collection.
Going forward I will continue to add each iterative MASTER .blend file to the respective stream pages in sync with assignment posts:
- The stream 3 page will be home to the MASTER_caterpillar-434e_model_03.blend model file (when the time comes)
- The stream 4 page will be home to the MASTER_caterpillar-434e_model_04.blend model file (when the time comes)
- And so on…
Assignment Submission
I’ve added a new tab to the Google Sheet labeled: #2: Finalize 25%
The names of contributors remain from the first assignment. To submit for assignment #2, contributors just need to make a comment containing a link to their .blend file in the Attempt cell beside their name
**The DUE DATE for assignment #2 submissions is MAY 10, 2020**
Resource Links
I’ve added links to the bottom of description of this thread (appears at the top of every page wihin): Online Resources and Reference Images. Thanks to everyone researching online, we’re developing a dense collection of helpful web pages including technical diagrams of individual pieces! Shoutout to @jakeblended for uncovering that gem 👏
I’ve outlined several relevant links from the directory but there’s plenty more where those come from.
The reference images are simply the modeling sheet and photo collage that I’ve been using on the stream for your download convenience. Note that these are now packed into the .blend file I mentioned above.
I will continue to update add links to this list as we uncover more online resources.
Organization
I’m trying to tie all the lose ends so we all can be on the same page through this collaboration. But I’m figuring it out as we go so don’t hesitate to ask questions or make suggestions!