Collab 2020: Modeling Heavy Equipment (Backhoe)

[Kent Trammell]

Whoops, yes! I meant 2 weeks.

[Kent Trammell]

This made my Monday. It’s been a special project for me. The way everyone has taken it and run with it. The quality of modeling work, the sharing of tips and side-bar tutorials…While this community has always been cut above the rest imo, nothing quite like this project has happened before . The DOG Pound Revolution! ✊ 

[Adrian Bellworthy]

We couldn’t do it with out you boss, @theluthier 

@blanchsb and @pfbourassa  when your ready let me know, I think I only need to tweek my little bit of the hydraulics.

[Parker Bourassa]

@adrian2301 What do you need me to let you know about?
Sorry, I’ve been slacking on these notifications a little.

[Adrian Bellworthy]

When your done with the hydraulic file @pfbourassa

If you have it 

[Parker Bourassa]

@blanchsb I have the empties in place, but still have some modeling to do. I’ll try to upload in the next few days.

[Karen Trevino]

💕💕💕 this was an amazing adventure for sure. can hardly wait to be back at it

[Adrian Bellworthy]

Just call me ‘Side Show Bob’

Been working on a little side project last few days, if I finish in time, maybe it could be part of the animation.

Going to need to watch that wheel tutorial again @spikeyxxx 

[Shawn Blanch]

Yeah I would recommend bookmarking that one as part of the Profile Bookmarks. Definitely worth revisiting any time I make tires in the future.

[Ingmar Franz]

Is there an overhang at the sides of the engine hood (red ellipse in the image below) ?

The hood also seems to have some tapering growing from the vehicle’s front up to the windshield.

[Adrian Bellworthy]

The red ellipse is a black stripe.

The taper from front of the hood to the windscreen is a bit of an illusion in this image . I think because the camera angle is more from a corner angle and the black hand rail on the left looks as if you can see the black stripe on both sides. I actually thought that first then looking at other images if there is is very slight.

[Adrian Bellworthy]

This image shows there is a taper right at the very front.. Not as extreme as the other image.  I’ll see if I can fix that.

[Adrian Bellworthy]

I have a taper, but not curved as it should be.

[Adrian Bellworthy]

A little proportional editing later……

[Rita Geraghty]

Does anyone know where I can find blueprints for a backhoe 434e seat? I have looked for blueprints, but I seem to be looking in wrong places. I’m stuck. Problem is, I don’t know what the back of seat looks like. 

This is as far as I got on a chair. If anyone is asking, I laid off mirror modifier because I hated finding double points in mesh. I will add mirror modifier later. 

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