[ENDED] BC3-1806 – June 2018 Class Homepage – Vehicle Modeling with Blender

[William Miller]

@theluthier Okay.  I’m doing it.  When I’m done modeling my tank I’ll rig it.

[William Miller]

Will there be a guest for week 5?

[Kent Trammell]

@williamatics I reached out to Chris Kuhn but unfortunately he’ll be traveling for work. Next time I run the class I’ll reach out to him again and hopefully our schedules work out then. Chris is an amazing Blender vehicle/mechanical modeler.

 I’d like to look around for another guest for this class, but no guarantees. I can’t think of another notable Blender vehicle modeler off the top of my head.

[William Miller]

I wish he could do it.  He’s a great modeler.  I just wish he were a better teacher; most of his courses consist of “Let’s do this, Okay, that’s great, now lets move this here, extrude this…”.

[Zach Zellman]

@williamatics I think his tutorials are geared more towards advanced users, that’s why they’re like that. His mechanical rigging tutorials are great!

[Kent Trammell]

Spent yesterday brushing up on my vehicle modeling skills. I even busted out the quad view in Blender for…maybe the first time ever. This class is going to be fun!

Milen Ivanov has generously given me permission to use his slick concept car design for the class.

[Bauke Post]

Maybe Chris Plush or Karol Miklas would be interested in joining the stream of week 5.

[Bauke Post]

When I get back from vacation and get to use my computer again I would like to practice some vehicle modeling. What do you think would be the best idea, making the same car twice (one as practice, one during the course), or modeling a completely different car before the class?

[Zach Zellman]

@theluthier that is AWESOME!!! Maybe some day in the future, we will be able to make and 3d print (life size) our own cars and drop in a motor. Like a kit of some kind! Everyone could have a custom car!!!!

[Kent Trammell]

@zachzellman Thanks! And yes, I can totally imagine people will be printing and assembling their own custom car kits in the future. As well as a ton of other goods. 3D printing is going to change a lot imo.

@baukepost Good options for an alternate guest, I’ll definitely think on it. I personally don’t like modeling the same thing twice, so if you’re going to practice, I’d vote to do 2 different vehicles.

[William Miller]

Is it okay if the exterior and interior blueprints aren’t from the same type of tank?  I didn’t realize how big the interior one is until I noticed a small label that said “Driver’s Seat”!

[Aaron Rudderham]

Looks really interesting, really want to check this out, just worried my skills aren’t up to snuff yet. Well, I’ll definitely finish the HSM fundamentals before this, will hopefully give me a fighting chance at making something great!

[Kent Trammell]

@williamatics Yeah that’s fine. The interior blueprints/reference will need to be interpreted more openly. Like with the car I’m doing, I don’t have an interior blueprint. So I’m going to interpret an interior concept from elsewhere and conform it.

[Kent Trammell]

@thecabbagedetective Don’t worry so much about your skills being ‘up to snuff’. See what you can soak up this month with the outlined pre-recorded content, then see what happens in June. It’ll be a welcoming environment for all skill levels.

[William Miller]

After I’m done with the tank, I think I’ll modify it to make it more futuristic, and maybe give it a crew (who wear sci-fi helmets from that course).

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