Assignment Stage 2 - Add material II

The second model I added material was the turret

Before

After

For the turret, I used the similar style of material as the x-wing.

This was because originally the turret had enough details modeled on it, therefore I wouldn't need a complicated material to make it looked messy.

I chose to use a "war-effect" military style of material, which look a bit old and used, but extremely realistic in my opinion.

On some little parts, I used a simple shiny silver to make it stand out, also made the whole turret less boring from a simple tone of material.

Assignment Stage 2 - Add material

At stage two, I moved on to add materials on each models, to get them ready for the final animating stage.

First was the x-wing model with its elevator.

Original:

After

I chose to use a more military style material for the elevator and x-wing, in order to create a better "war atmosphere" to the scene.

Also this single tone material has made x-wing look more serious, and giving an effect of flashy, advanced technology.

Another reason was somehow, with the original colors, this model looked more like a toy than a solid air craft.

Therefore after all the testing and experiments, I decided to use these materials.

I have also used two different materials on the x-wing, one darker and one lighter materials, this would make the  details that I modeled on the x-wing stand out.

As because the details of my all models were created in the modelling stage, therefore I wouldn't need to rely on the material to give me the details and texture. It was also the same reason that had made the models look more realistic and easier in this stage.

Also, under the light, the current materials looked as a shiny silver, look more like an advance technology air craft.

I used uvw mapping technique on most part of the elevator.

Assignment Model 1 - X-wing UPDATE

In the preparation of animating stage, I added more details on each model.

Especial for the x-wing, I have created a custom part, this would be used in the animation.
This is an elevator for the x-wing.

Original: (http://1012897.blogspot.com/2011/10/week-3.html)

Week 8

Exercise

Camera Link to Path

Difficulties: The version of the tutorial was quite an older version of 3Ds Max, so it happened to be a little confusing at first, so instead I watched the youtube tutorial which was more accurate and clear.

From the picture below, you can see that the camera is attached to the track,

and the key frame is automatically done for you.

video demo

Assignment Model 5 - Evil R2-D2

The sixth model I have done was the evil version of the R2-D2

This robot was an edited version base from the original R2-D2.

The design was also base from one of the robot in the movie.

The biggest difference between this evil version was the added "arm".

Which was actually quite difficult to create, especially I had to make the body able to open and extend the arm. Which included a lot of Boolean subtracting and editing vertexes method. 

The other biggest difference was the head, which was completely re-modeled.

Also I added extra patterns on the body.

Assignment Model 4 - X-wing platform

The fifth model I have done for the assignment was the X-wing platform, which would be a custom platform for the x-wing to take off. 

This platform designed to have a futuristic looking by the green light along the side.

That was done by the "Self-Illumination" in the material editor.

Also this platform was designed to be extendable, therefore when this platform was in the modelling process, it has already been decided what the animation it was going to use.

Apart from the platform, I had built the gate as well, it was like a departure gate.

This gate was designed to be built on the surface of the planet, therefore it was flat and open-up side way in a sliding animation.

Also there was also designed to have a stand for holding up the platform, and having a circular "joint" in the stand would be perfect for animating it.

Week 7

At Week 7, we started applying camera.

We tried the free camera.

 And the target camera