Crazy Machines Contest - Yafacat

[xelptic]

Hi!

It's only few days left, but I hope I can finish it..
It's a combination of pathefon and mechanical cat

Results after two evenings of work: modeling + basic materials.

wireframes

I will change wallpaper background , because i realised one of the participants use similar in his project.
I'm not sure if I want to make this model "new" or "old" (with a lot of scratches , dust, rust, etc. ) - it depend how much spare time i wil have.

[Bliz]

I like it. The design style reminds me of Blue Sky's 'Robots' film.

Good luck finishing before the contest date. You've got further than me.

[animelix]

haha, thats cool

[xelptic]

Thank you for positive feedback

After another few evenings i got this:

Modeling is finished in 99%. I'm still fighting with details. There is about 4 or 5 different versions of them.
Materials are finished in 80%. Basic lights are set. I want to find a good composition and render complete image in weekend

[xelptic]

I've menaged to add other details and stuff, and already finish the image

You can see my entry in Contest thread http://www.yafaray.org/community/forum/ ... =11&t=2398

Here is short "making-of":

Final scene have 139 objects, 391 000 faces:

[Gabich]

Looks great ! But you should use more AA with dof .

[animelix]

it's beautiful!

[xelptic]

But you should use more AA with dof .

More than 30? (i use 20 samples with first, and 10 in second pass)
There is still a time, maybe i will re-render image..

Thanks for tips!

[ewomer]

How did you make the texture for the metal and wood. i know the metal is bump mapped. im hoping you use gimp

[xelptic]

How did you make the texture for the metal and wood. i know the metal is bump mapped. im hoping you use gimp

Textures are photos from http://www.cgtextures.com/ or my own photos - modified in photoshop to be repetitive.
One kind of metal have bump map but it's Blender's Clouds texture. Other metal material (shiny one) dont have any bumps - only color and spec. texture. Wood bump map is modified diffuse map.

[fine]

Wonderful work and interesting idea