Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Lost in Space



I'm working on a new webcomic to be illustrated primarily with Poser. I've used the program before, on Deputised Experts, but then it was a tool for, well, posing the characters before drawing them.

With my purchase of Poser 6 I decided to do at least one comic predominantly in rendered images. That comic is Mongrels, as tory of post-humans policing the divide between homo sapiens and the AIs.

Adrift is the first Mongrels tale, set at an unspecified point in the series' continuity. It is, the sub header proclaims "The adventures of a dead man in a aspace suit". As our protagonist is floating in empty space and can't move his arms or legas it was an easy one to set up. poses and lighting don't change for most of the story, only the camera changes position. I'm using all this to learn a little more about textures, MAT files and other stuff.

Adrift was created using the products below from DAZ3d.

Michael 3.0 Base
Everyday Male
Michael 3.0 Head & Body Morphs
M3 Space Suit
Explorer Unit

Friday, February 17, 2006

3d Model Printing

Another way to get solid representations of your 3d models. 3dmodelprinting.com produce high quality polymer 3d prints from supplied files. The preferred format is .STL. I've found Model Press, which produces a free product to convert CAD and other 3d files to .STL.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Thursday, January 19, 2006

3d image to 3d reality

Here's an interesting thing to do with your Poser figures. You can export them as OBJ files to Shader and from there export them as STL files for a company such as Tekpro to make a prototype model of.

Or you could shell out a few thousand dollars to get a 3d printer of your own.

Sunday, November 27, 2005

Welcome to Render

Welcome to Render, where I will share 3d modelling news, hints and tips. I recently purchased the new version of Curious Labs' Poser and am determined to get the most out of it. I have found DAZ products useful in helping me with this. They have some cool products and I've become an affiliate to try and persuade others to use their quality products.

I have purchased the following from DAZ and found them useful-


Cyclorama: Woodland Coast Backgrounds

Platinum Club Annual Membership

Woodland Realm Playset Two

Woodland Realm Playset One


If you are interested in making money through the DAZ affiliate program like I do, please click here for more information.

If you have questions about anything, please let me know by emailing me at: Ian@spinneyhead.co.uk