Turnaround of "The Machito"! (4 comments)

Turnaround of "The Machito"!

Saturday, April 17, 2010 - 12:00 AM

Guys, we all owe Robert Maxwell many internet high-fives. Not only did he produce that awesome flyby of the Emperor's ship La Invencible...he went on this week to produce this wickedly cool turnaround of the Machito!

Drive - Machito from Robert Maxwell on Vimeo.

I love how he intuited that, while the ring pinches surrounding space, it's the side nacelles that actually act as propulsion: I'm not sure I had ever explicitly said that! So extra high-fives for Robert.

I'm already gonna send him a special drawing of the Drive cast...but please, let's all encourage him in the comments below to tackle one of the Continuum ships! I'd love to see how he renders their more dolphin-esque profile, wouldn't you? Robert, if you're ever able to mock up the Continuum ships

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Re: Turnaround of "The Machito"! (Score: 1)
posted Saturday, April 17, 2010 - 12:18 AM (#55755)

Please do, Rob, old fellow. We bow to your technical superiority in rendering 2d into 3d.

And if you can impress Dave, here, ya gots real talent.


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Re: Turnaround of "The Machito"! (Score: 1)
posted Saturday, April 17, 2010 - 08:23 PM (#55763)

I'm usually not a big fan of 3-D models. But this kind of work just seems to take the best parts of computer modeling and the best of parts of line drawing, then mashes them together.

My hat is still off to you, Rob.


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Re: Turnaround of "The Machito"! (Score: 1)
posted Sunday, April 18, 2010 - 03:06 AM (#55766)
Thanks guys, I've already started on the Continuum Cruiser ship, and as its very similar to the Moebius ship, that won't be far behind. thanks again, Max
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Re: Turnaround of "The Machito"! (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 06:51 AM (#55787)

That's one nifty piece o' rendering. Love the nacelle glow.


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