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I tried a few things last night and started to get somewhere, I think. The more I do with this stuff though, the more I realise that I'm trying to run before I can walk. I might just go back to following a few more tutorials before I start trying to do crazy things like putting a light source inside a transparent dome (an hour of rendering followed by a crash).
Fellow Carrara users, I'd like to know if any of you have had better luck figuring out a workaround to Carrara's current lack of dynamic cloth.
The cape you see here is rigged on an armature with hours of tweaking the weight painting of the cape mesh to make it somewhat flexible like a cloth. I have yet to find an easier way of modifying the weight influence of each bone (such as importing a grayscaled image). It's an ironic case of open source program (Blender) being better than commercial product (Carrara).
I whipped this up today.
Exported from LeoCAD, imported into Blender 2.49 with the LDraw import script, Bevel modifier added, Edge Split modifier added, material made slightly transparent and reflective, lamp added inside.
Woah, that is an AWESOME material
I'm teaching myself Blender so I can do some background screens and stuff in a film I'm working on.
The broken geometry on a lot of the LDraw elements is working out for me because it makes the wireframes look more interesting.
Edit: And a quick video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IH2ZzYlAco
I've messed up one of his legs at some point. There's always something, isn't there?
That makes me happy.
Anyone here know how to make LeoCad lego minifigs look realistic?
Well, maybe export them to an actual 3D processor/renderer and render from there, using volumetric lighting, ambient occlusion and messing with the global illumination settings.
Would Blender work for that?
It would, yes. Google those settings for your version of Blender.
I have the newest version of Blender, so I'll do that. Thanks for your help.
No problem. Please share your results afterwards 
Sorry, but I had a question or two. First, is the Global Illumination necessary, because I can't find it on Blender? Second, which of these brick tests looks the best, one, two, or three?
Pic 1
Pic 2
Or Pic 3
Pics 1 and 2 had different ambient occlusion settings, and Pic 3 included an enviroment lighting setting.
Global Illumination actually isn't a feature in Blender yet, but there are ways to fake it. Link.
Pic 3 looks the best. I would suggest, however, pumping up the ambient occlusion just a touch.
Okay, thanks guys. And Littlebrick, I'll try your link 
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A quick CGI question. Can you use Blender without a number pad on the side of your keyboard?
link don't seem to work mate
Stan I think your link is broken.
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