Re: Blender 3D Minifigure - Work in Progress

Okie-dokie. I've been having a lot of problems modeling this entirely from scratch, so I'm restarting and using LDraw models as a reference. So, here is LEGO Head 3.0.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4208007824_40c65f7316.jpg

Sméagol has already noted the top stud needs a little more rounding to the edges, so the next update will include those.

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Re: Blender 3D Minifigure - Work in Progress

Pretty Cool mini/bigsmile

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Nicely done.  The proportions seem to be spot on!

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Re: Blender 3D Minifigure - Work in Progress

Thats coming on quite good Littlebrick. mini/wink

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2540/4211956858_220d4f11f3.jpg

Another update. The torso isn't completely done, but I'm thinking this is what I'm going to be using for most animation, to lessen the load that my computer has to render. The full model will have holes on the side for arms and a complete interior.

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mini/eek  That's amazing. Looks a bit flat in color, but, still. mini/twitch

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I never cease to be awed that you don't use the ldraw parts. That would take longer than I'd have the patience for.

Edit: How did you make the smile on the head to be smooth, and how did you apply the face to the head? Did Set Smooth work?

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/BGanimations/Signatures/final_400x100.png

Re: Blender 3D Minifigure - Work in Progress

For the smile (and eyes) I got a picture of a LEGO face into Blender and used it as a reference. After that, I created a plane, extruded it several times and worked with it until it resembled the smile. Then I subserfed it once (twice for rendering).

Applying the face to the head, I created a Bezier Circle and and parented the smile and eyes to it (Mesh Deform). So the face isn't actually on the head at all. I'm sure there are easier/better ways of doing it; however, this way seems to work for me.

And actually, BG, I am using the LDraw parts, or at least, I am now. They are nice for getting the proportions right, but the actual meshes are a nightmare, so I've had to heavily modify them. The reason I switched was because I wasn't getting anywhere doing it from scratch, and my main reason for making this model is so I can animate it, not just to have made a model. However, I am very happy with what I've accomplished.

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Yes, I agree, the LDraw peices have terrible meshes. For a few random tests I made, I actually had to go into edit mode and move/add/remove lots of the verticies so that the were where I wanted them to be. The Bezier Circle seems much too difficult though. You could make the image and the apply it as a texture in the Shading panel. The only problem with that is you would have to apply it to a basic cylinder that is parented to the head, exactly where the head is, because otherwise the image would be spread out on the entire head. Or just don't even use the Bezier Circle at all, just parent the extruded planes directly to the head, so that when you move the head, it moves the face.

When I look back at what I just said, I can tell that if I didn't know how to work Blender, that would all be a bunch of nothing that would fly right past my ear. mini/smile

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/BGanimations/Signatures/final_400x100.png

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Well, I can parent the Bezier Circle to the head, then if I rotate it, the face will move accordingly; I've done it once before. Also, I might be animating the actual face, so it might be wise to have the face as an actual mesh. The only problem is I don't know if the face can be parented to a Bezier Curve and a Lattice at the same time.

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I think it can be, but then again, maybe not, because a few times when I've parented more than one object (to an armature and to an object I think) it said there was some kind of error.

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/BGanimations/Signatures/final_400x100.png

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yeah, very good, keep it up mini/smile , i made 3d lego in 3ds max  but anyway, Blender is cool mini/wink

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Looks great. Of course that's coming from someone who opened up blender once, let out a hideous scream, and fled to Australia. mini/wink

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*sigh* It's so nice to see something different after a while. Enjoy this; I spent all night working on it.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4231329206_6fa96840f2.jpg

There is also a shot of the hips upside down (with some funky lighting going on?); I did not bother modeling the studs on them, since they're never really going to be showing up anyway. I will get around to modeling them, but not at the moment.

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Looks great, Littlebrick. mini/smile

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Re: Blender 3D Minifigure - Work in Progress

Lookin' pretty dang awesome. mini/smile

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http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4256984733_eca37b59f1.jpg

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Shredded pants for the win baby!

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http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4274958144_e38c4c00e2.jpg

*sigh* It feels so great to have an official render of these things. The back and inside of the leg(s) isn't finished yet, and the bottom still has a little tweaking to do, but yeah... maybe the front does as well. I'm going to see what you guys think of it first, before I do any more tweaking there.

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Littlebrick, you are amazing at mesh work.

Do you think you could send me an expored .3ds file of the head, because when I set smooth the LDraw heads, a bunch of the verticies make it look majorly deformed, and it's beyond me how to fix it at the moment, and I've tried a lot.

So, do you think you could export the head from Blender as a 3ds and send it to me? Please?

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/BGanimations/Signatures/final_400x100.png