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Author Topic: Friendship Express  (Read 7432 times)

CoriDavis

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Friendship Express
« on: April 03, 2012, 05:33:51 pm »

I've just completed a work of art with Anim8or after a long break.  It's the train shown in My Little Pony. It's just the engine at the moment because I didn't really feel like making the rest of the cars.  Some parts are subdivided and some aren't.

It didn't take me long to make this, only a few hours since it's made of simple shapes.

Video:

The video is a little bouncy, but it kind of adds to the cartoon aspect of it.
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Re: Friendship Express
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2012, 07:08:18 pm »

I'd add some more polygons to the wheels, they look jagged in comparison t other parts of the train.
Also, I'm not sure how the roof thins at the peak quite works.
On the other hand, you got a nice soft 'cartoonish' look with lots of detail, so good work there.
Kudos and thanks for sharing.: :)
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Re: Friendship Express
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2012, 07:32:30 pm »

Very cool model. Did you use mostly material colors? I seem to prefer mat colors over 2d textures which give me headaches trying to get them right. Nice work though.
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Re: Friendship Express
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2012, 01:10:28 am »

I love it! At the risk of sounding ... something or another .... it's adorable!
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Re: Friendship Express
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2012, 09:36:14 pm »

It was all materials with the exception of the windows which were made with Transmaps.  Unfortunately it would be hard to add more polys to it without completely remaking those parts. I may do that later.
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Re: Friendship Express
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2012, 11:10:28 am »

It's very well made, Cori, and especially good for using so many primitives. i will admit that some aspects are a bit blocky (like you said, the wheels), but it doesn't detract from the overall product.
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