Stadium progression

The stadium is coming along very nicely as you can see! 

I have managed to put together the key components for the stadium, the stands, main stand, columns, spires etc all together to make the semi ring around, the other side I will be making rocks and a more natural desert look for the rest of the stadium.

Stadium in the making!

Another day, another part of the stadium!
The stadium is coming along nicely, Last week we was able to create a ring loop and the follow along the line tool to help with the seating around the stadium so the seats actually follow the curve around so it's easier to mold together and shape in.

So as above we can see the main seating part of the stadium which isn't looking too bad! and also the top left (top view) the ring in which the stadium seating selection will be placed, I have also decided on putting rocks around the bottom half of the stadium so it will be more of an outside environment than a whole stadium.

modelling in 2016

It's a bit of a pain to switch from 2015 to 2016 as I have no idea what functions would work, what wouldn't and what would cause me to lose my files and models, which isn't a fun situation to be in, so In 2016 I will be making my 2nd pod racer, or attempting too, the blue print side of things is...just the greatest to work with, I will have to check up some tutorials to help me in how to make the different views the same size so it isn't stretched etc.

may take a little while, but on the plus side the pod racing stadium isn't looking too bad, is a little bit different to what i was thinking to do but....as long as it looks good and gets finished!

Pod racer stadium report 2

So we have had a few new ideas to add to the pod racer stadium, we have decided to put a ring in the stadium and follow the stairs round in an arc so that it records a stadium affect, its a good idea and will save alot of time....I'm hoping, but we shall see!

I'm hoping to get it finished today as we only have 2 weeks to do this, and i want to add little addition tweeks to the stadium and pod racers to give a bit more of a 3D professional look.

Pod racer stadium

Today I am aiming for the pod racer stadium to be finished it shouldn't take too long to finish a few tweeks here and there, few new models inside and should be all good to go!

Also found out that the models do not have to be textured aswell which is actually alot off the shoulders although it may not sound like it but my god texturing looks stupidly difficult!

Will need to be done at some point I guess, so off to modelling a few re-sizing here and there and stadium done!!!

Pod racer 1 Edit

So i went back to my first pod racer to change a few things and something was not quite right, the connecter wire from the pod to the engines was directly in the middle of the engines where the boosters come out, it's still there however the boosters have been divided into four smaller booster around the wire so problem solved! one pod racer fully completed! need to start on the second one.

The stadium has had a few adjustments, the small buildings in the valley are nearly finished just need to mirror and put another part in the center and all done!

3ds max not working!!!

So...great times! had the whole of Wednesday off, decided to take the opportunity to download a student version of 3ds max at home so i could get a good 4-5 hours worth of modelling completed.
Turns out that my desktop at home does not support 64-bit 3ds max which 2016 is only compatible with, and my laptop displays white boxes where the different views should be (which I have found out is a graphic performance issue).
So looks like no modelling for me on the Wednesday, but today is another day!! currently in the labs modelling (after this blog) the stadium. After a short issue with opening the files in an older version of max...let's hope my luck changes as the day goes on....