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Making of Tidus

This tutorial is best suited for those who like to see a rough model from the start and then refine into detail as you go.

Making of “Voodoo Doll” (part 3/6)

During this part we will explore and discuss reflective light, the 2nd key light and specular light pass and what to consider when rendering different specific materials like plastic, fabric or metal.

Explosion Tutorial

This tutorial explains how to make cool-looking explosions like these: However, the user must have a basic knowledge of MAX and some of its functions, like creating combustion gizmos, the video post basic functions, omni lights, etc. Now, without further rambling… 1. Create a SphereGizmo anywhere in the scene. Just place it somewhere in a […]

Creating Normandy SR1 in 3DS MAX

Introduction In this tutorial I will show ho w to model Normandy Space ship from mass effect. Downloads Before you star you might want to download these files. Reference: Texture: Step 1 I will begin as usually by finding a reference for the model. I found this sketch on www.gamespot.com. When you making complicated things […]

Modeling a Cup and Assigning a Material

Hey, lets make some cups to set on that table we modeled earlier. 1)Click on the Create Tab, then click on Geometry, then choose Cylinder. This will create a….cylinder. Give it the following values. 2) Convert your cylinder to Editable Poly by selecting it, right clicking, and going to Convert To, and select Editable Poly. […]

VIDEO TUTORIAL: Organic modeling

Here we want to collect interesting and useful tutorials on 2D/3D packages. If you have the quality tutorial or you can write a good tutorial exclusively for us under one of the above categories, please contact stryker@3dm3.com This tutorial takes front and side reference images from www.3d.sk and prepares them for use as reference plates […]

Portrait of a silent man by Patrick Eischen

About the image There are many rendered portraits in a lot of galleries. I was always impressed by the high quality of the MentalRay FastSkin shader and how easy it was to set it up once you understood the basic concept of how skin works. But as I ‘only’ have Cinema 4D, MentalRay is not […]