Another quick post of a test of my robotic chess animation, although there's more animating to do which I am currently doing now and I need to add more 'sly' movements i.e. to make it more realistic, which I am also doing now. Watching the test made me think it is a bit slow in parts.
...could do with a packet of monster munch :-|
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Just a quick post to show how I'm getting along with my animation. I have finished the texturing and lighting and I am currently animating at the moment :o)
Any positive comments and any comments to say what you think I should change would be useful...
Just a quick post to show you the development of 'The Chess Player'. I still need to do the texturing and other minor things. I think i've caught up fast since I changed my whole blooming idea ha-ha! Screen shots of 3ds max below...
So my original plan for 'The Chess Player' project was for the robot's right arm to detach from its body and jump around the chess board to play itself.
Personally, I think my robot and the idea for the animation won't work as well as I'd like it to. First of all both of my robot's arms will not reach to the other side of the chess board and I think I'd create a better piece of animation with robotic arms defeating itself rather than a full robot. This project is based on our animation skills rather than modelling so I think it would benefit me.
However I do not regret creating my robot in any way what so ever, it was fun and I have learnt hell of a lot about modelling and rigging.
Therefore, I have designed a brand new robot arm which I am going to model and rig tonight so I can get started on the animating tomorrow. Below is a quick screenshot of what I have done so far and I am not leaving uni until it is done - dum dum durrr! I will blog my completed robot arm tonight.....
From Andy's tutorial's I have produced my own robot, however it is not finished just yet. I have modelled the robot, rigged it's arms, fingers and I have also made a little eye that blinks, which I think is proper cool :). Here are a few screen shots of the development for the project.
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