Embossing like a… something.
I am finally figuring out this UV map stuff and getting textures the way I want. Parts of this gun are starting to look real!
Render Disappointment
I'm posting my first results from Substance Painter. There are some things I like about how it rendered and some things I am pretty unhappy with. As I suspected, the [...]
Colt Classic
Tonight's project was learning to model a Colt model 1848 Baby Dragoon percussion revolver. It was one of the first handguns small enough to be carried in a pocket. Since [...]
Blender Render, Size Comparison Results
OK! I finally got the three ship models into a scene at scale. I'm really rusty with Blender, hence the washed out appearance. Learning multiple programs at once is super [...]
Big Ships Are Hard
I made a model of a Confederate Blockade Runner similar to ones used during the Civil War. I made it by studying the cover of a book called "Confederate Blockade [...]
Do a Barrel Roll!
I finally painted a barrel that I modeled in Gravity Sketch. It took me 3 days. It's the forth barrel. I have no idea how people do this for a [...]
I Have a Lot to Learn About Texture
After binging more YouTube tutorials by people who make things look effortless I picked up a perpetual license for Surface Painter off Steam. Adobe is going to lock it behind [...]
Double Outrigger
As I continue to learn how to build boats at scale here is a progress post on a double outrigger based on the Paraw “Balatik”
The Relative Size of Imaginary Things
First post since the manuscript is at a first draft stage. I'm learning a new 3d modeling tool to help learn about scale in writing. So far Gravity Sketch is amazing! Also, feel free to laugh at my robot Abraham Lincoln.