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General Category => General Anim8or Forum => Topic started by: Mr Noob on April 06, 2009, 04:15:02 pm
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Hi
I am new to Anim8tor and I was wondering where I might find a tutorial that shows me how to model asteroids. I am trying to model these to use in a space simulator but I haven't came across any tutorials that show me. If anyone knows of such a tutorial then please post a link here for me.
Ty, M.Noob
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(look for tutorial below)
hey Mr Noob (a bit of a pessimistic name maybe? ;) )
An asteroid is generally speaking just a big rock, right? They usually have a bit of a round shape.
The easiest way to recreate this in 3d is to make a sphere and 'randomize' all the points in that sphere so that it looks like a rough surface.
You can use that by using Kubajzz script:
http://www.anim8or.com/smf/index.php?topic=1105.msg10829#msg10829
It deforms a mesh (a sphere probably in this case) in a random matter.
To get a really rough surface, you might want to subdivide the mesh a few times first, then apply kubjazz' script a few times with different settings: a very general deformation, and smaller deformations.
This will get you a rough surface for the stone, then you can maybe add a bumpmap for the smaller rough details.
I hope this might help a little bit.
Good luck with that!
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Thanks Alot!
M.Noob
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There is also a rock plugin out there for anim8or. Just google it.
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Here is it:
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Well thats possible too of course, but its more fun to model yourself :)
so especially for you, i made a little video tutorial on how to model a asteroid here:
hope that helps ;)
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That's a good tutorial. I've been using Anim8or for years, but have never done any of those things before.