3. Modeling history honors heroes
Yeah, we have our
comic book heroes…
Want to see my
3D Avenger?
4. A real-life hero
President George H. W. Bush
U.S. Navy TBF-1 Avenger
Pilot-LT (jg) George Bush
USS San Jacinto, CVL-30
58 Combat
Missions
in WW2
41st
US
President
(1989-1993)
5. 3D in movies Can you name the movies?
Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Digital Domain, WETA Digital
91. P-47D Thunderbolt
P-47 Ace
Dave Schilling
22.5 aerial victories
All Schilling's
Thunderbolt had
an illustration of
“Hairless Joe”, a
character from AI
Capp's Dogpatch
cartoon strip
111. Ploesti Raid
August 1, 1943
One third (53) aircraft lost / 310 aircrew killed, 108 captured
Five Medal of Honor* recipients (3 posthumously)
*Most for any single air action in history
SSgt. Robert Phillips
B-24 Top Turret Gunner
343rd
BG
112. “Grumpy” for my friend
Robert Phillips
Monogram 1:48 B-24J Liberator
Robert in WWII
159. B-29 “Goin’ Jessie” w/P-51’s
Charles Chauncey, B-29 Pilot in Command
Lt. Charles Chauncey
35 Missions
5th
BS/9th
BG
*Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Major James Tapp
78th
FS “Bushmasters”
*First ace over Japan
April, 1945
“Needs some little friends”
160. 3D Modeling – Getting Started
• Pivot Stick Figure Animation (B)
– Easiest animation program out there
• Google Sketch-Up (B)
– Make models of houses, simple objects
• 3D Plus (B)
– Turns text into 3D / instant animations
• Anim8or (B-I)
– Character animator
• Art of Illusion (I-A)
– 3D modeling and animation
• 3D Canvas (I)
– 3D modeling and animation
• Blender (I-A)
– Most popular open-source 3D software
• 3D Canvas (B)
• Xara 3D (B-I)
– Make logos / animated titles
• Adobe Dimension (B)
– Turns Illustrator art into 3D objects
• Amorphium (B)
– Like working with lumps of clay
• Poser (B-I)
– 3D figure modeler
• Caligari Truespace (I)
– Renderer similar to Pixar’s Renderman
• Strata 3D (I)
– I like this one
• Pixels (I)
– Renderer similar to Pixar’s Renderman
• Corel Bryce 3D (I)
– Landscape modeler
• Newtek Lightwave (A)
• Softimage XSI (A)
• Maya 3D (A)
• 3D Max (A)
• Houdini (A)
• Cinema 3D (A)
Software for purchase“Freeware”
Beginner – B
Intermediate – I
Advanced - A
161. Where to get training
• Community Colleges
– RLC’s Interactive Simulation and Game Technology Program
• Art Institute of Dallas
• ITT Technical Institute
• Universities / UTD / SMU Guild Hall
• Use freeware / self-paced training
– Internet resources, textbooks, journeyed.com, eBay
• Online training / Ed2Go
• Internship at a design shop / game company
***CAD/3D for Architecture / Engineering
Keep sculpting, painting, storytelling, studying history, watching movies and,
of course, scale modeling! It all ties together.