Lego Fire Plane Kit 42040 Build Video Step 3

Step 3 is up on Youtube, as it gets more complex will have to move into sub assemblies I think

Lego Fire Plane Kit 42040 Build Video Step 2

Step 2 is up:

Lego Fire Plane Kit 42040 Build Video Step 1

This is a preview build video for Lego Kit 42040 Technic "Fire Plane". This is Step 1 of the build instructions and the beginning of the series from ODD Garage. Let me know what you think of the style as I prepare to complete the full build set. (Yes its a short video, the full set will include each step, intro's etc.)



Built in Lego Digital Designer, Rendered in Blender 2.77A.



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Perfecting Blender skills with a light saber tutorial.

Hey Everyone,

Working on refining some skills in Blender, this weekend it was a Light Saber. Following a tutorial from CG Geek. There are a number of things that go into this from the textures to create the wearing of the ribs (zoom and look close) to the compositing of the saber blade and the smoke. Learned a lot, hope you like the end result.

Although it looks like something with a lot of complex parts to model, it is actually entirely built from a single cylinder (manipulating a lot of vertices) including the blade. Only the D ring is a separate object.

The complexity comes in the material nodes. Here is a screenshot of the final Material for the main metal in the Light Saber:

Feel free to reuse this material if you are working in Blender. The texture behind the wear and tear can be found at: Bare Metal Texture.

I hope you enjoy this. Til next time.

Note: the photo is copyrighted but feel free to keep for personal non-commercial use. You may use the material setup if you wish in any work you create.
Created using Blender 2.77a on MacBook Pro.
Shout out to Steve @CGGeeks for the tutorial.