Another thing I'm into is Star Wars. I'm a big fan. So of course I eventually had to make a lightsaber. The build itself was pretty simple. Basic extruding, subdivision surfaces, and a simple metal-like material... And then I learned about my new favorite website, http://Blenderguru.com. Blender Guru is a bunch of blender tutorials that greatly improved the quality of my work. The first thing I used was their tutorial on realistic texturing. With that I made the floor that the lightsaber was on. That looked really good. Then I found the tutorial on the compositor. This is what made it look outstanding. I created a glowing effect on the lightsaber and learned that I could stop the light that was shining on the lightsaber to not reflect on the ground. This made the great photo where you can see the handle but the only thing illumination the ground is the blade. The final image made a great wallpaper
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AuthorMy name is Nathan and I enjoy building and creating things, weather it be out of wood, paper, or even on the computer. I want to start recording all of the fun things so this is where I am. Why Does this existI have recently started to play with Blender. A 3D modelling and design software. I have also built several costumes and helmets which I will be posting future ones up here. This site is mostly about that and other projects I might have.
If you're interested in this stuff...So I use a program called blender which is a great opensource modelling program. This allows you to model, and also animate and ever program games. Its a great program to use as there are endless possibilities.
http://www.blender.org Another useful site is for the helmets and such that I make. This is from a papercraft design program called Pepakura. It allows you to print out designs to build whatever you want. There are tons of tutorials online to see how to use it. http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/ Archives
January 2016
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