3d artists...

[{CN}DarthMaul]

I was wanting to share and get some opinions on this explosion animation that I have to turn in tomorrow.

We had to model, texture, and then blow up the colonial viper from battlestar galactica. I have two versions..

1st is with no sound(the one i will actually turn in)
http://www.nightchildren.com/andy/viper_exp.avi

2nd is with sound.. something i did as a joke while I was bored in class..
http://www.nightchildren.com/andy/viper_funny.avi

you'll have to forgive the poor codec, only thing we had that would play on something outside of class

 

[gibsonic]

Nice work. I think there would probably a bit larger explosion in reality though. Of course realisticly, since there is no oxygen in space to fuel a firey explosion, but hey...

 

[BlodBath-VuP-]

looks alright, the explosion seems like it just kinda stops, instead of like, carrying forward with the viper


ah well.

 

[veorx]

how long did it take you to do that?

 

[Neutrino]

Wow, that looks great IMO, what software are you using?

 

[Zombie]

Looks good.
my only dislike is the motors falling away so fast, and a lack of debris.
could you add a secondary explosion of the motors blowing up?

In case you're wondering, and probably already know,
but when geogre lucas made the first starwars movies, for the expolsions in space, he put the camera on the floor, and suspended the models over it and then blew them up.

 

[{CN}DarthMaul]

how long did it take you to do that?

The explosion sequence took me about 2 days to do..if your asking how long it took for everything.. few weeks

Wow, that looks great IMO, what software are you using?

Lightwave, PS, and Speed Razor

 

[{CN}DarthMaul]

Looks good.
my only dislike is the motors falling away so fast, and a lack of debris.

Its hard to see in this avi.. but there is some debris. I broke the ship into 8 different pieces.. and also had a few small panels fly off here and there.. now that I look at it.. its a lot darker than my uncompressed file at school...

I'll try messing with the speed of the back engines...