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The Devil is in the Details, And He Can Go to Hell

Scopique January 26, 2022

It’s time for me to check in with an update on how the 3D modeling is going. Over to you, Scopique! Thanks…eh…me. Because I like to keep my readers guessing, I’ve once again switched ideas. This time, I am working on a…

Remind Me Why I Am Doing This Again, Again?

Scopique January 18, 2022

I had written about “creating a column” in Blender. I posted a few in-progress screen shots of the “Starlyte” Lazer Tag blaster that I thought I might try modeling. Neither of these came out anywhere near good enough to work with, so…

That Weird EVE Online/Doctor Who Crossover Thing

Scopique January 14, 2022

Yeah, so this strange event has started in EVE Online. As a long time fan of Doctor Who, I thought it would bear investigation. As a sometimes fan of EVE Online, I thought “what the hell”. As an actual fan of the…

A-Doric-Able: Modeling a Column in Blender, Texturing in Quixel Mixer

Scopique January 9, 2022

Hot the heels of my earlier post about Quixel Mixer, I opened Blender for a bit of a test. My normal areas of interest revolve around sci-fi stuff, but if I might take a sidebar for a moment…. I had purchased Tailspire…

Hallelujah! Finding Free Versions of Paid Stuff

Scopique January 9, 2022

About 2 years ago, I was elated to have successfully created a 3D model of the Colonial Viper Mark II, and while under the influence of that high I set about trying a few additional projects like a wooden cart and the…

Grab Bag for January 6, 2022

Scopique January 6, 2022

Horizon: Zero Done As Seen On Twitter(tm) yesterday, I have finally finished Horizon: Zero Dawn. I had played it day-one on the PS4 but as with almost anything console I struggled with the situational interest. Fast forward several years, and the Epic…

For My Father

Scopique December 31, 2021

My father passed away in 2019, one day after his birthday at the age of 78. He had been a smoker for most of his life but had quit in the early 2000’s when my mother was diagnosed with cancer. It was…

Abbreviated The Game Awards 2021

Scopique December 10, 2021

I am one of those who will admit at the drop of a hat how much I dislike awards shows, but considering that The Game Awards is more like a parade of game announcements with a few awards thrown in just so…

When Too Much Freedom is Too Much

Scopique December 9, 2021

I’m pretty sure I’ve written about this particular struggle before: while I can often grasp the mechanical concepts behind a New Thing, whether it’s coding or VFX or whatever, not having an idea of a “best practice” always throws me for a…

The Odyssey

Scopique December 3, 2021

Sci-fi is ultimately my favorite genre. Although I know I will never find myself In Space, alive in an era when humanity finally breaks free of this solar system, or even has a working, viable colony on another planet, that sci-fi still…