VFX and Motion Graphics

Basically An Expert – Sci-Fi Terrain for 3D Printing

Scopique September 20, 2022

I have a very distinct “design language” in my head, as evidenced by the above image. It’s my go-to “sci-fi wall” design, for some reason, and I have remade this once again from scratch. Whereas previous attempts were aiming for digital assets…

Dumbassery Intensifies

Scopique August 16, 2022

Still kind of on my 3D printing kick, except for two roadblocks. The first is that I’m out of resin. I spilled what little I had (into a safety bucket) when attempting to empty the printing vat back into the resin container.…

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…

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…

{Insert Generic Catch-All Title Here}

Scopique September 17, 2021

You know, when it’s been long enough between posts that many low-level topics are vying for attention in my head, the best I can do is write one of these grab-bag posts and give them each a short turn at the microphone.…

All Aboard the Battle Bus! A Return to 3D Modeling

Scopique August 17, 2021

Guess what? Yeah, I’m back to doing the 3D modeling thing. Oddly enough, out of all of the different project types I have attempted over the course of my life, I have succeeded most often at general application development, followed by 3D…

Grab Bag for the Week of Christmas 2020

Scopique December 21, 2020

Container Ship Work on the new space ship is coming along. I’m not going to add “nicely” to that, nor am I going to further qualify it. Reasons being that although I like the work done on the container — stamped with…

A New Hope – Building Unglamorous Space Ships

Scopique December 16, 2020

Thanks to the first episode of the fifth season of The Expanse, I remember that in a future, not all space ships are exciting or glamorous. Take the Barbapiccola above. According to an Expanse wiki, the Barb was taken by refugees escaping…