3d Lego Animation - Star Wars A-Wing

[sarahhardy13]

It is rubish. :(

[he110me]

OMG i remember building that kit (or one very similar) as a kid. NICE JOB!

[SamusDrake]

That's really good. A-Wings rule!

[lunafox90]

i need to do something similar to this with autodesk maya but no idea how to even start making somethgin like this do u have any tips or suggestions

[SamusDrake]

@lunafox90

This looks hard, but is actually quite simple - just time consuming. First, model the lego bricks you will need. If you require more of one type, then just duplicate.

Next, turn to setting up your animation scene. Set all the blocks so that they are above the camera view, and then translate each block down, 1-by-1 into the correct position. Timing is the most essential skill in animation, so be patient and you'll get there.

Good luck! ^_^

[daddytoeface]

you used 3ds max 8 to build it

[CarterandCoProducts]

I must say, thats pretty cool!

[PuffOReilly]

what program?

[XHashmeerX]

3ds Max 8. Just remember it's not the program, but what you do with it.

[PuffOReilly]

i just need to know an pretty easy 3d animating program im not really good with max :-(

[ShakeSparrow]

try blender, its free 2

[ameba2k]

if you are going into it just wanting a 3D package to be easy you probably arn't using it right. Every 3D package has a difficulty to it, and like Hashmeer put it, its what you do with it. Don't go making the same stuff everyone else does. Be creative.

[planetcucumber]

what software did you use, im trying similar with blender and am struggling to move the camera around, any tips?

ps was nice dude!

[superlegopeople]

very good!!!

[legodude122]

wicked

[m1ch3l973]

I wish I wish That i could go to 3d art and programming school but I live in Canada. :(

by the way... SICK VID!

[op0192]

The star Wars music was an excellent choice for that music.

[XHashmeerX]

Being it's a ship from Star Wars, I see no other option haha.

[ChRiSLiHoT]

Good job! Keep it up bro.

[jonsey577]

Ahhhh I wanna go here for college so bad. I have a question, did you take CAD or anything in high school? Because I didn't but I still want to go there for graphic design/animation.

[XHashmeerX]

NEiA? I took a semester of CAD in HS, but I wouldn't say it gave me much "experience." I had been messing around with 3ds since I was about 14. The last few years of HS, I kinda just toyed around with it until I took two classes at NEiA.

The animation program requires a drawing portfolio if I'm not mistaken

[RideGangsta]

Nice..

[illcraponyou]

its like tetris and starwars had a baby

[PivotJoel]

kool

nice did U use 3D max or blender

(Blender's easer)

[XHashmeerX]

3ds Max. I've never used Blender before, nor do I have any intentions to use it : )

[fittasprak]

OMG that was awesome!

[shortynspice]

fucking awesome!

[jjbiggs]

great work

[zzzdude9]

I must say, the lighting and modelling was good, but the animations itself, was just some movement and camera rotation, so not any special animation effects, using only two animation features that acutally is the animation is a bit sad...

I still give it a 4/5!

Good work!

[XHashmeerX]

I mean, what more can you animate with LEGO pieces? Their plastic blocks with pegs, aren't they? There's a whopping one moveable part on this particular LEGO model, the cockpit that goes up and down. What more could you really do, honestly? I'm not saying this is Pixar quality here but, seriously, it's LEGOS.

[cachondisimakiki]

maybe at the end the ship can fly with some fire.. more action

[XHashmeerX]

I feel like i'm defending this too much or something...but again, it's a LEGO model being built. Not a real crossection of a photo-realistic A-Wing as if it were to really look. But just a straightforward build of a model.

I guess no one ever saw the old commercials of the kids hands moving fast to construct models or building blocks of any kids??

[themiff]

How long did this take? I went to The Vancouver Film School in Vancouver Canada in 1994, when 3D Studio was still DOS based.

My project took 6 weeks, and looked horrible. Like many students, I chose to go more complex. I wish I'd kept it simple, and enjoyable like yours.

Good show.

[XHashmeerX]

Did this over the course of a few weeks, but I wasn't working every day, or days that I did, as full length days. Wish I could give you a better idea of time.

This was done on 3ds8. First time I ever touched Max was 3ds 4, but like I said, that was the first time i TOUCHED it, not that I produced anything worthwhile haha.

Thanks though

[seaturtlesmate]

what ship was that

[XHashmeerX]

An A-Wing.

[caes4r]

very nice

[DJ0KNUF]

okay thanks

[DJ0KNUF]

wat is the name of the progam ? please return it...

[XHashmeerX]

3ds Max 8, it's production grade pro modeling and animation software. Software doesn't do it all, it takes work from the modeler/animator. There's no such thing as a "Make Nice" button ; )

[Dejavutwo]

Cool video. Hope that class goes well for you

[cruckz]

nicly done

[ad4123]

pretty sick brah, pretty sick.