This 3D video animation shows a special heavy duty ice breaker bulk carrier (double acting ice breaker). It was able to illustrate its advantages through effective animation and great details.
@Smithyards, all the double acting ships I've seen had free-fall lifeboats in the stern. Lifeboats can not be used in ice so it doesn't matter where they are - side-mounted lifeboats on davits are just as useless in ice as free-fall ones. However, free-fall lifeboats are generally safer and the ship operates mostly in open water, so it's kind of obvious that they'd use them.
@tupsumato it doesn't really matter where the ship is, buy law the lifeboat has to launch and be able to get away, although i will admit that it does seem pointless abandoning ship when you can simply walk off XD
There's definitely nothing wrong with the animation. The bow of the ship looks a bit strange, but then again such design could be even better than an ordinary bulker bow especially in heavy seas. The icebergs could also have a bit more "keel" i.e. they should probably swim deeper. But those are minor things in otherwise great clip!
Great job on the cloth effects in the water. Did you use a garment maker modifier to do it?
platinum243125 5 months ago
Really great animation!
SpazzmaticEnt 6 months ago
if only the titanic had this technology
pilotdave1000 6 months ago
YEP IT'S GETTING COLD AGAIN
SCUBONZIES 11 months ago
@Smithyards, all the double acting ships I've seen had free-fall lifeboats in the stern. Lifeboats can not be used in ice so it doesn't matter where they are - side-mounted lifeboats on davits are just as useless in ice as free-fall ones. However, free-fall lifeboats are generally safer and the ship operates mostly in open water, so it's kind of obvious that they'd use them.
tupsumato 1 year ago
@tupsumato it doesn't really matter where the ship is, buy law the lifeboat has to launch and be able to get away, although i will admit that it does seem pointless abandoning ship when you can simply walk off XD
Smithyards 1 year ago
@smishlines, why would you lower the lifeboat if you had to leave the ship in the middle of an icefield?
tupsumato 1 year ago
just one issue, is u abondon ship whilst going backwards,
you'll either run over the lifeboat, or it will smash into bits when it hits the ice...
smishlines 1 year ago
There's definitely nothing wrong with the animation. The bow of the ship looks a bit strange, but then again such design could be even better than an ordinary bulker bow especially in heavy seas. The icebergs could also have a bit more "keel" i.e. they should probably swim deeper. But those are minor things in otherwise great clip!
tupsumato 1 year ago
oh shit 2 in 1 nice ;)
Igorek2721 2 years ago