Blender 3D 2.49 Incredible Machines

In this book you'll learn how to create super-real 3D models of machines using Blender. Three projects, covering a hand weapon, a spacecraft, and a transforming robot, give you all the step-by-step instructions you need.

Overview

• Walk through the complete process of building amazing machines
• Model and create mechanical models and vehicles with detailed designs
• Add advanced global illumination options to the renders created in Blender 3D using YafaRay and LuxRender
• Create machines such as a handgun, a steam punk spacecraft, and a transforming robot

Who This Book Is For

This book targets game designers/developers, artists, and product designers who want to create realistic images, 3D models, and videos of machines. You are expected to have experience with basic Blender operation, as the book is not a 'getting started' tutorial.

What You Will Learn

• Learn the tools and options to use YafaRay to render your images
• Arrange a three-point light system, which produces light for renderings where a single object is the main focus of the image
• Create a steam punk spacecraft with minute detailing and more UV Mapping techniques to add extra realism to the model
• Use Edge Modeling to create, place, and shape different sections and then connect them together to create a base model
• Produce cables and wires by using a combination of curves and surfaces
• Make use of textures to generate shadows and the impression of depth in models
• Make an object look old by adding dust to its texture
• Use, set up, and create combustion flares with particles in Blender 3D
• Set up composite nodes, and create glare and glow effects with them
• Create a photorealistic space environment for the spacecraft with stars and planets using vertices and Halo materials, and add textures to them
• Create a curve, and make any type of object use this curve as a path for animation in Blender
• Construct an amazing robot that can change its shape and transform itself into a military vehicle