Disaster Posted July 30, 2000 Share Posted July 30, 2000 A little while ago someone asked me to post a picture of the tank model that I made in Alias. It's a jadgpanther that I modelled by looking at various photos of existing ones in museums. I got the dimensions a bit wrong but decided to finish it anyway. Unfortunately, it's not textured. I've been picking away at learning Maya 2.5 so I might finish it off. See it from the link off this page: http://www3.telus.net/pop_n_fresh/portfolio3.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwin Posted July 30, 2000 Share Posted July 30, 2000 Neato, thanks for sharing. How much does a decent 3D animation program run these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disaster Posted July 30, 2000 Author Share Posted July 30, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Darwin: Neato, thanks for sharing. How much does a decent 3D animation program run these days? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The new version of Alias is Maya 2.5. You can look it up at http://www.aliaswavefront.com Unless you can get it through educational pricing, I would say it's pretty out of reach for most people. I've also done a lot of stuff using 3DS Max. It's affordable. $1500 maybe? Anyone's best bet is to go work at a place where they buy licenses. For polygonal modelling there are a few shareware or cheap good quality programs such as Milkshape 3D. Nendo is also a nice one. Do a search for these. Both Milkshape and Nendo have try-me versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwin Posted July 30, 2000 Share Posted July 30, 2000 Way outside of my do it for fun price range Perhaps in the future I'll be able to write it off, not yet though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwin Posted July 30, 2000 Share Posted July 30, 2000 I'll definitely check out the freeware, thanks for the suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcGuire Posted July 31, 2000 Share Posted July 31, 2000 My fiancee's company just bought Maya 2.5, the "unlimited" version. I hope you're sitting down. It cost $16,500... Definitely, uh, "high-end" software. 3DMAX is actually more in the $3000 range, and then you almost always end up having to buy a bunch of plug-ins to do anything useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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