caf airpower expo 2013

3D Model

MODELING

Finished 3D Model

RENDERING

1:72 Scale ModelRESEARCH

TEXTURE MAP

www.shortfuse3d.com

Presenter, Konley Kelley

Avid modeler / enthusiastScale and 3D models

…published!

Modeling history honors heroesYeah, we have our comic book heroes…

Want to see my3D Avenger?

A real-life heroPresident George H. W. Bush

U.S. Navy TBF-1 AvengerPilot-LT (jg) George BushUSS San Jacinto, CVL-30

58 Combat Missionsin WW2

41st USPresident(1989-1993)

3D in movies Can you name the movies?

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Digital Domain, WETA Digital

PixarCan you name the movies?

1995

John Lasseter Pixar founder / Director of TOY STORY

…he signed this poster for me on the back of a limo

TV Can you name the TV shows and commercials?

19981922/1993 Rhythm and Hues

Games Can you name the games?

How games used to look…

…Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Myst

Created by two brothers, Robyn and Rand MillerTop selling PC game from 1993 – 2002Inspiration for the TV show LOST3D made with Strata 3D

My Background and Early Work

P-38 Lightning

… one of my first models at AFI (1996)

Dogfight

1:32 MonogramP-38 Lightning

Dogfight animation

The Alamo in 3D

… made this while living in LA (1996)

The Alamo / renders

The Line in the Sand

What did the Daughters of the Republic of Texasthink of my 3D Alamo? Caretakers of the Alamo.

Planetoids

SciFi Movie

Wanted: 3D artist

…showers and beds (1997)

Teaching 3D

Caligari Truespace (1998)

3D Model Kit

Who was the Red Baron’s greatest adversary?

A dustyRevell 1:28Fokker Dr.1

WWI Flying Ace & his Sopwith Camel

How is it done? “Spirit of St. Louis”

Strata 3D Interface – 3 views

Rendering options

Raytracing

Animation path and timeline

Lucky Lindy animation

Starting a Project - Research

PBY Catalina

Scale model and reference books

….use the Internet for research!

“Enemy Carriers!” Battle of Midway

...Lt. “Howie” Ady’s PBY “Strawberry 5”

“Build the model” USS Fletcher DD-445

You can use scale model instructions as a guide

How to make a 5” gun

5” gun parts – exploded view

Extrude - turret

Lathe - gun

Paint/texture-map the parts

Fletcher parts and subassemblies

…cloning objects

“Fletcher at sea”

Fletcher at “Doolittle Raid”

With Jimmy Doolittle’s Co-Pilot, Lt. Col. Dick Cole on June 22, 2013

“Using pre-made models”

Viewpoint Datalabs

Star Wars

.dxf files

X-Wing Wireframe

Star Wars X-Wing Rendered

Star Wars

…I customized the Tie Fighter

Star Trek

Uh..oh..red shirt crewman

Do you guysCosplay?

The wife does Cosplay“Lore-y”

“Silent Hunter”

Viewpoint Datalabs

Revell 1:125 U-99

U-boat on surface

…in Bryce Atlantic

“Hunting the hunter”

…with 1:48 Monogram TBM Avenger

“Texture-mapping” P-40

Basics of Texture-mapping

Flying Tiger Texture-map

P-40 wireframe / texture map

“Tigers on the Prowl”

3D People PT-109

What attacked Lt. Kennedy’s boat?

PT-109 in tub

PT-109 model

Monogram1:72 PT-109

PT-109 crew

….Konley Kelley as Lt. John F. Kennedy

PT-109 crew on deck

“D-Day”

“Curahee!”

101st Airborne over Normandy

1:72 C-47

“Rendezvous with Destiny”

…transparency example (C-47 seen through parachute)

I want to make a King Tiger in 3D from scratch…After seeing the “how to” what do you think?

1:35 King Tiger “Battle of the Bulge”

Time to show you some of my best stuff!

“USS Lexington Museum by the Bay”

3D USS Lexington

USS Lexington meets “Bazooka”

….take pictures / visual library of ship

Lexington 3D images

….Tomcats and Phantoms…accuracy Revell model kit

Real or 3D?

F-14 Tomcat

…”Jolly Rogers”

For you movie buffs

Battleship Texas

Another Scout trip…so did I make a 3D Battleship Texas?

Battlecar Texas

…Pinewood Derby car with 1:350 Banner USS Arizona parts

Operation Desert Storm

Abrams & Apache in Action

…combine your 3D models in action!

Abrams in Action

…used real Abrams blast for 3D model diorama

AbramsScaleModel

Abrams shoots!

Bent-wing Birds

Bent-wing Birds

F4U Corsair

…combined with Zero I made a long time ago

F4U Corsair – Korean War

New texture map

Corsair victory

“Snake” Stuka – my favorite model

….which one is 3D and which one is a scale model?

Stuka texture-map

…use decal sheets to make texture maps – SCAN BEFORE PUTTING ON MODEL

Stuka 3D model

Ju87 Stuka

Stuka animated

P-47D Thunderbolt

P-47 AceDave Schilling22.5 aerial victories

All Schilling's Thunderbolt had an illustration of “Hairless Joe”, a character from AI Capp's Dogpatch cartoon strip

Thunderbolt Strike

Sahara M3 Lee Tank

“Sahara” 1943 film starring Humphrey Bogart

So let’s build a scale model tank!

Today’s contemporary?

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

No…this isn’t Bogey’s tank!

My wife built this. She calls it “Beverly Hills Tank.”

M3 Lee Tank Scale Model “Lulubelle”

Sgt. Joe Gunn reporting for duty!

What was Rommel’s nickname?

Hey Bogey, I’m thirsty!!

3D M3 Lee tank wireframe / texture map

M3 Lee Tank in action

M3 Lee Tank in action

“Lulubelle” on the battlefield

That’s not good…

Jet in a Weekend ME262

No paint or glue to dry!

ME262 3D views

Under wing panel from an ME262 at the Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, Tyler, Texas

German Ace Heinz Bar’s “Red 13”

ME262 in Action

…with 3D B-17G Flying Fortresses

ME262 in Action

…with 3D B-24 Liberators…speaking of Liberators

Painting by Roy Grinnell

Commemorative Air Force

B-24A Liberator “Diamond Lil”

“Diamond Lil” right/left side

Right Side

Left Side

Luckily I can photographDiamond Lil’s features and

her nose art because she is here!

“Diamond Lil” in 3D – left side

“Diamond Lil” in 3D – right side

First person to ever make a 3D model of a B-24A Liberator

“Diamond Lil” and “FIFI”

Ploesti Raid August 1, 1943

One third (53) aircraft lost / 310 aircrew killed, 108 captured Five Medal of Honor* recipients (3 posthumously)

*Most for any single air action in history

SSgt. Robert PhillipsB-24 Top Turret Gunner343rd BG

“Grumpy” for my friend Robert Phillips

Monogram 1:48 B-24J Liberator

Robert in WWII

P-51D Mustang “Cadillac of the Sky”

“The Brat III” with “FIFI”

“Red Nose” with “FIFI”

P-51 pilot – George Preddy “Top Mustang Ace”

26.8 Air-to-Air VictoriesCrew Chief was a barber in civilian life

“Tuskegee Airmen”

P-51 pilot Lt. Roscoe Brown, Jr. 332nd Fighter Group “Tuskegee Airmen”

Wanna see a Mustang fly?

“Whitney Field”

3D Airfield and Flight Museum

“The Story of Whitney Field”

…parked at Lucy Airport

M3 Stuart “Honey”

in lightbox

Texan at Whitney Field

…parked at Whitney Field

Whitney Field interface

P-40 Landing

Tower and Hanger One

Jeep and tents

Lulubelle guarding latrine

…not on my website

B-25 Mitchell

Administration Building

C-47

Dodge Ambulance

…Easter Egg

Whitney and the Ammo Dump

Hanger Two

What is in Hanger Two?

Whitney Field Flight Museum

Virtual Flight Museum

…Internet interface“Twilight Zone metaphor”

F4U Corsair

Ju87 Stuka

P-51D Mustang

F14A Tomcat

F4F Wildcat

PBY Catalina

Spirit of St. Louis

To Helicopters

3D Helicopters

…redirects to sections on my website

To Art Gallery

…grab a Coke!

Whitney Field Art Gallery

…another way to redirect visitors to other parts of my website – and a way to e-mail me

Rafe and Danny play chicken

Inspiration

“Diamond Lil” and “FIFI”

I am in here!

AWESOME!!!

Scale model, homemade decals

“FIFI” Texture maps

3D, Real, Scale

3D “FIFI” takes flight

3D “FIFI” becomes the Enola Gay

8:15 a.m.August 6, 1945

Flying on “FIFI”

PLAY MOVIE

Flying in the nose of a Superfortress

B-29 “Goin’ Jessie” w/P-51’s Charles Chauncey, B-29 Pilot in Command

Lt. Charles Chauncey35 Missions5th BS/9th BG*Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross

Major James Tapp78th FS “Bushmasters”*First ace over JapanApril, 1945

“Needs some little friends”

3D Modeling – Getting Started• Pivot Stick Figure Animation (B)

– Easiest animation program out there• Google Sketch-Up (B)

– Make models of houses, simple objects• 3D Plus (B)

– Turns text into 3D / instant animations• Anim8or (B-I)

– Character animator• Art of Illusion (I-A)

– 3D modeling and animation• 3D Canvas (I)

– 3D modeling and animation• Blender (I-A)

– Most popular open-source 3D software

• 3D Canvas (B)• Xara 3D (B-I)

– Make logos / animated titles• Adobe Dimension (B)

– Turns Illustrator art into 3D objects• Amorphium (B)

– Like working with lumps of clay• Poser (B-I)

– 3D figure modeler• Caligari Truespace (I)

– Renderer similar to Pixar’s Renderman• Strata 3D (I)

– I like this one • Pixels (I)

– Renderer similar to Pixar’s Renderman• Corel Bryce 3D (I)

– Landscape modeler• Newtek Lightwave (A)• Softimage XSI (A)• Maya 3D (A)• 3D Max (A)• Houdini (A)• Cinema 3D (A)

Software for purchase“Freeware”

Beginner – BIntermediate – IAdvanced - A

Where to get training• Community Colleges

– RLC’s Interactive Simulation and Game Technology Program • Art Institute of Dallas• ITT Technical Institute• Universities / UTD / SMU Guild Hall• Use freeware / self-paced training

– Internet resources, textbooks, journeyed.com, eBay• Online training / Ed2Go• Internship at a design shop / game company***CAD/3D for Architecture / Engineering Keep sculpting, painting, storytelling, studying history, watching movies and, of course, scale modeling! It all ties together.

That’s the end of our “tail” for now

Thank you Q&A