caf airpower expo 2013
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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
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
Bent-wing Birds
Bent-wing Birds
F4U Corsair
…combined with Zero I made a long time ago
F4U Corsair – Korean War
New texture map
“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
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