Jan 31, 2009

“10 Ways to Produce a Wireframe Image in 3Ds Max” by Michael Grote Explanations Method 1: This is simply a screen grab from the viewport (‘Print Screen’ key) when in wireframe mode (‘F3′ Key) and ‘Backface Cull’ is ticked in the object properties. ‘Backface Cull’ is pretty important for this type of image as the...

Jan 29, 2009

“Screw Thread for Metal Screws using 3Ds Max ” by Michael Grote 1. Create a ‘Helix’ spline object from the create panel. Make sure there are plenty of turns in it and that both radii are the same. 2. Add an extrude modifier and adjust the amount so it just about reaches the next coil, get it as close as possible but don’t spend ages...

Jan 29, 2009

“Bathroom Mirror Rigging in 3Ds Max ” by Michael Grote This tutorial will result in an extendable mirror style rig where you can control the expansion of the mechanism simply by rotating one particular part. 1. Create a box (I used dimensions 100x10x5 for simplicity’s sake) and name it ‘master01′ (the number after the names are important...

Jan 29, 2009

“Making Gun Barrel Holes in 3Ds Max ” by Michael Grote In this tutorial you will model the section around the gun barrel in the image below with the holes in. Here goes… 1. Create a plane with lots of segments (the exact amount will require some working out depending on the model you are doing) 2. Delete the appropriate faces, these relate,...

Jan 23, 2009

“Making of Blue Summer” by Alfa Venus Smyrna 3Dtutorials.sk recommendation: To maximise the realism of your models and textures we recommend using high quality photo textures from the #1 texture website www.environment-textures.com In this scene, I tried to replicate a warm bright summer day which is very typical mediterano look where I am living 🙂...

Jan 6, 2009

“The Making of A Winter Amid the Ice” by Guillaume Jobst An illustration made with: 3dsmax – Mental ray – Photoshop CS3 3Dtutorials.sk recommendation: For inspiration we recommend using high quality photo references from the #1 references website www.environment-textures.com I created this image to illustrate the short story written by Jules Verne...