23rd July 2019

The Sea Dragon – visualised from 1962 blueprints

Visualised from original 1962 blueprints.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Dragon_(rocket)

18th March 2018

Ok. Last one. I feel I have made enough of these.

Yet another Mechanical Keyboard render. I think I am done with these now.

3rd March 20183rd March 2018

Ok. Another mechanical keyboard

People love these 40% keyboards. I don’t know how functional they really are.
Anyway, here’s a NASA themed one.

3rd March 2018

So… I have a new obsession

So… I have discovered mechanical keyboards. I couldn’t resist rendering ones I want to have.

3rd October 2017

Pew Pew Pew – A bit of pixel art fun

3rd September 20177th September 2017

Mars Arrival: [WIP] Something that’s been in my head for a while.

This has been in my head for a while. Lots to do to get it to my concept, but this an OK start. It’s supposed to be a Mars Space Station or something like that.

23rd July 201723rd July 2017

Placebonox (Hypochondrinol) because we all know somebody that needs it.

15th July 201715th July 2017

A bit of quick modelling practice with Hard Ops

7th May 20177th May 2017

Simple HDR control node in Blender

Here’s a quick tutorial on an HDR control node in Blender. The point is to be able to control the background intensity and the lighting separately. It also gives you the option of having separate background and lighting.

6th May 20177th May 2017

Modelling practice – acoustic guitar

24th April 201724th April 2017

Testing Blender 2.79 features.

Testing out some of the features of Blender 2.79; Shadow catcher, Micro-displacement and Principled BSDF material.

7th April 20177th April 2017

Microdisplacement in Blender is awesome.

Microdisplacement in Blender is an amazing feature. I Definitely need to get a GPU with more memory though.

9th March 20179th March 2017

Yet more Lego, but SpaceX lego this time which is awesome.

Curtis Farnham (http://curtisfarnham.com/lego-spacex) has kindly put his Lego plans for a Falcon 9 on his website. A bit of LeoCad later and the model is in Blender. I wish I had all the Lego parts to actually make this.

Incidentally, I had to start learning Python to get this model working in Blender. Perhaps I’ll polish the code up and publish it here at a later date.

26th February 201726th February 2017

Yet more Lego from my youth. Built brick by brick following the original instructions.

The Lego Thatcher Perkins Steam Engine from the late 1970’s. Original instructions here. More fiddling about in Blender and LeoCad.

25th February 2017

When I was young, my parents bought me the first Lego technical set. I wish I still had it, so I remade it in Blender and LeoCad

It was great. It had gears, the engine had functional cylinders and a cam. The seats adjusted. I wish I had taken better care of all the Lego sets I had when I was young.