Oh I remember my childhood. still have them.

@faust07 said:

23 joints, 2 beautiful eyes and the movements of the cloned model are halfway liquid .. 😉
Lost in character animation again - endless test series, felt 250 set screws.
Each joint with at least 5 settings, each body part with position, mass, collision and friction properties, a little script, a bit of practice as Frankenstein and some time ..
Sorry for the GIFs with that massive reduce of load time. 😎

What is the source of the characters in your animations?

Thanks Mike 👍

Hey Sketch, I'm curious about the footings. Looks like a concrete footing, then a round concrete column with the wood post sitting on top of it? Are there also any type of metal post to concrete connectors?

@aviz770 said:

This looks amazing Bryan!

Thanks, but the file became corrupt.

I'll try again later this year with a fresh model.

@gd3design said:

Very cool design. I have to close this window before my wife sees....I'm afraid if she sees she'll make me build it... 😆

Thank you!

Somehow missed this ..... a'll I can say is Bravo ! 👍

Ta mate, the beat goes on, for a bit anyway. 🤣

Great job! Thanks for all the details too!

Scaled up that would make a great warp reactor for space travel.

Thanks Mike. v 👍

I need a man and woman sitting to place in the car and cannot find anything suitable at the 3D Warehouse.

Anyone have any suggestions?

You now have a quarter of your final shape.

IMPORTANT! Make sure you EXPLODE the Curviloft shape or it will only be a shell and not a solid model. Exploding it welds it back to the lines you used to create it, giving it the flat inner sides and bottom and a fully enclosed model. This makes it easier to modify later.

curviloft example 13.jpg

curviloft example 14.jpg

@bryan k said:

You should post this on the main gallery page.

Just posted it to the gallery!

It's only on the Menu Display / Tools Barre so only as Icons! 😉

Very nice!

The lighting and textures are wonderfull, Nice job. 👍

@jmjohio said:

When I share my SU models with you do you put your grubby little hands all over them? 😡

If only I could!

Thanks Jim!

I hope one day to be as good you. 👍

Ta mate.

JIM!!!!!

So good to see you here! How are you doing? Have you fully recovered from that fall and head injury? And what have you been up to? I sure hope you have been creating more fantastic SU models. You have way too much talent to not be. If you have I would love to see them, and I know everybody here would also.

Yeah, I know what you mean about having to crawl around under the mower, and paying dearly for it afterwards. I probably have mine raised maybe ten inches or so, and have been under it countless times trying to figure out what the heck is wrong with it. And of course you never have the tool you need once you manage to get down there. Between that and having to use my push mower to do the lawn, I'm lucky to crawl back to the house at night. Say, you wouldn't consider loaning me that zero-turn for a while, would you? Just for a couple of years.

I actually figured out a way to slap together a quick and dirty version of my stand, just to get me thru this current problem. And then, after I figured out what I would need to do, I realized that there would be no way to get the damned mower up there. If it had power to the rear wheels there wouldn't be a problem to solve! Just another example of how my brain is constantly falling short of the mark. Very frustrating 😕

So you think I should take my show on the road and jump the shark, huh. Wasn't Caesars Palace the one where the video showed his body being totally mangled in slow motion? That was gruesome. I may need to pass on that.

Well, again, it's so good to see you here again. Try not to be a stranger. I hope this current craziness is not affecting you too badly. Personally I have painted over my door with lamb's blood, just to cover all the bases. You never know.

Steve