Hummer

Teezer · 29 Jul 2008, 01:08

My latest try at organic modeling with SU and SubSmooth is this hummingbird.

I tried some textures, but didn't have a lot of luck. Here's as far as I got:

I imported a feather picture and stuck it on the side tailfeathers (which are all instances of the same component), but I couldn't get it to cover the whole component (the white parts at the top aren't supposed to be there). I tried a wing feather, but I couldn't get that to work at all. The rest of the material is just stock colors and a "scale" material.

If anyone wants to play with it, here's a zipped copy of the skp:

Hummer1.zip

boofredlay · 29 Jul 2008, 01:43

Beautiful.

How much gas does that hummer consume

igor · 29 Jul 2008, 02:04

i second both of those comments

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tomsdesk · 29 Jul 2008, 03:29

Lovely!

remus · 29 Jul 2008, 08:06

I was expecting to find a large brutish vehicle lurking in this thread, instead i find a delicate little bird! what a nice surprise.

orgelf · 29 Jul 2008, 09:36

yes me too I expected a hill of metal with wheels .

cute , and the pose is very realist .

Teezer · 30 Jul 2008, 02:02

@unknownuser said:

Beautiful.

How much gas does that hummer consume

Thank you all for the kind words.

As to how much "fuel" they use, we get lots of hummingbirds at our house in the summer months. At the peak times, we have three 4-station feeders going, and they usually have to be changed twice a day. We are gradually switching to 6-station feeders to handle the traffic.

Here's my most recent feeder shot, taken last summer after a sudden hail shower (note the hail on the deck surface in the background).

remus · 30 Jul 2008, 05:50

I was about to congratulate you on the quality of your render there.

A pretty impressive photo none the less

Teezer · 31 Jul 2008, 20:49

I liked Solo's red glass loveseat so much, I decided to try a red glass Indigo render on the Hummer:

It would make a nice bit of garden art...

plot-paris · 1 Aug 2008, 12:22

what a sweet glass bird. you will win every woman's heart with that.

I am impressed by the detail of the model (rather high poly, isn't it?)

Teezer · 1 Aug 2008, 13:16

@plot-paris said:

... rather high poly, isn't it?

Yes. But I'm still working on how to do organic models at all, so I'm not too worried about the poly counts. All of my stuff is just for fun, as I'm a hobbyist user of SU, not a pro.