Problems with my Moon Buggy

pilou

Take a look at this tutorial about "Parisian fence", maybe some tricks can be reused in the moon!

Else you can make some crazzy wheels with only one component with one face!
So can't be more light!
Only copy(s)rotation(s) of this component!
It's just a little headache for draw this first face !
And put the axes of rotation!
But like this you have not to dive in Blender!

See these videos for some ideas

hellnbak

Thanks for the suggestions, Pilou

Wow, just a few minutes looking at that tutorial made me dizzy! Could not figure out what they were talking about. All that and it was just a flat fence, woven but flat And I thought my method was convoluted

Actually the wheels are ok for my purposes now. I'll probably use some simple stand-ins while I'm working on the rest of the Rover, but I think I've got the line count down to a useable level.

Maybe later tonite I'll start my WIP thread, "Building my Moon Buggy" or something like that. And then I'll see how it goes.

Well, back to cleaning out the barn. Fun time (not)

hellnbak

Well, my Lunar Rover project just died. I don't like to model something that someone else has modeled unless I think I can do a better job of it, and I just found a model here http://imgur.com/a/px8fY that is amazing.

Oh well

On the bright side, he did wimp out on modeling the wheels, no weaving at all

Krisidious

No way man... That model sucks. A drunk monkey could do better. You must keep going.

hellnbak

@krisidious said:

A drunk monkey could do better.

tadema

@krisidious said:

A drunk monkey could do better..

+1

Steve you know we have all been waiting with baited breath for your next model, your just tormenting us now

John

hellnbak

@tadema said:

Steve you know we have all been waiting with baited breath for your next model, your just tormenting us now

John

Ok, ya got me. But if I really wanted to torture you I would post my next model

hellnbak

Anybody wanna buy a couple of good Lunar Rover reference books? Like new, hardly used at all

Krisidious

John Glenn might be interested...

olishea

Haynes for NASA? That's amazing!

Blown away by the detail and progression of work, keep it up man!

hellnbak

Thanks, but if I can't make it first or at least make it better I really don't see the point of making it at all. Plenty of other amazing things out there just waiting to be modeled. And the wheel was an interesting learning experience so it was worthwhile.

Krisidious

I'd love to watch you do the Lander...