Elephant

Hi. Me again. Few months ago I've started a project inspired by Mike V.
And I finally finished it.
Yeah, I know I suck in 3D arts.
Hope that Mike won't get pissed of.

Recently, I was thinking about it. The question was: Why an Elephant on his first pro model deck ? Maybe it was a coincidence ?
But I think that it's something more.
Why the Elephant is a reccuring theme on Mike's decks ?
Why not a Lion, why not a Tiger, or a Wolf ?
I don't want to bore You with my thoughts. No one even is reading this.
But here is my answer to the question.
There's something in the Elephants.
The Elephant resembles Mike V as a person.
Elephnats are calm and noble. But when the Elephant is in danger they can be dangerous and agressive.
So is Mike V. If You don't belive me. Watch how He skates, how He reacts on people.
There should be more people like him. Good people who help other.

Ok. Now the end result of my work.
Special Thanks to:
Konrad Kleine (kwk) from Blenderartists.org for the permission to use his Elephant Model.

1984

It's another sakteboard. Yeah, yeah, boaring.
But It's my first model with an image texture.
Learned how to use the UV Unwrap function in Blender.
About the board and the image.
Found the motif on Larry Ransom Myspace page.
Hope he does not get mad about it.
Didn't ask his permission yet.
So here it is.

--EDIT--
The graphic is a Lance Mountain graphic that Craig Stecyk drew

I must Thank Larry Ransom, for the info.
So, Thanks Larry.

Zefir Pro model Buarey 3D Boards

It's the second variation of the skateboard.
Need to change my machine.
Sculpt Mode does not work for me in Blender.
Renders will be added after Google will repair the Picasa Web Album problems

Od Buarey's Game Dev

Od Buarey's Game Dev

Od Buarey's Game Dev

Od Buarey's Game Dev

Mike V themed skateboard in Blender

I've finished the static project of teh skateboard.
This is the first of two themed skateboards.
Hope that Mike won't get pissed about this.

90% of the board.

Almost finished the static model. Need to add some final details.

Truck with modified wheels

Truck with bigger wheels

The Truck with wheels

The main modelling is over

Now, I need to add some textures or colors. And assemble everything.

Bearing

Quick render of the finished bearing.
Now I'm going to do the wheel :D

Bearing - almost finished

The bearing is almost finished.
Need to add some color to the material.
Next - the wheel

Bushing

Another quick update.
The truck is finished.
Also the bolts are ready.
Now I'm working on the bushing, bearings and wheels.
What the hell ? I'm almost done with the main model ?

90% of the truck is ready

A quick update. Almost done with the truck. Maybe today I'll end the project ?

80 % of a skate board truck.

Just a quick photo update.

Skateboard project part 2

Part of this I did yesterday.
The base palate, the pivot cup, and riser pod.
The hanger and axel were made today.
The screw thread is just for the reallistic look. It isn't perfect. It's for the look only.
Need to end the modeling of the hanger, do a kingpin, truck rubbers, cups for the rubbers, nuts for the kingpin and the axels.
Maybe I'll add some fratctals to the hanger to make it look more used ...

A new little project.

I've recently started a new project.
It's a model of a skateboard. There will be a lot of element's in this project.
And an animation in the end.
And there are some renders. It's only a deck.

Mike V Logo

Hello again.

I was absent for a while.
So it rained yesterday and I couldn't practice ollies on my skateboard.
As You can see I am a Mike Vallely fan.
He's a kick-as skateboarder and a man with principles. Which he can defend.
I hope that if He sees this, he won't get mad and go Jason Voorhees on my ass like on that dude in Waikiki.

I also did an animation of this model.
It's on Youtube with the title:
"Mike V Logo in Blender"

What can I say.

Stand Strong and Never Give Up

Viking Shield

I was absent for a long time.
There's no progres on the game.
But I've created a low poly model of a viking shield.
I know, it looks crapy.
Maybe I'll use it in the future.
Here are some renders.