How to rig a M4 Carbine Rifle for animation

Title: How to rig a M4 Carbine Rifle for animation
Author: Groza Danut
Posted: 03 June 2013
Software: Blender 2.67a
Length: 22 minutes


Hi everybody! In this video tutorial I want to take the M4 rifle model a little bit further and prepare it for animating. This video presents a way of preparing and rigging a M4 carbine rifle for a later animation. In the video I used bones to create the rig and some constraints for the bones. So just check out the video and tell me what do you think about it.

Quick Tip Learning Shortcut Keys

Title: Quick Tip Learning Shortcut Keys
Author: Groza Danut
Posted: 24 May 2013
Software: Blender 2.67
Length: 3 minutes


In this video I show you a way of learning the shortcut keys in Blender. Knowing the shortcut keys speeds up your modeling a lot. I could not imagine working on a project without using the shortcut keys. Learning them is taking a while and you don't need to know them all from day 1. Just use them every time and eventually you will use them without even thinking about it.

Modeling a robot part 2

Title: Modeling a robot part 2
Author: Groza Danut
Posted: 5/8/2013
Software: Blender 2.66a
Length: 57 minutes


In this part we continue the modeling of the robot, doing the arms, legs and making some final adjustments. Some parts can be duplicated so the modeling isn't very complicated, only a few parts that need some manual translating of vertices("fingers" and feet). Some final loop cuts are added to sharpen the mesh after applying the subsurface modifier and the robot is done.

Modeling a robot part 1

Title: Modeling a robot part 1
Author: Groza Danut
Posted: 5/2/2013 
Software: Blender 2.66a
Length: 34 minutes


When it comes to robots it seems that a separation between science-fiction and reality becomes smaller each day.  With the technology evolution, robots may need to appear in a movie even if it isn't a science-fiction movie.

In this video you will discover how to model a robot that is not complex, so beginners  can follow this tutorial and use a robot in their scene.

Adding Object Constraints

Title: Adding Object Constraints
Author: Groza Danut
Posted: 4/20/2013
Software: Blender 2.66a
Length: 20 minutes


The use of constraints can be sometimes confusing but the constraints are capable of speeding your work very much in certain situations. The best way that you can learn how constraints work is by experimenting so after you watch this tutorial make sure you go into Blender and experiment on your own what you learned. This way you wont forget what you just learned.

In this video is shown how to set up some constraints for a gear setup in 2 different ways. Also in the video is presented another use of the constraints along with the modifiers to create  a rope wheel.

How to create a realistic carpet

Title: How to create a realistic carpet
Author: Groza Danut
Posted: 4/9/2013
Software: Blender 2.66a
Length: 25 minutes


The new strand rendering in Cycles makes the hair rendering a lot faster, easier and more funny. The strand rendering is used in this tutorial to show you how to make a realistic looking carpet. This tutorial shows the creation of the carpet from beginning to end so everything is covered, not only the hair, so that even a beginner can follow it.

Using Volumetric Lighting in Cycles

Title: Using Volumetric Lighting in Cycles
Author: Groza Danut
Posted: 4/3/2013
Software: Blender 2.66a
Length: 10 minutes


Even if it's not possible at the moment to use volumetric lighting in Cycles you can still use a trick to get around this. In this video is presented how to do that combining a Cycles scene with a Blender Internal scene.