Codex's Chess Set

Codex85 · #1 Feb 9th, 06, 12:16 AM

I'm working on modeling a chess set in Cinema 4D. Instead of hijacking Spike's "Post your creations" thread, I'll put my WIP shots here. Comments are always welcome.

Here's the Pawn, from before:

Codex85 · #2 Feb 9th, 06, 12:17 AM

Here's the Bishop. It's basically a taller pawn with a knob on.

Dave601 · #3 Feb 9th, 06, 12:38 AM

Looks very nice. Just out of curiosity, how much time is it taking you to do each piece?

Codex85 · #4 Feb 9th, 06, 2:24 AM

I would guess (I didn't actually time it) that the pawn took roughly forty minutes. The bishop probably took closer to half an hour, since I reused most of the pawn's geometry, resizing and moving elements when needed and adding the knob and boole for the slot. The scene for the renders took another twenty minutes or so to set up (you'll notice that I'm reusing the lighting, environment, and material settings).

You did pique my curiosity, so I timed myself while working on the Rook. 21 minutes, 9 seconds:

Goober · #5 Feb 9th, 06, 2:49 AM

hey, do they have felt on the bottom?

Dont want to ruin the board you know.

Dave601 · #6 Feb 9th, 06, 6:59 AM

Hah...that is funny.

I suppose you are getting faster and faster each time you make one too.

Nickweb · #7 Feb 9th, 06, 2:22 PM

That's very good codex, you are really quite talented with this, have you made any animations yet?

Codex85 · #8 Feb 9th, 06, 10:46 PM

Why thank you. I've done a few simple animations (explorations of the mechanics, really, not finished products). A couple can be found buried in the "Post your creations thread."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goober

hey, do they have felt on the bottom?

Dont want to ruin the board you know.

As a matter of fact...

I managed to lose the bishop's file, by the way, so I'll have to redo it. Hopefully I'll get to that as well as the king and queen tonight.