first 3d National...

circlencircle · #1 (**permalink**) 07-07-2006, 08:23 PM

I'm working on these for HPC and this is the first chip I've completed out of the set...

noelsarchs · #2 (**permalink**) 07-07-2006, 08:28 PM

dam, almost makes the chip design look good.

_GUN_ · #3 (**permalink**) 07-07-2006, 08:31 PM

Are you scanning and then digitizing an image, or do you create these from scratch?

Perhaps people would appreciate a little background on how you make these models. A walk through or a progression collage might be something worth sharing. I enjoy these and I thought perhaps it would be nice to have a little perspective on what goes into your 3D models.

Button Potato · #4 (**permalink**) 07-07-2006, 08:33 PM

Damn Eli - you're getting pretty good at this. Nice job! I can't wait to see the black chip - my personal favorite.

circlencircle · #5 (**permalink**) 07-07-2006, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _GUN_

Are you scanning and then digitizing an image, or do you create these from scratch?

Perhaps people would appreciate a little background on how you make these models. A walk through or a progression collage might be something worth sharing. I enjoy these and I thought perhaps it would be nice to have a little perspective on what goes into your 3D models.

I've used different techniques for different chips but for these in particular I used scans as references to make sure the edge spots have an accurate shape but in general I would say they are from scratch other than the inlay, which is based off of the original artwork proofs (provided by HPC) in this case.

Just as a quick example; like I said I used scans as a reference point but it’s not just a scan of an image fed into a 3d animation software. The chip has to be built by hand as does the artwork (material) which is applied to it.

You can see proof of this here... Obviously this is not just a scan of a chip...

Thanks everyone!!

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