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# 1 29-04-2006 , 07:07 PM
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wind up toy

Hello - I have recently started working on my first non organic project and so I thought that I would post an image of what I have done so far - mostly cogs and other pieces.

I am not really sure how geometry works on non organic objects - as in what is needed and what isn't. For example, if you look at one of the gears, I am assuming that I don't need all of those edges going from the center of the cog to the teeth. Any advice or other comments or crits are much appreciated as always.

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Here is a bit more progress... starting to put it together.

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# 3 01-05-2006 , 05:20 AM
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and here is a picture of the toy I am making.

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# 4 01-05-2006 , 12:07 PM
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not to sound dumb but what kind of toy is that ? never seen anything like that ever

good start so far ...

# 5 01-05-2006 , 05:27 PM
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thanks mmoore5553!

I have made a small video of the toy in action to show you what it does. It would be cool to animate, but I think that that is a bit beyond me at the moment, so I am just concentrating on modelling and textures.

https://media.putfile.com/wind-up-toy

# 6 01-05-2006 , 05:36 PM
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oh that is a kewl little toy ..cant wait to see your progress

# 7 02-05-2006 , 04:54 PM
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Another update...

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# 8 02-05-2006 , 05:38 PM
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Nice work on the key turning thing mate well done n keep it up!


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nice work user added image

# 10 03-05-2006 , 07:56 AM
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it'll be cool if it was animated.


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Yeah, please animate it and then stick it in the download section, it could teach me A LOT!

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# 12 06-05-2006 , 02:36 PM
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Thanks for the feedback everyone. user added image

I would love to animate it - especially working out how the gears would work - but as I said, I haven't done any animating so far and so I am just focussing on modelling and textures for the time being.

I have been entertaining family this week and so my wind up toy and vacuum guy are on hold at the moment. :shakehead

# 13 06-05-2006 , 07:21 PM
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Nice work, i like the geometry.

please make an animation someday user added image

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# 14 06-05-2006 , 07:24 PM
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Haha, its kind of a bummer about the family then?

good job, the toy looks great. I wish I could buy it(in real life)

# 15 07-05-2006 , 10:01 PM
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thanks bobalie.

I am sure it's not too difficult to find somewhere that sells one of these toys. I did a quick google search on 'sparklz' and found a few places straight away. user added image

Here is another small update - I managed to do a couple of hours today - still putting some of the cogs into place, lining things up and cutting holes here and there.

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