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# 3 09-11-2008 , 02:01 AM
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LOL great, I modelled one of these for a medical documentary for Discovery channel, the series is due to start this week. Anyway being the only modeller on the show I was faced with the same problem of how to start it.

I got my references together first and chose an appropriate version that was quick and easy to do. I intitially used a curve to get the shape but it wasnt accurate enough while I tweaked it so after about half an hour I found this little plugin/script on Highend 3d that can generate the curve exactly how you want it. then I just duped it and extruded a shape up and round the paths, for the inner branches I made one, place it into position and then using shift>D in maya auto duped it up and into the other places, then tweaked where needed, it was pretty straight forward. Once I get the released movie from the VFX house I'll post it up for you to view.

anyway the plugin is here https://www.highend3d.com/maya/downlo...elix-1154.html

you may need to register first to obtain it. Its free so....

Jay