Produced in 1972 it is believed to be the world’s first computer-generated 3D animation. It was created by Ed Catmull, one of the founders of Pixar at the University of Utah. It was also one of 25 new additions recently added to the US film archive, short-listed from 2228 films nominated by the public due to its cultural and historical significance.
STAR WARS IS REALLY THE STORY OF R2-D2…THINK ABOUT IT as per comment on youtube
Bark2Dog2 – via reddit
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Game Ready Star Wars X-wing Starfighter 3D model
Game Ready Star Wars X-wing Starfighter 3D model.
http://dimmerlightstudios.com/x-wing/
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Geometry: Polygonal Quads/Tris
Polygons: 14,522
Vertices: 9,320
Unwrapped UVs: Yes, overlapping
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Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter with foldable S-foils, originally modeled in Maya. This is a canon model based on the physical ILM models and sets. *Bonus download of Disabled X-Wing.
Game Ready 3D Model. Clean, efficient and modeled to the highest polygon modeling standards. Polygon count is in tris. intact model has 6 parts, disabled has 5 parts.
Two UV Sets per model – one UV set for Color and one UV set for Ambient Occlusion map.
Intact X-Wing Includes 3 detailed 2K (2048 x 2048 ) TGA texture maps and one smaller Glass texture map.
– 2 Color
– 1 Normal
– 1 Specular
Bonus download – Disabled X-Wing:
– 3 additional 2K maps ( Color, Specular and Normal )
– 6145 verts
– 9312 tris
– zip file includes MA, MAX, FBX, OBJ plus 3 additional maps (7 total).
No plugins necessary to open files. Available formats:
– Maya 2012
– Max 2012
– FBX 2012
– OBJ
Please, note, the OBJs don’t have a second UV set.
Note on animating the S-foils: the correct angle for fully deployed is 16 degrees.
Price: $69
Once your purchase is complete you will receive a download link. Email me if you have any questions.
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