My Pet Hivelord!

[The Silver Surfer]

Can I pick one of these things up at my local Wal-Mart, or can I only get one online?

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Originally Posted by Deadmaxx

I have other 3D work in the gallery, but it's not as silly as the 'My Pet Hivelord'

Runs off to check other Gallery submissions

[ThrasherDarkrai]

That is officially extremely awesome. Great job, Deadmaxx!
P.S. I want one of those. Where is a good pet shop to buy it at?

[LongHeroscaper]

It is really amazing! I wish I had such skill!

[dickflea]

Haha great work..I guess it could be a more deadly version of a snake.

[NecroBlade]

I want one.

[Malechi]

Deadmaxx,

Nice to see you've finally deciding to join the ranks of the 'Scapers forum posters ... and what a way to show up!

[StarofEarendil]

This is amazing! I love the detail!

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

The Reflective touches in both these images are sweet!
Deadmaxx, how are those little touches figured into the image when you create them? Does the computer program compensate for the material you're trying to recreate?

For example,

The reflections at the edges of the plastic sides of the hexagonal vivarium, the magnifying glass, etc. shown below:


and the reflection of the flake food cannister in the packaging picture here:

[Jandarforever]

Wow dude! Your attention to detail is incredible! This has got to be one of the funniest things I've ever seen on this site! The Hivelord accessories and the Marrden Nagrub flakes had me cracking up! Excellent, awesome, beautiful, wonderful work and +rep!

[LongHeroscaper]

I've checked your gallery and it is awesome! How did you make the figures like that? Did you scan using special 3D scanner, or did you make it from scratch? Also, the card and figure case are fantastic! Did you cut the foam to fit the figures, or did you use some type of heated device to make holes?
Wow! I am amazed!

[Deadmaxx]

Answering Hex_Enduction_Hour first about the 3D reflection. The 3D program I use pretty much creates that clear reflective effect for me, after I tell the program what type of material/texture that specific part of the 3D model is. So for the glass effect, making that specific area transparent, as well as giving it a little bit of a refraction, and a slight reflective value. Being in 3D that can all be easily changed till I get it the way I want it.

Now to LongHeroscaper's questions. Your right I did use a 3D scanner to create the figure of WO-SA-GA and one of the DZU-TEH. Everything else I made from scratch. A Company called Nextengine makes the scanner. It's does a really amazing job! It really helps out big time when making 3D models. As for the foam figure trays, I had them professionally cut by a company called 'foamfactory.com' I sent the die cut that I wanted and they cut them to the sizes I wanted.