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Practical Production Techniques Vol. 23 – Top Gunner 3 Fighter Combat

Practical Production Techniques Vol. 23 from Kelly “Kat” Myers is a shot study and recreation of a VFX shot from The Asylum’s “Top Gunner 3” which was released in the early fall of 2023 on various streaming networks worldwide. In this title, Kat gets straight into it with a scene where an experimental 6th Generation US Fighter Jet (but production decided to use the YF-23 Black Widow model, which was the design loser in the F-22 competition back in the early 1990s) launches a missile and destroys a Russian Su-53 Felon fighter jet. Several areas of LightWave3D production are coveredRead More

Practical Production Techniques Vol. 21 – VFX Editing and Previs

Practical Production Techniques Vol 21 is a 5.5-hour (plus bonus video!) tour de force of VFX Editing and other Previs process and logic to approaching the shot breakdown and logging methodology found in modern visual effects budgeting and supervision. But this title is much more than that!Taking the last “big sequence” of VFX needed to complete the short film “Curse of the Phantom Shadow” which itself contains over 80 Visual Effects shots for 4 minutes out of the 30+ minute film that has over 400 vfx shots (so far); this process is critical for many reasons. Shot logging into aRead More

Model a Wheel in MoI 3D

Phil Nolan walks you through the finer points of modeling a car wheel in Moment of Inspiration (MoI 3D) and how to export and render it in LightWave3D 2019.1.5. This is a great tutorial for artists who want to get started using this very user friendly CAD software but don’t know where to begin. This is complete tutorial providing end to end project details and files so you are up and running fast! Just $19.95USD      

Iron Sky Model and Scene Pack Vol. Three

Iron Sky Model and Scene Pack Vol. Three, features two very special ships from the feature film “Iron Sky”. First up, the Russian “Mir” which is a proverbial kit bashRead More

Fusion for LightWave Artists Vol. 5 – Curse of the Phantom Shadow

In Fusion for LightWave Artists Vol. 5 – “Curse of the Phantom Shadow”, Kelly “Kat” Myers takes you through a CG+Live action footage mixed VFX shot from the short filmRead More

TurbulenceFD Advanced Concepts and Projects: Engine Fire

Kat is back with a new installment in the TurbulenceFD Advanced Concepts and Projects Series. This time in “Project Engine Fire”, Kat shows you what goes into setting up aRead More

Fusion for LightWave Artists: Volume 4

Fusion for LightWave Artists: Volume 4 – Curse of the Phantom Shadow Award winning VFX artist and CG Supervisor, Kelly “Kat” Myers is back in his latest installment in theRead More

Practical Production Techniques Vol. 8 – TV/Film VFX – Capital Ship Combat Techniques

Kelly “Kat” Myers is back with another installment in the Practical Production Techniques series! In this installment, “Capital ship combat techniques” Kat walks you through the process of building outRead More

New Iron Sky Trailer now out!

Here is the newest Iron Sky Trailer now in full 1080p on youtube.com Special thanks to the Entire VFX Team, especially the fellow LightWave artists who saved this production byRead More

Iron Sky – Day 96

I’m in the office early today after having to take the weekend off due to a very sore throat. While I am not 100% and I have been asleep mostRead More

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