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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      

LightWave 2020 Bundle Pack (Volumes #13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23)

-This LightWave 2020 Bundle Pack contains: Volumes #13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23) + BONUS Content!! Topics Covered: Modeling, UV Mapping, Rigging and more!! -Get it now for just 75.00 USD

LightWave 2020- Volume #23- Cartoon Character UV Mapping

In this twenty-third volume of the Lightwave 2020/2019/2018 Series 3D Instructor Adam Gibson introduces LightWave 2020 and UV Layout’s powerful UV Unwrapping Toolsets.  A great place to start for beginnerRead More

LightWave 2020- Volume #22- Retro Spacecraft UV Mapping

Lightwave 2020- Volume #22- Retro-Spaceship UV Mapping In this twenty-second volume of the Lightwave 2020/2019/2018 Series 3D Instructor Adam Gibson introduces LightWave 2020 and UV Layout’s powerful UV Unwrapping Toolsets.Read More

LightWave 2020 Bundle Pack- Volumes #13 to #21(Contains 9 Titles + Bonus Content)

This LightWave 2020 Bundle Pack Includes: 1) LightWave 2020 -Volume #13- Getting Started I2) LightWave 2020 -Volume #14- Getting Started II3) LightWave 2020 -Volume #15- Getting Started III4) LightWave 2020 -VolumeRead More

LightWave 2020- Volume #16- Cartoon Character Modeling I

In this sixteenth volume of the LightWave 2020/2019/2018 Series 3D Instructor Adam Gibson teaches the LightWave student how to get started modeling Cartoon Style Characters that are designed for theRead More

Not All Models Are Equal

Many years ago, a very green first time director wanted to make a swashbuckler action adventure film along the lines of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, “Star Wars,” and “SkyRead More

New!! LightWave 2019- Volume #12- Modeler Tools IV

In this twelfth volume of the Lightwave 2019/2018 (12 Volume Series) 3D Instructor Adam Gibson continues to introduce Modeler’s powerful toolset. A great place to start for beginner LightWave Users.Read More

New!! LightWave 2019- Volume #11- Modeler Tools III

In this eleventh volume of the LightWave 2019/2018 (12 Volume Series) 3D Instructor Adam Gibson continues to introduce LightWave’s powerful modeling tools. A great place to start for beginner LightWaveRead More

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

Iron Sky Model and Scene Pack Volume Two

Iron Sky Model and Scene Pack Volume 2. “The Commonwealth Ships” Three “Earth Fleet” ships, specifically those from the British Common Wealth as we referred to them on the showRead More

New!! 3D Coat 4.7- Creating Game Assets for Unity 3D

3D Coat 4.7- Volume #24- Creating Game Assets  -Have you ever wanted to Learn How Make 3D Models for Video Games? -But Don’t Know Anything about Video Game Programming? -ButRead More

3D Coat 4.5- Volume #21- Hard Surface UV Mapping

In this twenty-first video volume of 24 volumes 3D Instructor Adam Gibson goes through a project based session of Hard Surface UV Mapping of a multi-mesh layered sci-fi vehicle. UVRead More

Create Distortion Free UV Maps- UVLayout for Lightwave Users- Volumes #1 & #2

UV Mapping has always been one of the most challenging and dreaded aspects for creating amazing textures for 3D models. 3D artists around the world know this pain as itRead More

Lightwave 2015 Bundle- Volumes #1 to #6- Bonus: Dinosaur Mega Pack & Creature Eye Pack

This Lightwave Bundle Contains: Lightwave 2015 Getting Started Volumes #1,2,3,4,5, and #6. It is intended for Beginner Level 3D Students as an introduction to the Layout portion of Lightwave. *Bonus:Read More

DAZ 3D Model Creation-The Dark Art- Earn Money Selling Your Lightwave Models on DAZ3D.com

DAZ 3D Model Creation-The Dark Art-by Adam Gibson Would you like to Earn Money from Selling 3D Models on the Internet?  If so, this video course is designed to teachRead More

Online 3D Model Conversion tool

We stumbled across an online 3D model conversion tool we thought might interest some of you. There are more input formats than output formats, so this could come in handy ifRead More