Rendering

Oh god this is going to take ages, i calculated my render time to about 34 hours to render my 3410 frames, its been rendering since about 10 last night, its going to be quite a close call before the deadline.

on a side note i have taken your advice phil and saturated the blue print so its not as vibrant.

backdrop

I have created a "blueprint like" backdrop for the model for which i want the building to rise up through it matching the lines drawn.

Modeling done, animation start.

oh god this modeling has been a pain, the stairs were my biggest problem trying to solve how they work (the metal beams holding the whole lot up in the picture look way too thin to hold the whole lot up but hey i may aswell follow what i have got). well here are all the pictures in order including ones i have already posted here of the modeling progress.

Polygon count : 52693

another globe picture

This one is a bit different as it allows me to see a bit more front on therefore allowing me to see the pillars and doors. Please excuse the watermark.

My Plans

Well i gave it a go at making my own plans based on everything i have got. With the stairs though i finally tweaked by looking at the coloured cross section picture i had that the stairs may have been cut in half too therefore meaning the stairs go up the center of the platforms not on the outside.

Scans of the plans

Firstly i believe these plans are a bit vague but they are better than nothing, i'm going to have to draw up my own version of the plans so that i can work from them.

Second since these are plans we all know some things change as they are applied to something, this is what i believe is the reason why the pictures are different from these designs therefore i may need to use a bit of artistic license to get this model working.

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delay getting plans

i couldn't go down london to the get the plans as planned due to the fact i need a 'history card' in odrer to get the plans. In order to get this card i needed my bank card and a statement, i had got my bank card in time but i haven't recieved a paper statement in a long time due to asking not to receive them through the post. i'm going too go to the bank today to get one printed out then i'm going to go to london on Wednesday.

in the meantime please enjoy this spoof of pokemon animated in the source engine via a program called garry's mod using characters from half-life 2 and team fortress 2.