Speeder Bike WIP - Building the Repulsorlift enigne

Speeder Bike work in progress - Power Cell

Speeder Bike work in progress

Speeder Bike work in progress

Starting a new project

I moved from London to Seattle in end of Nov to start a new job. The transition, house-moving and settling-in took up most of my time. While I am still not completely settled, I can't wait to start my next project. Right now I'm thinking of creating the Star Wars Speeder Bike. It will be fun using Quixel to create those little details and the canvas at the back.

Tweaking the mental ray render

Exporting maps from Quixel for use in Maya Mental Ray

Having learnt how to use Quxiel NDO to create normal map and DDO to work on texture, I spent some time experimenting the export of various maps (Diffuse, Normal, Specular, Roughness) back to Maya for render in Mental Ray. This article has been very helpful: http://quixel.se/tutorial/suite-2-with-mila-in-mental-ray/.

Within Maya, the MILA material is used which is completely new to me. The render here is far from perfect but at least I am starting to get the hang on what the work flow is like.