Just fooling around with blender...

[bloodymess]

Hi there, here's a small animation I made in blender not so long ago. the character is animated using a primitive armature, and the whole thing took about 12 hours to render; mostly because of the reflectivity of the character. I did this just for fun, and it's my second animation using an humanoid figure. consider it as a test.

http://media.putfile.com/sewerdance

[DEDFX]

didnt work for me, maybe it was my comp?

[bloodymess]

you're actually right... I don't know what's the problem, though... probably something going on with putfile.

[Clarence]

Yep, doesn't work for me. Maybe Putfile doesn't accept the format you used?

[bloodymess]

here, this might work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXKr6nEaIDQ

[Metronome]

... Theres nothing there.

[Clarence]

You have to wait for the video to process once you upload it. Takes a while.

[mickcar73]

that was good , so if u wanted cud u croma key that into an actual movie?

[Metronome]

It was ok, animation wise, but the lack of shadows really bugged me.

[bloodymess]

mick-> yes, I would only have to change the background for something that isn't the same color as the robot, and render it again.

Metronome-> thanks, and the lack of shadow is because of the reflectivity of the floor; even though it doesn't look like that, it has a high specularity which washes out the shadows. plus, the position of the light doesn't helps; one is almost horizontal, and the other one is straight above. but if you look carefully you can see a little shadow under the robot.