The Manta Bike: Revisited

Posted by treadster On August 9, 2011 ADD COMMENTS
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A few years ago I tore apart a UT3 Manta, Turret, and Scorpion to create the “Manta Bike” The first version looked like this: But evetually I made it more “bike” like here: I never got it working as a ridable in game asset but was able to make a few animations with it for  [ Read More ]

Vehicle WIP – Gears of War Concept Humvee

Posted by treadster On December 23, 2010 17 COMMENTS
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This is for our next REAL Gears project. What do you guys think?

Project X, the movie

Posted by treadster On December 11, 2010 3 COMMENTS
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This presentation blew everyone away when I presented it at the Plant Keynote at Autodesk University 2010. A group of us from the davetyner.com plant design forum were asked by Autodesk to create a 3D model using their new Autodesk Plant Design Suite. So, this is what 15 of us were able to produce having  [ Read More ]

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Here is the awesome behind the scenes video Jordan Mathewson aka Kootra put together. Cheers to Jordan for his amazing talent and the supreme vision of Graham and The Duo Group. I was proud to be part of this project. The Premise: War has taken its toll on Cole and the other Gears. Their backs  [ Read More ]

Project X Trailer

Posted by treadster On November 27, 2010 ADD COMMENTS
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Project X is an industrial plant that a group from davetyner.com built for Autodesk using the Autodesk Plant Design Suite in October this year. I am one of the presenters at the “Plant Design with a Suite Advantage” at this year’s Autodesk University in Las Vegas, NV. I will be presenting the full video there  [ Read More ]

*This is not an official trailer.* This trailer was a collaboration between: TheDuoGroup, Kootra, Treadster Media and Sound Wizardry with pre-production help from Eric Hibbeler. Treadster Media was responsible for all the non-game character animation of Cole and Baird. I would like to thank Graham Cornell and The Duo Group for letting me contribute to  [ Read More ]

Creating cinematics in the UDK – 7 part tutorial

Posted by treadster On July 11, 2010 6 COMMENTS

I recently created a series of tutorials for a graduate school assignment my wife is working on. I am happy to share them out and hope some people get some good use from them. UDK Cinematic Tutorial Part 1 – The User Interface – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYiKV5xDdSE Download UDK Cinematic Tutorial Part 2 – The Content Browser  [ Read More ]

Gears of War – 3D

Posted by treadster On May 2, 2010 2 COMMENTS

Hey all! Sorry things have been a little quiet here lately. I have been battling some health stuff lately that has all but zapped my energy. When I can however I have been doing some tests to see if I can make my next GoW movie in glorious 3DS max. I think I can I  [ Read More ]

Hello Unreal Development Kit!

Posted by treadster On March 20, 2010 4 COMMENTS

I am moving from the UT3 editor into the wonderful new world of the Unreal Development Kit. There are many, MANY enhanced features that I am excited to check out. I am also working with it full time at work for the next month or so on some VIZ stuff. Overall it’s a really exciting  [ Read More ]

The Fate of the Union

Posted by treadster On February 4, 2010 ADD COMMENTS

I have released our latest short film called “Fate of the Union”  - Enjoy click image to watch! Special thanks to: President Obama for being a good sport and knowing that the ONLY thing that matters right now is getting people back to work!! TermiATT for the score idea. http://www.youtube.com/user/TermiATT deucer for the great title!  [ Read More ]