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 my machinima called “DoubleKill”
Anyway, I just wanted to shine the nostalgic light on the poor, never was, manta bike 
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 never used the software before and facing down a 15 day deadline. I know most everyone who reads this will not be involved in piping design so you just have to take my word for it. It was a BIG deal. From there I imported everything into 3DS Max and rendered this movie. You can catch the full post over at davetyner.
The video is 720p so you can full screen it.
Thanks to Anton Borkel for his always so valuable crits!!
The Premise:
War has taken its toll on Cole and the other Gears. Their backs are up against the wall. The enemy is closing in. They must rely on each other more than ever. Brothers till the end…together till the end.
This trailer was a collaboration between: TheDuoGroup, Kootra, Treadster Media and Sound Wizardry with pre-production help from Eric Hibbeler.
Directed & Edited: Graham Cornell (TheDuoGroup)
Cinematic Design: Jordan Mathewson (Kootra)
Sound Design: Glenn Govan (Sound Wizardry)
Storyboard Artist: Eric Hibbeler
Special thanks to Mitch Briggs and Anton Borkel.
Music: Johnny Cash – Hurt (NIN cover)
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 on Wednesday, December 1st and will be posting it here shortly thereafter. Cheers everyone!
*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 this excellent project. Hats off to Kootra (Jordan Mathewson) who did a fantastic putting this together in the Unreal Development Kit.
War has taken its toll on Cole and the other Gears. Their backs are up against the wall. The enemy is closing in. They must rely on each other more than ever. Brothers till the end…together till the end.
Directed & Edited: TheDuoGroup
Cinematic Design: Kootra
Animation: Treadster Media
Sound Design: Sound Wizardry
Storyboard Artist: Eric Hibbeler
Music: Johnny Cash – Hurt (NIN cover)
Special thanks to Mitch Briggs and Anton Borkel.
UDK Cinematic Tutorial Part 1 – The User Interface – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYiKV5xDdSE
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UDK Cinematic Tutorial Part 2 – The Content Browser – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08oFP2R6-qM
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UDK Cinematic Tutorial Part 3 – Lets get moving – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wabg0WslPRI
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UDK Cinematic Tutorial Part 4 – Lets KEEP moving – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj7KhjFqAFQ
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UDK Cinematic Tutorial Part 5 – Lets blow stuff up! – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlHkmsoNf9s
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UDK Cinematic Tutorial Part 6 – Using the camera – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzi4xdkUz5Q
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UDK Cinematic Tutorial Part 7 – Wrapping it up – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdZB9S0MWmU
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UDK – http://www.udk.com/index
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!
Ricky Grove
http://rgrove.com/
Phil Rice
http://z-studios.com/