alan2525

Lets not forget that the artwork for modern computer games is infact scale models too! The textures are painted in a 2D Art package and the 3D models created in a 3D software package.

I got into scale modeling again after a spell creating custom content for computer games. Then I got interested in Railway Modelling and it all went horribly wrong. :P

I wanted my 3D models to be visualised in reality and got into the cnc thing as a means of producing the parts. There's actually a lot of crossover now between traditional modeling techniques and creation of content for film and games.

Games Workshop actually use a force feedback sculpting tool to carve at a piece of virtual clay when designing their miniatures. Those models can also be used as characters in video or to produce the moulds for the white metal miniatures.

Obviously there is a huge difference between playing games and modding games, creating content for them but there is a lot more to gaming than just killing everything in sight!

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Pan_Am_Clipper_Girl

OOh I don't know...playing Resi Evil 4 and using a high powered rifle with telescopic sight shooting a zomblie in the head can be quite theraputic, spesh when you have just spent a week putting coats and coats of nice white on your 747 and drop it and have to strip and start again, mind you what I wear or not wear whilst modelling is my business *giggles*. It just slipped out of my fingers and the fall only took a second or two to do the damage so shooting something helps!

One thing I have noticed about interactive things and our push button society was my first visit of the year to Cosford, I'd never been to the cold war exhibition before, despite my angst at Cosford for the destruction of the airliners it was very well done. Anyhow for a few minutes we stood under the Vulcan and I watched these two kids just pressing buttons until something happened and they both switched from time to time not really watching the information on screen or even bothering to look-up at the Vulcan or other planes that were about. We are breeding a generation of imbeciles I'm sure of it.
Blimey my cats are more intelligent.

By the way teecher tell your pupils ther are doing a grand job!

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Task Force 57

Its great what you are doing john, and welcome to scale models forum!

I teach myself, Its allways been my experiance that Tactile contact and visual connection to history is the key to cracking retention of learning.

I lectured on the Battle of the atlantic last year and had the kids all fired up by steaming My Hms Eskimo around the school duck pond! This year its the med. war and malta... So im using the axis and allies war game miniatures to fight some convoy actions in class... the little devils are assasins!!!!

Anyway, glad to have you with us!


TF57 (aka Russ)