Zombie Killin’ Carts and Call for PhotoWorks Tips

by Josh on July 7, 2008 · Comments

Recently, SolidWorks thwarted a would-be Zombie attack by launching the SolidWorks Geniuses marketing campaign. First up was the Leonardo Da Vince Self-Powered (Zombie-eliminating) Cart. You saw it, I’m sure, and desired to get your hands on the model so you too could prevent an ensuing Zombie onslaught.

Well, you’re in luck. Rob Rodriguez is putting on his monthly PhotoWorks rendering contest and this month’s model is none other than, yep, the Zombie-killin’ cart o’ death. You can download the SolidWorks model here.

Zombies?
Yes. Of course. It so obvious. You strap some cricket bats to that sucker and you’ll be knockin’ the heads of the undead while keeping your distance and your brain-cage intact.

Tips
is what I’m most unfamiliar with in SolidWorks, but also one of the things I’m most interested in. So, what tips would you give me to get started on the right foot? There’s the new PhotoWorks step-by-step Book from Rob and he’s got some tips on his site as well, but what do you do to start off your rendering? Do you have a process no one knows about? How do you get the lighting just the way you want?

Some have tried , some use it all the time, so here’s your chance to download a cool model, enter the , share some tips with everyone and maybe together we can save the human race.

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  • I'm VERY interested to hear any tips anyone has on Photoworks. I've been struggling the past couple weeks to render a model with a transparent housing. My renders either look completely unrealistic (from not enough reflection/refraction bounces) or don't pass 10% completion after left running for days (then canceling the render crashes Solidworks). Frustrating to say the least.
  • Use a lot of Indirect Illumination, as well as an environment image. Soft shadows always help.
  • Marijn
    Here is my first render with blender :P http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/4228/davincy...
  • Ocell.

    my advice (and considering my position, is maybe a dodgy thing to say) is to give HyperShot a try from Bunkspeed..

    and Josh..

    Cricket Bats are a prerequisite for zombie slaying..

    "can I buy any of you ***** a drink?"
  • yeah Al, I'm was wondering if anyone would pick up that obscure reference and start a conversation about :)

    ...bash 'em in the head, that seems to work. Ow.

    maybe we can all discuss the intricacies of that movie, since not too many are interested in sharing photoworks tips :O
  • I'm a big fan of that team's movies. If you haven't, check out Spaced, a Brit TV series with some very familiar faces...

    "Want anything from the shops?"
  • Josh
    Man, I'm laughing out loud just thinking about some of the scenes from that movie! - how many ways can you kill a zombie?
  • "Yeah, but Big Al also says dogs can't look up!"

    I think I liked Hot Fuzz a little bit more - perhaps I just haven't worn out enough DVD copies of it yet..

    but enough with the zombies dude - HELLBOY II is coming..
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