Today, we’re bringing back a segment that lapsed into a coma and suddenly awoke recently with a direct punch to an exposed solar plexus. Model of the Week: the best and coolest 3D models the SolidSmack audience is creating and sharing online. We’re in the future now, so there’s loads of amazingness and brilliance we didn’t have years ago when we were churning out 3D models on… the same exact keyboard and mouse driven 3D software. Right?! So, send us your best and we’ll feature something cool each week. Here we go!

We looked hither, we looked yonder, and all we saw was more than we could take in with our eyes. Light whipping from their fur, jowls blazing and toothless gums gumming their way toward our legs. We had to get out of the rising tide, and all we had were five wasp heads and a cable made of these links. Joe MacCarthy – With a background in design and an amazing eye for detail, Joe dishes out amazing concept after amazing concept. Force Awakens BTS – Wired takes a look at the face capture system used to create the characters in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Fairy Tree – A…

With so many cool things coming out each week, it can be hard to wade through all the rock-awesomeness. With ‘Cool Tools’, we’ve done the hard work for you. This week we saw the first ever laceless football (soccer) cleat from Adidas, the first waterproof camera offering from Leica, an impressive new voice recorder app from Apple specifically for musicians, how to make the perfect steak, and more… Ready? Let’s go! This week we look at: DESIGN Adidas ACE 16+ PURECONTROL “The game is changing, and it takes the player with complete control to create the plays, build up chances and finish them with clinical precision. The one who is…