Hi folks, Saturday again and I thought I’d do another little video. Thanks again to those following along, hope you’re having some fun with these.

This week I make a “working” TV that plays back a video when animated. Very simple modelling here so everyone should be able to give this a good go.

Before you start, you’ll need a little landscape video saved to your computer. This can be anything, so have fun with it.

Here’s the video:

Any questions or comments, feel free to reach out with a comment below.

Hi Folks,

This week I thought we might dip our toe into the Blender physics engine, specifically rigid-body physics.

In Blender you might use the physics system for animations, for setting up a complex still scene in a natural way or just, as we are going to do, for the fun of it.

The video is here:

The blender file can be found here.

I hope you have fun with this, I’d love to see any experiments!

Hi folks, this week I thought we’d make a simple terrain. We show a few new techniques:

1. Using a Displace modifier to distort a plane into something that looks like terrain
2. Creating a material that colours different parts of the terrain based on their height

Here’s the video:

Any comments or questions, feel free to leave them below.

The blender file can be downloaded from here.

Update:

After I posted the video, I modified the material a bit and I like the result more than the version in the video. If you want to try, modify the terrain material so it looks like this instead:

It varies the texture a lot more and looks very nice, especially on the snowy peaks.

Hi folks. When we started this year I quickly started doing video tutorials, but there were no videos covering the most basic stuff.

This video is suitable for those who are completely new to Blender or would like to review the basics again.

When you’re done with this, feel free to try some of the other tutorial videos on my channel.

A copy of this model can be downloaded here.

Any questions, feel free to give me a shout by leaving a comment below.

[EDIT 01/04/20]

Meant to add these links too:

Blender Download

One-Page Blender Infographic

Hi Folks,

I thought it would be nice if we could finish out our animated tank, notwithstanding that we’re all self-isolating at the moment. To that end, I’ve recorded a litte video to show the last bit of the animated tank model, the bit that actually includes the animation!

I hope this video will be of some use to at least a few of you. If you watch it, please do let me know with a YouTube comment or a comment here so I can decide if I should make a few more like this. Happy to do it if someone’s watching!

Take care and mind yourselves and your families.

Here’s the link to the finished tank model.