This is the .max scene file for the 3d Total Treehouse Speed Modeling Challange #05. The scene is basically a general store and restaurant perched on the side of a cliff. The scene has 3 cameras and is lit with mental ray Sun & Sky.
This weekend I decided to take a break and participate in the Lost Jungle Speed Modeling Challange over at 3dTotal. It was a lot of fun, and I’m pretty proud of my entry. I’ll try to get the finished scene up for you to download before Monday!
EDIT: I fixed the images in the tutorials. I’m counting on you to tell me when stuff’s broken!
Full Size Render Sheet of the Treehouse Entry
Here is the corresponding wireframe sheet.
Hey guys, still trying to scrape together some time for new tutorials and maybe doing a few more video tutorials outside of the MM series. Noticed that there are tons of missing images for the existing tutorials though- you guys have to let me know about this stuff!
I’ve installed two OCZ Vertex Turbo 60GB solid state drives and created a RAID-0 array. I want to share my experience with you.
From the top
This has been quite a weekend. I’ve lost most/all of my data including my Monday Movie resources, music, movies, software, and other irreplaceable this-and-that. At the very least, I should write about why this all happened and encourage others to carefully try the same. It’s really given me a snappy computer setup and, despite the crippling cost, I would probably do it again. Probably.
Summary
Here’s the rundown:
- Two OCZ Vertex Turbo SSDs (2.5″): $200 each.
- Two Icy Dock 2.5″->3.5″ HDD converters: $20 each.
- Backups are critical- take offsite backups, or at least store data in an external drive and disconnect it.
- Enable write-back cache to enhance performance.
So let’s take a look at what I did, how I did it, and how you can profit from the process without having to pay the agonizing cost I did.
Alright guys,
The damage is looking pretty bad. I’ve lost all of my original footage to the Monday Movies, the bumper resources (intro, outro), and original scenes. This is in addition to personal stuff like documents, music, videos, etc. I’m in the process of a last ditch effort to un-RAID one of my original drives and try to recover the partition but my magic 8 ball says the outlook isn’t good.
Once I’m done grieving, I’ll try to push out some written tutorials for you while I clear the rubble and rebuild. Just please, remember, rule #1 of any serious project is to keep offsite backups. At $50/year/200Gb with Google Docs storage there’s no reason not to.