Rudolph, bringing you a "Shiny New Year"!

I spent my new year's eve building this Rudolph character model in Blender. Finished him just in time including an armature so that I could pose him for this wallpaper. If anyone had told me a few weeks ago that I'd be able to build this model, I'd have said they were crazy! I guess being unemployed can have it's benefits, I've had the time to sit down and really start learning my way around 3D modeling. If I keep this up, maybe by next year I'll be working for Pixar! LOL

Lumber "Jack"

I've created a wallpaper with my improved Lego mini-figure which I've dubbed Lumber "Jack", and decked him out with a couple of accessories!

Walk-cycle video

A youtube video I put together showing a simple walk-cycle I created for my lego mini-figure I modeled, rigged and skinned in Blender 2.61. The walk-cycle is a little fast, maybe more of a run-cycle for a lego mini-figure, but a good first effort I think.

Lego minifigure, created in Blender 2.61

I built this Lego minifigure, based on one I borrowed from my son, tonight in blender 2.61. I'm planning to rig it with an armature tomorrow and try and do some simple walk animations. I'll be posting them to youtube if I'm successful, and I'll link to it here as well. This is a 1366 x 768 wallpaper I created just in case there were any Lego fans out there that would like to download and use it!

Finally Passed! Not a test you want to take!

For those of you following my saga, I've finally managed to pass my kidney stone! That bad boy was huge too, much bigger than the two stones I passed nine years ago or so. No wonder I was in pain! The first thing I did after taking these two pictures was drink an entire bottle of water! I have no desire to ever go through this again. Of course, unfortunately they say that if you've had kidney stones twice, you're more likely to suffer from them again in the future. I'm hoping I can avoid another occurrence all together! At least now I've got something to take to the urologist Monday, and this will cut down or eliminate any expensive procedures to clear my system of obstructions!

Kidneystones suck!

A week ago today I wound up going to the emergency room from work and being diagnosed with having kidney stones. Kidney stone, or stones, they're not sure. I've been missing work since then, in a lot of pain, went back to work on Saturday, found out my last day of employment will be December 10th. Wound up back in the E.R. in even more pain than the first time. Put on heavier meds and now waiting until Decemeber 12th to see a urologist.

So far December has kind of sucked! I feel kind of like the "sad-sack" in a tragic comedy, where everything just keeps going from bad to worse. The only up-side to all this is that sooner or later my luck has to get better, doesn't it?