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WASPBOT hero shot

I decided to do a hero shot of the Waspbot. So here it is. The light setup is a simple soft box arrangement of self illuminated planes. The waspbot is sat on a curved back drop that also serves as a floor. The render engine I used was fryrender.

WASPBOT - Wip

And here is the final scene.

WASPBOT - Wip

Final shot of the wasp on its own. I am happy in the way it came out.

Now I am making a little scene with the waspbot and the antbot I made some time ago. I want to create an artificial scene for them.

WAPBOT -WIP

Texturing. I used a checker bump for the black areas to create a carbon feel and look to them. The yellow parts are plastic with some fall off to the reflection. These where textured and rendered solely in cinema 4d using AR3

WASPBOT - Wip

Added the cooling vents to rear body



Imported the mesh into cinema 4d to see how it works and it came in 99% clean, which is always a bonus when working with nurb applications.

WASPBOT Wip

Adding more details as I go