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Lovely curves there - could almost be SDS ! Although his camouflage systems seem a little broken at the moment :) CBR

They are very different animals, though some of the things they do overlap. Houdini is vastly more powerful in more areas, being as it is, an entire DCC application rather than XP, which is, at its core, a particle plugin for Cinema. Both have their place, XP is amazing, but Houdini is so extremely reasonably priced, sale or not, I'd say get both ! Houdini is a total powerhouse, but you can't beat the convenience of having some of that sort of power direct in Cinema, which is what you kinda get with XP. CBR

Where I've put it now, in Plugins etc... Substance doesn't come with Cinema so posts about it shouldn't be in the beginners section. CBR

@bentrajeI think so ! :) Thanks for heads-up. Dani - I'll PM you... CBR

Did a bit more research, which led to the discovery that snitches were actually made of copper and then gold plated, so needed some more work on textures. Did that, and quite pleased with it now... CBR

Does anyone know how to post in the right place !? CBR

Yeah I guess only the musicians amongst us would initially spot that the things the robots are doing (particularly on bass and piano) aren't always the right notes, but he kinda gives it away to everyone when the room starts blowing up :) Having said that, it's not in any way a diss - those robots are animated absolutely beautifully, and actually have really musical push and pull style movements, which is mightily impressive in my book, whether it was at the end of a real robot arm OR keyframed by some talented mofo :) CBR

Well this is the best thing I've seen for a while... (saw this and thought of you, @3D-Pangel) Spkrs up - the tunes are epic ;) CBR

Already done, my friend, already done ;) If you can't find the Lego one, there are alternatives, although I don't know if they work in R18. Here's one. And another. CBR

Please at least try and post in the right section. There is one called Plugins, you know ! CBR

I also thought that initially, but then remembered it would be mostly a budget thing. If Star Wars, and all their vast pots of cash can't entirely get us out of uncanny valley with Leia and Grandma Toffkin, then these guys had no chance ! :)

I have missed trick with the m-blur though - my body section remains stationary, which makes it look artificially sharp here. Helpful for texture preview, but should probably sort that out and give it a tiny bit of movement for the in-flight final... CBR

Finally got time to have a first texture pass and to get a bit of (Cinema PR) motion-blurry goodness in there... Not even slightly happy with the wing texture yet, so I've fixed that by making this render 'in-flight', and then when I've sorted it, I'll do a nice scene in its (presumably) velvet-lined lovely wooden box, amongst some attractive drapery to show them off when its magic is recharging :) Also please forgive my generic 'hogwarts-stylee' stone wall backdrop - very lazy - must do better. The main body I am mostly happy with; very scratchy, but perhaps not ingrained-filthy enough yet ? CBR

PM heading your way... CBR

Yeah, and getting him quite that wrinkled is gonna be fun ! CBR

Eddie has calmed down a lot since his earlier days hasn't he - you'd never see him sitting down reading on Number of the Beast !! :) My favourite was always the Live After Death cover, where he's really looking quite cross :) Solid band, and maybe the only one in the world whose singer can fly a 747 ! Excellent project - keep up the good work ! CBR

Please update your profile to the version you are using. 16 Demo is impossible. CBR

Well I can sort of see the thinking there - why would you spend money on a screen additional to the one you carry round with you anyway ? A lot of people are quite pleased to use their phones as the primary FPV display. Of course their DJI Go software doesn't work with all phones, but if you have an Apple one on the approved list, it does work most of the time, although few phone screens can throw out the sort of brightness you need to reliably see your aerial camera in daylight. Another reason is the portability factor - remotes with integral screens are often much bigger, meaning there is more to carry around. My TH is in a backpack roughly 3 times the size of the DJI mavic for example, which makes getting it on a plane quite difficult... What is really terrible about DJI controllers is that they place the phone screen underneath the controls, which means your hands largely obscure it during use ! So the main reason I like my TH is the integrated 7" screen in the controller which means I don't need my phone, and have a very large, bright unobstructed display that works in all light conditions, comes with its own sun-shade, and has a custom Android tablet specifically designed to run the flight software. That works every time ! :) CBR

That was the STe:) I think it came with 1 MB and could be expanded to 2 (or maybe 4). CBR

I stopped at V5 of the latest series when I had to retire the audio PC, and 3D has kind of subsumed me entirely ever since :/ It's a shame in a way - I miss the string sections, all those analogue virtual synths, and Omnisphere :) Hope I get back to it one day... CBR

Yeah, they're great like that aren't they ? :) And they're sending all our data back to China ! ;) I went with a Yuneec Typhoon H in the end, which hasn't crashed at all in about 2 years of trying, and unlike almighty overlords DJI, they actually care if you have a problem after you've given them the cash !! Lols... CBR

Yep - I was a Cubase user when it was still called Pro-16 !! God, I feel ancient !! CBR

As a bit of a drone pilot myself, for a long time I have wondered when 3D mapping would get here. And indeed it just has ! DJI have just released Terra, which will turn your UAV footage into 3D digital assets complete with textures ! As a company I don't like DJI, and don't fly their machines myself (2 non-pilot-error flyaways mean I can't trust them), but they remain the people with the most budget to throw at ideas like this, and are surely the frontrunners of making it a consumer-level thing. Read more below... https://www.dji.com/uk/dji-terra CBR