T-Rex by Champy

Description

A Tyrannosaurus Rex that I modeled, rigged, and textured myself. The skin material was created by photographing pears and then putting the pieces together in Photoshop. The rig is not stellar, but it's serviceable and working. There's a walk cycle included. Enjoy!

Update: For some reason the walk cycle was not present in the original upload. This file now includes it.

Comments (43)

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champy about 13 years ago

Forgot to mention in the description: Be sure to turn the subsurf modifier back on before rendering. It's much easier to animate with it turned off, since it slows down your machine.

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greentree23 about 13 years ago

This is a very creative way of using pears—Thank you champy for the great work.

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champy about 13 years ago

Thanks GreenTree23. The pears were also tasty, so they were twice useful!

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middymatthew about 13 years ago

can you take the background out? it's a great blend and i want to replace the background with a green screen.

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champy about 13 years ago

Hi Middymatthew: The background pictured in the picture above is actually from a video still that I placed this model in during a motion tracking exercise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSi8_6XA9q4 and it is not included with the model. Every element in the model should be easily deletable. Thanks!

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robson about 13 years ago

mt bom o modelo ___----_---

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champy about 13 years ago

I have no idea what that means.

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MattzDGL over 11 years ago

He wrote in portuguese. "Very good your model."

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11yearoldblenderartist about 13 years ago

Cool model, i cant see it though when i open it, it shows as a regular start up file with a cube. Cool Model though!

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champy about 13 years ago

Thanks! I just downloaded and opened it to check, and it opens right to the T-Rex for me. Maybe try your download again. Sorry you're having problems, and good luck!

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KennardConsulting about 13 years ago

This is absolutely awesome. Thanks so much for sharing it. It has inspired me to learn Blender! As a complete newbie, I am following the tutorials but would appreciate your help with some questions: 1. When I open your .blend I see the roar animation but how do I access the walk cycle? 2. When I open your .blend, it seems I am modifying your work directly. For example I can move vertices. I was expecting to be able to import your model more as a 'closed object' and work with it (eg. tell it to roar, tell it to walk) without fear of actually breaking the intricacies of the model itself. Does Blender not work like this? Thanks again for your contribution to the community! Regards, Richard.

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champy about 13 years ago

Hi Richard, I just checked the version that I downloaded, and you're right: I don't see the walk cycle in there. I'll see what I can do about getting that fixed. In the meantime, it's not too difficult to just make one with a few tutorials. If you want to import the model into a new .blend, then just got to File>Append and select the object. Good luck!

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KennardConsulting about 13 years ago

Thanks for your response. I understand "it's not too difficult" for a man who can fashion a photo-realistic T-Rex out of a bunch of polygons and a bucket of pears, but it's like a mountain to climb for me! :) If you could find the time to dig up the walk cycle that'd be fantastic. I've spent a bit of time of BlendSwap since my original e-mail and this is one of the best models on here.

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UnluckyLuc almost 13 years ago

I love this. Thank you for sharing this. Something about the shape of the skull and the body makes him look a little bit goofy, but the quality of the textures and the rig are just awe-inspring. One problem I have though, is that the rig as it is is REALLY slow for me. I disabled the subdivsion modifier, etc. but I just can't get it to respond quickly. Animating is possible but kind of "retro", if you will, because everything responds very slowly to changes.

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champy almost 13 years ago

First of all, thanks for downloading and taking the time to comment. The aesthetics of the model are definitely my own interp. I can't claim perfect proportional accuracy because I just drew this thing from my mind. I didn't employ any references, so I'm sorry if it doesn't quite satisfy, but it's just sorta how I envision a T-Rex. The only thing I can think of as far as the speed goes is that this is a relatively high-poly model. It's not really made for placement in a game or anything like that, so I apologize for that, but it's probably just going to be slow until computers catch up a bit more. Good luck with it, though!

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UnluckyLuc almost 13 years ago

Thanks for the reply! If you did all this without any reference then I would say it's an incredible job. I will probably use the T-Rex as part of an animation project later this year and my first tests looked pretty good. I still don't know why the rig responds so sluggishly, however. I don't think it's the poly count. But anyway, it works and it's the best rigged and textured T-Rex blend available, for sure. Once again thanks for your amazing work.

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champy almost 13 years ago

Looking forward to seeing what you do!

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UnluckyLuc over 12 years ago

Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VqCg4rdatI A smaller appearance of the T-Rex than I intended, but it might not be the last. ;)

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John C. almost 13 years ago

Very nice, almost photo-realistic. Reminds me of Jurassic Park. Using pears was very creative. Very good job

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champy almost 13 years ago

Thanks! I hope you enjoy using it.

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Lukmanx almost 13 years ago

this beautifull 3d

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champy almost 13 years ago

Thanks! I'd love to see anything you end up using it for.

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DragonWhisperer almost 13 years ago

PEARS!!!! YOU HAVE SOME MAD SKILLS!!!

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champy almost 13 years ago

Thanks!

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patrick031290 almost 13 years ago

Man please help ,i can't download it !! :( it starts then fails everytime :/

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champy almost 13 years ago

Sorry, that sounds like a problem with the site, not the model. I hope it gets working again, soon. Good luck!

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patrick031290 almost 13 years ago

Hello! it works now :) thanks! :)

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patrick031290 almost 13 years ago

Oh my god!! i love it!!! Fantastic job!! the best T-rex ever!! THANKS!

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champy almost 13 years ago

Thanks! I hope we get to see what you do with it.

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patrick031290 almost 13 years ago

Hello! done! :) here's the link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFwH7z2PLdk Thanks again for that great model! :)

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champy over 12 years ago

Cool! Thanks for posting your work!

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MovieMaker72 almost 13 years ago

I can't animate it. The rig dosen't respond to anything

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champy almost 13 years ago

MovieMaker: Not sure where you're at as far as experience with Blender, Hardware you're using, or what you've tried. Do you have the armature selected, and are you in Pose mode? The rig responds properly when those criteria are met. It responds very slowly on older machines unless you turn the subsurf invisible on the main mesh, but it will still respond. Good luck!

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ShadowCrystol almost 13 years ago

WOW!!! awesome job!!! do you think you have time to help me out with my character? i need a model made, im new on the request list (shadow the dragoness) id love to have a beutiful and realistic like model but haave a very hard time doing it myself :( but if you cant i understand.

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champy over 12 years ago

Hi ShadowCrystol, Thanks! Unfortunately, I don't think I'd be able to give your project enough time to get anywhere with it. Thanks for asking, though!

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EvanM about 12 years ago

This is a great model! If you have time, check out the video I made with it youtube(dot)com/watch?v=QEq2EuBvY_A&feature=youtu.be

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Allengib over 11 years ago

This looks so cool with the car and all. be cooler if you could get him/her to step on the car.

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harisreedhar almost 11 years ago

I can't download!!! Shows error :-( Any awesome model

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champy almost 11 years ago

Strange, it worked for me just now. Can you try it again?

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patrick098 over 10 years ago

i cant download it

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hdkmonster almost 9 years ago

when I try to download the file it downloads as a html file. how do I fix this?

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aksjhdkjsahdaksjhdaksjhd over 6 years ago

It looks amazing!

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aksjhdkjsahdaksjhdaksjhd over 6 years ago

It looks amazing!

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