COSC-410.101 Fall 2009 3-D MODELING

3 Semester Hours Fall 2009 Semester the Academic Center building, Room 219
Wednesday nights from 5:30pm till 8:00pm Instructor: Bill Discher
REQUIRED TEXT: 3ds Max Modeling Bots, Mechs, and Droids Author: Jon Weimer Publisher: Wordware ISBN-13: 978-1-59822-044-5 ISBN-10: 1-59822-044-6



Job ? take a look


The ORIGINAL syllabus (you may need to right-click to "save target as...", then open)



Read Everything Below Carefully


Do your best on each task,
but keep in mind your grade depends more on the accomplishment of all tasks
than on the quality of any one task.

There are 3 class sessions remaining in the semester as of 12 November 2009

student knowledge sharing is allowed & encouraged in order to complete the SPIDER-BOT,
but you must do you own work.

Lantern Jaw walk-cycle


Your Robots

the Spider-bot & the B-9 Robot together are 35% of your grade


the B-9 "Lost In Space" Robot & the Spider-Bot
must be turned in by the end of the semester.
The rest of the text book is optional.

Your Character Models

the base figure is 30% of your total grade,
the other figures together are an additional 30% of your total grade,
Mapping and/or rigging are 5% of you total grade


Points Values
100% - 90% = A
89% - 80% = B
79% - 70% = C
69% - 60% = D
Remember, you are required to have a base-figure and four additional different figures.
The four additional figures should be derived from your base figure.
Each of the four additional figures must have some qualities unique to it.
the base figure and four additional figures are due by the end of the semester.
All of these figures should be human or humanoid in design.
They should walk on two legs, have arms, hands, feet, a torso and a head.
The head should have a face that his human or humaniod.

UVW Un-Wrap tutorial with Lantern Jaw


Down-Load L-Jaw-map texture map here


Down-Load the Lantern Jaw 3ds max model here



Lantern Jaw, Space Girl, Norm & the rest