Archive for January, 2008
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
LPC 05
Just a quick model I whipped up last night, 498 triangles, 1 128×128 texture.
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
Now…Updated
I updated what I’m reading, listening, and playing sidebar. Since I’ve last updated it I read 7 Years in Tibet, Into the Wild, now to start Rewired. For what I am listening too I added Games for Windows Live which I find to be a great podcast that is supposed to deal with games, but is more just funny stories about playing them. Also I discovered CBC Radio 3 after listening to CBC One and Two for too long. For what I’ve been playing I played through Call of Duty 4, Crysis, and have UT3 but only play it to check out the mod features.
Friday, January 18th, 2008
UT3 Goggles SDK
A new set of goggles for UT3. Tested with the Hurin model, will work for other models but won’t be placed or scaled correctly. I included the XSI scene file as well as the original Photoshop file for you to check out and modify if you wish.
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
Bender
I made a quick Bender model for Unreal Tournament 3. Modeled, textured, and imported into UT3 in the time it took to watch Bender’s Big Score (2 hours). Theres a couple issues with the character but it was done quickly to see what limitations there are for importing custom characters into UT3. (Right click the picture to download)
Monday, January 7th, 2008
Custom Colored Cables
Are you sick of having stock black cables on your bike? Not only is black boring but the hard coating on the outside of the cables can rub through paint and even aluminum. I have seen a Hayes brake cable eat right through the stanchion on a Fox 40. Braided stainless brake lines look nice, but are expensive running over $50 a line and don’t match your derailleur cable. By using the same heat shrink tubing electrician’s use, you can protect your frame and match your cables to any color scheme for your bike.
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
It’s Here!
My new bike finally arrived on December 28th. After a very lengthy and expensive delay at customs my bike left Grand Forks, North Dakota crossed the border into Canada to Winnipeg. After having a nice Christmas dinner in Winnipeg it traveled to Calgary where after a rough night of partying on Boxing Day must have lost the pieces I need to finish building it. The box arrived with a hole at the bottom where the top cap, headset spacers, and the seatpost clamp escaped into the abyss. I have called Fedex and have started a claim to try and get reimbursed.
I have slowly been building it up in between partying. I sold the brakes and have some new Shimano XT discs coming in from Thailand, and the rims are off getting painted. To highlight the blue and white theme I’m going for I picked up white heat shrink tubing to cover the cables. It helps to accent the theme as well as should provide some protection from cable rub.
