here are my tests anims for the Atlantis space shuttle 3d model i did.
This project began here in France, as the confinement knock at our doors and required us to find constructive activities to do indoor.
Lucky me i am CG artist and i had this project in mind since a while.
As a Space enthusiast, I wanted to built a fully detailed Orbiter with perfect thermal tiles placement, and accurate design. i spend a lot of time searching through the Nasa's public archive, gathering diagrams and docs on material and design.
And once the exterior was done, and i was satisfied with it i started to model both front and main landing gears. As long as i was modeling the parts, i started to slowly detailing the inside structure.
At the end i spend about 430 hours on this model.

Modeling, Uvs UDIM, Rig, Anim : Blender
Surfacing : Substance Painter
Rendering : Cycles

If you are interested in seeing the interior and close up renders :
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/dOvYwK

The 3d model is available here : (Atlantis…

Open Mesh Effect for Blender
https://github.com/eliemichel/OpenMeshEffectForBlender

MfxHoudini
https://github.com/eliemichel/MfxHoudini

Open Mesh Effect
https://openmesheffect.org

(Thanks of course to IanHubert for the lazy tut style inspiration!)