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Additional Objects in the Online Shop

There are now a couple of new underwater objects in the online shop here at Ethereal 3D.
There is an object of a Black Tip Reef Shark and another of a Naso Tang Marine Fish.

New Products and Online Shop

3D Object – Mountain Unicycle
I wanted to outline a few new items in our product list here at Ethereal 3D and a few other changes to the site.  I continue to add to the 3D objects that are available and this month I’ve added a detailed mountain unicycle to the list.  Unicycles are often [...]

Creating an animated scene: Amusement Ride Park

One of the best things I enjoy as a 3D artist is the time I take to explore new software and create my own ideas, not the usual graphics requested by a client with their own ideas and restrictions. This amusement park scene is one of those examples where I was exploring some of the [...]

Create a City Scene with Replicated Free 3D Buildings

This tutorials shows how to use a number of simple building mesh objects in modo 401 and use replicators to distribute them into a large city scene with many buildings for variety.  This technique works great for backgrounds and city environments for various types of animations and is all available for free using online buildings [...]

Bake Textures and Simplify a Model from 3D Google Warehouse

This tutorials shows some steps to convert a model from the online Google 3D warehouse into a simple single mesh single texture object.  This can be very useful for creating filler content that is not the center of attention but easily good enough for stand in content and backgrounds to 3D scenes.  I’ll be taking [...]

Modeling a Wooden Canoe

A tutorial showing the steps to produce a standard wooden canoe.

New Online Store!

A new online store is now available here at Ethereal 3D.  Many of our products are now available in the store with more being added and many more to come in the future.  Everything is available for immediate download and purchasing and the content from the store can be downloaded as soon as it is [...]

Architectural House Plan Layout

Architectural House Plan Layout
This articles was created from my postings on a community forum and was not created as a complete step by step tutorial. It does however, show various stages of progression with some brief outlines as to how it was created in modo. These images and steps should help demonstration one method of [...]

Modelling a Puzzle

Puzzle Art
This tutorial outlines how to create the model of the objects shown here.
This tutorial is intended not for the absolute beginner with modo, but for someone who is at least familiar with all common 3D terms and the modo interface. The steps here should be easy to follow for most users of modo after [...]

3D Object – Patio Swing

Patio Swing now available in the online store.  This is detailed model with rigging setup in modo 401 with a controller for the swing speed.  The rig has a subtle morph map that bends the frame due to the weight of the swing as well.


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