This is incredible! I would really love a tutorial on how to properly scan in, add, and virtually mold other objects such as a sword or cape. Fantastic tutorial, yet again!
This was really great guys! I would love to see a similar tutorial of how to actually drop these 3d models into a video and some sort of beginners guide to animating them. Cheers!
A 3d scan is extremely dense. It's great for static meshes but not so great for animation. You would most likely have to remodel the scanned 3d model and put in the proper edge loops so the model bends and folds in the proper areas.
Another great video! Super impressed to see you actually replying back to peoples comments, and helping them out. Keep it up boys! Keep up the Twitch streams too!
Corrider crew 8 years ago is crazy!! Who else is rewatching this now? I always wanted to do this but i just now got a 3D printer. You guys should make a updated version of this!! Please! 😢😊
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I once used 123D Catch to make a 3D model, it's an online Autodesk program. You have to make a lot of pictures of your model and the software makes a 3D model of it. Works great :)
Impressive indeed! May be worth doing this for printing gun mods for paintball markers, never have I been so proud of watching this channel since the early days, top work lads :)
In theory, if you stood in the T-pose could this be used to make yourself into a riggable 3D character? Also, does reconstructme capture colour data like skanect or is it a matter of texturing it yourself?
samandniko How many faces did the mesh at 5:39 have in the end? I'm assuming it's extremely high. Also, I just had a look and reconstruct me is way beyond my price range, so it looks like it's a fevered dream for me for now.
***** or you could look if you can find it for free on different torrent sites. Don't let money stand in the way of computer experience. Just make sure to buy it or a newer version when u can.
Sam and Niko talk about 3D scanning a person and rigging them to do a CG stunt double in the making of video for Fart Attack, it's really good you should check it out
Thanks for the Kinect idea! Did not know it could be used like that. I scanned in my whole house with one. (File size was absolutely giant and took forever to do but it was cool to walk through it in VR)
Awesome use of a Kinect. How bad is the mesh topology? Is it unusable for animation? Does the software use a base topological model (like a Z-brush type of model) or is it just a bunch of thrown-together crap? Thanks and great info video!
That's awesome! Now how would one turn this into a 3D model that can be implemented and possibly animated in a film? I would love to be able to scan and animate a 3D model of an actor to be use for intricate action VFX shots! Amazing as usual guys!
samandniko Thanks! You know what, I'm totally doing this. Sad I don't have my Xbox anymore, but I'll buy a Kinect just for this! I wonder if these would work with the Element 3D plug in from Video Copilot? Though maybe I should teach myself actual 3D work and aspire to CorridorDigital visuals. That's what I love about you guys. Millions of views and subscribers, but you don't cater to your audience so much that you lose your sense of self. You make what you love, bettering yourselves all along the way, but you still stay connected to the audience and help out fellow filmmakers when you can. You're doing it right. I hope one day you can be on the big screen, but maybe corrupt Hollywood doesn't need to mess around with your talent. Keep on going, Sam and Niko!
Wow, how cool would it be to have a miniature for myself in D&D that actually looks like me, but as a wizard? This video is awesome, and it actually kinda makes me want to learn more about 3D modeling (because Reconstruct Me is amazing!!! Niko's miniature is Badass, and I'd totally put a spell effect in my character's hand!)
If you dont have a kinect you could generate a pointcloud of your body via structure from motion (a series of images from differnet angles) and then generate a mesh out of it! Visual SFM and meshLab are two free tools
So reconstruct me does a better job than Scannect? I am literally a month from buying one of these and was going to choose Scannect because they have a free version I could try out. And I did. And I liked it. But I can do modeling... pretty good.
Now THIS is awesome! (Having one awesomeness moment after the other right now (watched vghs 8 minutes ago)) Idea: Why not make a buyable corridor digital game with figures like that? :P
If anyone is going to the Mall of America anytime soon check out Me3D! Those guys do the same thing except their full color models look way better. Scan only takes 3 seconds!!! Obviously the hand painted miniatures they show here look better but the Me3D guys are great.
Just went to the Mini Maker Faire in Chattanooga, Tennessee this past Saturday. I met a bunch really awesome 3D printing companies, including one that printed shoes! Feetz! I didn't know you could scan with a kinect cam! Do you guys 3D print any props for any of the shows?
Guys. this is awesome. Would you recommend someone over his 30s to learn how to do this? I've been reading and there are teenagers who are already experts. That's a bit discouraging competition-wise.
I've actually used Skanect for work. Though I had to use it on a shitty computer that could only capture 0.5 fps and took forever to generate the mesh.
On using a sword - could you possibly use a bracket of some sort to hold the sword in position and the subject simply strike his pose holding the sword (plastic or wood sword cut to shape) - then in clean up, remove the bracket with the software? - and then hand paint the sword on the final product??
You could hold a wooden handle, but adding the sword in later is easier and works much better. The handle would help keep your hands in the right position for holding a sword.
So how would you take the 3-d model and apply it to film making? like making rag dolls or just scanning objects to have in your shot like a shield flying or a model of a person doing an insane dunk?
Guys, photogrammetry is better (though not faster). You can create a super-high quality detailed models. Even with one camera you can create a flawless models.
Hey, have you tried Autodesk's 123D Catch? With that you wouldn't need a Kinect camera to 3D scan, just a regular digital camera, and from what I've seen in some of the models that are uploaded in their site, things can be much more accurately scanned, with higher resolution textures and finer detail (there are some ceramic sculpted skulls that look incredible, with flowered textures and lots of tiny details). I don't know how the clean-up would be in this case, but I guess it wouldn't differ much from your process. I'm going to try it soon on a project!
Question. Although weapons have that reflective ability, making the scan messed up, would it work alright if someone used a wooden copy of the weapon? Or is it just all material in general?
I think besides the reflective part it's hard for the subject to hold the sword or object perfectly still to get a good scan. Especially if it's a thin object like a sword. I'm just guessing here though
Just wondered your opinion on the quality of 3D prints for reselling. I wonder if customers will be disappointed in the look compared to injection molded parts.
If you are printing a figurine with a floating cape, how would the 3D printer react and work? Imagine printing out the figurine, but then you notice that the cape just fell off
So if I wanted to do all that with like a 3D modeled staff, but I didn't want to print it, is there an easier way to do that or do you recommend the same just minus the printing?
Ok so I want to do this but in other videos it shows people using powder as a mold. So does this just use the layers of plastic that you could use with like a ultimaker v2 or something someone please reply.
Hi I want to make 3d figurines of any person commercially. Which 3d printer I should use? And what is the cost structure of the whole process of making a 3d figurine ?
what if i didnt want a 3d print of my likeness. instead a rendered creation i made from say skyrim a custom made player of my creation. would something like this be possible? or am i thinking pie in the sky?
wow its amazing how much younger everybody looked and how different things were back then.
This is incredible! I would really love a tutorial on how to properly scan in, add, and virtually mold other objects such as a sword or cape. Fantastic tutorial, yet again!
This was really great guys! I would love to see a similar tutorial of how to actually drop these 3d models into a video and some sort of beginners guide to animating them. Cheers!
A 3d scan is extremely dense. It's great for static meshes but not so great for animation. You would most likely have to remodel the scanned 3d model and put in the proper edge loops so the model bends and folds in the proper areas.
1:04
Oh, remember when 3d printers didn't cost 200 bucks?
lol yeah that made me chuckle how serious he said that :D
It's so cool seeing you guys respond and interact with your fan base. Also, really cool vid!
That's not an action figure, it's a figurine.
Yeah true
inaction figures
Another great video! Super impressed to see you actually replying back to peoples comments, and helping them out. Keep it up boys! Keep up the Twitch streams too!
I can't wait to see where the future of this technology will go. Doing CG frozen time scenes could be really cool.
it would be nice if you showed us the final product.
the start of the video wtf are you blind ... they are holding them
Xenibalt don’t have to be such a dick about it jeez
Ended up here now, the production was so cute and genuine. We are all so old now.
Am I the only one that thinks Sam kinda looks like Chris Pratt?
Ps great video guys. Keep up the awesome work.
And kinda sounds like him
Corrider crew 8 years ago is crazy!! Who else is rewatching this now? I always wanted to do this but i just now got a 3D printer. You guys should make a updated version of this!! Please! 😢😊
I made my own custom action figure by adding beard and hair to a Reed Richards head on a spider man body. The amazing Spider me.
And you bested us all!
Thanks guys!
+Arthur. Florence your welcome
Amazing video guys, very informative and educational. You guys rock!
I find it amusing that the shapeways guys are over here. Having fun advertising?
M Boelter They do great work.
I own a 3d printer, but if it can't do the job Shapeways is the best solution.
They really do amazing work there.
David Mc
I'll probably go over there to print some stuff.
I just find it amusing that a company is placing comments on other peoples youtube videos.
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I once used 123D Catch to make a 3D model, it's an online Autodesk program.
You have to make a lot of pictures of your model and the software makes a 3D model of it. Works great :)
Works too!
Action figure usually refers to a small toy that has movement. This is more of a statue.
Alright then, figurine.
Thats true
Impressive indeed! May be worth doing this for printing gun mods for paintball markers, never have I been so proud of watching this channel since the early days, top work lads :)
In theory, if you stood in the T-pose could this be used to make yourself into a riggable 3D character? Also, does reconstructme capture colour data like skanect or is it a matter of texturing it yourself?
Yes it does. But as mentioned in the vid - it's a little tougher to work with. It spits out .ply files instead of a model with a texture map.
samandniko How many faces did the mesh at 5:39 have in the end? I'm assuming it's extremely high.
Also, I just had a look and reconstruct me is way beyond my price range, so it looks like it's a fevered dream for me for now.
***** or you could look if you can find it for free on different torrent sites. Don't let money stand in the way of computer experience. Just make sure to buy it or a newer version when u can.
Sam and Niko talk about 3D scanning a person and rigging them to do a CG stunt double in the making of video for Fart Attack, it's really good you should check it out
AirBuiscuits, you can use resurface tools such as zbrush to quickly recreate yourself with a good topology using the 3D print.
I like how the way you presented this was like you freestyle it with your own knowledge, comes of really smooth any relaxed. Nice video
Thanks for the Kinect idea! Did not know it could be used like that. I scanned in my whole house with one. (File size was absolutely giant and took forever to do but it was cool to walk through it in VR)
That sounds so epic!
Awesome use of a Kinect. How bad is the mesh topology? Is it unusable for animation? Does the software use a base topological model (like a Z-brush type of model) or is it just a bunch of thrown-together crap? Thanks and great info video!
Generally the models aren't suitable for animation, but if you run them through dynamesh/zbrush or Wrap-it they clean up nicely!
Nice, I'll have to convert my Kinect.
Can you do a tutorial on shooting/choreographing stunts and action?
Great tutorial as well, this is some very cool stuff that I was unaware of!
That's awesome! Now how would one turn this into a 3D model that can be implemented and possibly animated in a film? I would love to be able to scan and animate a 3D model of an actor to be use for intricate action VFX shots! Amazing as usual guys!
Scan yourself in a T-pose and get rigging!
samandniko
Is the mesh clean enough? I'm guessing you would have to do some form of retopology?
samandniko Thanks! You know what, I'm totally doing this. Sad I don't have my Xbox anymore, but I'll buy a Kinect just for this! I wonder if these would work with the Element 3D plug in from Video Copilot? Though maybe I should teach myself actual 3D work and aspire to CorridorDigital visuals.
That's what I love about you guys. Millions of views and subscribers, but you don't cater to your audience so much that you lose your sense of self. You make what you love, bettering yourselves all along the way, but you still stay connected to the audience and help out fellow filmmakers when you can. You're doing it right. I hope one day you can be on the big screen, but maybe corrupt Hollywood doesn't need to mess around with your talent. Keep on going, Sam and Niko!
How much did those miniature cost in shapeways??
Is it just me or is 3D printer most epic thing ever!
Wow, how cool would it be to have a miniature for myself in D&D that actually looks like me, but as a wizard? This video is awesome, and it actually kinda makes me want to learn more about 3D modeling (because Reconstruct Me is amazing!!! Niko's miniature is Badass, and I'd totally put a spell effect in my character's hand!)
If you dont have a kinect you could generate a pointcloud of your body via structure from motion (a series of images from differnet angles) and then generate a mesh out of it! Visual SFM and meshLab are two free tools
So reconstruct me does a better job than Scannect? I am literally a month from buying one of these and was going to choose Scannect because they have a free version I could try out. And I did. And I liked it. But I can do modeling... pretty good.
Absolutely amazing...gonna try make me some crazy action figures ;P
Would love to see the finished, printed figures ::}
We'll be posting them soon :D
samandniko Yay :}
3 years and nothing
5 years and nothing
6 years and nothing
You is the best guys for me. Thanks for the tutorial. I make VFX videos, inspired on you guys. THANKS
U mean u guys are the best for me
Could you do a video about how you use different angles to create different feelings?a bit like the "shoot your friends series"
Very cool , it would be great to see you guys play a roleplaying game with your models ,maybe even with Chris Perkins.
Just you wait!
I loved this, but i kind of also miss your old style videoes on your main channel! I'm a huge fan!
thats a nice multicopter frame you got in the background
Also, if you don't have a Kinect, you can use Autodesk 123D Catch. There are PC, Android and iOS versions of the app so it fits all needs.
Autodesk has an App called 123D Catch that can produce some really nice results!!!
I'm hoping we get to see the final results of some of these models? I wanna see how the standing cape will look!
MAN Party: Dungeons and Dragons with these 3d pieces?
What a time to be alive.
Very cool. I've never been able to get my skanect to scan that clean.
Totally going to do this to make cake toppers for our wedding!
I should give this a go, since I am currently engaged in a 3d modelling and games development course
Now THIS is awesome! (Having one awesomeness moment after the other right now (watched vghs 8 minutes ago))
Idea:
Why not make a buyable corridor digital game with figures like that? :P
Right!?!
samandniko Yeah! I want to play as barfing wizards!
Yeah...
If anyone is going to the Mall of America anytime soon check out Me3D! Those guys do the same thing except their full color models look way better. Scan only takes 3 seconds!!! Obviously the hand painted miniatures they show here look better but the Me3D guys are great.
Coool, I was wondering, do you happen to know the price?
Man you guys are genius. Thanks.
Something that i would really like to try in the future. Making my own D&D mini's
This is awesome. I just wish I could have gotten a better look at some of the finished products.
This is fantastic! I can finally put my Kinect to use!
It's the only reason we use ours!
Great video :D
I have a question : what material do you recommend for figurines like that to get the maximum precision with small details ?
awesome video! You win the internet!
awesome shirt man
Epic family portrait.
Just went to the Mini Maker Faire in Chattanooga, Tennessee this past Saturday. I met a bunch really awesome 3D printing companies, including one that printed shoes! Feetz!
I didn't know you could scan with a kinect cam! Do you guys 3D print any props for any of the shows?
Guys. this is awesome. Would you recommend someone over his 30s to learn how to do this? I've been reading and there are teenagers who are already experts. That's a bit discouraging competition-wise.
So if I understand correctly you can use a scanned object or person to import them into after effects also? That is how you did the rag doll animals?
So cool! Awesome technique to learn, thanks guys!
I've actually used Skanect for work. Though I had to use it on a shitty computer that could only capture 0.5 fps and took forever to generate the mesh.
cool! I'll have try this when my Micro 3D printer arrives in November (barring any delays).
What kind of prices are you getting for the different figures when buying from shape ways?
You guys should have done that for D&D xD
Awesome idea..
D & D!!! This would be perfect for that.
so cool guys. Thanks for making this video.
How about making some Tether figures? Would be sweet!
Can you use the free "trial" version of skanect? or will you have to buy it to do this? just wondering.
Added to bucket list
this is a relic and should never be taken down lmao
That's really cool. Can you print those in colour already? And what about a 1:1 scale? Maybe in sections or so?
So many possibilities!
Probably in sections cause a 1:1 ratio could be so large
What if you only need a head sculp for an action figure with a ball joint? Would this work?
For the free Skanect software, what does "File export limited to 5000 faces." mean? Does this mean it's necessary to get the pro for more detail?
Thank you, Sam and Niko!
On using a sword - could you possibly use a bracket of some sort to hold the sword in position and the subject simply strike his pose holding the sword (plastic or wood sword cut to shape) - then in clean up, remove the bracket with the software? - and then hand paint the sword on the final product??
Yes. But it's easier to just add it in later, either by scanning it separately, or by using another 3D model.
You could hold a wooden handle, but adding the sword in later is easier and works much better.
The handle would help keep your hands in the right position for holding a sword.
We want to scan chess-sized pieces that we've sculpted from clay. Too small? Is there an affordable scanner for our project?
So how would you take the 3-d model and apply it to film making? like making rag dolls or just scanning objects to have in your shot like a shield flying or a model of a person doing an insane dunk?
and what model printer do you use and does it print in full color?
what kind of 3D printer you guys using? is it expensive to print figurines? your work is awesome.
So if I did this but wanted to print using my own 3D printer instead of going through Shapeways... how is that done? Save my graphic as an STL file?
watching this 6 years later was curious as I am just getting into 3D printing if this tactic still works
A old video but very easy to follow thank you going to give it a go
So badass!
Instead of characters is it possible to make a 3D modled thing like a sword and get that printed off?
Is it also possible to scan very small objects instead of people?
If the scanned Object is smaller, the amount of detail will descend. But it is entirely possible to scan Objects in General.
Would like to know the most efficient way to turn a 2D illustration into a 3D figure.
Guys, photogrammetry is better (though not faster). You can create a super-high quality detailed models. Even with one camera you can create a flawless models.
Hey, have you tried Autodesk's 123D Catch? With that you wouldn't need a Kinect camera to 3D scan, just a regular digital camera, and from what I've seen in some of the models that are uploaded in their site, things can be much more accurately scanned, with higher resolution textures and finer detail (there are some ceramic sculpted skulls that look incredible, with flowered textures and lots of tiny details).
I don't know how the clean-up would be in this case, but I guess it wouldn't differ much from your process. I'm going to try it soon on a project!
Question, how could I get my figure painted but with good detail, sandstone looks pretty bad :/
I sense some cool DnD stuff coming. Or maybe it's just for personal use?
Both ;)
samandniko Wooh! Also good job guys, keeping up with the comments and such. I know it's hard for big channels and I'm sure everyone appreciates it :)
samandniko
pls do a magic the gathering lan party with adam lyons!!
samandniko My body is ready.
Question. Although weapons have that reflective ability, making the scan messed up, would it work alright if someone used a wooden copy of the weapon? Or is it just all material in general?
I think besides the reflective part it's hard for the subject to hold the sword or object perfectly still to get a good scan. Especially if it's a thin object like a sword. I'm just guessing here though
Great breakdown guys. Thanx a lot :) what would you recommend for an outdoor scanning?
Can I sell objects online made on a 3D printer.
Invention Therapy why not?
Just wondered your opinion on the quality of 3D prints for reselling. I wonder if customers will be disappointed in the look compared to injection molded parts.
How expensive would it get to print out a 6 inch-ish tall figure?
If you are printing a figurine with a floating cape, how would the 3D printer react and work?
Imagine printing out the figurine, but then you notice that the cape just fell off
So if I wanted to do all that with like a 3D modeled staff, but I didn't want to print it, is there an easier way to do that or do you recommend the same just minus the printing?
Ok so I want to do this but in other videos it shows people using powder as a mold. So does this just use the layers of plastic that you could use with like a ultimaker v2 or something someone please reply.
Making a stop motion animation with this could be interesting. Time/money consuming, but interesting...
Really sweet video! What size or measurements did you use on the bounding box to scan the full body?
Awesome now I just need a full color 3d printer. I'm trying to make action figured. About 12 inches at the tallest
Hi I want to make 3d figurines of any person commercially. Which 3d printer I should use? And what is the cost structure of the whole process of making a 3d figurine ?
You guys are awesome!
what if i didnt want a 3d print of my likeness. instead a rendered creation i made from say skyrim a custom made player of my creation. would something like this be possible? or am i thinking pie in the sky?