mnap22 Posted March 4, 2013 (edited) Hi all, First time poster saying hello! Recently I finally figured out after months of searching how to get LDR amd LXF models into Maya. Up til now, I've just been doing renderings of superhero minifigs (you can check them out here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnap73/). But now, thanks to this forum, I can actually put some actual Lego models into my scenes. I've been trying to contact the members whose models I've downloaded, to get their ok, but you need to get 10 posts first to be able to message someone. SO here is post number one, with Lego Superman playing around with the 10133 Burlington North Santa Fe Locomotive model by Andy C. Basically I'm trying to make sure I give credit where credit is due, and hope no one is angry for me just using it without permission. So thanks Andy C, and hope you like what I've done. Here's another I've done. This time I took the little flying ship from the 8635 Mobile Command Center by Aanchir. A little change of color, add a Cobra logo, and you've got Cobra gunships. Again, thanks to Aanchir for posting the model. One more. This time I took the Captain America cycle and using Bricksmith, built a sidecar and added in the gatling gun (it's actually the what I used to model the Brickarms minigun). And now you have the GI Joe Rapid Fire Motorcycle! Edited March 4, 2013 by mnap22 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
legolijntje Posted March 4, 2013 Nice renders, especially the first one I think it would be useful to people if you also tell how you imported them into Maya? Exporting using LDview maybe? A nice fact: the Lego digital modelers use Maya too. They have their own private collection of digital parts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnap22 Posted March 4, 2013 Thanks! You are correct, I did use LDview to export to .3ds format. Then I just imported the file into Maya. Of course there is some cleaning up to do, and sometimes parts get renamed, but most of it comes through quite nicely. And yes, I did hear that the Lego designers use Maya. I'd love to get my hand on those files ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyC Posted March 4, 2013 Superman lifting the BNSF, love it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Palathadric Posted March 4, 2013 Great stuff. The first one is especially fantastic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
