I was wrong about which claws were going in. We were still on the lower set. Next time, though, we work on the head.

Again, I fought like hell to get it looking this good, while the instructor made it all look easy. None of what we did here was new. I dunno.

The thing to take away is that I finally got it right, or close enough that I can walk away for a bit.

It’s kinda frustrating on how long this is taking. I know the material, I just mess it all up.

I’m learning, though. Hopefully.

Next comes the hands.

Not sure how obvious it is, but this is not the same image as last time. It is, in fact, my third time through.

Not that this particular lesson was difficult. It’s the next one that’s kicking my butt.

Anyways. MORE T-REX!

Two more videos to go!

I want to take a second to point out the stairs. This was an addition I came up with driving around town. I figured out how it could be done, worked on it for a little bit, and threw it into the setup.

I think adding spur-of-the-moment things is a good thing. I did it with the fire island piece and if I can think of something for the next project, I will.

One of my goals with this is to have fun. So far it’s been worth the headaches of trying to figure out how I, say, lost the base of my torch, but not the flame itself.

That one still doesn’t make any sense to me…

I fought entirely too hard to get to this point.

But.

Here I am. Almost finished with this section of the course. Next? LOW POLYGON T-REX!

Here’s another view of the dungeon room:

I’m probably the only one who finds all of this exciting. Can’t help myself. It’s like building your own Legos. I can’t wait to start making things with them.

As a interesting note, I made three of these modular walls and forgot to leave a fourth non-connected-to-pillar wall as a spare. Easy fix, but dumb mistake.

Next I’m building an arch door way. I was about to write “How cool is that?”, but it really isn’t that cool.

Probably.

I might add a few more notches over on the right side. But not bad for a first timer.

Quick confession: this took longer than it should. For whatever reason, the bricks had to be the same size. Had to be. Exactly 80 centimeters.

Blender centimeters, mind. there’s a grid for it and everything.

So with the top row I made damn sure all five bricks were the right size.

With the bottom row… I forced myself to eyeball it.

And you know what? While I wasn’t 100%, I was damn close.

Pleased me to no end.

Then I made sure they were all 100%.

Because I had to.

Had to.

The whole thing didn’t take too long and, again, very happy with the outcome.

As a bonus, a little look behind the scenes with the wall.

It might not be too clear, but the whole thing is flat. It’s like the fake looking sets in all the B-movies.

God I love that.