Archive for May, 2008
The Scorpio was a smaller weapon, more of a sniper weapon than a siege engine, being operated by only one person. The Scorpio was basically a primitive giant crossbow, a ‘catapult with bolts’, probably first invented by the Greeks, then later adopted and used on a larger scale by the Roman legions. This catapult used [...]
The onager was a post-classical Roman siege engine, which derived its name from the kicking action of the machine, similar to that of an onager (wild ass). It is a type of catapult that uses te nsional pressure, generally from twisted rope, to store energy for the shot (wikipedia.org).
I try to make that machine with [...]
I create waving flag in this tutorial with the help of ncloth (Maya).
Here I just convert poly plane to ncloth and tied (with the help of ncloth constrain) to pole, then just add wind in nucleus node. no need to add extra air or any other field.
Here is the high res video (800X600)
The Scorpio was a smaller weapon, more of a sniper weapon than a siege engine, being operated by only one person. The Scorpio was basically a primitive giant crossbow, a ‘catapult with bolts’, probably first invented by the Greeks, then later adopted and used on a larger scale by the Roman legions. This catapult used [...]
The onager was a post-classical Roman siege engine, which derived its name from the kicking action of the machine, similar to that of an onager (wild ass). It is a type of catapult that uses te nsional pressure, generally from twisted rope, to store energy for the shot (wikipedia.org).
I try to make that machine with [...]
I create waving flag in this tutorial with the help of ncloth (Maya).
Here I just convert poly plane to ncloth and tied (with the help of ncloth constrain) to pole, then just add wind in nucleus node. no need to add extra air or any other field.
Here is the high res video (800X600)
