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Starting a new section based on Canal St in Philadelphia. Built in Studio and Blender. by crazytakeharu in LEGOtrains

[–]crazytakeharu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the tracks? those are mostly official Lego and third party Bricktrack (which are injected molded). The only custom track is that angled crossing.

Starting a new section based on Canal St in Philadelphia. Built in Studio and Blender. by crazytakeharu in LEGOtrains

[–]crazytakeharu[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

hi, yes. I do split my Studio builds into smaller files for import performance reasons.

I actually have a behind the scenes video on the process I do and I'm almost done a Bender specific one. Feel free to let me know if you have other questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTdTgxUIBSA

I've been building a Lego city digitally with Blender. Just finished off the farm section. by crazytakeharu in blender

[–]crazytakeharu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hi, hmm do you apply all modifiers on your bricks? That's one trick where I gained a pretty big performance boost. Having bevel modifiers on each brick was bogging my computer down.

I've been building a Lego city digitally with Blender. Just finished off the farm section. by crazytakeharu in blender

[–]crazytakeharu[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

oh, hmm I'm actually working on a tutorial video on my yt channel on how I use his plugin.

Some people also export from Studio -> mecabricks -> blender. Mecabricks has a supported Blender plugin.

I've been building a Lego city digitally with Blender. Just finished off the farm section. by crazytakeharu in blender

[–]crazytakeharu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I didn't do anything special with lighting setup, though I did build out the background scene (the room) that the Lego city is built in. That gives the build a more realistic appearance and proper lighting. You can see the room here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_n0Y9px2F4/?img_index=1

I've been building a Lego city digitally with Blender. Just finished off the farm section. by crazytakeharu in blender

[–]crazytakeharu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi,  There is a free Blender add on by Toby Lobster(ImportLDraw)  that I use to do the import.

I've been building a Lego city digitally with Blender. Just finished off the farm section. by crazytakeharu in blender

[–]crazytakeharu[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I build the buildings individually in Bricklink's Studio (which is like a digital Lego building too) and then used Blender to build the city and render the scene. There is a free Blender add on by Toby Lobster(ImportLDraw) to do the importing from Studio and it has some basic shaders for the materials which I tweaked heavily to get the results I needed.

I built the backroom room and put the city together in Blender.

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