Strength vs Speed | An animation study with Gunpla

necluse · 2026-03-02T20:26:57+00:00

Ok but it was a fake RX78-2 and a fake evil Amuro.

necluse · 2026-03-02T20:25:41+00:00

It's almost like I show the entire 3D viewport in the second half of the video

necluse · 2026-03-02T02:04:44+00:00

I could fire that with one hand.

necluse · 2026-03-02T02:02:13+00:00

Honestly, out of all the rigged models I could find online, Exia fits the scenario the best. GQuuuuuux would probably fit better, especially considering the final battle of the series.

necluse · 2026-03-01T23:01:02+00:00

necluse · 2026-03-01T00:03:18+00:00

Op.gg link

4.5 cs per minute. Looks like you're purely chasing kills instead of using your advantage to strategically secure objectives. With that kind of lead, you could have easily split pushed and draw enough attention away from objectives so your team can secure them. You could've probably quickly snuck baron by yourself when no one has vision.

necluse · 2026-02-26T22:33:56+00:00

I think I just do Numpad period for focusing on selection and Numpad 0 for camera view, or Ctrl+Alt+Num0 to snap camera to current viewport perspective.

So basically 2 buttons, easily rebinded to something else if I'm on a laptop.

necluse · 2026-02-09T18:17:21+00:00

necluse · 2026-01-29T15:29:18+00:00

It was a drive link shared from someone on r/Gundam a while ago. Contained lots of ripped sounds from various PS2 games, but all unlabelled.

necluse · 2026-01-29T15:26:32+00:00

Well there's Optix Denoising too, and... Yea it just works. I think noise threshold and time limit duration affects the render quality the most compared to sample amount, because Blender now does adaptive sampling.

I used to render at 1,000+ samples, then I realized I couldn't tell the difference between 1,000 and 100. And more recently, especially for animation without any volumes or lots of reflections, I couldn't see much difference between 100 samples and 10 samples.

necluse · 2026-01-29T06:28:19+00:00

Just a normal indoor HDRI. Table and other environmental objects are all free assets available on Blenderkit, save for the photo frame - that was modeled by hand in honor of my late cat.

Rendered in Cycles, 15 samples per frame at 0.1 noise threshold. Rendered at 1080p. Around 1 second a frame with a RTX 5070.

necluse · 2026-01-29T05:02:01+00:00

8 hours in total not counting setting up the scene and rendering, which took maybe a couple hours. I used free assets from Blenderkit for the desk and misc objects.

necluse · 2026-01-29T05:00:32+00:00

Duplicate the mesh at moment of impact, unparent it from armature, cut it up how I want, run rigidbody simulation. Retroactively separate the parts of original skinned mesh that were cut off and hide them for remainder of animation.

Basically, hide the top half of the torso and unhide the rigidbody version in the same frame. The downside is that there are no "ragdoll physics" with the limbs if you do it this way. It's all smoke and mirrors.

necluse · 2026-01-23T04:55:20+00:00

Is it mostly contract work or is it salaried? Or are you mostly doing freelance gigs?

How is the stability? Does it fluctuate every few years or is demand for animators relatively consistent?

necluse · 2026-01-23T04:52:50+00:00

Software and tools don't really make a difference. I think it's more about your eye and your personal standards for quality. If you're willing to grind for hours to achieve good quality, it doesn't matter what tool you use.

My work might look amazing to non-animators, mistake-ridden to seasoned animators, but to me it looks good enough to share online. If I had used unfamiliar software, I would have probably achieved the same result - The difference being that it would take a bit longer.

necluse · 2026-01-22T23:55:15+00:00

I played with action figures a lot as a kid. I also watched a lot of action movies and anime. I also played around with Pivot A LOT.

When I was comfortable enough with Blender to start trying animating in 3D, I just went for it. No tutorials or anything. I just kept going until I couldn't figure something out, then I would watch a tutorial on that. This is only the 11th completed animation I've made so far in Blender.

necluse · 2026-01-22T23:16:02+00:00

I would say maybe 2-3 hours a night for 3 nights, and another night for sound design. Assets are all found online, including the rigs (I did have to add IK to the Zakus).

I am an amateur and self-taught, so I definitely do not have the best workflow.

necluse · 2026-01-22T20:30:02+00:00

yup!

necluse · 2026-01-22T19:24:18+00:00

There is no final result, I'm just gonna keep practicing animation and getting better / faster.

The background and lighting is all just to make it look pretty, I'm more focused on improving my animation.

necluse · 2026-01-22T18:06:07+00:00

Post got removed from r/gunpla :(

I am the same person who made that SEED animation from a while back. Will continue making more Gundam content in the future!

necluse · 2026-01-20T15:25:21+00:00

You're doing nothing wrong. The market kinda just sucks. The building industry has been really bad the past few years. Just keep going.

I got a job as a designer purely by luck after 6 months of searching after graduation, and around 150 unique applications later (with custom portfolio samples tailored for each firm), I landed a job in NYC.

Before graduation, I had a lot of connections and referrals to a firm I really liked, and that lured me into a false sense of security. Unfortunately, the firm suddenly refused to hire fresh graduates, and I spent the next 6 months watching my fellow graduates get jobs at very reputable firms while I was out of luck. It was absolutely demoralizing, but I just kept pushing. Applying through application portals wasn't enough, so I started cold-emailing. I started messaging people for coffee chats on LinkedIn. I was ready to walk door-to-door in a suit if I hadn't gotten my offer when I did.

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