» Ramblings http://treadster.com/blog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:52:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Gears of War – 3D http://treadster.com/blog/gears-of-war-3d/ http://treadster.com/blog/gears-of-war-3d/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 08:25:19 +0000 m3 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=667 Hey all! Sorry things have been a little quiet here lately. I have been battling some health stuff lately that has all but zapped my energy. When I can however I have been doing some tests to see if I can make my next GoW movie in glorious 3DS max. I think I can I think I can I think I can. Here are a couple renders for you to chew on! Hope you guys are great!





]]> http://treadster.com/blog/gears-of-war-3d/feed/ 1 Hello Unreal Development Kit! http://treadster.com/blog/hello-unreal-development-kit/ http://treadster.com/blog/hello-unreal-development-kit/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:19:41 +0000 m3 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=662 I am moving from the UT3 editor into the wonderful new world of the Unreal Development Kit. There are many, MANY enhanced features that I am excited to check out. I am also working with it full time at work for the next month or so on some VIZ stuff. Overall it’s a really exciting time to be using this engine! Fin

UDK – http://www.udk.com/index

]]> http://treadster.com/blog/hello-unreal-development-kit/feed/ 3 Antipathy scores 1M youtube views, and there was much revolting http://treadster.com/blog/antipathy-scores-1m-youtube-views-and-there-was-much-revolting/ http://treadster.com/blog/antipathy-scores-1m-youtube-views-and-there-was-much-revolting/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:09:07 +0000 m3 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=638 When you post a video other people think is cool on youtube, you can expect 3 things to happen.

  1. You will get a lot of views
  2. Your video will be republished
  3. Some of your republished videos will be rick roll bait



The Antipathy trailer was just such a video.  It received numerous awards for which I am eternally grateful and it was republished numerous times which is also fine with me so long as proper credit is given etc.   ;)


So, when I saw this pole smokers republished Antipathy video not only claiming it was the Official Gears of War 3 trailer but then being ball-less enough to take credit for it to boot??  I had to take action – right up to the point I saw it had received like 100k views in just 30 days or something.  So the “view whore” in me took over and decided that exposure is exposure and just let it ride.  I did send him a few PM’s at first asking him to give us credit for the vid which he did not do.  The last correspondence I had with him was me calling him a various assortment of expletives.  That video has now surpassed one million views and I imagine will keep on keeping on unless someone reports it.


And that’s sort of the way it works with me.  I got my first million view video but it will be under false pretenses and not even on my channel. HA!  /grumble

]]> http://treadster.com/blog/antipathy-scores-1m-youtube-views-and-there-was-much-revolting/feed/ 2 Treadster gets spot in Xbox World Magazine UK http://treadster.com/blog/treadster-gets-spot-in-xbox-world-magazine-uk/ http://treadster.com/blog/treadster-gets-spot-in-xbox-world-magazine-uk/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:25:53 +0000 m3 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=561 Imagine my surprise when I got an email from Xbox World UK magazine asking me if they could put my movies on the DVD that accompanies their magazine. Well low and behold it has released and god damnit…WE’RE IN IT!! or on it whichever you prefer. In any case, hate to brag but I am just so full of awesome happiness right now that I just had to tell someone!! I guess the only bad news is that it’s from November 2009’s Issue. Weird, AMIRITE!


Movies that were included on the CD:

Huge thanks to Kimberly at Xbox world 360 magazine for contacting me.


This is the magazine’s DVD and Magazine cover art so if you have that – check the “extras” section on the DVD!







]]> http://treadster.com/blog/treadster-gets-spot-in-xbox-world-magazine-uk/feed/ 6 Avatar – new images released in ULTRA HQ (3508×1973) http://treadster.com/blog/avatar-new-images-released-in-ultra-hq-3508x1973/ http://treadster.com/blog/avatar-new-images-released-in-ultra-hq-3508x1973/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:44:28 +0000 m3 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=434 Head on over to SPOILER TV to check out these images in Ultra High Quality. I have no doubt this movie will live up to its hype. Is it weird that I am attracted to the blue alien girl?

alienBlueGirl

]]> http://treadster.com/blog/avatar-new-images-released-in-ultra-hq-3508x1973/feed/ 0 Meet the Actors! http://treadster.com/blog/meet-the-actors/ http://treadster.com/blog/meet-the-actors/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:13:35 +0000 m3 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=408 Well after a long difficult study session, I am happy to announce I am done with the face rigging for the cast of Antipathy.  That would be the Locust Commander :o , Marcus, DOM, Cole, Baird, and possibly a few more.  Here is a screenshot of the guys in action and though it can ALWAYS be improved, I am pretty happy with the facial movement at this point.  I am finding that facial animation is the Black Hole of improvement so I have to force myself off of this task and on to the next.  But anyway I am happy to be at this point and begin the facial animation in Unreal Ed.

I am also in the market for a mocap system thinking that now is as good a time as ever to make that investment.  Have my eye on a couple and will let you all know when I get closer to pulling the *gulp* trigger.

I leave you with a screenshot of the crew posing for us.  Cheers!

Gears of War "Antipathy" Actors ]]> http://treadster.com/blog/meet-the-actors/feed/ 0 Antipathy release date delayed http://treadster.com/blog/antipathy-release-date-delayed/ http://treadster.com/blog/antipathy-release-date-delayed/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:49:32 +0000 m3 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=398 I am pleased to announce that we are delaying the release date of our Gears of War short “Antipathy”.  Why am I pleased?  What could possibly be so wrong with me that I could be happy about this travesty? Because it will make the film a gabillion times better that’s why!

First of all I need to thank everyone for their helpful comments on the plethora of blogs, forums, websites, etc that Antipathy was promoted.  99% of the comments have been very positive and I would just like to say that I, the creator, feed off of this.  It really helps keep you motivated, so huge thanks there.  Of course this is somewhat of a double edged sword as it made me really analyze the film under the proverbial microscope.  So what am I doing?


First: I am totally redoing the opening sequence, adding entire scenes that will help the viewer get a much clearer idea of what is going on.


Second: I don’t want to say too much here but I am creating a system that will allow me to demolish a city in unreal.


Third: I am totally redoing the fight scene and ending. One of the biggest criticisms I got (and maybe rightfully so) was about the locust ninja.  So I will tone that down a bit and make it closer to GoW reality.  And for those of you asking about why there are no guns, there is a def a reason why they don’t use guns.


Four: Adding dialog. This will be difficult and will require me to rig each COG head with facefx.  In addition I will have to use suitable voices for the characters.

Face Rig in 3DS max

New Face Rig in 3DS max



I will also be releasing another trailer as we get a little bit closer to the release date.  That’s about it, thanks again for your support and I will keep you all updated as to my progress.


ps – yes Marcus IS in the film :)

its OK Marcus...

its OK Marcus...

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and

is now featured at IGN’s “Best of the Web”


Huge thanks to everyone who contributed and to Termi who promoted the trailer on both sites.

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]]> http://treadster.com/blog/treadster-on-twitter/feed/ 0 The ViewZ – Episode 2 released! http://treadster.com/blog/the-viewz-episode-2-released/ http://treadster.com/blog/the-viewz-episode-2-released/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:41:23 +0000 m3 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=365 In The ViewZ episode 2, we sit down with Phil Rice from z-studios.com to talk to him about his Machinima past and various other topics of interest. I will also break down the realization of the consummate breakthrough when producing machinima.

Listen streaming HERE

or direct downloadHERE

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