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Anatomy of a 3D fight scene

Posted by m3 On June - 9 - 2009

After completing Jess for the MSUC, I was turned on to what is probably some of the best martial arts I have seen in a movie so far. The movie is called Dragon Tiger Gate. I loved it so much I bought the blu-ray on Amazon (2 weeks ago and still waiting btw :( ( ).

I decided to try and animate a semi realistic 3D fight scene for myself this time using the Gears of War characters. Well one thing led to another and there had to be a beginning and an end so that is what I am working on currently. Here are a couple images from that scene. Big thanks to Zach Scott who suggested I turn the map from day to night and basically fix everything… Its working out great. Look for a release in a couple weeks. Cheers!

Xbox.Ca deal off, Halo Wars machinima still on…

Posted by m3 On February - 6 - 2009

After the release of the ut3 vs halo dance video, we were contacted by the PR firm that handles the Xbox canada account asking us if we could possibly make a Halo Wars machinima before the release of the game.  I was delighted to talk with them. I let them know what all I needed and what was involved.  Long story short is that after a dozen email exchanges they were unable to gain permission from Bungie and MSoft for the characters and Epic for the engine.  If I were Microsoft I probably wouldn’t want people to see how awesome Halo looks in the unreal engine either.  The bright side is that I have decided to do it anyways :)  maybe :P

Treadster Media 2009 sneak peaks

Posted by m3 On January - 21 - 2009

We have been very fortunate lately and have some awesome stuff coming down the pipe. We are excited to be able to share a few screen shots with you.  This is all you get though! :)   Cheers everyone! Check out the SNEAK PEAKS

Check out our testies!

Posted by m3 On January - 13 - 2009


Treadster Media has opened up a new section of the website.  It is our test renders…including Unreal physX, Ragdoll, and some driving tests.  There will be some more exciting tests being posted soon.

CLick here for the Testies

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!





Gears of War – 3D

Posted by m3