Minolta XE film camera

robocyte · February 4, 2018, 12:05am

Morning all! Wip thread for my newest project - a model of my Minolta XE-1 and XE-5. I got both of them from my Mom and my grandpa and wanted to model them for the longest time. So far modeling of the camera body is finished, will do UV unwrap and building the XE-1 variant soon. Then texturing in Substance.

Basic material render, no textures:

SterlingRoth · February 5, 2018, 8:06am

Nice work! a couple years back I modeled up my Minolta SRT-101: https://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?203336-Minolta-SR-T-101-35mm-film-SLR-camera

robocyte · February 5, 2018, 11:43am

Thanks, also I really like your model!

Here’s some wires:

And after UV unwrapping:

malhomsi · February 6, 2018, 1:52am

hello robocyte ,
nice work, i dont know ur backround but i admire how u r able to attack other project after ur great job on the moto !
i was unable to finish on single project since my last one ( i put so much effort on !!)
respect mate !

robocyte · February 6, 2018, 9:08am

Thanks malhomsi! Really liked your last work (Mr. Lucky) btw

AndreDe · February 6, 2018, 10:38pm

Great work so far and a nice and clean topology, looks promising! Can’t wait to see the final renders.

robocyte · February 8, 2018, 9:05am

Thanks AndréDe

robocyte · February 8, 2018, 1:32pm

Didn’t have much time, so I modeled only one lens so far: The Minolta MC Rokkor-PF 50mm f1.7

robocyte · February 10, 2018, 1:23pm

Finally got the Texture Atlas for the camera body and the lens ready:

robocyte · February 25, 2018, 12:18pm

Some texturing progress in SD:

robocyte · February 26, 2018, 4:45am

Cycles viewport tests:

Sammy1973 · February 26, 2018, 1:44pm

Wow! That’s beautiful!
How did you get the uv’s packed so neatly!?

robocyte · February 26, 2018, 2:01pm

Thanks Sammy, uv layout was done by hand, approx 2 hours

robocyte · February 26, 2018, 3:10pm

Here’s the first draft of lens texture:

zingzong · February 27, 2018, 3:21am

wow amazing:D Very clean too! Did you use Substance Painter or all done in blender?

robocyte · February 27, 2018, 5:15am

Thanks zingzong, yes, textures were done in Substance Painter and Photoshop.

zingzong · February 27, 2018, 7:48am

Ah, I never used SP and considered using it for some time. Does it allow simultaneous mutiple texture painting/ and layers?

If it does, I may consider purchasing it…

robocyte · February 27, 2018, 10:49am

Yes, this is possible. You should take a look at the Allegorithmic YouTube channel, lots of good info there.
Can’t wait until this kind of texture editing is possible in Blender

usernew · March 1, 2018, 3:39am

This looks stunning! I can see very tiny details! Brilliant! Why not post timelapse videos of your work? People will love it!

robocyte · March 1, 2018, 7:09am

Thanks a lot! I’ve definitely thought about recording my process, let’s see if I find the time