How to Import Sintel into my Project?

Technical Support Modeling
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So I’ve created a sniper rifle scene in Blender (I have 2.65a), and now I’m thinking of using Sintel to interact with the rifle, so I need to either import her into the rifle project, or import the rifle into her project file.

The problem I’m having is twofold:

  • Whenever I do anything in the version of Sintel downloaded from Blendswap (Sintel Lite 2.1), it takes ages to get Blender to respond. Do I need to convert the Sintel project to 2.65a? Anything I do locks up Blender, and one of my 8 CPU threads is maxed out for long periods of time.

So I’m thinking of importing her model into my rifle project, which is 2.65a-based.

  • How best to go about doing this? I’ve never imported an object from one project into another yet, and the Sintel model itself is a step in complexity!

Is there a video or howto guide on using Sintel in projects?

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Since the rifle would be less complexed compared to Sintel, append the rifle model for starters.

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Having fun with Sintel on Christmas Eve, I came up with this:

http://www.becsta.com/gallery/d/1867-1/Sintel-TRG42.png

There are a few problems I’m having:

  • The Sintel-Lite model from Blendswap doesn’t seem to come with the high-quality textures required when rendering Sintel in Cycles - her skin, hair, and head are all black, and the clothes are flat colours.

  • The model’s rigged with a single finger bone, so I can’t form a fist, or bend the trigger finger into the correct position?

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For me the Sintel is looking very good and nice, I think you can make a little shooting game with that. :smiley:

Keep up the good work mate :slight_smile: