This is a model of a Toy Steamengine.
The pistons and wheels are moving mechanically correct. Simply animate the X-Rotation of the shape node called 'animateRotateXforMovement'
Also included particle animations for the following features:
- fire:
the fire heating the water.
- boiling water:
bubbles rising from the ground of the boiler to the watersurface in increasing size and velocity.
- steam rising from the watersurface:
modify speed and density of the steam
- steam entering the engine:
depending on the movement of the pistons, the steam is moving from one side of the engine to the other.
Also included are all texturefiles, including dirtmaps, which are placed on a copy of the modell
Check out all the layers and render layers.
Take a look at the Preview Quicktimemovie to see the different features in action.
ATTENTION: Download consists of two- volume .rar files
Alternatively you might want to check out the .obj version, which is without particles, textures and animation.
Preview images rendered with Mental Ray, Final Gather , HDRI (HDRI image not included). Some compositing work in After Effects.
Contact me if you have questions regarding the inner workings of the particle system.
