LW Dynamics - Trebuchet
 

Here is a Trebuchet I am building for the dynamics challenge going on over at CGTalk. The weapon's movement has to be generated from dynamics and the projectile has to smash a brick wall. I have most of the Trebuchet done. Just need to add a trigger.

The animation:

http://beta.usavgroup.com/cgtalk/visby2.mov (980K)



and a still:

Looking good mate. Good luck with it!

-Neo

Dude that is amazing! Hope you win :)

Adding some landscaping...

nice nice nice!!!

good luck with this one!!

and here is the enemy tower...

Beautifully detailed renders there Cory.

Thanks Mark and welcome back.

Here is the first test of the tower getting hit.

http://beta.usavgroup.com/cgtalk/tower1.mov

Cool. Lightwave8 dynamics are a bit of a hoot aren't they :D

One thing I have noticed though is if you look about 1/2 second after the rock hits the tower, at the top of the tower itself, you can see the missile escaping :)

I don't know that I would call them a hoot :confused:

That errant brick is because I didn't put collision detection on the top floor. It won't happen in the final render.

Absolutly loved the idea and the animation.... nice details.

Here is the lastest update on the Trebuchet.

http://beta.usavgroup.com/cgtalk/visby3.mov (668k)


and a still from the video:

Excellent. I'd be tempted to switch receive shadows off for the backdrop though - the shadow on there looks a little out of place.

I have to get it back to looking like the still several posts above. The shadows are too long. I'm suprised you didn't notice a big error in there.

busting
 

Will it bust out the other side of the tower?