Downloading

I have downloaded the final victory with textures. I will also download the new scaled items as mine weren't correct. I will then create the scene three and five when the crows nest and biped, and nelson mapped is uploaded.

Uploads to Humyo

All the sails that have been uploaded on to humyo are now animated and have been loaded into the ships file and in a new folder called animated sails.

Scaled waves

I have now scaled the waves to fit into the scene. The waves and the victory ship were scaled to the size of Nelson.

Creating a Biped for the Crows Nest.

Today a biped had to be created for the crows nest. Only the top half of the biped was required. First I created the the biped and positioned it with the crews clothing. Next The bones of the biped were adjusted to fit the model by moving and rotating the individual bones. Next the fins of each bone were adjusted to fit the shape of the body. Once all the bones were adjusted to fit the body. The number of fingers on the biped was upped to five and the finger links were change to three. Once all the fingers were positioned the biped needed to be linked to the body.
Next the modifier physique was used and a node was create to the pelvis of the biped. Now the biped and the mesh are linked the mesh is effected by the movement of the biped bones.
Now the envelopes on the bone need to be adjusted so the effect the correct vertexes on the mesh. This proved very difficult on the hands of the sailor. After a lot of trouble I created several successful envelops on the hand however I could not attach the lower vertex on the fingers. Due to these problems James West had a go at fixing the problem.

Sails Movement

Nelson walking

Today James west finished the biped structure on Nelson and i have been looking at creating the pacing scene on the deck of the victory.

I have created footsteps from the biped and moved them to create the effect of Nelson walking down the stair of the victory. I am still waiting for Nelson and the victory to be mapped and baked.

Once this is completed I can completed and render this part of the animation as I am also on the finishing team.

Uploading to Humyo

I have now uploaded the water effect and the final animation of the sail and the sea on the background ships.