In this series of lessons we're going to build the spider robot for our Infiltrator project.

In this portion of the Infiltrator project we'll use the reference art created in the previous section to construct the character geometry. We'll take the design we've settled on and build it up in Maya using a variety of modeling tools. We'll start out by creating a large library of mechanical pieces that we can use to add detail and fill in open areas at our discretion. Then we'll build the large shell pieces and begin to put it together using our geometry library. We'll also talk about naming and grouping geometry appropriately and reusing geometry to save time. Once done, we'll have the geometry for our Infiltrator robot that we can then rig, animate and integrate into our video.

Lesson Outline (31 lessons)

1. Introduction and Project Overview


2. Reviewing reference art


3. Building a parts library - Part 1


4. Building a parts library - Part 2


5. Building a parts library - Part 3


6. Building a parts library - Part 4


7. Building a parts library - Part 5


8. Building a parts library - Part 6


9. Building a parts library - Part 7


10. Building a parts library - Part 8


11. Building a parts library - Part 9


12. Building a parts library - Part 10


13. Building a parts library - Part 11


14. Building a parts library - Part 12


15. Building a parts library - Part 13


16. Building the base of the body


17. Modeling the top of the body


18. Modeling the creature's head


19. Finishing the head shell


20. Building the eyes


21. Modeling the neck and head frame


22. Adding mechanical pieces to the head


23. Adding mechanical pieces to the body


24. Building the rear shell with struts


25. Modeling the front shell


26. Building the leg framework


27. Modeling the leg shells


28. Adding mechanical pieces to the leg


29. Setting up the hierarchy and building the back leg


30. Building the arms using leg geometry


31. Placing the legs and arms


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