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The King of Harts



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:46 pm Reply with quote
That's pretty bitchin, if I do say so myself.
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Spoofer



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:49 pm Reply with quote
Pretty bitchin indeed.
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grooven



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:56 pm Reply with quote
Totally bitchin! I really want to get this now since I am terrible at CG and poses in general.
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spartydragon



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:21 pm Reply with quote
Potentially pretty cool. I see a lot of lazy stuff coming out of this, but I also see the possibility of build-it-yourself kits that let you build creatures and things to be used for easy peasy stop motion/3DCG fun (which is what I'd use it for). Anime hyper
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nght5tlkr



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:22 am Reply with quote
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BardielXIII



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:38 am Reply with quote
Wow if they can keep this thing's price around the $200-300 range I'll have to seriously consider it. Not much of a CG motion kind of person, but this could definitely help with design projects like mecha costumes; useful especially to accurately peg down the freedom of movement on simple CG drafts or modifying some pre-existing models.

... Plus the thing is a neat looking figure on it's own. Just wondering if giving it something like Kamen Rider style eyes would mess with the sensor(s) in the head real bad.
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3rdHalf



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:31 am Reply with quote
As a person who is very familiar with 3d CG - I am mild sceptical.
If it costs more than 200$ - It's not worth it.
By the look of it: animating character movement would be a pain in "youknowwhere"
Character animation with biped is already pretty easy.

Anyway!
I don't see it as some kind cutting edge tool, that every animator will use in the future.
But!
If it costs less than 100$ - i'll buy it, as a fun gadget - not some advanced animating tool.
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Sticks



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:21 pm Reply with quote
That is Very Cool!!..... Cool
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:38 pm Reply with quote
This is gonna be like when Flash first came out, and everybody thought they could do animation. Oh how we loved those early Flash animations! Laughing
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