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As a break from regular work I modeled and rendered out these stylus compositions. Moi3D is very well suited for this. Mighty handy nurbs modeling tool it is. In a jiffy it also converts  NURBS models into polygons for further us in other apps and rendering. Nice!

This MOI > C4D > render  workflow has become somewhat standard in the studio when it comes to hard surface modeling. Rendering was done in Maxwell this time, one of my most favourite render engines. Guess that is not a secret ;-)

Shaders for Maxwell were done in cinema 4D. Once again Maxwell Fire comes foreward as a  very valuable tool.

Enjoy the results below.

Here's a list of Mrs. Peppercorn related articles and reviews:

• Variety Magazine (online): http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118035497?refCatId=13
• Screenread review (mentioned Nonius3D) : http://www.screenread.de/mrs-peppercorns-magical-reading-room-mike-le-han-short-film-review/
• Geektyrant : http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/3/30/movie-review-mrs-peppercorns-magica...
• Flipbook studio: http://www.flipbookstudio.co.uk/latest-news-from-flipbook-studio.asp
• Napiers News: http://www.napiersnews.com/2011/03/movie-review-mrs-peppercorns-magical....
• Official website : http://www.mrspeppercornthemovie.co.uk/
• IMDB.com : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1863332/fullcredits#cast
• Screenread : http://www.screenread.de/mike-le-han-mrs-peppercorns-magical-reading-roo... (german)

Today I found my invitiations for the Mrs. Peppercorn Magical Reading Room Premiere in my mailbox. They arrived by air mail. Never seen more and bigger stamps and stickers on an envelope before. haha.

Thanks to Mike Le Han for that.  I'm of to London next Tuesday!

I'm very excited to see some of my 3D stuff on the big screen.

I always dreamt of animating characters. But rigging made that dream a hard goal to reach. I started out many years ago in 3Dsmax 7 or so, using the new emerged CAT at that time. I managed to make an ant move like a robot on diarrhea. That's when my face hit the wall and that's when I realized that rigging and animating were just not the same degree of skill as other 3D stuff. It scared me, and I stayed away from it for a very long time. Using that time to dive further into other aspects of 3D never hurt me. In fact, it allowed me to explore and master modeling, uv's texturing and rendering without being distracted by 'character animation'.  The last few years I've added sculpting to that series of skills and that too is great fun.

I live un unbiased life. I do, as far as it concerns rendering. No need to say that I am quite excited to hear that the very active developped Maxwell Render has a new release on the shelf. 2.5.1. Not JUST another number. It promisses to be an excellent update on the allready excellent render engine. The 'what's new' list is quite long and you can read all about it here: http://www.maxwellrender.com/pdf/whatsnew-2.5.1.pdf