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The spin cycle enthusiast, inside the world of washer collecting
Meet Jon Charles, a passionate washer collector who finds joy in the spin cycle and has created a global community of like-minded enthusiasts.
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Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Creating Larger Props from Smaller Ones
In this lesson, you will find out how to create large props from smaller ones. For instance, you can combine a stack of books together and rotate them to create props that look different and populate your dungeon.
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Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Creating the Ale Mug Handles
This lesson will focus on creating handles for our ale mug. This is a characteristic asset that we would expect to see in a dungeon for the guards to drink out of. Wouldn't you?
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Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - How to Customize Imported Texture Maps
In this lesson, you will find out how to customize imported texture maps in Blender. You will be learning about the node structure that comes built-in with Blender. You will also learn how to use nodes to create differences in textures,...
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Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Creating Functioning Details
In this lesson, we will be creating functioning details for our guillotine. This will include the blade and the mechanism behind making it drop.
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Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Working with More Ornate Models
This lesson will focus on adding ornate details to the model (for example, ornate flares on the top).
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Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Speeding Up Workflow with Geometry Nodes
In this lesson, we will be testing out both of our geometry nodes—chain and rope. We will be using them both in one model.
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Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Creating the Rack Base Mesh
In this lesson, we will start work on modelling another torture device for our dungeon. Racks are traditionally wooden and those who would lie on them will have their limbs stretched until they dislocate. Our aim is to make our rack as...
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Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Adding Stability to the Bed
In this lesson, we will be adding stability to our prison bed.
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Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Modelling the Stocks
This lesson will be the onset of creating stocks. These can be an essential part of a torture chamber or part of the assets you might expect in a public execution square.
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Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Adding Decals to Our Banners
In this lesson, you will learn how to add decals to cloth and make them transparent so that they can seamlessly blend in with the background texture.
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Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Creating Variations in Our Bookcases
In this lesson, we will be integrating small details into the design of our bookcases to create two different ones. We will be featuring books and scrolls in them.
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Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Starting the Bookcases
This lesson will see us start work on creating a set of bookcases.
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Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Populating the Treasure Chest
In this lesson, we will be populating the treasure chest with treasure!
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Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Creating the Smaller Coins
In this lesson, we will be creating smaller coins for our coin pile. Adding coins of different sizes will help us make the treasure look more believable and fill those small gaps between the coins perfectly.
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Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Working with Boolean Modifier
In this lesson, we will be using Booleans to generate extra polygons to benefit the realism of our scene.
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Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Creating the Cloth Material
This lesson will see us learning how to create the cloth material for our banners.
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Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Adding the Bookcases to Our Asset Manager
In this lesson, we will be adding the bookcases to our asset manager.
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Understanding Inertia Using Eggs
You probably know that by spinning an egg, you can find out if it is raw or hard-boiled. But did you know that if you stop a spinning raw egg for a second with your finger and release it, it continues spinning for a little bit? A raw egg...
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Why Are Tennis Balls Fuzzy?
The fuzz on a tennis ball is important because it helps the ball to spin and slow down. The fuzz also makes the sport easy on the spectators by making the ball easier to follow. You must have seen tennis greats like Serena Williams,...
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Theoretical and Experimental Probability
In this math video lesson we will learn about theoretical and experimental probability. We will define theoretical probability as the ratio of the number of favorable outcomes to the number of possible outcomes. We will review possible...
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Making a Coin Spin with Forks and Batteries
This experiment of a coin spinning with forks and batteries is just incredible. It is too bad that it is not real. However, this is an easy and fun way to amuse friends or family.
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Jonny Moseley and the Forgotten Art of Ski Ballet
Discover the grace and athleticism of ski ballet with Olympic skier Jonny Moseley, as he revives the artistry of this once-popular freestyle skiing discipline.
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Wind Turbines: Harnessing the Power of the Wind for Renewable Energy
Wind turbines are giant futuristic windmills that use the power of the wind to generate electricity. The wind turns the blades of the turbine, which then powers a generator to produce clean and renewable energy. Wind power is...