Ooooooh boy.
So, it's come to my attention that I'm the only regular Blender user here, despite it being one of just three (legally) free rendering programs that are useful for ARC bots. It'd be cool to see some more people use it, but it's kind of hard to get started on. And so, an idea came to me: I can make a little tutorial for anyone who wants to learn it.
I've spent the past... I lost track on how long, actually... constructing this tutorial, in which I cover the basics of Blender and walk through a simple wedgebot render. The whole thing's compiled in an imgur album. If there's enough interest, I can make this into an ongoing series in which I cover more and more complex bots and design techniques.
For now, anyone who wants to, enjoy!
If you run into any problems following this, ask me about it and I'll do my best to clarify.
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Blender tutorial that nobody asked for
lol Zombie Killer
In all seriousness this is really well done and seems pretty helpful. I don't plan on switching to blender, tho :P
In all seriousness this is really well done and seems pretty helpful. I don't plan on switching to blender, tho :P
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CHAMPIONS: Lightweight//Ruination 4//Nick's Fuzzy Rules -- -- Hobbyweight//Bot-o-Rama//Buzzkill
Lol, being able to trust a conservative ever again went out the door for me a looooong time ago. I ~Hikeradam
RIP Adam, the conservatives got him while he was typing ~ HoorayForLexan
They built it sideways ~Trihunter
Las Vegas? ~Madbull
No just the building ~Trihunter

Blender tutorial that nobody asked for
It certainly makes it look a lot easier. I'm probably sticking with tinkercad, but Blender is looking like an option in the future
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Recent Tournaments:
ROBOT2
FW: Apocalyptic Peacekeeper (2-3)
LW: Backstab 3 (3-3) [Lifetime 11-8]
MW: Outrage 2 (4-1) [Lifetime 6-3]
HW: Tulta Munille (3-2)
Ruination: The Upheavel
LW: White Lightning (1-6) [Lifetime 4-8]
MW: Diablo Genesis (5-3) [Lifetime 10-5]
HW: Coup de Grâce (2-5) [Lifetime 13-9]
SHW: Fenrir (6-2) [Lifetime 7-3]
Reckoning: The Revival
MW: Vovoka (4-1) [Lifetime 10-3]
tune in next time on ARC when I one-up Boto by posting my vast collection of Thomas The Tank Engine hentai on the Discord :V -HFL
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Blender tutorial that nobody asked for
Blender is several orders of magnitude more complicated than TinkerCAD, but thanks to this guide I'm finally making progress on learning it. Thanks Brad.

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