This document provides an overview of a presentation about 3D modeling. It includes examples of 3D models the presenter has created across various scales and genres, from military aircraft and vehicles to buildings and characters. The presenter discusses their modeling process and shares tips for getting started in 3D modeling, including recommended software and training resources.

1. 3D Model
MODELING
Finished 3D Model
RENDERING
1:72 Scale ModelRESEARCH
TEXTURE MAP

2. www.shortfuse3d.com
Presenter, Konley Kelley
Avid modeler / enthusiast
Scale and 3D models
…published!

3. Modeling history honors heroes
Yeah, we have our
comic book heroes…
Want to see my
3D Avenger?

4. A real-life hero
President George H. W. Bush
U.S. Navy TBF-1 Avenger
Pilot-LT (jg) George Bush
USS San Jacinto, CVL-30
58 Combat
Missions
in WW2
41st
US
President
(1989-1993)

5. 3D in movies Can you name the movies?
Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Digital Domain, WETA Digital

6. Pixar
Can you name the movies?
1995

7. John Lasseter Pixar founder / Director of TOY STORY
…he signed this poster for me on the back of a limo

8. TV Can you name the TV shows and commercials?
19981922/1993 Rhythm and Hues

9. Games Can you name the games?

10. How games used to look…
…Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

11. Myst
Created by two brothers, Robyn and Rand Miller
Top selling PC game from 1993 – 2002
Inspiration for the TV show LOST
3D made with Strata 3D

12. My Background and Early Work

13. P-38 Lightning
… one of my first models at AFI (1996)

14. Dogfight
1:32 Monogram
P-38 Lightning

15. Dogfight animation

16. The Alamo in 3D
… made this while living in LA (1996)

17. The Alamo / renders

18. The Line in the Sand
What did the Daughters of the Republic of Texas
think of my 3D Alamo? Caretakers of the Alamo.

19. Planetoids

20. SciFi Movie

21. Wanted: 3D artist
…showers and beds (1997)

22. Teaching 3D
Caligari Truespace (1998)

23. 3D Model Kit
Who was the Red Baron’s greatest adversary?
A dusty
Revell 1:28
Fokker Dr.1

24. WWI Flying Ace & his Sopwith Camel

25. How is it done? “Spirit of St. Louis”

26. Strata 3D Interface – 3 views

27. Rendering options

28. Raytracing

29. Animation path and timeline

30. Lucky Lindy animation

31. Starting a Project - Research
PBY Catalina

32. Scale model and reference books
….use the Internet for research!

33. “Enemy Carriers!” Battle of Midway
...Lt. “Howie” Ady’s PBY “Strawberry 5”

34. “Build the model” USS Fletcher DD-445

35. You can use scale model
instructions as a guide

36. How to make a 5” gun

37. 5” gun parts – exploded view

38. Extrude - turret

39. Lathe - gun

40. Paint/texture-map the parts

41. Fletcher parts and subassemblies
…cloning objects

42. “Fletcher at sea”

43. Fletcher at “Doolittle Raid”
With Jimmy Doolittle’s Co-Pilot, Lt. Col. Dick Cole on June 22, 2013

44. “Using pre-made models”
Viewpoint Datalabs

45. Star Wars
.dxf files
X-Wing Wireframe

46. Star Wars X-Wing Rendered

47. Star Wars
…I customized the Tie Fighter

48. Star Trek

49. Uh..oh..red shirt crewman

50. Do you guys
Cosplay?
The wife does Cosplay
“Lore-y”

51. “Silent Hunter”
Viewpoint Datalabs
Revell
1:125
U-99

52. U-boat on surface
…in Bryce Atlantic

53. “Hunting the hunter”
…with 1:48 Monogram TBM Avenger

54. “Texture-mapping” P-40

55. Basics of Texture-mapping

56. Flying Tiger Texture-map

57. P-40 wireframe / texture map

58. “Tigers on the Prowl”

59. 3D People PT-109
What attacked Lt. Kennedy’s boat?

60. PT-109 in tub

61. PT-109 model
Monogram
1:72 PT-109

62. PT-109 crew
….Konley Kelley as Lt. John F. Kennedy

63. PT-109 crew on deck

64. “D-Day”

65. “Curahee!”
101st
Airborne over Normandy
1:72 C-47

66. “Rendezvous with Destiny”
…transparency example (C-47 seen through parachute)

67. I want to make a King Tiger in 3D from scratch…
After seeing the “how to” what do you think?
1:35 King Tiger “Battle of the Bulge”

68. Time to show you some of my best stuff!

69. “USS Lexington Museum by the Bay”
3D USS Lexington

70. USS Lexington meets “Bazooka”
….take pictures / visual library of ship

71. Lexington 3D images
….Tomcats and Phantoms…accuracy Revell model kit

72. Real or 3D?

73. F-14 Tomcat
…”Jolly Rogers”

74. For you movie buffs

75. Battleship Texas
Another Scout trip…so did I make a 3D Battleship Texas?

76. Battlecar Texas
…Pinewood Derby car with 1:350 Banner USS Arizona parts

77. Operation Desert Storm

78. Abrams & Apache in Action
…combine your 3D models in action!

79. Abrams in Action
…used real Abrams blast
for 3D model diorama
Abrams
Scale
Model

80. Abrams shoots!

81. Bent-wing Birds

83. Bent-wing Birds

84. F4U Corsair
…combined with Zero I made a long time ago

85. F4U Corsair – Korean War
New texture map

86. Corsair victory

87. “Snake” Stuka – my favorite model
….which one is 3D and which one is a scale model?

88. Stuka texture-map
…use decal sheets to make texture maps – SCAN BEFORE PUTTING ON MODEL

89. Stuka 3D model
Ju87 Stuka

90. Stuka animated

91. P-47D Thunderbolt
P-47 Ace
Dave Schilling
22.5 aerial victories
All Schilling's
Thunderbolt had
an illustration of
“Hairless Joe”, a
character from AI
Capp's Dogpatch
cartoon strip

92. Thunderbolt Strike

93. Sahara M3 Lee Tank

94. “Sahara” 1943 film
starring Humphrey Bogart
So let’s build a
scale model tank!
Today’s
contemporary?
Dwayne “The
Rock” Johnson

95. No…this isn’t Bogey’s tank!
My wife built this. She calls it “Beverly Hills Tank.”

96. M3 Lee Tank Scale Model “Lulubelle”
Sgt. Joe Gunn
reporting for duty!

97. What was Rommel’s nickname?
Hey Bogey, I’m thirsty!!

98. 3D M3 Lee tank wireframe / texture map

99. M3 Lee Tank in action

100. M3 Lee Tank in action
“Lulubelle” on the battlefield

101. That’s not good…

102. Jet in a Weekend ME262
No paint or glue to dry!

103. ME262 3D views
Under wing panel from an ME262 at the Historic Aviation
Memorial Museum, Tyler, Texas
German Ace Heinz Bar’s “Red 13”

104. ME262 in Action
…with 3D B-17G Flying Fortresses

105. ME262 in Action
…with 3D B-24 Liberators…speaking of Liberators
Painting by Roy Grinnell

106. Commemorative Air Force
B-24A Liberator “Diamond Lil”

107. “Diamond Lil” right/left side
Right Side
Left Side
Luckily I can photograph
Diamond Lil’s features and
her nose art because she is here!

108. “Diamond Lil” in 3D – left side

109. “Diamond Lil” in 3D – right side
First person to ever make a 3D model of a B-24A Liberator

110. “Diamond Lil” and “FIFI”

111. Ploesti Raid
August 1, 1943
One third (53) aircraft lost / 310 aircrew killed, 108 captured
Five Medal of Honor* recipients (3 posthumously)
*Most for any single air action in history
SSgt. Robert Phillips
B-24 Top Turret Gunner
343rd
BG

112. “Grumpy” for my friend
Robert Phillips
Monogram 1:48 B-24J Liberator
Robert in WWII

113. P-51D Mustang “Cadillac of the
Sky”

114. “The Brat III” with “FIFI”

115. “Red Nose” with “FIFI”

116. P-51 pilot – George Preddy
“Top Mustang Ace”
26.8 Air-to-Air Victories
Crew Chief was a barber in civilian life

117. “Tuskegee Airmen”

118. P-51 pilot Lt. Roscoe Brown, Jr.
332nd Fighter Group “Tuskegee Airmen”

119. Wanna see a Mustang fly?

120. “Whitney Field”
3D Airfield and Flight Museum

121. “The Story of Whitney Field”
…parked at Lucy Airport
M3 Stuart
“Honey”
in lightbox

122. Texan at Whitney Field
…parked at Whitney Field

123. Whitney Field interface

124. P-40 Landing

125. Tower and Hanger One

126. Jeep and tents

127. Lulubelle guarding latrine
…not on my website

128. B-25 Mitchell

129. Administration Building

130. C-47

131. Dodge Ambulance
…Easter Egg

132. Whitney and the Ammo Dump

133. Hanger Two
What is in Hanger Two?

134. Whitney Field Flight Museum

135. Virtual Flight Museum
…Internet interface
“Twilight Zone metaphor”

136. F4U Corsair

137. Ju87 Stuka

138. P-51D Mustang

139. F14A Tomcat

140. F4F Wildcat

141. PBY Catalina

142. Spirit of St. Louis

143. To Helicopters

144. 3D Helicopters
…redirects to sections on my website

145. To Art Gallery
…grab a Coke!

146. Whitney Field Art Gallery
…another way to redirect visitors to other parts of my website – and a way to e-mail me

147. Rafe and Danny play chicken

149. Inspiration

150. “Diamond Lil” and “FIFI”
I am in here!

151. AWESOME!!!

152. Scale model, homemade decals

153. “FIFI” Texture maps

154. 3D, Real, Scale

155. 3D “FIFI” takes flight

156. 3D “FIFI” becomes the Enola Gay
8:15 a.m.
August 6, 1945

157. Flying on “FIFI”

158. PLAY MOVIE
Flying in the nose of a Superfortress

159. B-29 “Goin’ Jessie” w/P-51’s
Charles Chauncey, B-29 Pilot in Command
Lt. Charles Chauncey
35 Missions
5th
BS/9th
BG
*Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Major James Tapp
78th
FS “Bushmasters”
*First ace over Japan
April, 1945
“Needs some little friends”

160. 3D Modeling – Getting Started
• Pivot Stick Figure Animation (B)
– Easiest animation program out there
• Google Sketch-Up (B)
– Make models of houses, simple objects
• 3D Plus (B)
– Turns text into 3D / instant animations
• Anim8or (B-I)
– Character animator
• Art of Illusion (I-A)
– 3D modeling and animation
• 3D Canvas (I)
– 3D modeling and animation
• Blender (I-A)
– Most popular open-source 3D software
• 3D Canvas (B)
• Xara 3D (B-I)
– Make logos / animated titles
• Adobe Dimension (B)
– Turns Illustrator art into 3D objects
• Amorphium (B)
– Like working with lumps of clay
• Poser (B-I)
– 3D figure modeler
• Caligari Truespace (I)
– Renderer similar to Pixar’s Renderman
• Strata 3D (I)
– I like this one 
• Pixels (I)
– Renderer similar to Pixar’s Renderman
• Corel Bryce 3D (I)
– Landscape modeler
• Newtek Lightwave (A)
• Softimage XSI (A)
• Maya 3D (A)
• 3D Max (A)
• Houdini (A)
• Cinema 3D (A)
Software for purchase“Freeware”
Beginner – B
Intermediate – I
Advanced - A

161. Where to get training
• Community Colleges
– RLC’s Interactive Simulation and Game Technology Program
• Art Institute of Dallas
• ITT Technical Institute
• Universities / UTD / SMU Guild Hall
• Use freeware / self-paced training
– Internet resources, textbooks, journeyed.com, eBay
• Online training / Ed2Go
• Internship at a design shop / game company
***CAD/3D for Architecture / Engineering
Keep sculpting, painting, storytelling, studying history, watching movies and,
of course, scale modeling! It all ties together.

162. That’s the end of our “tail” for now
Thank you Q&A