Animation Test. [4.5 MB]

I always thought R2 was cool, and decided to demonstrate that I can do mechanical as well as organic modeling. The best thing about R2, is he's also a character, with a unique personality.

An R2 Builders's Club provided detailed plans based on actual R2D2's used in the movies. All his panels are modeled with the correct gap tolerances,and eased edges.

He's a very recognizable object / character, despite the fact that there is no single definitive version of R2 in existence. Even the ones from ILM vary from each other, depending who built them when they were constructed, and what they needed to do for a particular shot.

The dirt map was created from an Atlas UV Map that had radiosity baked into it.