12/19/23 — Open 6-9p. Mask recommended. No open containers, please.
Table-top role-playing games, and entertaining books of knowledge, secrets, & pop-ups can entertain kids of many ages for the holidays, but... be cautious with the fancier books, to keep them in good order.
The Indy was SGI's entry-level 3D workstation for CAD and 3D animations in 1993. This beautiful computer was actually the first shipped with a webcam and had video I/O ports built-in.
Since 2023 isn't over yet, there are a few days left to celebrate IT's 30th Anniversary and to realize that @Blender was developed on one of them.
"Alveus XR is the first online repository of historically themed 3D models. We incorporate collections of high-quality scientific virtual reconstructions to facilitate the disclosure of the past, and we enable 3D design professionals to use rigorous historical assets in their reconstructions, video games, or animated films.
Our historical objects (or assets) are organized into civilizations and these, in turn, are subdivided into collections. Each collection of assets refers to a specific cultural context (the Roman port; the Renaissance winery; etc.) and they organize the different 3D historical objects from our collection. These collections are not closed sets but rather groups of objects that will grow progressively as new pieces are added."
3D RESEARCH CHALLENGES IN CULTURAL HERITAGE III by Marinos Ioannides and Petros Patias (editors, Springer, 2023).
An interesting #OpenAccess#Book containing an article of the Antikythera Mechanism.
"This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access. Explores 3D technologies used in the domain of cultural heritage. Originates from a unique study on 3D digitisation of tangible cultural heritage. Study launched by the European Commission."
Reduce, re-use, dreugh-hide shell: Dreugh-shell buckler. It’s what the creepy squid-man would have wanted. Probably.
This parrying buckler was designed by DalSifoDyas and modeled and textured by Mykola Pavlovets. Check out more details here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/OmWVKb
See you later, alligator 👋 Daedroth model by Jon Foster
You’ll encounter several of these creatures in Skywind as they carry out Molag Bal's bidding and tell them “after a while, crocodile!” by bashing in their beautifully modeled heads with an enchanted battleaxe.