Im working as fast as I can to animate the different scenes to begin rendering by friday....

I have bit the bullet and started working with paint effects. I have estimated that when time comes to finally render, Frames will take around 40 mins depending on the shot. I rendered my images below in 1080 though, and I will be rendering in 720 for the final animation. Also the renders below were heavy shots where I purposely tried to fill the frame. I need to expand my forest some, not alot,...

I finished modeling and painting the Mech Transporter and all in all I am pleased with my results. For this week ill rig the mechanical components and place my both my models in the fireplace scene to light. Painting in Mudbox  Rendered in Maya. I been creating a scene with paint effects and low poly meshes that I had previously prepared for edw. Rendering times are high but I should finish on time depending...

So I am very close to finishing up the Transporter. I wanted to make use of this break the best way I could. So I looked at my design critically and kept the things I liked and scrapped the things I didn't  In the end I am really happy with the result. I will finish things this week and hopefully solve the environment issue. ...

Progress on the hull of the cargo  Secondary Shot...

Side View Perspective Maya ...

Blocking out the transporter to my thesis. Getting together the main components to the head of the transport...