Week 2: Battle Axe

Agares is describe in the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum and the Lemegeton as one of the dukes of Hell under the power of the east.
He is charge to stop and retrieve deserters of the infernal army.
He commands 31 legions of demons.

Download Axe

Practical tutorial: Telescopic effect (Part 2/2)

This is the alternative version of the telescopic effect using smart-stretch. It works exactly like the first one
(Part1:http://sticknodes.com/members/regoma/activity/1391238/) only the values change.

-Default state retracted:
Green, blue and orange segments lenght must be equal to the gray panels thickness.

-Default state extended:
Orange lenght must be equal to the panels thickness.
Green and blue segments lenght must be twice the panels thickness.

(All red segment are only here for exemple’s lisibility, and are not necessary to make it work.)

Practical tutorial: Telescopic effect (Part 1/2)

This trick allow you to make retractable object with smart-stretch.

-The green segment is the control node, it\’s non-static and smart-stretch.
-The blue segments must be static.
-The orange segment must be static and in \”Do not smart-stretch\” mode same as the gray panels.
(All red segment are only here for exemple’s lisibility, and are not necessary to make it work.)

-Default state retracted:
Green, blue and orange segments must be half the length of the gray panels.

-Default state extended:
Orange segments must be half the length of the panels.
Green and blue segment must be 1,5X the length of the panels.

You can use this to make telescope or retractable door like in this example:

http://sticknodes.com/sticks/laat-gunship-pack-zip/

Practical tutorial: Propeller effect

With this technique you will be able to animate propeller using smart-strech.

-The green segment is the control node and the first blade of the propeller.
-The blue segment must be twice as long as the green one.
-The orange segment is the seconde blade of the propeller and must be the same lenght as the first one.
(All red segment are only here for exemple’s lisibility, and are not necessary to make it work.)

Now you just need to replace the green and orange segment with your blade design (perspective work great with trapezoid)

Add your propeller to your vehicle.
To animate the propeller you just need to retract and extend the blades at hight speed.

This trick can be used for a lot of other thing like deployable wings, here are some use examples:

http://sticknodes.com/sticks/halo-falcon-pack-zip/

http://sticknodes.com/sticks/arc-170-starfighter-pack-zip/