1911 assembly 3D animation

This amazing 3D animation shows a 1911 being assembled. Made with the free open source Blender software, it is the best video I have seen on the internet in a long time.

The description:

This is an animation i made in blender of a colt 1911. all of the parts are modeled to blueprint specifications

it took me about 100 … all hours to model all of the pieces and about 10 to get the animation done. rendering was a multipass process, using yafray for a high quality GI render, then using blender for a post process DOF blur total rendering time was around 500 hours on a core 2 quad

I have a friend who can make some amazing models using blender. I have tried but I am not very skilled. I have always wanted to model one of those cut away animations of a rifle or pistol.

Hat Tip: Freedom Sight

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12 Responses to “1911 assembly 3D animation”

  1. thebronzeon 07 Mar 2008 at 12:27 pm link comment

    That’s badass!

  2. Jay.Macon 07 Mar 2008 at 11:52 pm link comment

    Very, very cool. Thanks for posting.

  3. Robb Allenon 08 Mar 2008 at 12:21 pm link comment

    Wow, makes me want to fire up Blender and do something similar. ‘Cept I simply don’t have the time.

    What I do have is Blender and several computers with lots of CPU cycles to spare, so I could help out with stuff like this if anyone ever needed some render time.

  4. Steveon 08 Mar 2008 at 12:24 pm link comment

    Thanks Rob, unfortunately I lack both! But if I ever find the time I will let you know.

  5. Steve Con 11 Mar 2008 at 3:21 pm link comment

    Fantastic! Really nice job on that!

  6. Dunbar Pappyon 01 Feb 2009 at 11:53 am link comment

    Totally cool; job well done.
    Helps me get my 1911 back into the holster & on the job.

  7. Billon 12 Apr 2009 at 3:21 am link comment

    It looks more complicated than it is. The first time I ever stripped a 1911 it was pretty intimidating and I could have used a tutorial like this.

    Hopefully this will save someone some angst.

  8. "gunner"on 09 Sep 2009 at 10:28 am link comment

    my word, that’s good! would you mind if i post the link over at “women & guns”? some my ladyfriends shoot the .45 and enjoy it, and i’m sure they’d appreciate the time and effort you put into it.
    “gunner”

  9. Steveon 09 Sep 2009 at 1:40 pm link comment

    “gunner”, go for it.

  10. Steveon 09 Sep 2009 at 1:41 pm link comment

    “gunner”, out of interest, what it the address of the “women and guns” site you mentioned?

  11. DONon 23 Oct 2009 at 2:02 pm link comment

    STEVE, THIS IS AND AWESOME 3D ANIMATION OF A 1911 ASSEMBLY. WOULD A COPY ON A DVD. START MAKING SOME MONEY FOR YOUR 500 HOURS YOU PUT IN. THANKS, DON

  12. Steveon 23 Oct 2009 at 2:03 pm link comment

    DON, I did not make it! I just posted it on the blog.

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