Apollo Starship Tin Toy

1st place award in 3D-Coat Community Challenge
Tin Toys

White vintage Apollo starship tin toy standing on an asphalt road.
Bird's eye shot of a vintage Apollo starship tin toy standing on an asphalt road.
Long shot of spacewalking astronaut floating on a wire above the Apollo starship tin toy.
Full shot of toy's back side revealing an open, but empty battery compartment.
Medium close-up shot of toy's cockpit. cockpit with a tin astronaut sitting in it.
Close-up shot of the top-rear side of Apollo starship tin toy.

A hero model based on Apollo starship tin toy that was once produced by Japanese toy company Masudaya (Modern Toys). First place in 3D-Coat Community Challenge #13: “Tin Toys”.

Rigged and animated in Houdini. The movement of the toy is guided by a curve. Animation of the rest of the toy’s features, like wheels rotation, front wheels conforming to movement direction, changes in pivot, and “spacewalker’s” wire are driven by a mixture of CHOP and DOP networks, making the animation fully automatic.

The static model and it’s animated version driving in circles on the floor can be viewed on Sketchfab.

Tools

3D Coat Inkscape Photoshop xNormal Houdini