New project on the go! Agusta 139

Finally got around to starting a new project, this time a Agusta 139 helicopter.  Just working on the overall shape at the moment!

Mini Digger Done!

The little mini digger all done! 

Kabuta Mini Digger Animation from Paul Donaghy on Vimeo.

Digger rigging nearly there

Just about got the mini digger all but rigged now. Just got the tracks to do next and finish the texturing.


Animation test digger XSI from Paul Donaghy on Vimeo.

Mini Digger

Another project on the go! things are pretty much moving with the modeling side of life with this one. Won't be long before the work starts on rigging the excavating arm and the pipework. Its going to be a fun one!

Tiltrotor project

Just about finished the model Tiltrotor and its ready for the animation i've been planning. Just got a little bit more work to do on the crew and other odds and ends, then its ready to start planning the flight scenes.

Autodesk Buys Softimage

Well i think you can say this came as a big suprise for all of us. Not sure how i feel about this really but surely Autodesk owning 3dMax, Maya and XSI cannot be a good thing for the industry.

I suppose only time will tell but i have concerns to say the least. I love using XSI and hope it continues as a innovative cutting edge product, and above all i hope autodesk do not get greedy and raise the price too much.

My thoughts go out to the Softimage employees and i hope that they keep ther jobs and continue developing the best 3d application around!

New videos

Just posted a couple of videos doing some rigging in XSI.


XSI Rigging an Aircraft from Paul Donaghy on Vimeo.



Rigging a piston in XSi from Paul Donaghy on Vimeo.

Were back!

Well here we are back on the blog!! Sorry for the long time no post syndrome but this year has been quite a difficult one for me to be honest.

But things are one track now with lots of new pojects and work. So expect lots of posts!

Cockpit is finished!

well i had a good couple of days on the 109 cockpit. I got the mesh mapped and just about textured, next step is to move onto the exterior and chose a paint job!

Nearly there with the 109

Coming on with the model now, got a lot of the interior done now just the final details left

More work on the 109

Got the rotorhead done now and also rigged the head and undercarriage so it can be animated


To see a video of the test rig click the link to my site Agusta test rig

Update time!

Things have been moving, the Seaking has now got a start of a paint job. Still a lot to do but we're heading in the right direction.




Also started a new modeling project which is a Agusta 109 Power Its starting to take shape now ready to start the rotor head

New image in the gallery

This image was done to commemorate the decommissioning of 700 Naval Air Squadron. The squadron are disbanding on the 13th of march after 10 years of flying the Merlin. Different versions of the framed print are to be presented to all the previous Commanding Officers and to the industry partners Agusta Westland, Lockheed Martin and Rolls Royce.

Seaking Modeling Finished

well the modeling side if the seaking is done now, manged to do a bit over the weekend. Ive done 2 versions for the minute a MK5 search and rescue and a Mk7 ASaC Airborne Surveillance and Area Control.

Time for the fun part now the textures!

What have i been up to ??

Well work wise its been a mixture really. Ive been working on some new prints for one of the RN Merlin squadrons. The main bulk of work is the Merlin helicopter trainer ive been working on for the MOD. Its a combination of 3d and flash and is used to train the aircrew and maintenance crews about the aircraft's systems.

The trainer consists of a interactive cockpit with live instrument systems, Internal VR tour of the internal components, and a load of other systems The bit i am currently working on is a transmission module showing things like engine drives and gearbox interactions.

Its all pretty good stuff if i don't say so myself (try not to sound too big headed!) but unfortunately as is always the case i can't show none of this stuff as its restricted bah !

Anyway there's just a little insite on how i put beans on the table for the kids!!

More work on the Seaking

Well again things are really busy so poor old Seaking is progressing slowly. But i got to say its a case of loads of work for very little visual gain in this one! Ive done a fair bit to this model loads of tweaks and as you can see the rotor head.

I'm aiming to get the modeling wrapped up this week to start the texturing soon!.

A little slow going!

Well work has been very heavy this week with a interesting freelance piece, cant tell you about it just yet. So work has stopped on the rest of the site for a couple of days.

Also i can unveil the next aircraft project for you which is a Westland Seaking. I started this a little while ago but i should be back onto this one very soon. It will have 2 variants a SAR Mk 5 and a ASAC airborne early warning version.

More work on the site

Well started work on the about page of the website. I got the Military Insignia part uploaded today with a flash carousel. I'm plodding on with the rest of the site !

The new site is live

Finally got around to uploading the new site. Its not fully functional just yet but the main parts work now. It should be fully up and running in the next couple of days (work commitments permitted) But i'll keep you posted. feel free to tell me what you think. Its my first go at a full flash site so its a whole new world!

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