I thought my last video, “Buzzing Around the Earth,” was a little too fast, although in retrospect, perhaps it wasn’t after all, especially if you’re not planning on stopping for a visit and just trying to get through the neighborhood as quickly as you can.

So, anyway, this new animation clip is much slower. And, oops! I did it again! I rendered the animation at a lower resolution than what YouTube displays. I must remember to change that in the future!

Without further ado, here it is:

I did create the whole thing this evening, from building the model to rendering the animation. I’m guessing maybe about two or two and a half hours were spent on it. I started with creating a rocket, which ended up looking something like a booster rocket. So, then I duplicated my completed rocket, bridged them together, extended the bridge and then added the spherical head. And, that gives it a Star Treky look, which wasn’t what I was going for at all.

I was just playing around with the modeling software. It’s been a while since I’ve used it, so I had to brush up on it. Not that I was too advanced with it anyway, but you still manage to forget what little you did know! I skimmed through the manual the other night, and read up on a feature I hadn’t tried before, so I gave that a go and have a better idea now how and when to use it!

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