Howie Day
@howieeday.bsky.social
Tech Art Director at Echtra. I love nostalgia! All thoughts my own..and not great? (he/him)
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Lewiston, ID
@[email protected]
Lewiston, ID
Working with an actual Unity coder to update some Wing Leader code! Which means now my cockpits need to support widescreen, soooooo, here's some updated renders fresh outta 3dsMAX!
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Working with an actual Unity coder to update some Wing Leader code! Which means now my cockpits need to support widescreen, soooooo, here's some updated renders fresh outta 3dsMAX!
Here's a bit of an update! Less lens flare funny business.
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Here's a bit of an update! Less lens flare funny business.
An update to this Star Trek shot! Lots of minor improvements, better post and lighting. :)
Also a Fold7 slomo version for funsies.
Also a Fold7 slomo version for funsies.
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
An update to this Star Trek shot! Lots of minor improvements, better post and lighting. :)
Also a Fold7 slomo version for funsies.
Also a Fold7 slomo version for funsies.
Another new Star Trek shot! Pretty happy with this one. :D
October 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Another new Star Trek shot! Pretty happy with this one. :D
USS Niimiipuu: C'mere, you little pointy-eared bastard!
Another WIP scene. :D No sound yet, it's coming when I finish all 3 shots in this sequence. 4K in the 🧵!
Another WIP scene. :D No sound yet, it's coming when I finish all 3 shots in this sequence. 4K in the 🧵!
October 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
USS Niimiipuu: C'mere, you little pointy-eared bastard!
Another WIP scene. :D No sound yet, it's coming when I finish all 3 shots in this sequence. 4K in the 🧵!
Another WIP scene. :D No sound yet, it's coming when I finish all 3 shots in this sequence. 4K in the 🧵!
I'm now completely happy with the effect, all the bugs, errors and jumpiness are gone! I'm 100% on this, no weirdness, no oddness, everything works from all the angles I'd ever want. All done in camera!
October 7, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I'm now completely happy with the effect, all the bugs, errors and jumpiness are gone! I'm 100% on this, no weirdness, no oddness, everything works from all the angles I'd ever want. All done in camera!
I've officially been staring at this too long. I have no idea if it's good or not anymore. 🙁 The blend from Cloaking to Not Cloaked is still too abrupt, more work needed. These shots were chosen to sort of showcase the "worst case" scenarios of the technique I'm using. 4K in 🧵!
October 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I've officially been staring at this too long. I have no idea if it's good or not anymore. 🙁 The blend from Cloaking to Not Cloaked is still too abrupt, more work needed. These shots were chosen to sort of showcase the "worst case" scenarios of the technique I'm using. 4K in 🧵!
Heyo! Further Romulan Cloak tests - multiple angles, with textures this time!
September 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Heyo! Further Romulan Cloak tests - multiple angles, with textures this time!
Okay, my first try of doing a totally in-camera, single-layer, one-pass Star Trek Cloaking effect. Rough, but has promise! (3DSMax and VRay)
September 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Okay, my first try of doing a totally in-camera, single-layer, one-pass Star Trek Cloaking effect. Rough, but has promise! (3DSMax and VRay)
The USS Niimiipuu spots some sus flashes...
September 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The USS Niimiipuu spots some sus flashes...
Lots of updates - Timing adjustments, Sparks and flame improvements, I added more debris, and debris/shield interactions, as well as adding Romulan Disruptor fire and SOUNDS! I'm quite happy with how this ended up looking.
September 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Lots of updates - Timing adjustments, Sparks and flame improvements, I added more debris, and debris/shield interactions, as well as adding Romulan Disruptor fire and SOUNDS! I'm quite happy with how this ended up looking.
Yet another Star Trek Short WIP update! Tons of additions and improvements, I've just gotta add sounds now. 4K in the 🧵!
September 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Yet another Star Trek Short WIP update! Tons of additions and improvements, I've just gotta add sounds now. 4K in the 🧵!
Latest Star Trek shot update - this one is super-low sample rate, I was having some issues with render times that I've since resolved. I'm much happier with the sparks, explosions, and debris. I'm currently adding shield impacts from the smaller debris bits, and weapon fire from the other Warbird.
September 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Latest Star Trek shot update - this one is super-low sample rate, I was having some issues with render times that I've since resolved. I'm much happier with the sparks, explosions, and debris. I'm currently adding shield impacts from the smaller debris bits, and weapon fire from the other Warbird.
Star Trek short shot Update: Tons of improvements on this one - added sparks, debris, flame, tuned the animation, and a bunch of other stuff. Making progress, my estimate is about 80% done with the visuals! (Low sample WIP)
September 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Star Trek short shot Update: Tons of improvements on this one - added sparks, debris, flame, tuned the animation, and a bunch of other stuff. Making progress, my estimate is about 80% done with the visuals! (Low sample WIP)
Some close ups of the Spruce Shrake! Anyone interested in a behind the scenes on the materials and texturing on this guy? Also, many thanks to Is_Chimera for the nose art! She's awesome. @ischimera.bsky.social - check their work out!
August 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Some close ups of the Spruce Shrake! Anyone interested in a behind the scenes on the materials and texturing on this guy? Also, many thanks to Is_Chimera for the nose art! She's awesome. @ischimera.bsky.social - check their work out!
Here's a Turntable of a Star Wars ship I've been doodling with in UE5.6 - the Spruce Shrake! (It's a now merc-owned ex-Royal Nubian Marines Dropship!)
I used 3dsmax 2026 for the model and Substance Painter / Photoshop for the textures. 4K in the 🧵
I used 3dsmax 2026 for the model and Substance Painter / Photoshop for the textures. 4K in the 🧵
August 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Here's a Turntable of a Star Wars ship I've been doodling with in UE5.6 - the Spruce Shrake! (It's a now merc-owned ex-Royal Nubian Marines Dropship!)
I used 3dsmax 2026 for the model and Substance Painter / Photoshop for the textures. 4K in the 🧵
I used 3dsmax 2026 for the model and Substance Painter / Photoshop for the textures. 4K in the 🧵
Some were asking for some scale reference for this guy. So here you go! Fractalsponge was also gracious enough to send his model of the Nebulon Ranger over and it's, uh, quite the big girl. I love me some UE5.6! :)
July 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Some were asking for some scale reference for this guy. So here you go! Fractalsponge was also gracious enough to send his model of the Nebulon Ranger over and it's, uh, quite the big girl. I love me some UE5.6! :)
Been working on a #StarWars OG Trilogy-era Mercenary-owned surplus Royal Nubian Marine Dropship! Inspired by Din's N-1 and the PBY Catalina. I'm using UE5.6, nanite tessellation, lumen, and some cool-ass shaders for the materials. It's the Spruce Shrake!
July 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Been working on a #StarWars OG Trilogy-era Mercenary-owned surplus Royal Nubian Marine Dropship! Inspired by Din's N-1 and the PBY Catalina. I'm using UE5.6, nanite tessellation, lumen, and some cool-ass shaders for the materials. It's the Spruce Shrake!
The B-Wing Cockpit animation and model are done! I've been at this one for a while, and I'm relieved to have it finished, so I can move onto something else. Enjoy! Rendered in 3dsmax 2024 using VRay 7 GPU on a 4090 RTX. It took about 3-3.5m per frame.
February 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The B-Wing Cockpit animation and model are done! I've been at this one for a while, and I'm relieved to have it finished, so I can move onto something else. Enjoy! Rendered in 3dsmax 2024 using VRay 7 GPU on a 4090 RTX. It took about 3-3.5m per frame.
Okay, the B-Wing cockpit is done! Wheeee! Got the control yoke in there, the S-foil lever in, and a bunch of small details added. I'm rendering out another animation of it being panned around. I can move onto something else!
February 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Okay, the B-Wing cockpit is done! Wheeee! Got the control yoke in there, the S-foil lever in, and a bunch of small details added. I'm rendering out another animation of it being panned around. I can move onto something else!