3DLeighs Blog

Mercedes Arrow Concept!

2012-02-26T22:42:00.001-08:00

Super cool 3d car renders and sketches.

Isoball X-1 Achievement List

2012-02-03T08:16:00.000-08:00

Here are all 18 hidden achievements;

1. warming up (complete 6 levels)
2. making progress (complete 12 levels)
3. halfway done (complete 18 levels)
4. expert builder (complete 24 levels)
5. almost there (complete 30 levels)
6. isoball mastery complete all levels)
7. perfection (complete a level without erasing anything)
8. blitz (complete a level in under 10 seconds)
9. feels like ikea (complete a level with pieces left)
10. speed freak (ball becomes too fast for its own good)
11. fall from grace (ball falls from a great height into a gap)
12. infinite loop (build a track that lasts more than 60 seconds)
13. seen it all (view all tutorials)
14. sandbox complete! (complete the sandbox)
15. meet the devs (visit candyflame) >> support the devs (click donate button)
16. dedication (play the game for 60 minutes)
17. my head hurts (erase 250 pieces)
18. careful with that! (ball breaks 250 times)

Super Cool Retro Laptop!

2012-01-28T18:43:00.000-08:00

This may look like a Victorian music box, but inside this intricately hand-crafted wooden case lives a Hewlett-Packard ZT1000 laptop that runs both Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux. It features an elaborate display of clockworks under glass, engraved brass accents, claw feet, an antiqued copper keyboard and mouse, leather wrist pads, and customized wireless network card. The machine turns on with an antique clock-winding key by way of a custom-built ratcheting switch made from old clock parts. (Made by Datamancer)

Candyflame Girls No.2

2012-01-22T16:30:00.000-08:00

Anna Ak, Russian, Age 24, 34-22-34, 5'3", 99lbs

New Street Fighter X Video!

2012-01-19T02:18:00.000-08:00

Screen Shots and the Coolest trailor for Street Fighter X Tekken.

Having worked out the original arcade conversions for Spectrum and Amiga in 1987 I have a particular interest in what this legendary game has to offer. Street Fighter and Tekken series' stalwarts Ryu, Chun-Li, Kazuya Mishima and Nina Williams headline a memorable cast of your favorite fighters in a tag battle dream match for the ages! Street Fighter X Tekken (SFXT) is a 2 vs. 2 tag team-based fighting game where players can freely tag in and out between partners. The game promises to marry the styles of both a 2D and 3D fighting game for a fresh take on the genre!

Fans from each series will also be able to play with either Street Fighter's traditional 6 button layout or Tekken's 4 button layout!

Players who are new to either series will be able to join in on the fun with an easy-to-understand battle system that promises excitement and countless hours of fun.

Pre Order your copy here: Street Fighter X Tekken: Special Edition

Ferrari Dino Concept!

2012-01-15T16:26:00.000-08:00

Check out this awesome design for a new Ferrari Dino by Ugur Sahin.

As Ugur Sahin explains “the goal was to create a car that feels stylish, modern, dynamic and organic while staying true to the original design language of the Ferrari Dino and Ferrari brand in general.”

“The main characteristic of the Dino Concept design is the way it looks similar to the original Dino. With very round styling elements around the wheelbases and its cockpit, it looks retro and modern at the same time.”

Ugur Sahin is an automotive and industrial designer. He currently works for Netherlands-based Modesi.

He also works as a freelance designer in the 3D graphics and art fields – mainly with 3DStudio MAX and Final Render.

Check out his fantastic designs here: UgurSahin

Candyflame Girls No.1

2012-01-08T10:34:00.000-08:00

Anita C, Russian, Age 23, 37:24:37, 5'7", 112lbs

Very Strange Homes

2012-01-07T10:13:00.000-08:00

Check out these odd homes I found...

Gangster House (Archangelsk, Russia)

Though incomplete, the “Gangster House” is believed to be the world's tallest wooden house, soaring thirteen floors to reach 144 feet (about half the size of London’s Big Ben). The homeowner or gangster, Nikolai Sutyagin, had all intentions of finishing the construction but his dream went on hold when he got locked up behind bars for his third jail sentence. Now out of jail and out of money, the ex-convict lives at the bottom of this precarious tower of wood.

Upside-Down House (Syzmbark, Poland)

This upside down design seems totally nonsensical–but that is exactly the message the Polish philanthropist and designer, Daniel Czapiewski, was trying to send. The unstable and backward construction was built as a social commentary on Poland’s former Communist era. The monument is worth a trip be it for a lesson in history or balance.

Pod House (New Rochelle, New York)

We assumed this oddball home was UFO-inspired, but it turns out the weed Queen Anne’s lace is where it got it's roots. Its thin stems support pods with interconnecting walkways.

Floating Castle (Ukraine)

Supported by a single cantilever, this mysterious levitating farm house belongs in a sci-fi flick. It’s claimed to be an old bunker for the overload of mineral fertilizers but we’re sure there’s a better back story . . . alien architects probably had a hand in it.

Wozoco Apartments (Amsterdam-Osdorp, Holland)

A zoning law and blueprint flub were the inspiration for this apartment complex. Dutch housing regulations require apartment construction to provide a certain amount of daylight to their tenants–but MVRDV architects forgot to plan for that. Their solution? To hang thirteen of the 100 units off the north facade of the block. The ingenious design saves ground floor space and allows enough sunlight to enter the east or west facade.

Isoball X-1 Video Solutions

2011-12-11T13:21:00.000-08:00

Isoball X-1 is out now. Here's the solutions...

My top 30 Spectrum games

2011-12-08T09:23:00.000-08:00

Retro Gaming Part 2 - Heres how I wasted my youth and avoided social interaction...

1. Manic Minor

2. Skool Daze (series)

3. Matchday (series)

4. Daley Thompsons Decathlon

5. Way of the exploding fist

6. Fairlight

7. Jet set Willy

8. Starquake

9. Bruce Lee

10. Lunar Jetman

11. Lords of Midnight

12. Ant attack

13. Penetrator

14. Nodes of Yesod

15. Commando

16. Saboteur

17. Jetpack

18. Harrier attack

19. The Hobbit

20. Boulder dash

21. Head over heals

22. Green Beret

23. Alien 8

24. Hunchback

25. Scuba dive

26. Valhalla

27. Gunfright

28. Highway encounter

29. Alchemist

30. Renegade

Retro Gaming Part 1

2011-11-28T04:27:00.000-08:00

Its 1981, I’m 10 yrs old and i’m on holiday in Spain with mum, dad and sister. They’re on a day trip to Venice and I managed to cry and moan my way out of the trip so I can spend the day in the arcade. They have the latest konami classic ‘track and field’ and my friend and I had managed to find a way to work together to complete the 100 meters in 7.8secs! It was my greatest achievement so far; entering GBR on the daily high score number 1 slot became not only a matter of national pride but also a way of sticking it to the Spanish on their own turf. Unbeknown to me, the game industry was a wild toddler, a cutting edge technology, an interactive entertainment with mindboggling potential and I was perfectly placed to witness the beast evolve into what is now the number 1 form of entertainment on the planet.

Most kids knew, way back then, that those small green pixelated invaders harnessed the power within their monochrome 12x8 digital dots to change the world, and that they certainly did.

It wasn’t too long before the arcade had lost its attraction, Eggheaded Sir Clive Sinclair nerding to work in his C5 was soon to invent a machine that would have kids all over the uk glued to their bubble screened cuboid portable tvs and going mental when a pirate copy of the latest ultimate game crashed after 7minutes of loading...

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2011-11-17T07:29:00.000-08:00

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