The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) turned 10 years old, and Marvel celebrated the milestone with an epic movie, marking the biggest crossover of superheroes ever created: Avengers: Infinity War. In Infinity War, every MCU character is called into action to try and stop the biggest cosmic threat that not only Earth, but the Universe has ever faced. Thanos, the Mad Titan, is on a quest to finally reunite the legendary Infinity Stones.
The stones have worked as macguffins in the different movies from the Marvel catalog, connecting events and the franchises themselves. After seeing the latest trailers or having been bombarded by various theories on social media, you may be wondering who exactly Thanos is, where he comes from and what the big deal is with the Infinity Stones. Don’t worry, we have you covered. Take a look at this special coverage and get to the movie room with the basics of what’s behind the Infinity War. Enjoy!
Modeling process
All the models where created using Zbrush and 3ds Max. Some elements where retopologized with TopoGun.
Thanos, The Mad Titan
The Infinity Gauntlet
UV mapping and texturing
3ds Max were used to unwrap the models UVs. The textures were created with
Substance Painter, Substance Designer and Photoshop.
Interactive feature
The project were uploaded to the Sketchfab platform, which allows 3D visualization in real time. This API allows addition of animations, information and even music, resulting into a solid interactive experience which can be explored from any mobile device, tablet and computer. Click on the play button and wait for a few seconds while the model and textures load, after explore at your pace or follow the annotations.
VIDEO feature
To go deeper into the mythology surrounding Thanos and the Infinity Stones, we worked in a more detailed video with the information available from the MCU.
This video was created using After Effects, Element 3D, 3ds Max, Sunstance Painter,
Xnormal, Photoshop and finally Procreate for the 2D illustrations.
augmented reality (ar) feature
Finally, using a combination of the interactive and video elements, the readers could explore the Infinity Stones in an AR experience following the this instructions:
LAYAR app in action. (Sorry for my shaky hands :P)
The AR video focuses on the Infinity Stones and its powers.
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