Jeep Redux

Ok, so I went back and added a spare tire and tail-lights. And a steering wheel. But they were pretty quick. And the jeep needed a view from the back anyways.

Unfortunately when I render the image, it displays on a black background (which is actually alpha, i.e. not there at all). So when you see it on a white background, it looks a bit strange, especially the glow from the tail-lights. Once I design a whole ground and road and bushes and things around the jeep, this problem will go away. For now it just looks weird. (Check out the wonky right-hand tail-light.)

In Blender you can make one object the parent of the other, so that if you move the parent, the child object moves too. But if you move the child, the parent does not move. And you can set the center or pivot point of any object. So I was easily able to spin the rocket launcher around on the tripod to point in a different direction. Much easier than spinning the whole jeep around to shoot at your enemy.