The Polar Express Locomotive
All work here seen is my own.
This is the Polar Express. A passion project of over 5 continuous years of learning, growing, and teaching myself new tricks. Started in Blender 2.8 and finished in 4.4.3.
*The cab is still being worked on as of right now.*
The engine is animated and rigged. This is the only accurate representation of this locomotive online. A crowning achievement for myself.
Thank you to Mainland Studios and Tomix for your help and support.
Please follow me on twitter @henke_keaton to see everything I do.
An angled front view of the Polar Express. Over 8 million polys come together to create this mammoth beast.
The engine is meticulously detailed. No mesh is left unturned.
A view of the tender, the most difficult part to model.
Side-on view.
This is one of two versions shown in the film: a retracted pilot. The front of the locomotive was lengthened halfway thru the film to allow characters to stand up front.
A top-down view showing a custom snow texture made by Mainland Studios.
Glory shot.
Glory shot #2.