"Mark VII - Volumetric Test" or "Iron Man: Systems Overload"

Glad to finally showcase this personal project: a detailed model of Iron Man's armor with a custom volumetric smoke simulation.

This was a deep dive into two core pipelines:

Modeling & Detailing: Starting with precise, clean hard-surface topology in Maya to capture the iconic mechanical complexity.

Finishing & FX: Completing materials, lighting, and—most importantly—the dynamic smoke simulation in Blender, to create a sense of overheating systems or a dramatic repulsor blast aftermath.

The goal was to push beyond a static model and inject a moment of narrative tension and physicality using real-time volumetrics.

Software: Autodesk Maya (Primary Modeling), Blender (Final Assembly, Materials, Smoke Simulation, Rendering)
Tags: #IronMan #Marvel #HardSurface #3DModeling #VFX #Blender #Maya #SmokeSimulation #Volumetrics #FanArt #CGI