My biggest animation since the final year at Freelance, I also specifically requested more time before even starting this project so I could increase the quality.

I got an extra two months as well as a few plugins from Di-O-Matic which enabled me to build two whole rugby teams and referees with arm and leg muscle systems in a much faster time frame.

Sadly that means I cannot claim complete credit for the head model and textures which were created with the assistance of Facial Studio from Di-O-Matic.

The rest is all me though and I am still quite proud of it.

Every frame of animation was created by me by hand, no mocap.

I created yet another stadium, this one based off Twickenham Stadium, a whole new crowd to replace the aging one that had been used in every other Fortune animation with a crowd.

All the characters have fully simulated jerseys which was a nightmare but I think it pays off in the final look of the animation.

The second HD animation I’ve made, this one made use of the nice Mental Ray daylight system which gave it that extra sense of realism.