My desktop has been rendering for 400 hours on a FLIP fluids sim + my country is eliminated from the European Cup football so I felt like modeling these past couple a days untill my FLIP render is complete so this is just a small in-between project.. I will finish it + uber high res textures.

I never tried modeling in Houdini.. my conclusion is that its not that bad as they say!

Total modeling time so far is roundabout 15 hours..

I hope you guys like it!
When its done I will post the full model + textures for free on the forum to play with in Houdini for rigging/animation/simulation purpose..

Feedback + tips Always welcome..

**some questions concerning workflow**

Is there a shortcut to template a node? I use “1” to turn a node visible.. would like to have a keyboard shortcut for templating a node..

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