Hi All.

 

I needed a bundle of sticks, to put on the back of a donkey. Actually a narrower bundle is held by a human figure who is loading the donkey. I guess a single smaller narrower bundle for the human loader and a bigger stack version for the donkey's back would be in order.

Unable to find any that looked right (actually I didn't find ANY At All!) I tried creating my own using a tall grass prop.

By adding 32 grass props and changing the size in Z & X axis and parenting them to a rope knot prop I got something that at least looked like fresh cut reeds. I was so proud of my solution. I even changed rotation and size of the grass sections to make it look like the reed/grass props were folding under their own weight.

But my euphoria at having made my own unique prop was short lived. I found that to render them was inpossible.

My system kept crashing or closing P7 out. I even tried rendering in the older simpler P4 Render Engine. Didn't work.

I took out the bundle and it worked fine.

So, I am looking for a simpler, lower res, less system taxing solution. Anyone know where I can find something like this? I could add the bundles in post but I am not too thrilled about the idea of painting all those sticks in the human's hands and on the donkey's back.