Packt Publishing, publisher of previously released book ‘Blender 3D Architecture, Buildings and Scenery‘, have announced that they will be releasing a new Blender book entitled ‘Blender 3D 2.49 Incredible Machines‘ expected to be released sometime in November 2009. We’ll be receiving our copy shortly so look out for our review of the book in our December issue.

This book touches on modeling, rendering, and animating realistic machines with Blender 3D.

Contents:
• Walk through the complete process of building amazing machines
• Model and create mechanical models and vehicles with detailed designs
• Add advanced global illumination options to the renders created in Blender 3D using YafaRay and LuxRender
• Create machines such as a handgun, a steam punk spacecraft, and a transforming robot
• & More!!!

View sample content from the book here (Chapter 6 ‘Steampunk Spacecraft’ 1.7mb PDF)

You can view details and pre-order the book at http://www.packtpub.com/blender-3d-2-49-incredible-machines