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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

another of my enemies with an ao render for my sci-fi fps project #gamedev #zbrush #substancePainter #creature #art

ambient occlusion pass of one of my enemies

Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

had a bit of a break from game dev, since I was super busy freelancing. But I had to do a creature sculpt again. Just testing the AO bakes of that big guy #gamedev #creature #bulky #substancePainter

clay rendering of a monster with blades as hands

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I am a modeler... shit like that drives me crazy! 😬 High five anyone? #gamedev #rigging #ue5 #blender

crazy distorted mesh on a game character in ue5

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Had a lot of work lately, so there is very slow process on my little shooter project. But here is a WIP of my first weapon in the game. Screeshot is from substance Painter. I play around with additional alpha details currently. #gamedev #substancePainter #UE5 #scifi #pistol

3d model of a pistol. Rendered in substance painter

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

learning a lot of enemy AI in the last weeks. Thinking also about possible angles for a main menu. #gamedev #UnrealEngine5 #Space #Blender3d

space view, rendered in UE5. Asteroids in front of a earthlike planet

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Started to modify the UE5.6 arena shooter template. And now I got my robot model chasing and shooting at me 😍 #gamedev #ue5 #blender #substancePainter #shooter

screenshot of an early shooter game in ue5

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Mixing some industrial elements with kitbashed parts of my more clean and modern props. #gamedev #blender #scifi #modeling #industrial

scifi scene, rendered in ue5. industrial looking room

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Had the idea to complement my space scene with some more industrial-like parts for a second room. So I was busy the last evenings to kitbash and create a couple of modular parts. #ue5 #gamedev #environment #modular

industrial like environment, rendered in ue5

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

starting something new is sometimes really hard. bc everything looks meh at the beginning. #gamedev #unrealengine #blender #art

meme about progression in gamedev. A robot wip and the finished robot

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

more props. and some ugly clipping 😅 The plant containers really help to break up the white dominated scene. #gamedev #ue5 #blender #scifi #spacestation

scifi scene in white with plant containers. Rendered in ue5

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

expanding my room. Got way too much ideas what I could add here and not enough time 😅 #ue5 #gamedev #space

scifi room in a spacestation, rendered in ue5

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

still some weightpainting issues, but at least he is rigged now 😅 Can´t wait to improve the room further, but I think a bit of another sculpting pass for the face would be nice. #gamedev #blender3d #robot #character #rigging

robot character sitting on a couch in a spacestation. Rendered in ue5

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

after my humble attempt to add a character to my spacescene evolved into a waaaay bigger project by itself, here is the current state of my robot character. I will add some cables and details to the body. But so far I kinda like it. #gamedev #digitalart #blender #ue5 #robot

robot, modeled in blender. rendered in marmoset toolbag

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Was thinking about my space-window scene and decided a character would look nice in the scene. Probably a bit over ambicious for a evening project. lets see if I end up with something nice. #robot #blender3d #hardsurface #modeling

image of a unfinished robot, modeled in blender

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

my small daily update: asteroids are now a particle system and are flowting nicely. Couchtable is updated and the lower part of the window looks now nicer #ue5 #gamedev #blender #view #earth

scifi rendering in ue5. white room with view of earth

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Improved the window a bit yesterday. Not sure in which direction I am heading with this. #ue5 #gamedev #blender

unreal engine rendering of a scifi scene with earth view

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

finally back on my personal project. Lets embrace that view for a moment 😍 #ue5 #gamedev #Blender3d

view of the earth made with ue5 game engine. scifi scene

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

15 Maya crashes in the last 2 hours. I really wonder what they are doing at Autodesk to justify all that subscription money. #maya #autodesk #3dmodeling #blender

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

my little overview section for the first sample room of my server room set. Submitted it to fab, but they had some complaints. So I´ll fix these hopefully soon 😅 #gamedev #scifi #blender3d #ue5

orange generators and a white desk with chairs, rendered in ue5

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

since almost all of my scifi models share one material instance, you can change the colors of all of them very easy. Harder part is to decide which one 😅 #gamedevelopment #ue5 #blender #substancePainter

scifi corridor in different color setups. rendered in unreal engine 5

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

adding some corridors to connect sample rooms. In that case, it leads currently into the void 😅 #gamedev #unrealengine

orange and white scifi assets. corridor leading into the void, since it is not completed

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

setdressing. got almost all parts toghether for a scene. Added some cables to the beams. maybe not enough yet. #blender #gamedev #ue5

server room, rendered in ue5. white and orange colors.

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

still not more lightsources but at least these are looking as I hoped. Improved the ceiling a bit. #gamedev #ue5 #blender #scifi

server room, rendered in unreal 5. A desk in the foreground and a hallway filled with serverracks.

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

trying some kind of server room with some of my scifi assets. And I need to tweak my cable bp. I think the segments are too long. #gamedev #ue5 #blender

server room, modeled in blender, rendered in ue5

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

most important for all scifi environments: generic crates 😅 #scifi #gamedev #ue5

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

toying around to create some corridors #ue5 #gamedev

white and modern looking sci fi corridor, rendered in ue5

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

testing some props in UE5 I definitly suck at setdressing #UE5 #GameDev #Blender

white dominated scifi interior, rendered in UE5

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

My last image, done in Keyshot. Sadly never touched it again. The scene was Nihei inspired. Personal project in my evenings. #zbrush #keyshot #nihei #3d #atmospheric #postapocalyptic

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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

This is a beautiful tribute.

kyle_maclachlan Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big budget movie. He clearly saw something in me that even I didn't recognize. I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision.
What I saw in him was an enigmatic and intuitive man with a creative ocean bursting forth inside of him. He was in touch with something the rest of us wish we could get to.
Our friendship blossomed on Blue Velvet and then Twin Peaks and I always found him to be the most authentically alive person I'd ever met.
David was in tune with the universe and his own imagination on a level that seemed to be the best version of human. He was not interested in answers because he understood that questions are the drive that make us who we are. They are our breath.
While the world has lost a remarkable artist, l've lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and allowed me to travel in worlds I could never have conceived on my own.
I can see him now, standing up to greet me in his backyard, with a warm smile and big hug and that Great Plains honk of a voice. We'd talk coffee, the joy of the unexpected, the beauty of the world, and laugh.
His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other.
I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he's gone.
David, I remain forever changed, and forever your Kale. Thank you for everything.

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Helmut Stark @helmutstark.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

another old model of mine. Guess it is 8 years old now some Bio-mech Mutant was playing around with modular mechanical parts #gamedev #modeling #biomech