Make one that can rotate and glowAn energy ball magic stick.

Mission·Look at the end point first

The focus of this magic stick is not “many squares”, but the same story about contour, coloring and sports.

From a long look, the golden circle is like a fusion device; when it approaches, the central blue energy core becomes warmer compared to the blue purple cane body; when the animation is played, the top structure rotates slowly around the Z axis, and the beam creates a sense of mobility through the texture frame. A good game prop will tell the player in a very small picture what it is, how it should be held, where it's saving its energy.

Source pack · First understand the materials in your hand

An editable project, three textures and an illustrated tutorial to solve different problems respectively.

The core of the download package is teacherma-magic-wand.bbmodel. It records 9 elements, 2 structure groups, UV coordinates, 3 embedded textures, and 1 animation; that is, even if the external PNG is temporarily moved, the embedded texture will usually still be visible when opening the source project. External PNGs make it easy to inspect, back up, and plug in projects individually. The PDF is a 12-page Chinese production guide. The interface screenshots in the course come from this original material.

Workflow · First create a global map

Each step only solves one problem: shape, perspective, color, movement, and finally talks about derivation.

It is easiest for beginners to reverse the order: before the model is finalized, they rush to draw fine textures; before the grouping and pivots are checked, they pile up many key frames. In this way, every time the scale is changed, the UVs and animations may be reworked. This lesson adheres to "from large to small": first confirm the silhouette, then confirm the player's perspective, and finally invest in texture and movement details.

Step 1 · Safely open the project

Save a copy first, and then move the first element; this step can save the entire class.

1. 1

   Completely decompress the material package

   Do not open the model directly in the compressed package preview window. Put all files into the same project directory and keep the file names to avoid losing contact with the texture path and tutorial reference.

2. 2

   Open the source file with Open Model

   Start Blockbench, select File → Open ModelOpen teacherma-magic-wand.bbmodel. If asked about the format, continue in the Free Model format in which the project was saved.

3. 3

   Save personal copy now

   Use File → Save As, for example named my-magic-wand-v01.bbmodel. After that, the version number will be increased every time a major stage is completed, and the original file will always serve as the "returnable answer".

4. 4

   Check three work areas

   View elements and groups in Edit, view maps in Paint, and find the file named animation animation. At this time, observe first and do not delete unfamiliar elements in batches.

Step 2 · Generate model framework

First use three numbers to establish the ratio: 2×27×2, 19×20×0, 8×11×0.

The main body is a very slender cuboid, which is responsible for stabilizing the visual center of gravity; the large pattern on the head of the stick and the small pattern on the bottom are close to two-dimensional decorative pieces, which are responsible for forming recognition. The original project used a total of 8 Cubes and 1 Mesh. Cube is suitable for regular grips, connecting rings and decorative blocks, while Mesh is more suitable for irregular contours such as energy beams.

What should be observed when setting up a framework?

First, look at the center line. The long handle, energy core and ring should be organized around the same longitudinal axis, otherwise there will be an obvious "circle" after rotation. Second, look at the white space. The energy core cannot be completely blocked by the golden frame, and the cyan core should be visible from both the first-person view and the inventory thumbnail. Third, look at the thickness. Models can use zero-thickness planes to form pixel patterns, but different rendering schemes handle double-sided displays differently; if the backside disappears, check the face orientation, material double-sided settings, or change to a very thin cube.

Don't pursue the perfect circle from the beginning. Minecraft style pays more attention to whether the pixel ladder is neat and whether the left and right are balanced. You can place the structure on one side first, and then copy, mirror, or place the other side with the same coordinates. Each time a new element is added, it is changed to a readable name in the Outliner, for example handle,head_ring,energy_coreWhen you make an animation, you'll be in a row. cube Much clearer.

Step 3 · Perspective acceptance

Just because the model is centered in the editor does not mean that it is comfortable in the player's hands.

In first person, players most often stare at the center of the screen. If the head of the stick is too large or positioned too high, the beautiful energy ball will become a visual obstruction; if the model is too low, only a small portion of the handle will be left. For the third person, observe whether the palm falls on the handle area, whether the staff passes through the arm, and whether it appears to be too long when running. Every time you adjust position, rotation, or scale, you should return to these two perspectives for a quick inspection.

Step 4·Draw the subject skin

The pixel quality comes from "layered color blocks", not from applying a soft-edged pen back and forth.

Erase unwanted pixels in the pattern area first, then start with the large color block. Cane head highlight can be used #fff4a3, bright gold use #faf178, middle color use #f0cc77For the dark side. #dfa211. The blue and purple areas can be found from #76acd0,#7681d0 Transition #394ddb and #6937b0. These colors don't have to be copied verbatim, but they illustrate a solid principle: Lights increase lightness, shadows decrease lightness and slightly alter hue, rather than just layering black on top of the primary color.

When drawing a symmetrical pattern, you can complete half of it first and then mirror the other half. What really matters is not mechanical symmetry, but equal visual weight: one more bright pixel on the left, and the right may need to be balanced with a slightly darker pixel. After drawing, reduce the view to a size close to the game inventory icon. If the golden outline becomes mushy after zooming out, you should reduce the fragmented noise and re-open the gap between the brightest and darkest colors.

Step 5 · Draw energy ball beam

The light beam must have direction and attenuation: it will be brighter closer to the energy ball and gradually dissipate outward.

The beam is not a circle of thick burrs. Start by drawing a few main directions around the energy core, then add shorter branches. Use a lighter, more solid teal at the roots, which becomes sparser toward the outside. Even when using feathering, maintain pixel outlines to avoid large areas of soft fog that would be inconsistent with the Minecraft art style. After you finish a frame, you can temporarily switch the canvas to a dark background and check the edges for any isolated dirty pixels.

in the material package magic-wand-energy-animation.png is a 128 × 384 vertical animated texture strip. It is taller than the normal 64×64 main map because multiple animated frames are sequenced in the same image. Don't randomly crop it into a square, or convert it to a lossy JPG in an image compression tool; the transparency channel and the position of each pixel are part of the animation.

Step 6 · Create loop animation

Two keyframes can complete a circle: 0 seconds is 0°, and 3 seconds is 360° on the Z axis.

The animation in the real source project is named animation, 3 seconds long, looped as loop, the time-axis adsorption value of 24. Animation works in the top structure group: the first Rotation key frame is 0 seconds and the Z value is 0; the second key frame is 3 seconds and the Z is 360; both use Linear linear plugs. Because 0° and 360° are in the same visual direction, there is no sudden fallback when recycling back to the first set.

Pivot is more important than angle

If the energy ball draws a large circle around the distance like a wiper when rotating, it is not that 360° is written incorrectly, but that the Pivot Point is not at the expected center. First pause at an intermediate moment, such as 1.5 seconds, and observe whether the ring rotates around the center of the energy core; if it is eccentric, return to the Edit workspace to correct the grouping origin, and then preview again. The moving cane head and the immovable handle are divided into two groups just so that the animation only affects the top.

Texture animation is more like manually turning pages of a book: each frame is a slightly changing beam pattern. When editing, confirm the currently selected keyframe to avoid drawing all changes into the same frame. Higher FPS does not mean more advanced; if the number of frames is too low but played too fast, it will turn into glaring flickering. First use a slower speed to clearly see the changes in each frame, and then gradually increase it to a rhythm that meets the "continuous energy accumulation".

Step 7 · Access Minecraft MOD

Choose "static item" or "animated model" first; this will determine the subsequent technical route.

The source project uses Blockbench's Free Model format, which is suitable for free modeling and saving animations, but it is not one that can be directly put into Minecraft. mods The JAR of the folder is also not equivalent to the original Java item model JSON. When connecting to the MOD, model resources, item registration and animation rendering are three different tasks.

If you have just completed the Fabric left-click ignition course on this site, you can regard this Blockbench work as a "visual upgrade project": Reserved maik:magic_wand For registration and left-click events, first replace the static map and model; wait until the static display is stable, and then study animation rendering separately. In this way, when an error occurs, it can be determined whether the problem comes from the gameplay logic, resource path or animation layer.

Save & deliver · Save and deliver

The source project is responsible for "continuing creation", and the export file is responsible for "entering the target project", both of which must be retained.

1. 1

   Save editable source files

   Keep the latest .bbmodel while leaving an unmodified original version. Adding a date or version number to the name is safer than overwriting the same file over and over again.

2. 2

   Export textures individually

   Save the 64 × 64 main texture and 128 × 384 beam animation texture as PNG, keep the background transparent, and do not let chat software or picture websites automatically compress it.

3. 3

   Export model according to target platform

   First confirm the version requirements of Forge, Fabric or Bedrock, and then select the format. If the exporter does not support Mesh, skeleton or texture animation, reduce the feature testing first and do not pretend that "it will be displayed if the export is successful".

4. 4

   Establish minimum test scenario

   First test a prop in a blank development world. Confirm the four states of inventory, first person, third person and ground drop, and then add skills, sound effects and particles.

Debug clinic · Troubleshooting according to symptoms

First determine whether the problem belongs to the model, texture, animation or MOD access. Do not make random changes everywhere at the same time.

Practice · Turn the example into your own work

Don't change it all in one go; change one variable at a time and write down your predicted results.

Five-minute self-test