You're watching a weekly of Sprite Fright's crew as they hash out Blender's new Open Movie, coming this October. For more weeklies, as well as inspiration, tips, tricks and downloadable assets, check out Sprite Fright's production logs on Blender Cloud: cloud.blender.org/films/sprite…

0:00 Matthew
2:01 Hjalti
6:24 Andy
11:01 Angela
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14:51 Julien
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Let's animate Blender studio's brand new character Snow!
Today we'll dive into splining.

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

• Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
  https://studio.blender.org/​

I am usually working with the latest Blender features and for that I need the latest Alpha version: builder.blender.org

In this new series, Julien Kaspar will guide you through the creation of "Snow", the next character in the lineup of creative commons rigs on the Blender Cloud.
In this stream the body topology will be refined and expanded upon.

Links:
- More info on the character Snow:
cloud.blender.org/blog/announc…
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
https://cloud.blender.org/​
- Character sculpting timelapses, files, tutorials and more:
cloud.blender.org/training/sty…
- Download the first character "Rain" for free:
cloud.blender.org/p/characters…
- Juliens Blender theme from the videos:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KZMwc…

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

With music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Album Playlist:
- Soap by Delete the Cube
- Beats to procrastinate to by Paternoster Poetry
- Cell division by pine voc
- Snow Cover by pine voc
- Paper Boats by Tovatronica
- The Big Crunch by glaciære & pine voc
- bath by glaciære
- hammock by glaciære
- light ripples by glaciære
- pool water blue by glaciære
- water slide by glaciære

In this series, Julien Kaspar will guide you through the creation of "Snow", the next character in the lineup of creative commons rigs on the Blender Cloud.
With the new topology and UV maps the texture painting and shading of Snow can go full steam ahead!

Links:
- More info on the character Snow:
cloud.blender.org/blog/announc…
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
https://cloud.blender.org/​
- Character sculpting timelapses, files, tutorials and more:
cloud.blender.org/training/sty…
- Download the first character "Rain" for free:
cloud.blender.org/p/characters…
- Juliens Blender theme from the videos:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KZMwc…

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

With music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Album Playlist:
- Soap by Delete the Cube
- Beats to procrastinate to by Paternoster Poetry
- Cell division by pine voc
- Snow Cover by pine voc
- Paper Boats by Tovatronica
- The Big Crunch by glaciære & pine voc
- bath by glaciære
- hammock by glaciære
- light ripples by glaciære
- pool water blue by glaciære
- water slide by glaciære

In this new series, Julien Kaspar will guide you through the creation of "Snow", the next character in the lineup of creative commons rigs on the Blender Cloud.
The topology is almost done. The last objects are now being retopologized like the clothes.

Links:
- More info on the character Snow:
cloud.blender.org/blog/announc…
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
https://cloud.blender.org/​
- Character sculpting timelapses, files, tutorials and more:
cloud.blender.org/training/sty…
- Download the first character "Rain" for free:
cloud.blender.org/p/characters…
- Juliens Blender theme from the videos:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KZMwc…

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

With music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Album Playlist:
- Soap by Delete the Cube
- Beats to procrastinate to by Paternoster Poetry
- Cell division by pine voc
- Snow Cover by pine voc
- Paper Boats by Tovatronica
- The Big Crunch by glaciære & pine voc
- bath by glaciære
- hammock by glaciære
- light ripples by glaciære
- pool water blue by glaciære
- water slide by glaciære

In this series, Julien Kaspar will guide you through the creation of "Snow", the next character in the lineup of creative commons rigs on the Blender Cloud.
This week it's about even more shading of the clothes by using textures from CC0 libraries and simplifying them.
The head will get significantly more work today! This includes stylised details and fake anisotropy shading for the hair for extra effects.

Links:
- More info on the character Snow:
cloud.blender.org/blog/announc…
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
https://cloud.blender.org/​
- Character sculpting timelapses, files, tutorials and more:
cloud.blender.org/training/sty…
- Download the first character "Rain" for free:
cloud.blender.org/p/characters…
- Juliens Blender theme from the videos:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KZMwc…

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

With music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Album Playlist:
- Soap by Delete the Cube
- Beats to procrastinate to by Paternoster Poetry
- Cell division by pine voc
- Snow Cover by pine voc
- Paper Boats by Tovatronica
- The Big Crunch by glaciære & pine voc
- bath by glaciære
- hammock by glaciære
- light ripples by glaciære
- pool water blue by glaciære
- water slide by glaciære

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Let's animate Blender studio's brand new character Snow!
Today we'll start polishing the shot

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

• Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
  https://studio.blender.org/​

I am usually working with the latest Blender features and for that I need the latest Alpha version: builder.blender.org

In this series, Julien Kaspar will guide you through the creation of "Snow", the next character in the lineup of creative commons rigs on the Blender Cloud.
Continuing where I left of, first of the skin tones need to be nailed down but afterwards I will continue with adding some repeating patterns and details.

Links:
- More info on the character Snow:
cloud.blender.org/blog/announc…
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
https://cloud.blender.org/​
- Character sculpting timelapses, files, tutorials and more:
cloud.blender.org/training/sty…
- Download the first character "Rain" for free:
cloud.blender.org/p/characters…
- Juliens Blender theme from the videos:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KZMwc…

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

With music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Album Playlist:
- Soap by Delete the Cube
- Beats to procrastinate to by Paternoster Poetry
- Cell division by pine voc
- Snow Cover by pine voc
- Paper Boats by Tovatronica
- The Big Crunch by glaciære & pine voc
- bath by glaciære
- hammock by glaciære
- light ripples by glaciære
- pool water blue by glaciære
- water slide by glaciære

This week Julien Kaspar will recreate the classic Gooseberry project design of Michel (later renamed to Franck for Cosmos Laundromat), while showcasing the new sculpting features of Blender.

Find out more about the Cosmos Laundromat and other Blender projects on the Blender Cloud:
cloud.blender.org/

In this new series, Julien Kaspar will guide you through the creation of "Snow", the next character in the lineup of creative commons rigs on the Blender Cloud.
With the head retopology completed it is time to dive into the other facial an head elements and then finally the body retopology.

Links:
- More info on the character Snow:
cloud.blender.org/blog/announc…
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
https://cloud.blender.org/​
- Character sculpting timelapses, files, tutorials and more:
cloud.blender.org/training/sty…
- Juliens Blender theme from the videos:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KZMwc…

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

With music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Album Playlist:
- Soap by Delete the Cube
- Beats to procrastinate to by Paternoster Poetry
- Cell division by pine voc
- Snow Cover by pine voc
- Paper Boats by Tovatronica
- The Big Crunch by glaciære & pine voc
- bath by glaciære
- hammock by glaciære
- light ripples by glaciære
- pool water blue by glaciære
- water slide by glaciære

Let's rig Snow, the character created by Julien Kaspar. This rig will be available for supporters on https://studio.blender.org/​ when it's done.

Addons used in the stream:
EasyWeight: gitlab.com/blender/easy_weight
CloudRig: gitlab.com/blender/CloudRig
MetsTools: github.com/Mets3D/mets_tools (WIP addons)

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

• Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
  https://studio.blender.org/​

I am usually working with the latest Blender features and for that I need the latest Alpha version: builder.blender.org

Let's animate Blender studio's brand new character Snow!

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

• Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
  https://studio.blender.org/​

I am usually working with the latest Blender features and for that I need the latest Alpha version: builder.blender.org

Let's rig Snow, the character created by Julien Kaspar. This rig will be available for supporters on https://studio.blender.org/​ when it's done.

Addons used in the stream:
EasyWeight: gitlab.com/blender/easy_weight
CloudRig: gitlab.com/blender/CloudRig

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

• Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
  https://studio.blender.org/​

I am usually working with the latest Blender features and for that I need the latest Alpha version: builder.blender.org

In this series, Julien Kaspar will guide you through the creation of "Snow", the next character in the lineup of creative commons rigs on the Blender Cloud.
Today there will be more procedural detail, more texturing more shading of clothes!

Links:
- More info on the character Snow:
cloud.blender.org/blog/announc…
- Support and check out our Blender Open Movies and Training:
https://cloud.blender.org/​
- Character sculpting timelapses, files, tutorials and more:
cloud.blender.org/training/sty…
- Download the first character "Rain" for free:
cloud.blender.org/p/characters…
- Juliens Blender theme from the videos:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KZMwc…

Specs:
- Operating System: Linux Pop!_OS
- Memory: 32 GiB RAM
- GPU: GeForce GTX 980
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K CPU

With music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Album Playlist:
- Soap by Delete the Cube
- Beats to procrastinate to by Paternoster Poetry
- Cell division by pine voc
- Snow Cover by pine voc
- Paper Boats by Tovatronica
- The Big Crunch by glaciære & pine voc
- bath by glaciære
- hammock by glaciære
- light ripples by glaciære
- pool water blue by glaciære
- water slide by glaciære

Another session, where Julien Kaspar is recreating the classic Gooseberry project design of Michel (later renamed to Franck for Cosmos Laundromat), while showcasing the new sculpting features of Blender.

Find out more about the Cosmos Laundromat and other Blender projects on the Blender Cloud:
cloud.blender.org/

This time with music from Stevia Sphere:
steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

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Road construction procurement operates in a world where schedule slippage is not an abstraction — it is a contractual liability with a daily cost attached to it. Every element of the material supply chain that feeds a road project carries schedule risk, and aggregate supply is among the most consequential. Delays in crushed gravel delivery cascade through subbase preparation, base course placement, and paving sequences with a speed that project managers find consistently unpleasant. The supply chain that looked adequate during tender preparation has a habit of revealing its vulnerabilities once earthworks are complete and the project is genuinely hungry for material.

Mobile gravel crushers have emerged as a procurement and operational response to precisely this vulnerability. Rather than positioning aggregate supply as a logistics problem to be managed between a fixed quarry and the project site, mobile crushing brings the production capability to the material source — wherever that source happens to be along the project corridor. The implications for schedule performance, material cost, and procurement flexibility are significant enough to have shifted the equipment strategy of road contractors across multiple markets. Understanding why these machines match tight construction schedules so effectively requires looking at where conventional aggregate supply chains typically break down, and how mobile crushing addresses each failure point directly.

##Where Conventional Aggregate Supply Chains Create Schedule Risk

Haul Distance Sensitivity and the Logistics Compounding Effect

Fixed quarry operations supply aggregate competently when the project site is within economic haul distance. That distance varies by market, fuel cost, and road conditions, but the underlying dynamic is consistent: as haul distance increases, delivered material cost rises, truck cycle times lengthen, and the number of vehicles required to maintain a given delivery rate grows. Beyond a certain threshold — which arrives faster on remote or linear infrastructure projects than procurement teams typically anticipate — the logistics cost of aggregate supply becomes a project budget problem, and the logistics complexity becomes a schedule risk.

The compounding effect is what makes this genuinely dangerous for tight schedules. A road project consuming 500 tonnes of crushed aggregate per day across a 150-kilometer corridor is not simply a material supply problem — it is a rolling logistics coordination challenge that requires a continuous, synchronized flow of vehicles between a fixed supply point and a moving demand point. Any disruption to that flow — vehicle breakdown, road access restriction, weather, or simply the cumulative inefficiency of a long haul cycle — translates directly into material shortfall at the paving front. And material shortfall at the paving front means stopped work, idle crews, and a schedule that is slipping while the procurement team searches for solutions.

Fixed Supply Dependency and the Single-Point-of-Failure Problem

Relying on a single quarry as the aggregate source for a major road project creates a procurement architecture with an uncomfortable characteristic: it has no redundancy. A fixed quarry faces its own operational vulnerabilities — equipment breakdown, blasting permit delays, environmental compliance issues, access road conditions, and production capacity constraints during peak regional demand — any of which can reduce or interrupt supply at exactly the moment the project needs it most.

Contractors who have experienced a primary quarry supply disruption mid-project understand the cost of this dependency acutely. Secondary sources are rarely pre-qualified, pricing for emergency supply invariably reflects the buyer's distressed position, and the time required to identify, qualify, and mobilize an alternative source frequently measures in weeks rather than days. For a project with contractual completion dates and liquidated damages clauses, those weeks carry a very specific financial consequence. Mobile crusher plant for sale eliminates the single-point-of-failure structure by making the production capability itself mobile — deployable to multiple material sources along the project corridor as conditions and demand require.

How Mobile Crushing Aligns With Road Construction's Scheduling Rhythm

Production at Source: Eliminating the Haul-Distance Variable

The fundamental schedule advantage of mobile gravel crushing is geographical. By processing raw material at or near its natural occurrence along the project corridor — in borrow pits, river deposits, rock outcrops, or demolition material stockpiles — mobile crushers eliminate the haul-distance variable that makes conventional aggregate supply chains increasingly unreliable as project length increases.

Material travels from crusher to placement zone, not from a distant fixed facility to a point that may be a hundred kilometers away. Truck cycle times shorten dramatically. The number of vehicles required to maintain a given delivery rate decreases correspondingly. And the logistics coordination burden that consumes project management attention on long haul operations reduces to something far more manageable. The direct cost saving on haulage alone frequently justifies the mobile crushing investment on projects beyond a certain scale — but the schedule reliability benefit is often the more operationally significant outcome for contractors whose contracts carry meaningful delay penalties.

Relocation Flexibility Matching the Project's Moving Demand Front

Road construction is a linear process with a demand front that advances progressively along the project corridor. The aggregate consumption point today is not the aggregate consumption point in three weeks — and a supply strategy that works efficiently for the first phase of a road project may become logistically awkward for the second phase if it cannot reposition accordingly.

Mobile crushers reposition to match the project's advancing demand front. As earthworks progress and the subbase and base course operations move along the corridor, the aggregate crusher moves with them — maintaining a short haul relationship between production and placement throughout the project duration rather than only during the phases where geography happens to favor a fixed supply point. This relocatability is not a minor operational convenience. It is a structural advantage that keeps materi

Road construction procurement operates in a world where schedule slippage is not an abstraction — it is a contractual liability with a daily cost attached to it. Every element of the material supply chain that feeds a road project carries schedule risk, and aggregate supply is among the most consequential. Delays in crushed gravel delivery cascade through subbase preparation, base course placement, and paving sequences with a speed that project managers find consistently unpleasant. The supply chain that looked adequate during tender preparation has a habit of revealing its vulnerabilities once earthworks are complete and the project is genuinely hungry for material.

Mobile gravel crushers have emerged as a procurement and operational response to precisely this vulnerability. Rather than positioning aggregate supply as a logistics problem to be managed between a fixed quarry and the project site, mobile crushing brings the production capability to the material source — wherever that source happens to be along the project corridor. The implications for schedule performance, material cost, and procurement flexibility are significant enough to have shifted the equipment strategy of road contractors across multiple markets. Understanding why these machines match tight construction schedules so effectively requires looking at where conventional aggregate supply chains typically break down, and how mobile crushing addresses each failure point directly.

##Where Conventional Aggregate Supply Chains Create Schedule Risk

Haul Distance Sensitivity and the Logistics Compounding Effect

Fixed quarry operations supply aggregate competently when the project site is within economic haul distance. That distance varies by market, fuel cost, and road conditions, but the underlying dynamic is consistent: as haul distance increases, delivered material cost rises, truck cycle times lengthen, and the number of vehicles required to maintain a given delivery rate grows. Beyond a certain threshold — which arrives faster on remote or linear infrastructure projects than procurement teams typically anticipate — the logistics cost of aggregate supply becomes a project budget problem, and the logistics complexity becomes a schedule risk.

The compounding effect is what makes this genuinely dangerous for tight schedules. A road project consuming 500 tonnes of crushed aggregate per day across a 150-kilometer corridor is not simply a material supply problem — it is a rolling logistics coordination challenge that requires a continuous, synchronized flow of vehicles between a fixed supply point and a moving demand point. Any disruption to that flow — vehicle breakdown, road access restriction, weather, or simply the cumulative inefficiency of a long haul cycle — translates directly into material shortfall at the paving front. And material shortfall at the paving front means stopped work, idle crews, and a schedule that is slipping while the procurement team searches for solutions.

Fixed Supply Dependency and the Single-Point-of-Failure Problem

Relying on a single quarry as the aggregate source for a major road project creates a procurement architecture with an uncomfortable characteristic: it has no redundancy. A fixed quarry faces its own operational vulnerabilities — equipment breakdown, blasting permit delays, environmental compliance issues, access road conditions, and production capacity constraints during peak regional demand — any of which can reduce or interrupt supply at exactly the moment the project needs it most.

Contractors who have experienced a primary quarry supply disruption mid-project understand the cost of this dependency acutely. Secondary sources are rarely pre-qualified, pricing for emergency supply invariably reflects the buyer's distressed position, and the time required to identify, qualify, and mobilize an alternative source frequently measures in weeks rather than days. For a project with contractual completion dates and liquidated damages clauses, those weeks carry a very specific financial consequence. Mobile crusher plant for sale eliminates the single-point-of-failure structure by making the production capability itself mobile — deployable to multiple material sources along the project corridor as conditions and demand require.

How Mobile Crushing Aligns With Road Construction's Scheduling Rhythm

Production at Source: Eliminating the Haul-Distance Variable

The fundamental schedule advantage of mobile gravel crushing is geographical. By processing raw material at or near its natural occurrence along the project corridor — in borrow pits, river deposits, rock outcrops, or demolition material stockpiles — mobile crushers eliminate the haul-distance variable that makes conventional aggregate supply chains increasingly unreliable as project length increases.

Material travels from crusher to placement zone, not from a distant fixed facility to a point that may be a hundred kilometers away. Truck cycle times shorten dramatically. The number of vehicles required to maintain a given delivery rate decreases correspondingly. And the logistics coordination burden that consumes project management attention on long haul operations reduces to something far more manageable. The direct cost saving on haulage alone frequently justifies the mobile crushing investment on projects beyond a certain scale — but the schedule reliability benefit is often the more operationally significant outcome for contractors whose contracts carry meaningful delay penalties.

Relocation Flexibility Matching the Project's Moving Demand Front

Road construction is a linear process with a demand front that advances progressively along the project corridor. The aggregate consumption point today is not the aggregate consumption point in three weeks — and a supply strategy that works efficiently for the first phase of a road project may become logistically awkward for the second phase if it cannot reposition accordingly.

Mobile crushers reposition to match the project's advancing demand front. As earthworks progress and the subbase and base course operations move along the corridor, the aggregate crusher moves with them — maintaining a short haul relationship between production and placement throughout the project duration rather than only during the phases where geography happens to favor a fixed supply point. This relocatability is not a minor operational convenience. It is a structural advantage that keeps materi

Sing-along with Idina Menzel in this full sequence from Disney's Frozen.

"Let It Go" from Disney's "Frozen" is a powerful anthem of self-acceptance and liberation. The sing-along version invites audiences to join in on the uplifting chorus, celebrating the journey of embracing one's true self. With stunning visuals and a memorable melody, this song has become a beloved classic for fans of all ages.
Album Artist: #Disney
Album(s): #FrozenSoundtrack
Written by: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
Music genre(s): #Soundtrack #Pop
Released: #2013
Decade for first release: #2010s

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As Mastodon celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2026, the open source platform’s new Executive Director, Felix Hlatky, is focused on what it’ll take to make the next 10 years even more impactful.
That vision includes an overhaul in version 5.0, a new feature called Collections, and continuing its critical role at the heart of the fediverse.
Highlights of the conversation include:

00:56 What Felix is most excited about right now
02:11 Felix’s Mastodon history
04:16 Mastodon’s growth and organizational change
08:10 Getting set up for success
10:27 Collections — a major new feature
15:18 Lesson to learn from Bluesky
17:05 Weaponization, privacy, nuances around collections
19:35 Making social media more manageable
21:00 Groups
23:44 Power of building at the protocol level
25:40 Collaborations across platforms and protocols
27:27 Bridging technologies and standards work
31:15 Mastodon’s backend infrastructure
33:56 Funding and the EU
37:27 Governments use of Mastodon
40:05 The Forkiverse
45:05 Podcasts in the fediverse
47:14 Custom feeds on Surf, ex dotsocial.surf.social
49:58 Vibrant creator communities on the social web
51:20 Mastodon 5.0, FASPS
53:59 Entering a new era

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