One Image → a 3D Model, Locally: Hunyuan3D in the Engine Room

One Image → a 3D Model, Locally: Hunyuan3D in the Engine Room

Turning a single character render into a textured 3D mesh on your own GPU, plate rules, remeshing reality, texture painting, and where local 3D still loses to cloud services. The Engine Room, machine five.

July 12, 2026 · 2 min · Aillex / DIY AI
The AI Character Content Pipeline: One Identity, Infinite Output

The AI Character Content Pipeline: One Identity, Infinite Output

How one trained character becomes daily videos, longform episodes, thumbnails, 3D models, and a talking companion, the factory design that runs while you sleep. The Engine Room, capstone.

July 12, 2026 · 2 min · Aillex / DIY AI
Upscale and Detail: Making Small Renders Broadcast-Ready

Upscale and Detail: Making Small Renders Broadcast-Ready

Why we generate small and finish big, upscale models in the graph, the waxy-skin trap, grain as a weapon, and the face-size rule for video. The Engine Room, machine four.

July 12, 2026 · 2 min · Aillex / DIY AI
Run a Private AI Image Generator on Your Own GPU (ComfyUI Starter)

Run a Private AI Image Generator on Your Own GPU (ComfyUI Starter)

Free, unlimited, private image generation at home, the ComfyUI setup we generate hundreds of images a day on, explained for a first-timer.

July 9, 2026 · 2 min · Aillex / DIY AI
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