3D Artist · Developer · Technical Director · Brisbane, AU

Peter
Thomas

25+ years creating 3D for film, games, defence, medical & education

From Scooby-Doo and Spider-Man to Boeing's MQ-28 Ghost Bat — I build immersive 3D experiences that hit deadlines, win awards, and work on every platform imaginable.

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Work in motion.

25 years of 3D, animation, simulation and interactive development — across defence, medical, education, film and games.

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Career

25 years. Every platform.
Every industry.

From TV studios to defence contractors, from Abu Dhabi to Brisbane — a career built on delivery.

2023 – Present

Boeing Defence Australia

Brisbane, QLD

Computer-Based Training Developer

Contributing to the MQ-28 Ghost Bat program — Australia's first domestically designed and manufactured military combat aircraft in over 50 years. Developing immersive, SCORM-compliant training for maintenance, communications systems and mission operations.

Authoring interactive modules in Articulate Storyline
High-fidelity 3D models and simulations in Blender and Unreal Engine 5
Scenario-based training experiences in Unity 3D, packaged as SCORM for Moodle/Aquila LMS

Articulate Storyline Blender Unreal Engine 5 Unity 3D SCORM Moodle LMS

2022 – 2023

Real Serious Games

BHP Port Hedland

VR Developer

Designed and implemented immersive VR training simulations for BHP Mining, covering critical safety protocols including train cart coupling and uncoupling procedures — deployed on HTC Vive Focus 3 headsets in Unity.

Unity HTC Vive Focus 3 VR Simulation Safety Training

2019 – 2021

CSDS

Clinical Skills Development Service, Brisbane

Senior 3D Artist / Developer

Contributed to the award-winning Maternity Education Program (MEP) — developing all 3D animations and interactive modules for training medical professionals in obstetric emergencies using HoloLens, VR, AR, and WebGL. What started as a 3-month contract extended to 12 months on the strength of the work.

🏆 Bond University Sustainable Healthcare Award 🏆 Metro North Health Staff Excellence Award 🏆 Metro North Excellence in Innovation Award

HoloLens VR AR WebGL Medical Simulation

2016 – 2019

Ibtikar Edu Tech

Dubai, UAE

Senior 3D AR VR Interactive Technical Specialist

Produced 3D content for UAE Ministry of Education curriculum across government schools — Design, PE, Arabic, English. Official GCC distributor for FlashForge 3D printers; head of servicing and repairs. Produced interactive videos for electronics curriculum introduction.

Ministry of Education UAE 3D Printing AR Curriculum Content

2014 – 2016

Knowledge Point

Abu Dhabi, UAE

3D Technical Specialist

3D, AR and VR interactive application development for the UAE Defence Force and corporate clients including Saudi Aramco and Hydra Properties.

UAE Defence Saudi Aramco AR / VR Corporate 3D

2009 – 2014

COE + GCSS

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Head of 3D Development + Military Simulation Specialist

Led 3D development for the Centre of Excellence, producing military educational material for Signals Corps. Created technical presentations for high-level government bodies on national and military infrastructure. Simultaneously delivered high-level national military 3D simulation using VR Forces at GCSS.

Military Simulation VR Forces Defence Technical Presentations

1999 – 2008

Thomas4D Creations

Australia

Studio Owner · Freelancer · Technical Director

Technical 3D artist across film, television and games. Credits include Spider-Man, Scooby-Doo, Zambezia, Speedy TV series, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 1 & 2 (video games), and Jimmy Neutron: Jet Fusion. Also delivered 3D animation for Heat and Control's food processing equipment, Children's Animated Bible pipeline, and educational multimedia at Launchpad. Developed the Thomas4D Rigging Tools for Lightwave 3D — one of the most widely adopted character rigging plugins in the Lightwave community.

Spider-Man Scooby-Doo Ty the Tasmanian Tiger Jimmy Neutron Lightwave Rigging Tools Character Animation Technical Direction

Early Career

Channel 7 · Spaceframe · Launchpad · Lu Greffin

Australia

3D Artist · CAD Draftsman · Interface Designer

3D artist at Channel 7 on program titles, virtual sets, advertising and news visualisation. Head of production at Spaceframe Buildings for sub-18m steel structures. Lead 3D artist and interface designer at Launchpad for educational multimedia — First Aid, CSI, virtual plant. CAD draftsman for Lu Greffin Architects across domestic, commercial and international projects.

Channel 7 Broadcast Architectural CAD Educational Media

Skills & Tools

Software is a tool,
not a religion.

Whatever pipeline your project runs on, I'll step into it or build you a better one.

3D & VFX

Houdini ZBrush Blender Modo Lightwave 3D Maya 3ds Max Redshift Substance Painter After Effects

Real-Time & Interactive

Unity 3D Unreal Engine 5 HoloLens WebGL ARKit ARCore HTC Vive VR Forces Three.js

Training & Development

Articulate Storyline Aquila LMS Bluedrop LCMS Moodle LMS iOS Android Windows Apps Adobe CC

Portfolio

Some of the work.

Some projects are under NDA. Here's what can be shown.

Scooby-Doo — Feature Film

Spider-Man Previz/Storyboarding

Speedy — Animated TV Series

Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat

Edison — School Training

Guitar — Product Render

Cartoon 3D Render

Interactive Military Training

Testimonials

What colleagues say.

Peter is an experienced visual designer. Given multimedia content as text or images, he can do magic. He never says 'no' and I recommend him without hesitation to any organisation that requires visual modelling and design skills.

Gregory-Nader Zoughbi

Global director of business development at L3Harris Technologies

There are very few people who can turn an outline description into a visual representation of a functional system. In our company we are lucky because we have 'a Pete'. He turns our customer's dreams into visual reality — and comes in every day with a smile on his face.

Andrew Richards

Fuzhou City, Fujian, China

With minimal input, Peter creates models, rigs, storyboards, complex scenes and complete animations from start to finish. From simple logos to complete 3D movies. A very fast learner with an amazing eye for detail. I would recommend Peter without hesitation.

J. Miguel Vaca

Senior Systems Engineer

Get in Touch

Let's build
something real.

Whether it's a defence training simulation, a medical VR experience, a game asset pipeline or a single 3D render — reach out and let's talk.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Thomas4d@gmail.com

peterthomas3d.com

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