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TIE Pilot · 10-02-2003, 07:01 PM

Nice Tank! Good details and all!

henrik75 · 04-03-2003, 09:25 PM

Hi, i'm also working on a tank right now. It's a Panzer IV model J.
Your tank looks absolutely awesome, loved to be able to make mine look as good.

I'm interested in knowing how you made your model. I'm making mine by measuring a plastic model and typing in these number into lightwave.

It's quite time consuming though and i'm looking for a faster way of making the model. Does anyone have a suggestion?

Kvaalen · 04-03-2003, 09:36 PM

Looking good!

For suggestions, How about taking pictures of the models and using them as backdrops?

Another tip would be to bevel the edges a little so they won't be so sharp.

satoh · 05-03-2003, 08:52 AM

i am not sure what model of panzer is. The box only has "Panzerkampfwagen"

i made it from photos (up, left, front.....)

another way to make it is model the pieces and mount it like the box says (if the tank has to be mounted)

henrik75 · 05-03-2003, 07:04 PM

Thanks Satoh and kvaalen for your suggestions. I have but a few questions though!

I'm quite new at this modelling thing. I don't quite know how to bevel the edges? please help?

I have tried to model the tank from backdrops, but there is so much detail, that you can't get from pictures. I also need some good blueprints. Does anyone know where to find them?

jalingo · 05-03-2003, 08:02 PM

This place has some blueprints. Most of them are not the greatest quality.

http://www.onnovanbraam.com/index.php?main=blueprints

Nail · 05-03-2003, 09:24 PM

Very well made tank! Good job!

AnimaLMotheR · 06-03-2003, 12:57 AM

Originally posted by satoh
i am not sure what model of panzer is. The box only has "Panzerkampfwagen"

i made it from photos (up, left, front.....)

another way to make it is model the pieces and mount it like the box says (if the tank has to be mounted)

Its a Panther. Panzerkampfwagen V.

Originally posted by Kvaalen
To make fake GI you just need to make a sphere of lights (it's very simple with LW 7.5).

Or u can just use Image Based Lighting. Check out the tut here.

Good looking vehicle btw.

satoh · 06-03-2003, 08:34 AM

to bevel polys only select desired polys and click "b"

It's in multiply//bevel

but i don't like this tool, so i select poly and i make a smooth shift (multiply//smooth shift) and next i use modify//stretch to simulate a bevel

may be "Sm scale" (modify//sm Scale) work, but i don't know.

Bobakabob · 11-03-2003, 10:13 PM

Great work... really well crafted! It would be cool to see more finished renders

quaoar · 12-03-2003, 04:15 AM

awesome! Cant wait to see the final render! great work.

10-02-2003, 07:01 PM	#16
TIE Pilot Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 24	Nice Tank! Good details and all! __________________ TIE Pilots.....the backbone of the Empire!

04-03-2003, 09:36 PM	#18
Kvaalen Full Access Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Paris Posts: 536	Looking good! For suggestions, How about taking pictures of the models and using them as backdrops? Another tip would be to bevel the edges a little so they won't be so sharp. __________________ My Site!

05-03-2003, 08:52 AM	#19
satoh Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: gijon (spain) Posts: 7	i am not sure what model of panzer is. The box only has "Panzerkampfwagen" i made it from photos (up, left, front.....) another way to make it is model the pieces and mount it like the box says (if the tank has to be mounted) __________________ On every street there's a nobody who dreams of being somebody. He's a lonely forgotten man desperate to prove that he's alive.

05-03-2003, 07:04 PM	#20
henrik75 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Aalborg, Denmark Posts: 15	Thanks for the remarks! Thanks Satoh and kvaalen for your suggestions. I have but a few questions though! I'm quite new at this modelling thing. I don't quite know how to bevel the edges? please help? I have tried to model the tank from backdrops, but there is so much detail, that you can't get from pictures. I also need some good blueprints. Does anyone know where to find them?

06-03-2003, 08:34 AM	#24
satoh Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: gijon (spain) Posts: 7	to bevel polys only select desired polys and click "b" It's in multiply//bevel but i don't like this tool, so i select poly and i make a smooth shift (multiply//smooth shift) and next i use modify//stretch to simulate a bevel may be "Sm scale" (modify//sm Scale) work, but i don't know. __________________ On every street there's a nobody who dreams of being somebody. He's a lonely forgotten man desperate to prove that he's alive.

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05-03-2003, 08:02 PM	#21
jalingo Full Access Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: USA Posts: 47	This place has some blueprints. Most of them are not the greatest quality. http://www.onnovanbraam.com/index.php?main=blueprints

05-03-2003, 09:24 PM	#22
Nail Full Access Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 206	Very well made tank! Good job!

11-03-2003, 10:13 PM	#25
Bobakabob Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: England Posts: 42	Great work... really well crafted! It would be cool to see more finished renders __________________ Bob Szczerba "Gravity always lets you down"

12-03-2003, 04:15 AM	#26
quaoar Full Access Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ottawa Posts: 365	awesome! Cant wait to see the final render! great work.

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