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doublerr · 12-12-2004, 12:23 AM

well..
in my opinion....it depends on the game and story, if its a fighting game, it might have lotsa scratch on the body, if its a adventure story about a 'lost-soul' robot, it might looks rusty...so...it juz up to u

....and the story

kumar · 05-01-2005, 02:38 AM

Hi there bud,,, nice robot. I think you should give him a weapon, maybe a extra large one.. So has a game type feel to it. Make him more shiny first then add the rust or peeling paint in layers. Add some rocket boosters and pose him in a shot for the finals.

Hehe i can see you are lazy to do rigging... But try out the IKBoost tool, Man its really easy and can give great results.

Zeeman · 07-01-2005, 01:18 AM

Okay, Thanks a lot doublerr and Kumar. I'll focus on the stuff that Kumar said one by one...

Weapon... Axe... posted below... his pose seems to be a little crappy, so i'll get him into more action at the end...

I will work on the axe textures and post something tomorrow...

I do actually have some shinyness on some parts on him, but it doesn't show in the radiosity renders...

rockets or a jetpack or something like that might be cool and i'll see if I can get something of that sort done

what exactly is IK boost??? I've never seen or heard of it...

Thanks for the suggestions

Sharp · 07-01-2005, 02:48 PM

love the axe

puppet · 07-01-2005, 05:19 PM

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=115682

heres a link to a video tutorial of the ik boost and a lot of other cool features.

Zeeman · 07-01-2005, 11:17 PM

minor UV's on the "axe" which turned out to be a wrench (It's actually supposed to be a wrench). So i changed the blade thingys a little to look like more like a wrench... I've currently got 746 tris in the wrench itself.

About the ISBoost tool: I dont have LW8 (I'm currently on LW7), so i don't think i'll be able to use that...

But it seems pretty useful!

Zeeman · 08-01-2005, 07:29 PM

A little update of Clank... added specularity, some UV tweaking of the wrench and (attempted) fake glow with transparent polys.

total # of tris: 3401 w/ wrench

Feel free to C & C!

Zeeman · 16-01-2005, 06:42 PM

right then! this comp will soon come to a close and i dont want to end up with something incomplete! So i spent a few hours this weekend making a big @$$ gun to go with Clank instead of the wrench...

There are a few issues with the tris in the gun and a few holes etc. that i'll fix very soon.

BTW, there are about 819 tris in the gun!!!

C&C welcome

Techi · 16-01-2005, 07:30 PM

thats a lot of tries for a gun...try quemloss see if you can get somthing acceptable from it without remodeling it, but cut it in half first, qloss tends to lose a symetrical model in my experiance (which is very little).

i like the gun though...very neat, maybe you could use this as a normal map for a qloss model?

Zeeman · 16-01-2005, 08:03 PM

yea, i could do that, but i'm not sure if we're allowed to use quemloss... are we?

Mark · 16-01-2005, 08:51 PM

Can't see why not. After all, it's just a modelling tool, although Mike should provide a final ruling here...

mtmckinley · 17-01-2005, 02:01 AM

what is quemloss?

DigiMatt · 17-01-2005, 07:19 AM

qemLoss is a plugin that comes with LW which automatically reduces the number of polys on an object, works really swell in some cases.

cheers

Matt

mtmckinley · 17-01-2005, 04:25 PM

sure, i suppose you can do that, but so far, at least in my experience, such processes rarely do a very good job and would require some cleanup after.

bullet_evader · 17-01-2005, 07:24 PM

i really like your model..but i think your textures are a bit blurred.
maybe you can sharpen the textures???!!!

12-12-2004, 12:23 AM	#31
doublerr Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: malaysia Posts: 20	well.. in my opinion....it depends on the game and story, if its a fighting game, it might have lotsa scratch on the body, if its a adventure story about a 'lost-soul' robot, it might looks rusty...so...it juz up to u ....and the story Last edited by doublerr; 12-12-2004 at 02:48 AM.

07-01-2005, 05:19 PM	#35
puppet Full Access Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: UK Posts: 190	http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=115682 heres a link to a video tutorial of the ik boost and a lot of other cool features. __________________

16-01-2005, 07:30 PM	#39
Techi Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dudley, UK Posts: 185	thats a lot of tries for a gun...try quemloss see if you can get somthing acceptable from it without remodeling it, but cut it in half first, qloss tends to lose a symetrical model in my experiance (which is very little). i like the gun though...very neat, maybe you could use this as a normal map for a qloss model? __________________

17-01-2005, 02:01 AM	#42
mtmckinley The Maya Mountain Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Port Orchard, WA Posts: 654	what is quemloss? __________________ -Mike www.mtmckinley.net 3D Artist at Zombie Studios

17-01-2005, 07:19 AM	#43
DigiMatt Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,182	qemLoss is a plugin that comes with LW which automatically reduces the number of polys on an object, works really swell in some cases. cheers Matt __________________ http://www.digitalmagic.se mattias@digitalmagic.se icq:1687432 msn: eternal_e@hotmail.com

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05-01-2005, 02:38 AM	#32
kumar Full Access Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Singapore, Posts: 913	Hi there bud,,, nice robot. I think you should give him a weapon, maybe a extra large one.. So has a game type feel to it. Make him more shiny first then add the rust or peeling paint in layers. Add some rocket boosters and pose him in a shot for the finals. Hehe i can see you are lazy to do rigging... But try out the IKBoost tool, Man its really easy and can give great results.

07-01-2005, 02:48 PM	#34
Sharp Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: UK Posts: 300	love the axe

16-01-2005, 08:03 PM	#40
Zeeman Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 460	yea, i could do that, but i'm not sure if we're allowed to use quemloss... are we?

16-01-2005, 08:51 PM	#41
Mark Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sunbury, UK Posts: 2,339	Can't see why not. After all, it's just a modelling tool, although Mike should provide a final ruling here...

17-01-2005, 04:25 PM	#44
mtmckinley The Maya Mountain Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Port Orchard, WA Posts: 654	sure, i suppose you can do that, but so far, at least in my experience, such processes rarely do a very good job and would require some cleanup after. __________________ -Mike www.mtmckinley.net 3D Artist at Zombie Studios

17-01-2005, 07:24 PM	#45
bullet_evader Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: the netherlands Posts: 798	i really like your model..but i think your textures are a bit blurred. maybe you can sharpen the textures???!!! __________________ Check out my homepage sometimes the few have to give their lives for the many!!!

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