[bullet_evader]

thanks to all!!! first i will explain those soft-shadows!!
im sure i explained it before to someone...but dont know where!! has to be somewhere in someones others entry!!! well i will explain again, its not a problem!!!

in layout open the light properties!! inthere click the 'shadow' tab!!

change the 'Shadow type' to 'shadow map' ( this is only possible when 'light type' is set to 'Spotlight'.

then you can give the 'Shadow Map Size' a value ( i almost give it everytime a value of 1024 or 2048 ).
give Shadow Fuzziness a value of 2.0 ( dont know what is happening when set it to 3.0 or 4.0 or higher ( i never tryed that ).

thats it!!

about the texturing: first i will complete the arms and hands!! then i will texture that neck thing!!! also wants to add some more of that bone stuff i modelled in the legs and feet!! so when that is done!! i will go texture the stuff!!! next week i have to go back to school!!! so i will not have as many time to work on it, as i have now at the moment!!! but im sure i can get this one finished!! ( still more than a month to go )!! i probably will get even the time to make some surroundings!!! but that is not my goal at the moment...first i wants to finish my dino!!!

[Cyroz2000]

Hey Bullet,
Don't hesitate to push the Shadow Fuzziness a little higher, I sometime set it to 10 or 20, but 6-8 usually.

[ozwolf]

sweet thx for the info will give it a go tonight, and to cyroz for the added info.

[bullet_evader]

thanks cyroz!!! i could know the higher the number the better it is !!

from now on i will set it higher!!

[bullet_evader]

oh and uuh...i think the modelling of the dinosaur is finished!!! added hands and some bone-stuff at his back!!! now I need some serious critic so i can fix the things you guys dont like!!!
if you need any other views, ask me!!! when everything is good, i begin starting to texture his body!!!

[puppet]

cool, it looks great! as for crit the only thing i can think of is maybe adding a thumb or rotating the hands so that they hand down like T-rex hands. its up to you though i mean its a made up dinosaur so it could look exactly how you want it too

[bullet_evader]

thanks for the tip...not sure how to do the hands!!! i dont think i am going to add a thumb because dinosaurs dont needs to pick something up ( a thumb would be usefull for that ).
just using the hands for defending himself!!! maybe i am going to make the vingers a little bit thicker!! but i will look at that later!!


now I have enabled the textures again and added a texture for that frill-thing!! it was hard to get that transparant skin effect!!!

[Zeeman]

amazing textures overall. Good textures on the frilly skin thingy!

[Mark]

Woohoo bullet - that's one fine and dandy looking little dino there.

[OER48]

Bullet,

great dino....one of the few venturing create a dino that could have been instead of one that all ready exsisted.

I know I am just a noob but, something doesnt look right with your top image where the arms connect to the body(shoulder area) like it may be to wide.....not sure exactly what it is....just looks strange.

I cant wait til my skill improves enough so I can start competing. I am a true NOOB, never ever messed with this stuff before. i tried a little in Maya, but it was a borrowed program that didnt work most of the time. Lightwave seems to fit my style more and it is very user friendly....good luck in the contest

Thomas Hazlett

[Sharp]

love the textureing

[bullet_evader]

thanks all!!! working on the body texture now!!!

to OER48: thanks for the crit, i will see what i can do with the shoulder area!!propably it is hanging to low or something!!!

[mtmckinley]

Looking really good, there, Bullet! :tup:

I still think the fringe seems too wide at the edge. Keep going though, that can always be tweaked later.

[ozwolf]

Coming along now bullet, different colours on the frill than i expected, i would move away from the colour your using on the body as frills are usually used to scare other creatures and as such would have brighter colours red and orange maybe.

Also it would be more transparent on lower half just enough so the light would show through. i would also look at modelling it to look less rigid.

But no doubt you will refine things like this as you progress.

[bullet_evader]

thanks ozwolf and mckinley!!!
you are right about the color ozwolf!!! it should have another color than the rest of him!!! still working on the body now ( just messing around with the bump map ). when body is done i will change the frill's colors!!!

so updates coming soon.