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You should have used more tris on the curvature of the blade considering how much you spent on the handle.
EDIT: And Nugget, the way you are going about adding detail to the bipeds is wasteful. Most of the detail is so minor and if anything you should atleast be preserving the old uvs so you don't have to reskin the thing.
i was showing off the model more than anything else. like i said i need to finish it, its not close to being done.Quote:
Originally Posted by Disaster
Sigma Sniper Rifle MkII Animations:
Edit: Don't mind how the gun doesn't entirely disappear off the screen when it goes away, in-game it will since it's moved back slightly.
I don't get if it's supposed to be bolt-action or not. Wouldn't having the hand grab it down-side up be much more natural?
Very nice, cool looking gun as well.
whats with the ears
holy crap at the nose
low poly ears are because I'm lazy. I'll make them better later alright. Gotta go ride bikes
dang, that actually looks very good.Quote:
Originally Posted by ODX
Still <3 geo's sniper
Movement overall is a bit over-exaggerated for my taste, but you obviously know how to control things. It's got a flail-y appearance throughout (especially on the end of the melee) which I'd like to see toned down some.Quote:
Originally Posted by ODX
The recoil on the fire seems unnatural. Too slow? Too little? Maybe a bit of both? I'm not sure. The bolt pull (or whatever it is) at the end could use a bit more movement contrast - have the gun move some in the opposite direction to give it more definition.
At the end of the reload, you definitely have too much "empty" motion before you return to the origin. Maybe it's just from the hand... I get the feeling that the amount of movement going on there is too much though.
Meh, need to know if my unwrap on my box is good or not. Or if it needs to be unwrapped another way. I tried 256x256 but it didnt show small parts of UVW. Well here you go need crit/suggestions. Just one of the bunch of props I am making.
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/2...oxemptyuvw.jpg
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/5334/vhfj.jpg
Oh, hello Terror. Long time no see. I thought you were banned?
I'm no expert, but I can tell you that there is a lot of wasted space on the UVW. You can split it apart at so many places and make parts bigger, but you insist on keeping it all connected, even though that simply wastes space.
I know you might be worried about visible seams, but you really shouldn't be worried about visible seams on something like that when you're wasting so much potential space.
I dont know anything about UVing, but why is wasting space such a big deal?
Because you are under-utilizing a resource. If I have a 1024x1024 texture and half of it is unused, the unused bit will still be put into graphics memory but not used. It is like setting aside space for nothing, but, in games as with any piece of software, the goal is not to bloat the program (least space used is better for loading times and other stuff), so detail that could have been put into memory isn't. That wasted space has the potential to become useful.
Terror if you've ever paid attention on these forums, or anywhere else, you would know that's terrible.
the more space used, the higher res the texture will look. basically. also performance purposesQuote:
Originally Posted by Heathen
@Snaf, I know it was not so good, reason being why I came here and asked what to do in other methods so I could utilize more space. Problem solved, for most part. Still a little bit of unused space, but not nearly as much as before.
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/2...oxemptyuvw.jpg http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/1...perrolluvw.jpg
----------------Box------------------------ Oh gee toilet paper roll--------
Got ya.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetKiller Joe
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/2...oxemptyuvw.jpg
The bottom part, and the part up the top right are identical... so overlap them, put one on top of the other, seeming as it will probably use the same graphics and details...
If you do that you can make the whole unwrap "larger" so there is more space for smaller details ect...
I noticed you have unwrapped the top bits and they have come out as a square, well detach the verts and rotate the long strips horizontal so they are side by side, it isn't like you need to add detail to them parts...
overlapping them could be a problem if he wants different texture on the inside and outside of the box
:mech2:
It does that because the camera renders past what you see in the viewport. To see what will go ingame, put on safe frames and look at the blue line. The blue line is what will be rendered ingame, and the next biggest one is (i believe) what gets rendered in the .avi file.Quote:
Originally Posted by ODX
@flyinrooster;
True, but if he doesn't then he could. Either way, he can split one of parts up.. I will make an example later.
Yes, I know that FRain but thanks anyway. Never really understood why Halo did that, or if it's just something Max does.Quote:
Originally Posted by FRain
@flyingrooster that's correct because I want labeling etc on outside that inside does not need. ;) But thanks for your help though hunter the skill will be used on some other models.
Apart from the labels, is there anything else that will be different on the outside?
Question relating to Terror's unwrap:
Would it be better to have the box overlap itself and make it all have one plain texture, and then just have some planes with the external decals on them?
That way, you conserve space on your unwrap, but would the trade-off (being forced to use 2 different bitmaps, one of which has alpha for transparency) be worth it?
Hehe Id like to know that too ^^
@English, I was going to suggest that, that's why I asked that question Lol. Get out of my mind! :)
why the fuck would you turn a simple box into something that convoluted. just do what you have to, fucking christ
Oi, boy. A box is a BIG thing!
What is the point in playing a game if it has no BOXES!!!
:)
barrels.
RED barrels.Quote:
Originally Posted by neuro
they go explodey.
snaf likes explodey :mech2:
and red crates.Quote:
Originally Posted by SnaFuBAR
And red zombies.
Does the color red explode?
Do native americans explode?
shut up i am Seminole
Why don't you shoot one and see?Quote:
Originally Posted by Heathen
:mech2:
I think we tried that once or twice....
get back to posting relevant stuff.
hooray maj is working again. fuck other imagehosts and their size limits.
Yes, I'm fully aware that there isn't a lot of detail in some places. Working on it. 18k tris so far, haven't started on the lower area.
considerably higher-res render, but missing the tip of the barrel because I suck
Need to model a scope of some sort, also I hope the rails aren't fucked up or something. 14618 tris, because I forgot to change the circle tool to something lower than 24-sided.
What... What have you done to the Vector :gonk:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cagerrin
Need to model a scope of some sort, also I hope the rails aren't fucked up or something. 14618 tris, because I forgot to change the circle tool to something lower than 24-sided.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/KRISS.jpg
I animated a thing
This is legionaires glock. again. I extended the magazine for funzies and gave it a cylinder that I am pretending is a suppressor. These are not the intended focuses of the image though.
E:
here it is in .gif. It is a bit faster than it should be in this form.
It is too smooth and quick; the time between taking out the magazine and putting a fresh one in needs to be longer. The finger movement is interesting, but a little too jerky.
Not to use that as an excuse, but I think the process of turning it into a gif speeds it up a bit. Or maybe its the browser, because it does seem faster than the original AVI. But I do agree with you about the fingers.
edit: having compared the gif to the avi side by side, it has become very evident that the gif is about 4/3 the speed of the avi. Replaced the gif with the avi.
EE: it still doesnt play very well because photobucket is shit. Putting the gif back. Just keep in mind that its a bit faster than it should be.
you're having him flick the slide release before the magazine is even set. Flick it after the magazine is all the way in, and make the slide click back at least three times as fast as it does in your image.
oh I thought that was a mag release.
You can see through the bottom of the slide when the gun tilts to its side, adjust the angle or model the bottom of the slide.
The magazine release is a button behind the base of the trigger guard.
Unwrapping, nearly done.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...wrapping-1.jpg
What am I looking at there and what am I supposed to be giving crit on?
I'd like to point out that this is the quick-crit thread. If you just want to give an update on a project of yours, do so elsewhere.
Was going to post an unwrap template as well, sorry. Forgot, I will post one in a bit.
Ruined it? Actually I didn't know what it was supposed to look like, original concept was made in PMG without presets, so I was just sticking parts together.Quote:
Originally Posted by ExAm
Watching just the left hand, it kind of just 'appears' on the screen with the second mag, and then the insert seems weak and effortless, you should probably give it a little pause and stop making him get it right into the slot each time.Quote:
Originally Posted by ICEE
Also, I really, really, really think you should start working on organizing your fingers and hands more, as well as your rendering. While your actual animating skill is, overall, getting very well-developed, your origins are completely destroyed from the lack of noticeable care given to the hands and fingers.
(Hint: I said organizing, not making more realistic. You can still keep them in that funky way for stylistic purposes, but they really do need to look much cleaner than they are.)
Just a little model I decided to practice with, since I haven't modeled in over a year.
It's about 3k tris.
http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/w...lark610/g1.jpg
http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/w...lark610/g2.jpg
http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/w...lark610/g3.jpg
I'm not finished yet; obviously, because of the lack of a magazine, but I need some thoughts on the design before I continue. Besides, its late :ugh:
not ugly.
I like it.
Fronts a little boring though.
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4...chetlaser3.png
I don't like the supports, I'm going to change those.
That looks awesome Geo. I like the design, keep modeling!
Ty :downs: I'm trying my hardest to get back into the swing of things haha
Gonna be doing a bit more work on the base, but this seems a lot closer to what I wanted.
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4...tlaserwip4.png
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4...tlaserwip5.png
add something to the front of the platform on the bottom so that it has more than the one tiny support in the back of it. Other than that it looks rather spiffy sir.
looks like a baby's penis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sel
Your new one looks great though.
Final touches.
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4...tlaserwip6.png
How does it aim up and down? Those 3 pipes on the back would have to be flexible. Moreover, that thing looks incredibly heavy and the support structures it uses (the thin struts, the flat plate, and the hinge) would likely bend and break.
looks like some retard child of a BR, Enforcer, and a Mauler.Quote:
Originally Posted by Geo
The modeling is good, I'm just failing to see what it is. heh
E:
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Originally Posted by Sel
Portable Penis Stinger Launcher?
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Originally Posted by FRain
An imagination gun? lol idk, its something I made up.
As much as I adore how this community (and people I know irl) telling me that because it's a cylindrical ish object, it looks like a penis...Quote:
Originally Posted by FRain
Wait wait no, I don't adore that at all!
Its called mature constructive criticism. Wait. Nvm.
I think it looks cool, but it could use some sort of hydraulics to support the movement up and down.
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4...tlaserwip7.png
Changed the back since it WAS HORRIBLY WRONG ~ Conscars
You should make those pipetubecord things have some slack so its believable that they can flex
This looks terrible in my opinion, Selentic. I don't know what you're going for with this model, I'd be able to guide you if I knew what you were doing.
I can never tell if you're serious or not, but anyway, it is a LASER FIRING DOOMSDAY device, for my team fortress 2 level!Quote:
Originally Posted by mech
Also Icee, I'm not really that sure of how to make them look like they have slack, but I'm going for something that looks fairly spytechy, so I want to have only an amount of slack that looks like it would be required for a weapon which will only move up and down such a piddly amount.
I agree with the comment on giving the cabling some slack.
Might add to the cartoony-ness as well.
Since I really have no idea how to make it look like there's slack on there, without making it look like shit, I'm going to alter the thing the cables go into, to make it look like it can pop up when the device is lowered so that the wires aren't too short.
I think you could successfully add to the cartoony ness and create the feeling of slack by giving the tubes sort of a half-loop upwards.
Follow the red line
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...ad_photo/e.png
Texturing this alien dude, want to know if you think of the skin color, and also if the UV's and texture look good so far.
Note: I used a color correction map to change the skin color from the original bitmap, which was photo-sourced from a regular dude. (bump map is applied to)
UV's:
diffuse so far:
E: I realize that the diffuse is too symmetrical, I've already fixed the parts that repeat noticeably.
Could we possibly see a rendering with bumpmap and diffuse applied together? The way the specular is on the 3D rendering of the bumpmap on its own, it looks somewhat like leather atm. I honestly don't think skin has that many "dips".Quote:
Originally Posted by Corndogman
edit: is that first image with the bump map only or with the modified skin texture as well?
those are some huge pores! even if it is an alien
http://steelcloset.com/wp-content/up...9/10/adama.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by PenGuin1362
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Actually, I was using the mental ray skin shader in max, so what you're seeing is mostly the diffuse color i applied to it. I was messing with the properties, so the the diffuse bitmap is barely showing, (i had it sort of blending the diffuse color and bitmap, but didn't give the bitmap enough value, you can sort of see it in the lips though.) just go ahead and ignore that first image, this is a more accurate representation of how it should look:Quote:
Originally Posted by Con
edited diffuse+bump:
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/a...bellosblue.jpg
unedited+bump:
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/a.../bellosreg.jpg
Ignore they eyebrows of course.
And yeah, don't blame me for the huge pore, blame the guy who's pictures I used for the texture. (but really its because I had the bump too strong). it looks better with the texture applied to it though.
rediculous smoothing on the grip, either that or it has to high of a specular
also a few non planars, i cant comment on the proportions, im to lazy to look up the gun
e: yeah post some renders without that specular on the grip
i know its a wip, but its looking pretty sloppy atm
Been working on this for about an hour. I still have to add shadows and highlights, but I was just wondering if there was any line work that you guys think I should edit.
Very nice Fred there. I thought it was an official (whatever that means for Scooby Doo) image until I saw your explanation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saggy
Yeah, you could have tricked me.
I instantly knew it was not real.
No ascot
Protip: What's New Scooby-Doo versionQuote:
Originally Posted by ICEE
But now that you say that, I think I might make two versions: one retro, one "modern".
Did he not have it then?
Nope. They dropped the ascot for that series and all movies since then. Same theme as their "updated" visual style and plots. Can't have a whole generation of kids viewing Scooby Doo in strange "19 sixteez" outfits, can we. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by ICEE
[snip]
Okay, here's the retro version. Again, any line work that needs fixing up, please let me know. I've got to get some sleep though, but keep in mind I will be adding in shadows and highlights later.
E: Woah, I just noticed that I fucked up real bad on the ascot, redoing later...
E2: Here we go, the ascot is better. Still not perfect though...
What the heck is a specular? Its just geometry and smoothing. The planar thing (whatever that is, I think its when an area is completely flat) is difficult if not impossible to fix. I don't know how to fix them, I really did try to do that.
There's also a spot inside the trigger guard on the handle that smooths funny and I don't know how to fix it, it confuses me.
Specular is a material property that affects how the light is reflected off of a surface when you render. You have your specular level up quite high, so its hiding the details/errors. And when your smoothing, your poly distribution really matters, and as far as I can tell, your distribution is quite uneven and messy. Maybe you could post a wireframe? Even a screenshot wireframe would be helpful. :)
Some wireframes and unsmoothed geometry:
http://img339.imageshack.us/i/waltherp22unsmoother.jpg/
http://img187.imageshack.us/i/waltherp22unsmoothed.jpg/
http://img230.imageshack.us/i/waltherp22wireframed.jpg/
http://img339.imageshack.us/i/waltherp22wireframe2.jpg/
http://img187.imageshack.us/i/waltherp22wireframe3.jpg/
Workin on a spytech viewscreen for a friend's tf2 map!
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4...TF2/tvwip4.png
the texturing of the human faces looks unrealistic.
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Originally Posted by FreedomFighter7
This one has it's problems, but it's a good place for you to reference.
Look at all the errors :gonk:
Finished the spytech tv
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4.../spytechtv.png
now with speakers
Very nice, Selmeister!
If you're staying true to Tf2's style, I would change the speakers from that modern look and use some older style ones.
I suggested giant megaphones, the mapper wanted subwoofers.
Mech, that looks nothing like the P-22!
Disaster are you saying my model has a lot of errors?
