M4A4 Sherman

SpikedHelmet · Post by **SpikedHelmet** » 16 Feb 2007, 04:52

Just thought I'd drop this.

Quanto042 · Post by **Quanto042** » 16 Feb 2007, 06:27

is this an actual S3O model? or is it a 3ds max model?

MR.D · Post by **MR.D** » 16 Feb 2007, 08:04

For a spring Model thats pretty hot, whats the Poly count on that?

SpikedHelmet · Post by **SpikedHelmet** » 16 Feb 2007, 09:42

Yes it is an actual S3O model. It is 1149 faces.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 16 Feb 2007, 09:46

what is the triangle count?

SpikedHelmet · Post by **SpikedHelmet** » 16 Feb 2007, 10:07

1450 tris. Most of it is tris but there are a few square faces...

Ignore the bit of shading corruption near the hull machinegun.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 16 Feb 2007, 10:15

well, it is all tris in spring anyway. Are you doing team color on it?

SpikedHelmet · Post by **SpikedHelmet** » 16 Feb 2007, 10:39

Yes, tehre's a bit of teamcolour on the back of the turret and back of the hull.

Hey Smoth can I ask you for a favor? I need to delete the faces of the front plate, make it one solid piece (or two tris), and then re-import it back into Upspring. I can't do it because my 3d program is archaic and I'd lose all the mapping info, so I need a program like Wings, which I hear you use. I have it but for the life of me I can't figure out how the fuck to do anything with it.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 16 Feb 2007, 10:44

I can take a look at it. Pm a link to me.

SpikedHelmet · Post by **SpikedHelmet** » 16 Feb 2007, 11:09

Actually nevermind, I figured it out myself immediately after I posted that. Well, thanks to Flozi anyway. But thanks for offering anyway!

Finished product!

MR.D · Post by **MR.D** » 16 Feb 2007, 11:13

One thing that could improve it visually, although slight.
Darken the Well areas where the tracks are. it will give it a bit o contrast and fake shadows = win.

Besides it should be darker on the undercarriage jsut because mud and dirt would be packed under there.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 16 Feb 2007, 11:22

no problem spiked, I try to help where I can.

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 16 Feb 2007, 16:34

Could use some dirtying up near the bottom, it probably drove through a few puddles on its way to the front. Could also have some small damage like dents or at least corroded paint, perhaps also some dirt on the top that got blown there by explosions or left by dirty boots.

rattle · Post by **rattle** » 16 Feb 2007, 17:27

That's pretty good... you should add some dirt or traces of grass like KDR and other people mentioned.

hrmph · Post by **hrmph** » 16 Feb 2007, 19:02

Most impressive/realistic-looking tank I've seen in spring. Very nice.

Fanger · Post by **Fanger** » 16 Feb 2007, 19:25

Only realistic-looking tank I've seen in spring. Very nice.

Fixed..

LOrDo · Post by **LOrDo** » 16 Feb 2007, 20:08

It looks to me like the tread mechinism would crush itself under the weigh of the tank.
But the model itself looks very nice. The texture is actualy "tankish".

rattle · Post by **rattle** » 16 Feb 2007, 20:16

On a sidenote, why's the .50 (assuming this is an M2) facing backwards?

Aun · Post by **Aun** » 16 Feb 2007, 20:26

rattle wrote:On a sidenote, why's the .50 (assuming this is an M2) facing backwards?

I'd guess at scripting ease.

SpikedHelmet · Post by **SpikedHelmet** » 16 Feb 2007, 20:58

I have no idea. That's just the way they built them. They're anti-aircraft machineguns so I guess they made them to shoot at planes behind them?

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