[WIP] - My TA re-modeling and re-design

[MR.D]

Bingo, Nailed it.

Nice work.

[smokingwreckage]

That last one is pretty sweet.

[imbaczek]

nice. captures the spririt of the original while looking much cooler.

[rattle]

TIE-fighter-on-a-stick

[REVENGE]

That is rather sexy, and has a real sense of style.

And the OTA model isn't lost in translation either, nice stuff.

[Cremuss]

Last pick. I think I can start the uvs now
http://cremuss.free.fr/fodb/files/hlt/render/3.jpg

I'm gonna finish this one now and start another model this evening. I've to speed up, I've only done 18% of arm buildings and I'm going to egypt 1 week tomorrow ^^

[Crayfish]

Awesome, that's really cool. Still looks best closed imo but I guess an opening animation will give it added style.

[Elkvis]

That is so cool.
its halfway between armour and a heatsink.

[Cremuss]

HLT : 380 polys

http://cremuss.free.fr/fodb/files/hlt/render/4.jpg
http://cremuss.free.fr/fodb/files/hlt/render/5.jpg
http://cremuss.free.fr/fodb/files/hlt/r ... nshot2.jpg
http://cremuss.free.fr/fodb/files/hlt/files/uvs.jpg
http://cremuss.free.fr/fodb/files/hlt/files/parts.jpg

http://cremuss.free.fr/fodb/files/hlt/hlt.obj

:)

edit : Object updated. Uvs much better.
http://cremuss.free.fr/fodb/files/hlt/hlt_fixed.obj
http://cremuss.free.fr/fodb/files/hlt/f ... _fixed.jpg

[rattle]

I'd cylinder map the barrels and either clone the duplicate UVs or place them in a way that they overlap each other perfectly.

[Hoi]

could you explain cylinder map? what's it for? why is it better for something?

[Cremuss]

Hoi > My barrels are 6 sided, I've unwrapped side by side and overlapped them (yellow part)

I think rattle means that I should do 6 side without overlapping, so pre-shading can be done in texturing (light on the top, shadow on the bottom)

Am I right rattle ?

[rattle]

Yes, unless you can get them to look good like this.

[smoth]

one thing to remember, in spring the buildings may be on different types of terrain, and there might be deformation happening. So consider extending the base down a bit when you make buildings.

Just a thought.

[MR.D]

1 good reason to map cylinders with each face direction layed out flat is if you want to put a gradient shading on the barrel, its hard to do if its just cloned and overlapped.

[rattle]

I'd also suggest to model the cylinder with all necessary cuts first, then unrwap it and deform it after. It's a lot easier to paint then while the little bit of deformation doesn't really hurt.

[smoth]

penis gun

[clericvash]

penis gun

hahaha fully

[MR.D]

You're just mad cause its bigger than yours.

[Cremuss]

Ok, I tried to fix that.

@ smoth : True, I forgive that. I've made the base a bit longer.

@ MR.D : Yeah, that's the main reason, but you loose lot's of space in the uv map in my mind ^^

@ rattle : That's an interesting idea that I applied here. I'll try to remember this tip Thx.

http://cremuss.free.fr/fodb/files/hlt/f ... _fixed.jpg

http://cremuss.free.fr/fodb/files/hlt/hlt_fixed.obj