Forgotten Chronicles - Mod in Developement

Chrispin · Post by **Chrispin** » 08 Jun 2006, 23:42

smoth wrote:the hell, you are in Louisiana? what part?

Around East Baton Rouge or a new city they made..... Central. Why?

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 09 Jun 2006, 00:00

Ah, I am hammond. Was just wondering.

Felix the Cat · Post by **Felix the Cat** » 09 Jun 2006, 00:37

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 09 Jun 2006, 01:00

Can't right now cuz I'm using teh 1995 comp we have, lol. I wish I could use one of the others, Oh well, Thanx for the feedback felix, but uhh, if we look from top why would I need axels down there.

I already fixed gatling guns, they used to have 50 poly's each, I will work on the edgeing stuff and I thing I worked on the flamers already, I need to recheck, and thanks again

Oh and the scripting thing, probably will be, but it will look great :p

Also it will help, quite a lot, hehe

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 09 Jun 2006, 01:13

Okay on teh good comp hehe

Optimus Prime · Post by **Optimus Prime** » 09 Jun 2006, 01:28

Nice to see ppl trying to learn how to model. Its a hard way but it makes also fun - so go on!

To your tank: For spring it has too many polys at some parts, where you dont need them (because no one would zoom that near to see the barrel is really round), and you have too few at some parts which are visible from far away like the main body.
Dont kill me if i suggest you to try a lvl 1 tank with only one gun first before making such a monster tank.
Watch a bulldog ig with maximum zoom and try to do something similar but also different.

Hope you will not give up, even if some ppl (including me) think that your tank will not kick ass

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 09 Jun 2006, 01:55

I redid it the treads/tracks, whatever

Group Pictures!

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 09 Jun 2006, 01:56

Optimus Prime wrote:Nice to see ppl trying to learn how to model. Its a hard way but it makes also fun - so go on!

To your tank: For spring it has too many polys at some parts, where you dont need them (because no one would zoom that near to see the barrel is really round), and you have too few at some parts which are visible from far away like the main body.
Dont kill me if i suggest you to try a lvl 1 tank with only one gun first before making such a monster tank.
Watch a bulldog ig with maximum zoom and try to do something similar but also different.

Hope you will not give up, even if some ppl (including me) think that your tank will not kick ass

Ahh, I'LL NEVER QUIT! No matter how much it sux

No worries after this we will start this mod from scratch, I just wanted to give out some eye candy and get some tips first ;P

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder hehehe

Meh, I like tracks/wheel things with slants instead of flats lol

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 09 Jun 2006, 02:02

****** **** **** I didn't know I could ****** make my own amount of edges on cylinders! That made me waste like 30 minutes making sure they were right, now I will take 5 seconds correcting them...

Well tank has 600 polies, another amazing improvement, and it looks MUCH better then it used to, hehe

TheRegisteredOne · Post by **TheRegisteredOne** » 09 Jun 2006, 05:25

you have a lot of details in some places (barrels) but in other places, the tank is simple a boxy. try to place the same level of detail throughout the model. Also, try to think of a detail before you model, rather than slap as many uninteresting turrets on a box as possible

Sean Mirrsen · Post by **Sean Mirrsen** » 09 Jun 2006, 10:25

Just to see what I can do myself, tried to do a 20min tank. Turns out it's harder with absolutely no preplanning, had to think up details on the fly. :)

It's 367 quads.

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 09 Jun 2006, 12:16

Alot of details are better done with textures. But its good to see your improving.

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 09 Jun 2006, 17:06

Thank you, anyhow, I do not think I could find anyway to get more polies on the body unless I just brainstorm for 10 minutes thinking and thinking to find something that fits, any suggestions/opinions I could have for what to add on the body?

Sean Mirrsen · Post by **Sean Mirrsen** » 09 Jun 2006, 17:42

The design itself looks very boxy. Unless you're making a model for the mythical LEGO mod, or it's made out of a cardboard box by design, this should probably be avoided. Modern tanks (usually) have sloped armor, this has been proved effective since T-34 appeared. If the surface of the armor is flat and bumpless, it is almost perfect in terms of shell deflection (only a curved armor can be better at that), but it looks visually dull, so add "unnecessary" bits, (usually called goblins because they are usually too small to be seen from a distance, and generally rack up the polycount) like latches for something, protruding panels, ramming teeth, engine exhausts, caterpillar segments, whatever.
As you can see, my model isn't all that stunning visually, so that's about all the advice I can provide at the moment.

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 09 Jun 2006, 18:14

Ahhh, hell, why not? Ok I'll keep em under 900 then

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 09 Jun 2006, 18:41

Oh and goblins are in teh model, it jumped up to 1000 or so polies

lol I was bored with thinking of some things to add, so I added half of what they said and half of what humans, might actually do, hehehe

Sean Mirrsen · Post by **Sean Mirrsen** » 09 Jun 2006, 19:07

Ok, hm... when I said goblins are racking up polycount, I didn't say they should be designed to do that. That "hellhound" sign is excessive overkill, get rid of the sides of the letters, leave them flat and push them closer to the hull. Have the turret sit upon a visible hull bulge of some kind, it's currently sunk between the tracks, so it doesn't look like it can turn. Also, the 'teeth' are too pointy I think, this isn't Warhammer after all. :)

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 09 Jun 2006, 19:18

Well, humans are supposed to cost LOADS to build but be fast and hit hard, like protoss from starcraft i guess, sure I can make those modifications hehe

Oh and this is only about 1000 years or so before people actually, ya know started changing themselves into robots, OTA, heheh

Edit: lol wait, you don't know what this mod is, for all you know it could be Warhammer

Edit2: is there anyway to get rid of the green on my hatch?

Edit3: Umm K, HellHound doesn't wanna cooperate with me, lol I'll keep trying though

edit4: Got it, the d is kinda screwed a lil, I can't find a fix for now, but it is 22 polys now, hehe tank overall is 790

edit5: like I was saying fast, strong, and a group of 5 level 3 or 4's getting lost, should make you pissed cuz it had eaten the hell out of your resources hehe

A picture of the Hell Hound, fast, strong, should pay itself off if you use it correctly

edit6: last edit, for sure, I just selected HellHound to make it red, I didn't UV it or nothing, Should I?

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 09 Jun 2006, 19:59

Hey Chris, keep learning, I am so skinning this, you can do all the other models in the world, but this one is mine hahahahah

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 09 Jun 2006, 20:43

urrrghh, says s3O is an unknown extension in UP..
Wtf?

Damn tutorials, some of em tell me go "here" then "there" and I end back up in the same damn tutorial...

hell with tutorials, if anyone finds one that newbs understand, send it on over, otherwise I will just try it myself

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