Spring RTS Engine

Presenting the one and only.. JUNKMOBILE!


I know it looks fugly, but its my first model I've got around to texturing seriously. Did the texture in an hour or two.. had to learn all the stuff first in Photoshop.

UV Map

Great job on a first try

Yeah, so-so (the wheel hubs aren't even mine >_>). Any advice would be welcome, especially regarding textures,

i dont liek the textures :) and if this hsould be a tank u need these tank-chains

people in CA need to stop texturing names on the units...

Geometry is simple, texture needs preshading, use antialaising, but whatever, it'll do, it shits all over the current one. Would be nice if the wheels were on the outside for suspension script awesomeness (you can also afford to use more polygons on them if they are).

manolo_ wrote:i dont liek the textures :) and if this hsould be a tank u need these tank-chains

Clearly it isnt a tank then!

looks like an IFV with a heavier cannon and a bunch of scifi extra geometries to make its less boxy. i say keep the wheels, just make them more tactical. or put on some spinners...

KingRaptor wrote:Any advice would be welcome, especially regarding textures,

I would suggest you really find a replacement for the wheel textures. They look too clean and shiny to be on a war machine..

LOL, get your own wheel textures.. I made those in Paintshop in like 5 mins :D (its 1/3 of my core remake wheel textures).

Tbh I dun really care, but wheels are easy to make.

rough draft UV, as i impliment more weapons, i might need to adjust the uv

bobthedinosaur wrote:rough draft UV, as i impliment more weapons, i might need to adjust the uv

It's pleasing to look at.. keep going.

So I worked on another simple model.. How do my textures look? I think this one is a large improvement from my junk texture.


UV Map

you should work on your UV maps, you're wasting heaps of space

windscreens aren't blue
add some preshading, make it look less like a toy car, some color variation perhaps, some dirt maybe, highlights
also don't outline your mesh, break up the shape a bit. just because your model is a box, doesn't mean it needs to look like a box

thesleepless wrote:you should work on your UV maps, you're wasting heaps of space

windscreens aren't blue
add some preshading, make it look less like a toy car, some color variation perhaps, some dirt maybe, highlights

Thanks for the feedback.
First, I'm aware that there's a lot of blank space, but since my model was so simple, I didn't stress over it. But still, I guess I do need to use my space more effectively.
Second, if I'm not going to color the windows blue, what color should I use? Or how should I make them more like windshields?

I guess I should start adding more and more details now, thanks for your suggestions.

inspiration is obvious, is a counter infantry against the previous halo looking one.

bobthedinosaur wrote:
inspiration is obvious, is a counter infantry against the previous halo looking one.

reminds me on halo or something like that

Killzone 4tw

Pressure Line wrote: Killzone 4tw

i think killzone was inspired by jin ro

Probably was.

Look nice bob. You might want to check your model with a good reference of a human, I think some forms are not correct. And you should get some detail in the texture, cloth/metal or both. It looks a bit flood filled

hamsate : i wouldn't say you're wasting a MASSIVE amount, as you've said you weren't too worried about it because the model wasn't particularly detailed; i can agree with this, as you yourself can see that the more complicated a model becomes geometry-wise (and the size it appears ingame) the more important it becomes to use the uv space effectively.

for the windscreens i personally would use either pure black or a dark "oilslick" sort of texture, and then use the reflectivity channel to color the windscreen completely white; this will make it reflect the color of the sky and appear more natural.

when there is an exterior angle, give it a bit of extra brightness to indicate the dimensions and shape of the model

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/244/truckauv2.jpg

this was just a quick gimp'in, brightened the edges where i felt there should be highlighting and airbrushed the windscreens; maybe this is the sort of look you were going for.

either way, good job on the mirroring if you havent done mapping before; takes many people a while to catch on to its importance and usefulness.

bob : thats some hawt secks.