FIRST UV MAPPED UNIT OF GUNDAM! (56k beware)!

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 20 May 2006, 12:58

This is not here for people to be derisive this is not here for someone to give a half assed critique. This is here because I wanted to show you guys the new uv maped gunperry.

Zenka · Post by **Zenka** » 20 May 2006, 13:27

well, since I'm not allowed to crit

Looks good! the MS are transported in giant crates? how handy.

Drone_Fragger · Post by **Drone_Fragger** » 20 May 2006, 13:33

Well, in TA the crate sorta splits in half and then closes on the gundam, sorta like the Boat trapnsport in OTA.

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 20 May 2006, 13:49

What's with the shadow?

The unit looks increadibly well done. I hope this proves that UV maps can be just as effective as per face texturing

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 20 May 2006, 15:22

SwiftSpear wrote:What's with the shadow?

The unit looks increadibly well done. I hope this proves that UV maps can be just as effective as per face texturing

This proves they are better looking. THS.

FLOZi · Post by **FLOZi** » 20 May 2006, 15:28

Looks fantastic.

Shadow does seem off though I must agree, does it still have a 3do baseplate? Perhaps it is just the angle.

Dragon45 · Post by **Dragon45** » 20 May 2006, 16:22

Looks great, however, one suggestion: I think it just needs to be *sharper* in terms of its lines. The lines all look a little grey and fuzzy; maybe they could be solid thinner black?

Zoombie · Post by **Zoombie** » 20 May 2006, 16:42

Neat unit, in terms of how its made. Its also good looking (not that I can tell the difference between UV mapped and by the face textured)

Min3mat · Post by **Min3mat** » 20 May 2006, 16:48

Nice model ^^
i think the shadow is cast like that because the sun is very high in the sky on that map

FLOZi · Post by **FLOZi** » 20 May 2006, 17:45

Dragon45 wrote:Looks great, however, one suggestion: I think it just needs to be *sharper* in terms of its lines. The lines all look a little grey and fuzzy; maybe they could be solid thinner black?

Bear in mind that texture resolution is probably quite limited. Is it a mipmapped dds?

zwzsg · Post by **zwzsg** » 22 May 2006, 23:57

Well done! There's absolutly nothing I can complain about on this model! And it looks nice.

I think I particularly like the clearly defined colours, it makes it easier on the eye than pseudo-realistic-messy-camo-everywhere, as it helps revealing what the shapes are in a single glance.

aGorm · Post by **aGorm** » 23 May 2006, 00:00

Its just luvly... figgin luvly...

aGorm

maestro · Post by **maestro** » 23 May 2006, 05:57

FLOZi wrote:
Dragon45 wrote:Looks great, however, one suggestion: I think it just needs to be *sharper* in terms of its lines. The lines all look a little grey and fuzzy; maybe they could be solid thinner black?
Bear in mind that texture resolution is probably quite limited. Is it a mipmapped dds?

True, after uv mapped i found even the crispiest map being a bit blurry.... probably due to point-by-point stretching (that is what uv engine do).

Dragon45 · Post by **Dragon45** » 25 May 2006, 01:16

Ah, alright

Well then, by all means, excellent work mate! :D

Sean Mirrsen · Post by **Sean Mirrsen** » 10 Jun 2006, 07:42

It seems Spring tends to disregard the actual texture of the unit, and uses the first mipmap instead, which is a quarter of it. I think I noticed it since the first time s3o was introduced. That, or it's because of some strange texture smoothing routines.

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 10 Jun 2006, 10:32

No, it doesn't. UpSpring does, but not the Spring engine. The units for NanoBlobs are all quite crisp, and are only blurry in places due to being shrunk from their original resolutions.

TheRegisteredOne · Post by **TheRegisteredOne** » 10 Jun 2006, 21:15

zwzsg wrote:Well done! There's absolutly nothing I can complain about on this model! And it looks nice.

I think I particularly like the clearly defined colours, it makes it easier on the eye than pseudo-realistic-messy-camo-everywhere, as it helps revealing what the shapes are in a single glance.

Theotherguy · Post by **Theotherguy** » 10 Jun 2006, 23:57

although I'm not a fan of gundam at all, that model does look pretty nice! Your models are all very nicely done.

EDIT: by gundam I do not mean your mod, I mean gundams as a whole, as in the incredibly stupid gundam TV shows

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 11 Jun 2006, 00:33

Thanks, I really appreciate the compliment.

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 11 Jun 2006, 13:41

Rather low res texture, isn't it? My textures suck ass, so don't start - but yours could stand to be a fair bit sharper. Whatever res that is, do another one in ^2 size. You've got lots of video memory to play with when you use DDS, as I understand it.

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FIRST UV MAPPED UNIT OF GUNDAM! (56k beware)!

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