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Low-Poly War Mech #1
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Low-Poly War Mech #1 // Work in Progress
Post by Zeipher // Jul 4, 2006, 3:21am
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Transformers is coming out next year I think. Does look cool, lol. Ah to be a child again...
Ok, I think I've more or less finished the gun. Takes longer to render than the first mech, but I have used a lot of textures. I'll need to design #2 so that he can more or less fall apart. Start off heavy and covered with armour, but as he takes damage he loses it but gets faster. Anyway, Any extra decals to add to this thing? |
Post by Shike // Jul 4, 2006, 4:08am
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I'll need to design #2 so that he can more or less fall apart. Start off heavy and covered with armour, but as he takes damage he loses it but gets faster. Anyway, Any extra decals to add to this thing?
It keeps getting better and better ! :)
Decals...you mean warning signs and stuff like that?
A big arrow on the barrel that states "Dangerous end!" ;)
Would depend on your movie... if it's a fastpaced action flick with motion blur, we'll probably never notice any decals.:rolleyes: |
Post by Zeipher // Jul 4, 2006, 5:07am
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Cooooorrr!!! Hdri!!! |
Post by Zeipher // Jul 4, 2006, 9:08am
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Ok, more help needed, lol. Anyone have any idea where I could put this gun? Seeing as my Mech #2 wont have hands... lol. I'd rather it not be his arms itself as that'll look silly when aiming. I was thinking a shoulder cannon or something... where would be best? |
Post by hemulin // Jul 4, 2006, 9:21am
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Why not have it attached to his back (somehow) and when he/she/it wants to use it the gun goes onto their shoulder. A bit like this:
Obviously it's a mech so it'll all be nice and mechanical |
Post by Zeipher // Jul 4, 2006, 1:00pm
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Perfect!... but the joints cause a problem. Hmmmm....... I'll have a play around. Thanks a lot though. |
Post by Shike // Jul 4, 2006, 9:22pm
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Like that idea, sorta like the Predator shoulder cannon...but BIGGER ! :D
HDRI sure makes it pop abit extra ! |
Post by hemulin // Jul 5, 2006, 1:41am
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Perfect!... but the joints cause a problem. Hmmmm....... I'll have a play around. Thanks a lot though.
You could just have the gun running on a rail that goes from his back to his shoulder. |
Post by Zeipher // Jul 5, 2006, 1:39pm
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Ok... I think this is the one I'm going to use. I wanted to make it look more humanoid, but ended up with a walker. One Rail-gun in the centre that extends in and out, and 2 rockets on the size (I know, only two, but it does pack a punch. Still not idea able to figure out how to attach it to the mech, but hopefully one of you bright sparks can figure this out, lol. Been racking my brains for an hour, and only came up with replacing it for one of the rockets. I really like the snapping over the shoulder idea, but I can't figure out a connection that would allow it to work.
This one looks more evil that the bad guy: |
Post by brianalldridge // Jul 5, 2006, 1:42pm
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I like that one better than the bad guy's. |
Post by hemulin // Jul 6, 2006, 1:59am
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The thing I was on about is something like this:
Please excuse the poor modelling, I have only just woken up |
Post by Zeipher // Jul 6, 2006, 2:24am
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Couldn't sleep last night so I made this. Only got up 20 mins ago, lol. Both 1'o'clockers, eh? You doing your GCSE's or A-Levels Hemulin? I didn't know school had ended already.
I definately prefer the shoulder Idea, but I couldn't figure out how to get the gun to rotate 360'. Now, it can nearly achieve that, and it doesn't look bad either. What do you all think of the animation? I'll start on the city/desert scene now, then I'll get down to animating.
andy |
Post by hemulin // Jul 6, 2006, 2:59am
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Only got up 20 mins ago, lol. Both 1'o'clockers, eh?LOL
You doing your GCSE's or A-Levels Hemulin?Aaah, I finished my GCSE's on 16th June ;)
I didn't know school had ended already.
Aaah, well officially school finishes today, however I haven't been in for just under a week...
I definately prefer the shoulder Idea, but I couldn't figure out how to get the gun to rotate 360'. Now, it can nearly achieve that, and it doesn't look bad either. What do you all think of the animation? I'll start on the city/desert scene now, then I'll get down to animating. I like the animation however I don't get why the gun has to roate 360', or which way:confused: |
Post by Zeipher // Jul 6, 2006, 3:28am
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I like the animation however I don't get why the gun has to roate 360', or which way:confused:
Ahh, you will my friend... you will. The rocket and gun can both be aimed in different directions. How else do you expect him to take on around 20 of these things as they jump over sand dunes? ;)
I'll make a start on the city. |
Post by Shike // Jul 6, 2006, 4:25am
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I really like the handheld camera feeling you used in your animation ! :D
And I like this bot better than the humanoid :banana:
In mechwarrior I usually choosed walkers...they look cooler, and I never understood why a battlemech would have a humanoid form....tanks don't look like humans ;) |
Post by hemulin // Jul 6, 2006, 4:54am
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Ahh, you will my friend... you will. The rocket and gun can both be aimed in different directions. How else do you expect him to take on around 20 of these things as they jump over sand dunes? ;)
I'll make a start on the city.
Hmm, you could cheat and have a gun that fires from both ends! ;) |
Post by Zeipher // Jul 6, 2006, 5:32am
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Hmm, you could cheat and have a gun that fires from both ends! ;)
When is it a good idea to give the good guy the advantage? ;)
Anyone got an idea of what music I should use? I was thinking "Pain" by 'Jimmy Eat World', but if anyone has a better idea let me know, and I'll start making requests.
andy |
Post by hemulin // Jul 6, 2006, 7:12am
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When is it a good idea to give the good guy the advantage? ;)Fair point...the bad guy can't get knocked off too soon...
Anyone got an idea of what music I should use? I was thinking "Pain" by 'Jimmy Eat World', but if anyone has a better idea let me know, and I'll start making requests.I'll get back to you on that one... |
Post by splinters // Jul 6, 2006, 8:40am
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If only all the world's conflicts were resolved with such fun....:D |
Post by hemulin // Jul 6, 2006, 8:45am
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Aaaaaaaargh, you killed my son...so I challange you to a mech war!
Machines at 50 paces |
Post by Zeipher // Jul 6, 2006, 10:26am
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Let's pray they one day will be :D |
Post by hemulin // Jul 6, 2006, 10:42am
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Let's pray they one day will be :D
Or better still; no wars |
Post by Zeipher // Jul 6, 2006, 11:35am
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Ahh, Potato - Tomato |
Post by Zeipher // Jul 6, 2006, 2:51pm
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City is really bad compared to the Mechs, but I really need it to be very low poly. Here's the top-view.
The other is a simple 3D test. The car is only there to help with scale. |
Post by hemulin // Jul 7, 2006, 12:20am
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What's the scale going to be between te city and the mechs. Could you post an image with the car next to your mechs please. |
Post by splinters // Jul 7, 2006, 12:22am
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White line is very distracting as it is almost as big as the car!
Also the tunnel doesn't seem to lead anywhere underground and there is nothing above it to warrant a tunnel.
Good start though...:) |
Post by Zeipher // Jul 7, 2006, 2:20am
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I used a negative light to try to fade out the tunnel, but it was too strong, so the buildings in the back ground are black now. I wouldn't have noticed the white line... perhaps I'll make it 4 lanes wide :) The Mechs are going to take up the entire street... so they'll have to clear away some fighting space :D |
Post by Zeipher // Jul 7, 2006, 6:05am
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One more... |
Post by hemulin // Jul 7, 2006, 9:39am
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Much better now, those mechs are definately big :rolleyes: |
Post by Zeipher // Jul 8, 2006, 7:44am
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I decided that I'm going to try something different out. It's the summer holidays for me, so I've decided to make this my official summer project. The image below is the chair of some interior shots of the Good Mech. Now, here's the twist. Like that movie "Titan Quest" (or something similar) or the animatrix, I'm going to try and incorporate cartoon characters into the 3D background. Seeing as I like anime so much I'll have a go at that. Hopefully I can make it work, but if not... ah well. All I can do is my best. I can fill this scene with laods of gadgets and blinking lights, and seeing as it's seperate from the other scenes I can go a bit more wild with the polygons. Anyway, how does the chair look? Arm-rests?
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