low poly Bank of China building

mo detail lol

It looks similaire to the real deal.

Profile wise.

Would love to see it with some texture on it.

10 points for effort!

Spellbinder.

thats really all the detail you need for say a 3d skybox model. The only thing i can see is that at the very bottom you can weld one of the lines out to save 8 polys (it doesnt LOOK like its adding any detail, but it might be)

like this:

[Blocked Image: http://www.olhux.net/image/buildingfix.jpg]

sorry if this is a newb question, but is saving a mere 8 polygons taht importans, or not?

In the long run, every polygon matters.

I don't think you will be using more than 1 Bank Of China building in any given scene though I guess if you were to be using something this low poly at all however, then 8 polys might be worth saving at the expense of such a tiny detail loss.

I really need to get around to doing some modelling at some point. I once made a crappy knife, but it was hardly something worth posting

Saving polys is always, always worth it. If not just for the minor performance increase you get if there's gonna be many instances of the object, then you should always optimise the crap out of things purely from a good practice point of view. If you optimise everything then it becomes habit and it's one less thing you have to worry about.

modeleres should optimize for the level designers can have bad habbits. Right? Who's with me?

the mappers dont visit the model forum ferret

I do. Look, im in the model forum kkekeke!

Quote from KungFuSquirrel

Remember, this is all practice. I'm starting off low poly so I can get a solid base set of skills and build from there while making sure I'm doing it right.

That strikes me as rather smart way to go about it.

you ever going to show us more?

/me pets kfs

well, everybody has to start somewhere, just do some stuff and get used to it

if youd like some help i could show you what the finished UVs look like, post the model up

i dunno anything about modelling, is this an advanced model? Or something modelers make in 12 seconds

12 seconds to flesh out, then alot of tweaking depending on how picky you are

6 seconds if you're ol though. he is just THAT good