The random model thread!

yeah nice diffuse, like this alot!

im working on some SciFict models. First steps:

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big:

http://bildupload.sro.at/a/images/render_barrel_big.jpg

bump is still in wip, looks kind of crappy

edit: 770 polys

pump jack I'm workin on as a centerpiece model for a map.

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Now I get to UV it!

Looks great Meo. Is it going to be animated? What's the polycount?

well my purpose for it is to be a static landmark in the middle, all rusted up and old looking. But now that you mention it I could make an animated one and then release it out for people to use.

The poly counts kinda high in the low 3000s but im workin on it.

what app are you making that on

venus man ftw

Looks like something from Wolfenstein, with Davros's face

just some random ordinary tf2-style-console-thing i made while my gf was wrapping up some christmas gifts

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Acumen~~~~ Looks nice

Peris, that looks great ! Did you tried to export the mesh to another sculpting program like mudbox ? I'd really like to know if voxels make a good uniform mesh usuable by mudbox or such

Nice acumen, that really got a 70's look, i would see that in a james bond with sean connery

A little screenshot of my first Company of Heroes map, that's a lot more work than i thought it would be, thanks to dux for getting me into it .

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dux is bad influence

Pff, I rock.

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Peris, that looks great ! Did you tried to export the mesh to another sculpting program like mudbox ? I'd really like to know if voxels make a good uniform mesh usuable by mudbox or suchNice acumen, that really got a 70's look, i would see that in a james bond with sean connery

A little screenshot of my first Company of Heroes map, that's a lot more work than i thought it would be, thanks to dux for getting me into it .

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looks sweet. i had no idea that company of heroes had such great detail when it came to a zoomed in perspective

a model for Source related project. I've made 2 skins, both needs some more work. Nevertheless here they are

Clean

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Dirty

UPDATED!

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What does it do? Does it plug into anything or does it just float?

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What does it do? Does it plug into anything or does it just float?

It plugs into the floor, it's the top of a tank with coolant water for a reactor.

Nothing like in a real nuclear reactor, but the player has to be able to jump in so that's why I made it like that.

I think your clean version and your dirty version looks very much the same. The dirty version feels very "overlayed", which looks very unrealistic. Dirt rarely sinks into the material and blends that way; it rather covers the surface and creeps into the creases. You can also use these properties to bring out the shape of your model, by letting it define where the different parts meet and to break up boring areas with unique details and gradients. I did a little paint-over to show what I mean:

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My example might be a bit exaggerated for this case, but I think you get the point

Thanks a lot Pomperi, some excellent tips. As you already noticed, the dirty one was made basicly by slapping some grunge brushes on top of the clean one.

I do appriciate the paint-over, it gives me some ideas how to improve it .

Didn't know you were in the Decadence team (I'm making this for a Decadence contributor/custom map).

Is there any good tutorials you can point me at on creating rust/dirty surfaces?

Haha sweet!

My best tip for painting rusty surfaces is probably to stick with photo textures and using layer masks to get it in the right spots and with proper opacity. There isn't really any photoshop hax for it, just play around with photos, masks and blending modes and a little custom brushing to get some nice variation to it. Just make sure you put it in the right places (where it makes sense and adds definition to your model) and make sure the scale is right on your material, then you can go crazy. If you're going for a Decadence-look we used mostly a hand-painted base which we blended in photo materials to, and then added further detail and style by simply painting on top of the textures with a gentle brushing. If you wanna take a closer look to one of my psd's for a typical texture I made for Decadence, check this one: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=e22f ... b9a8902bda.

Cheers!

thanks for your comments, guys

had another go at the tf2-models today

if anyone knows a tutorial about using splines the proper way for the tubes and spiral on the model, I'd be sooo thankful

its always so messy when i use it, and sometimes it gives just horrible results

anyways, thats why the tubes are a bit blocky - made them by hand

edit: again this model was "very" inspired by the original tf2 models - so don't blame me, it's just for practise and fun :roll:

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