The random model thread!

the dragon sems to have the same texture as the rocks, i think mainly because the specular is so similar.

that's waaaay better than the first time i tried to make a rock statue!

Can we see the wires?

okay !

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I'm actually working on the materials, and the result is just like shit. I think I need more time on Ut...

Nice usage of tris, did you use an automatic retopo like Decimation?

I used decimation to get a cheap mesh that I can open with max and 3D coat (my computer doesn't like millions of tris lol) but I used 3D coat to do the retopo manually

Hello. First time on new account. I've been browsing for a while in this thread and there's a lot of good stuff.

I finally had the time to learn how to model, so I went through a few tutorials and gave the lamp in the livingroom a go:

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No texture, just colors. Also it's got waaaaay too many polys

edit: need tips on good tuts for unwrapping and texturing(3ds max / photoshop), anyone?

UVW's:

http://www.waylon-art.com/uvw_tutorial/uvwtut_01.html

http://www.renderhjs.net/textools/

http://www.youtube.com/user/renderhjs#p/c/u (Tutorials and how-to videos for plugin textools)

Thanks [HP]

welcome kab, nice start.

here's something i started playing around with in my spare time today. plan is to texture, rig and animate him.

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A model that I made following a tut on cgtutsplus

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Something I made up this morning..

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Double post lol

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Hey looking good man On the top ridge, the highlight might be a bit strong on the side that's "unlit"

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":68utgex8]UVW's:http://www.waylon-art.com/uvw_tutorial/uvwtut_01.html

http://www.renderhjs.net/textools/

http://www.youtube.com/user/renderhjs#p/c/u (Tutorials and how-to videos for plugin textools)

Nice stuff, just bookmarked them. I gotta start using 3D Studio Max more.

First model that's going into a map. It's supposed to be some computery equipment kind of thing for my NS2 level. I think the basic geometry is done(that is if my assumption that small lights and a screen thing can be done fairly well with texture and bumpmaps etc. ?). It has 308 tris and 146 polys:

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It's supposed to be placed in the opening here:

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Is it too simple? Is it not? Also remember I spent all day working on this(since I'm a noob and all things take time) and trying to get a decent UVW Map done too(which I actually managed to pull off so now I'm practicing texturing as that's what I really suck at!!) so don't be too hard on me

Some grass I'm working on for a project. Still not happy with it but it's getting there.

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maybe the grass scaled a little too large

are those alders? if so their trunks are pretty fat, at least compared to where I live, maybe they need to be scaled down a little too

Those are actually Birch trees that I made a while ago. They're based on real world approximations though and it was meant to be the largest of all the Birch models.

It could be the editor making it look a bit large or the scaling on the vegetation tool made it a bit too big.

Think I might redo the grass though, going to aim at something more along the lines of Hell's Highway:

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First model that's going into a map. It's supposed to be some computery equipment kind of thing for my NS2 level. I think the basic geometry is done(that is if my assumption that small lights and a screen thing can be done fairly well with texture and bumpmaps etc. ?). It has 308 tris and 146 polys:[Blocked Image: http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w234/Ka…pthingwip01.jpg]

Is it too simple? Is it not? Also remember I spent all day working on this(since I'm a noob and all things take time) and trying to get a decent UVW Map done too(which I actually managed to pull off so now I'm practicing texturing as that's what I really suck at!!) so don't be too hard on me

You can further optimize it like this:

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If you count the triangles on the side, you save one less by doing this. Try to connect your vertices to corners instead of ending it in the middle of an edge. It's not gonna hurt your performance for this model, but if you don't focus doing stuff like this it might add up real quickly for a whole scene (or at least that's what my teachers say). You might be able to connect some vertices at the top as well, but this will screw with your 'curvature' of your display so I don't recommend that suggestion in this scenario as you probably won't be normal mapping over it? You probably also don't wanna be doing this cos you need an edge in your UV's or something.

Not big issues though, just some pointers And it's pretty much nitpicking but if no one tells you... well, yeah... There's always more to learn.

I don't think it's too simplistic, if you added a normapmap (or bump) you could create some panels, screws and make it look assembled together. A lot is gonna depend on the texture. You could add a lever perhaps and a small grate at the bottom for some ventilation, every computer needs ventilation! But you can just texture the grate.

Oh BTW, why do you keep the side panels? From the looks of your scene, they won't be visible right? As your model fits right into the wall. So why not just delete them?