go-kart model

whats a Zorb ball?

they look like halo shields

working on a new kart to fit the whole space theme, it's inspired by this toy:

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I've got it modeled and UV mapped with a starter ambient occlusion base texture. Will do the fun part and texture it next.

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here is what the UV map looks like

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finished texturing it tonight, here are some shots from the engine:

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and here is the flat texture

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since there are no exhaust tubes to animate or anything, I am going to make the antennas wiggle around as an idle animation

if we wouldn't have to re-arrange a lot of the vehicle code it would have 3 wheels . . . maybe in the future!

just finished modeling and texturing a new character, now comes the terribly fun part of rigging him to a (lol) skeleton

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yea, it looks like his head is a little lighter. I think that might be fixed now that he is all desaturated and using color masks for customization. His bone color and eye color is customizable.

are you doubting the awesomeness of a hot-pink skeleton? Also, you have to be resigned to lots of people picking very dumb looking color combinations once you decided to have customization.

we had our first full test over the internet last night, it was a bit of a whirlwind trying to get everyone set up and working but it went pretty well. Here is a blog post Brian wrote about it:

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as you can read in the post, we are looking for some kind of dedicated server to rent with decent bandwidth so we can test with more that a few people, if anyone has any suggestions, feel free to shoot me a PM.

Also, we were using our Zero Gear Steam group to co-ordinate during the test, even if we aren't on steam YET, anyone is free to join our group to show your support of getting us on Steam eventually! http://%7boption%7d

Also, I did a new accessory and hat this week!

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