The random model thread!

[SnipaMasta]

Max. should probably be about 4000 for a modern day game - that gives about 1500 for hands. For a pistol that should be a bit less unless it's really well detailed.

[^Slick]

Thanks, I should be fine with a 2500-ish pistol.

[Whoot]

Even after smoothing it that section looks exactly the same.

Weld vertices?

[twiz]

Even after smoothing it that section looks exactly the same.

Weld vertices?

Yeah even if they're close to flat and they're part of the same smoothing group it shouldn't look like that... unless you have backfacing there too which is also part of the same smoothing group, then it can get funky lookin...

[^Slick]

I don't think I have any back facing, this model started with one single plane.

[Minos]

Here's a plymouth barracuda-like car I'm modelling for a low poly contest (1k tris budget). I'm now doing the high poly version for normal map baking (I never done it before, hope it doesnt such too much ). I think the shape is ok and it can look kickass with a hot difuse + normal.

[Rick_D]

Maybe you could use your left-over tris to make a nice twin exhaust, or some wing mirrors? Or even smooth the shape of the tires.

[tomdon]

You could still cut back a whole load of those tris without loosing any of the current shape.

[Minos]

You could still cut back a whole load of those tris without loosing any of the current shape.

Like.. where ? I don't like merging vertexes together cause it results in triangular shapes and I don't like working with triangular shapes.

Rick_D: Yeah, I'll add a huge exhaust and a blower with the polys left.

[Psy]

Niceness. Maybe the back bumper needs some of it's verts moved around?

[Seldoon182]

A low-poly hand I've done...

[von*ferret]

poly count?

[bitmap]

[^Slick]

You could still cut back a whole load of those tris without loosing any of the current shape.

Like.. where ? I don't like merging vertexes together cause it results in triangular shapes and I don't like working with triangular shapes.

Rick_D: Yeah, I'll add a huge exhaust and a blower with the polys left.

The main and most obveous place would be the large seam along the middle.

[SnipaMasta]

930 polys - I plan on adding some more detail to it, though.