my first low poly (stormtrooper)

[enjoiskating543]

yeah i thought i'd give game design a chance and see what it's like to model a game model. anyway i'm making a storm trooper and i've set my limit at 8000 polys. here is what i have so far, i don't have all the details in the legs yet, but i'm going to make the whole model very basic, then go back and add detail. then skin.

anyway i was just wondering if this is good for low poly

//edit: i'm currently at 500 tris

[Raul]

StormTroopers are my favorite star wars characters!!!
So far I like how clean the model looks, specially the feet. I don't want to upset you or anything but 8000 is just way too high for a game model. Try going to 6000 or less. Or wait until half life 2 comes out to see if it really can hold that much.

[Doofus]

Aaah! Faceless minions.
I love 'em.

Looks good but I agree. 8000 polys sounds like a lot.

[enjoiskating543]

ok thanks guys, i guess i'll try to shoot for around 6000 then. should still be plenty of polys to play with. yeah just looked at some information, doom 3 characters are 2000-6000 polys. somewhere else i found it said 10,000 and i thought that had to be wrong.

[enjoiskating543]

i added some more detail to the legs..made them less hexagonal so i'm currently at 800 tris. heres a back view, hopefully i'll get more done tonight.

[enjoiskating543]

ok, chest is "done" gotta work on some arms, the neck area and helmet. so far i have used up 1042 tri's..so i'm in hella-good shape to tweak things later. anyway here is the update

http://www.blur9.com/bbforum/images/trooper2.jpg

http://www.blur9.com/bbforum/images/trooper.jpg

[enjoiskating543]

hm, no C&C? :(

um i fixed the chest torso area, gave him an ass..because he didn't have much back there, and made the head..which was rather easy.. i was thinking it would take forever. anyway the poly counts are on the images
http://www.blur9.com/bbforum/images/trooper3.jpg

http://www.blur9.com/bbforum/images/trooper4.jpg

c&c are welcome

[Daniel]

very good so far, keep at it

[enjoiskating543]

thanks daniel
i've got an update, got the arms in place, half done the hands..and yeah the thumb is kind of bent out of shape right now.

c&c :D

[enjoiskating543]

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[Raul]

Sweet!!!!

You should try to make darth vader now!:D No really, nice work!

[enjoiskating543]

thanks, i don't think i'll be making darth vadar anytime soon..or at all :D

[enjoiskating543]

i was going to attach something...

[enjoiskating543]

. it's at 2793 tris, and i don't think i'll be adding any more. now i have to play with uvw unwarp! gah..never done it before, so we'll see how well that turns out.

[enjoiskating543]

heres a smoothed version..NOW i can do uvw unwraps :(

[Death_monkey]

it's looking smart. good work!

[Doofus]

For the uv mapping, most of this guy is going to be shiny white plastic which could just be done as a material, leaving you just some small detail areas to unwrap and texture.
Could save you a lot of time unless of course you are planning on putting him into a game engine, then you will have to do the whole thing.
Either way, GOOD LUCK, and just be patient. The first time is always the worst.

[enjoiskating543]

yeah thanks :D but i'm doing more of a sand trooper..hes going to be all grunged up..which reminds me, i need to make his shoulder pad thing..oops