#28a Threedy Grand Prix - Vehicle

[BiG ToE-3DT]

tb1alexc: when it's all said and done, you will want to rotate all your wheels so that the textures don't jump out at the viewer as mirrored. Just give each one a 15 degree rotate, meaning, you can leave the front tire alon, but rotate the next one 15, then the next one 30, so on and so forth.

[tb1alexc]

Yep BigToe, that's exactly what I was going to do :) Thanks!

[CaseyD2K]

CasyeyD2K - I checked out a few pictures of round fog lights. And according to them they are round on the back and flat on the front (glass). On your model it's the opposite ;P. I like how the jeep has turned out, really goodlooking. Though two miniguns hanging on the sides seems quite overkill :). How do they hang and where does the ammo come from? :)

Good lookin out! Something like that (ther lights) seems as easy as flipping the geometry and reducing the flattened part! I agree about the guns, they do seem a bit over kill. I really wanted to mount something like a turret or howitzer or something in the back. It would probably benefit the model both aesthetically and geometrically.to have one mounted instead of 2 hanging.

I'll change that! Thank you very much for the help/advice!

[hulahuga]

NP, can't wait to see how it will turn out :)

[CaseyD2K]

CaseyD2K, well done! Are you going to use normal maps as well?

I've actually never Normal Mapped anything before, and part of the motivation for this contest was for me to try to figure that out! I think a normal mapped version of this would be awesome so i hope I can pull it off!

If not, i'll just texture the crap out of it Haha!

Thanks!

[lampshadehead]

Other than the tires what else would the normal map be good for? Bullet holes and damage maybe?

[Buzzy]

what else would the normal map be good for?
Pretty much everything.

Casey, if you wanted to learn normal map workflow, vehicles are about the worst thing you could start with. Organic stuff like characters are much easier to do.

[hulahuga]

check out: www.poopinmymouth.com
It's a great site with lots of tutorials

[tb1alexc]

Sorry, no time to comment on other people's entries right now, will have to do so later. But Casey, the jeep looks like a killer!

Here's some texture updates, still just diffuse blocking

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4048/gp91sz0.png

[CaseyD2K]

HulaHuga - Ben Mathis pretty much re-taught me how to model! Haha! I hadn't done anything 3D related in almost 2 years and that site helped me through the difficult re-learning process!

Buzzy- Thanks for the heads up! Maybe i'll take my driver out for some serious normal mapping experimentation.

tb1alexc - Those hubcaps are intense! I can't wait to see this done!

[Shur'tal]

the models being put up are amaziing,
Warlock, I love your style and how the car looks, nice
Casey, excellent, I really like your the most recent one, the side mounted guns look awesome.
alex, love that massive gun. all coming along exceleently,

To anyone else i have missed, excellent job.

I would participate if i could even grasp the concepts, i muk with 3ds max at home, but rarely produce anything of any quality.

Once again, nice and cant wait to see the finished results.

[Joseph Pomeisl]

CaseyD2K: the Jeep looks boss. Great job on that. And ... I officialy declare you king of the exclamation point!
Keep it up. Can't wait to see these vehicles all finished up. Best of luck to all.

[CaseyD2K]

CaseyD2K: the Jeep looks boss. Great job on that. And ... I officialy declare you king of the exclamation point!
Keep it up. Can't wait to see these vehicles all finished up. Best of luck to all.

SWEEET!!!!!! Hahahaha!!! Thanks!!

[katana]

Been playing around with this for the past few days. I finally worked out how to make the tracks using animation snapshot. Original art by George "Speed" Webber, from the old Car Wars day ( I lived my life on those races). My count is too high with the wheels coming at 13k, so I'll rebuild to a 8 side and see how it plays...other dimensions came from my Sand Scorcher...No Miniguns here...it's all about rockets...lots of rockets...:)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/katana2665/SandTracker.jpg

[BiG ToE-3DT]

you don't need to rework your wheels, just delete the faces noone will see when the treads are added. Basically, everything after the first big chunk of wheel can go. You do that, you might get down to 5,000 tris.

[Oltskul]

sorry for that. but iam giving up:(
less and less time, leaving examination behind the doors...
and my other work... too much preasure for me :(

[FrZnChAoS]

Katana: You might be able to get away with just normal mapping those bolts on the wheels. would save you considerable tri's. Knocking out some of the details on the wheels near the back like big toe suggested is definetely a good idea since when the model is complete you really wont see that much underneath.

Oltskul: thats unfortunate man, hopefully see you in on dominance war.

[omnicypher]

i dont know if ill be able to finish this one, my mouse broke, and a wacom doesnt help much with 3ds max, so i guess ill be just painting and sculpting for a while.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

thinking I may just do some mudbox on this one. Want it to look like its been through its fair share of races.

[hulahuga]

Looking good Big-Toe, I can vision the old car driving onto the lap next to all the fancy hovercycles ;P. Nice modeling!

[katana]

Nice use of the sculpting tool...and you were right about the count...I ended up at 5,138 on the wheels...

[Warlock 279]

CaseyD2K - Yeah, that's turned out really great so far. Looking forward to seeing what you do settle on for the gun[s]. Wouldn't be interested in putting up a shot of the underside would ya? From the angles you've got, it's got plenty of detail, so I'm just got wondering how much you actually committed to the under side.

tb1alexc - I'm diggin' the amount of texture on the wheels, be careful with it, as really contrasty stuff can sometimes get a little bit noisy.

Shur'tal - Thanks, I'm glady you enjoy it. :) You could always jump in if you wanted, even if you don't finish, or even intend to, it wouldn't hurt to work along with the group, and get some feedback.

katana - Killer! Nice choice on the concept, and solid execution so far. Can't wait to see where you go with it from here. Rockets/missles FTW.

Oltskul - Hate to see you dropout, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Hopefully we'll see you back for the next one. :)

BiG ToE - Sweet. That antennae is perfect. Love the beat up look of the car, certainly looks like its been around the block, and that it took the hard route at that. My only crit, and this is just a matter of personal taste more than anything, would be the double wheels, I probably would have put them in the back, so they're supporting the heavy rockets, course if you've got rockets propelling you straight, 4 wheels in the front might be what you'd need to turn. Anyway, looking solid, can't wait to see what you do after your drag it thru the Mud.

[Oltskul]

Iam bit angry about myself, but life is about priorites...
Thas pitty that I had to choose LPC, such good theme:)

Hope,that ill find some time, to create something...
So good luck everyone:)

[tb1alexc]

Still plugging away down here...

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/2687/gp92ig8.png

Still diffuse. There's a lot more detail to be added in yet, and I've still got 3x 1024x1024 maps to eat up yet... Then it's on to normals, spec, emit, reflection, bump etc...

[theaquarianspac]

tb1alexc: you make me want to start over. man that thing rocks does the driver sit under the barrels of the gun.

Oltskul: Sorry to hear your stopping. was really looking forward to seeing the finished product. anyway hope to see you in the next one.

BIG ToE 3DT: love the strap-on engines.

CaseyD2K: good to see that someone other than me was motivated to try normal mapping for the first time. good luck

katana: what can i say but :drool::drool::drool::drool::drool:

taking longer than i wanted to finish modeling this one. fortunately both the vehicle and driver are at about the 95% done. here's a quick update on the vehicle (17,200 tris)

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/344/vehiclekp7.jpg

still have some minor details to address, luckily i've been unwrapping as i went so that part wont take long. Never actually textured or normal mapped anything before and i have no idea what i'm doing in that regard. wish me luck.

[tb1alexc]

Hey, thanks mate, your's looks freaking awesome too! Nope, the driver actually sits in the small cabin on the left (right of the image) with the gold windows. It's a limited view that he gets but I figured he just drives over/through what he can't see :)

[Oltskul]

I hope So, but Iam going to be on full throtle untill May..
Good modeling everyone, and to everyone :)

[McKronic]

Unfortunately I got really busy the past week and was not able to work on my model but I buckled down and got some progress done tonight. I'm at about 17k tri's I think I'll just use the rest up smoothing a few of the pieces and maybe add a few details to the cockpit. I'm probably not going to normal map this one there really is no need.

Everyone's entries are looking really awesome it's going to be interesting to see who wins this one. Hope I can still finish on time!

[Orrin Hogan]

CHUNG WONG (& anyone else) I STUMBLED ON THESE TUTORIALS, HERES A FEW LINKS FOR NEXT GEN CAR MODELING

PART 1: http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/3d__and__animation/building_for_speed,_part_one

PART 2: http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/3d__and__animation/building_for_speed,_part_two

[Perversonality]

Still trying to decide whether to enter this one or not... I have an idea based around a normal F1 car, but with a modern twist to it so perhaps I'll do a 3d mock up and post it.

Nice work so far everyone. Too many to comment on individually, but looking up the page

Katana - nice looking model so far :)

Big Toe - Looks suitably silly. Has to be bright pink with orange polkadots for the texture ;)

theaquarianspac - nice flow to the model

McKronic - I think the shape could do with a bit of tweaking to make it more interesting, but it's coming along nicely

tb1alexc - you're getting through this really quickly which is great, but the textures are looking a bit too detailed right now. Try making the parts a little clearer with a better contrast as the shape of the vehicle is getting lost under the paint job right now

[vicban3d]

Sorry guys seems like I wont be able to finish this one, work has a really bad timing issue, interfeering with my threedy-ing :(.

[Perversonality]

Ok, this is where I'm heading with this one. Originally I was thinking hover car but I ended up adding wheels with individual suspension, steering and mini-engines in the hubs... About 10k tris to date but this will probably all be scrapped and rebuilt to allow for higher detail

http://www.lowpoly.co.uk/images/threedy/gp/gp_002.jpg

[ianchaos]

some amazing vehicles out there. well beyond my skill level....great work guys

I'm going for a steampunk motorcycle. It is ridden in the horizontal position with the feet controls in the back. The small wheel in the back is only on the ground during acceleration/deceleration. Jets of steam come out the pipes in the back for the power boost that levels out the motorcycle. I hope to be posting screens of the rider later tonight.

With just under 7k tris used I've got plenty of room to smooth things out and maybe add in a few gauges and what not.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/steamBikeWires1.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/angled2.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/right2.jpg

[lampshadehead]

Perversonality: Looking really cool so far. I like the independant motors on each wheel.

ianchaos: Cool job on the steam bike. I can't wait to see it done with the rider on.

[Buzzy]

theaquarianspac - Looks rad. Very Mad-Max-esque. The body appears to be rather short and squat, but it still looks cool. And I have no idea how anyone is supposed to see out of those louvers in the front.
tb1alexc - Looks awesome, but your textures appear decidedly lo-res. Two 2048 maps is HUGE. I'm finding that my bike looks fine with a single 2048, so two of them should be crystal clear.
McKronic - Really cool retro-scifi design. Think we could see some perspective shots? It's kind of hard to read in tiny ortho images.
Perversonality - The giant wheels make it look like a horse-drawn F1 car. Still looks cool though. I think the suspension could use some more authentic detail.
ianchaos - wicked cool uni-racer. There are actually alot of people that build these things for real. Check this out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/klaash63/3123516588/sizes/o/

[Perversonality]

Ianchaos - looks like a cool design! Definitely more original than a lot of the others, including mine!

Thanks for the comments chaps :) The wheels look a little better from behind in terms of the size and placement. The engine parts are going to change to something more solid and the suspension will still be hydraulic based, but probably beefed up. F1 cars tend to have light suspension so it's kind of more consistent how it is right now. I've also got to work out the way that the parts attach to the main body which will have a bearing on the final design too... Lots to do as always!

http://www.lowpoly.co.uk/images/threedy/gp/gp_004.jpg

[tb1alexc]

Buzzy: Yep, the main body ones will be scaled up to 2x the size soon.. looking great everyone!

[katana]

Perversonality..That's a slick design...nice going...Too bad I'll have to blow it up on the track...lol, but I figure you could use the painting practice...huh?

ianchaos I never considered going the route of Steampunk...you got some serious modelling there...neat idea on the little rear wheel.

theaquarianspac..Man, I wish I had that during my Car Wars days...maybe I would have gotten my a$$ handed to me....(and I'm the one who taught all my friends to play that game...what fun!) Just need to add a sawed off shotgun and a ragged dog...lol


I always wondered what 60 four inch rocket tubes would look like....These "Screamin' Mimi" are courtesy of an abandoned Sherman T-34, left behind in an old military museum. The tubes were too long so they were cut down. effective range thought to be about 2000 yards. The tubes will be scaled up to 4.5 inches as my initial research was wrong, but hey, who really cares if you're on the bad end of these things..huh? I'm still banging out the front fender (not shown) and there will be a gunner position located at the sunroof. I dropped the tub to fill the gaps behind the tracks, there will be virtually no interior as the armor plating will hide everything....more to come...thanks for all the great comments...love this challenge.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/katana2665/SandTracker_rear.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/katana2665/Boom.jpg

[grindill]

OK, I know I'm coming in really late on this one. And I doubt that I'll get this done in time. But, what they heck. What's life without a little challenge once in a while, right? So, my original idea was for a limousine with a bunch of pop out hatches for concealed weaponry. I've decided not to do that and to do this one instead. It's a 1937 Cord, one of the most beautiful cars ever produced (IMHO of course). If I can get the basics done in time, then I'm going to futurize it a bit with hover pads instead of wheels and other gadgetry. But, of course, it'll still have to keep it's elegance. I hope I can keep up with this one. There is a lot of really cool stuff in this challenge.

http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww149/grindill/LowPoly28a/Cord-01.jpg

[Perversonality]

Perversonality..That's a slick design...nice going...Too bad I'll have to blow it up on the track...lol, but I figure you could use the painting practice...huh?

You have to be in range to be able to hit it and with those slow old tank tracks you're going to be many hundreds of miles an hour behind ;) Eat my dust! :D

Looking good though mate!

@grindill - will be interesting to see how you tweak this to give it a futuristic look whilst keeping the character of the original

[CaseyD2K]

Hey guys, Been a while since I updated any progress. Here is the latest update with a few new angles to show how i'm making certain things look more interesting than they are. Comments and Critiques are always more than welcome:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/CaseyD2k/Jeep_Update_Armed.jpg

I modeled some of the undercarriage but I modeled it as if you would only see it from the front, back and sides al a Twisted Metal style! I'm still sitting on about a hundred triangles so I might tighten it up down there a bit. I attached the gattling guns to the front end more appropriately and made them smaller. I also mounted a guided missle system to the back as kind of a special attack! Added a steering wheel, a stick shift, a rear view mirror and a license plate to expand on the interior and exterior.

Maybe i'll put an air freshner in the cab! Hahaha!

[hulahuga]

Awsome CaseyD2K

Really goodlooking. The miniguns don't seem as oversized now, good deliberation!

[CaseyD2K]

In other news....

Got a chance to look through the forum and I see some pretty impressive work here and there!

Katana - The back end of that thing is lookin super sweet I love the tank treads! It looks like you managed to down-size those wheels in order to fit the limit. Great job!

Warlock 279 - I half built the underside due to my limit but, like I mentioned in my image post, I figured no one was going to see it from the underside. It works from every other angle and I managed to fit it into my count.

tb1alexc - That thing looks tough as nails dude! You might want to soften those textures though it's looking pretty flat and to high contrast. I'm sure this is a work in progress and obviously not a finished texture job. Some specular mapping will fix that thing right up though!

IanChaos - I'm diggin' that Steam-Punk bike, can't wait to see the textures on that bad boy! Very cool!

BigToe - That looks like something out of Heavy Metal magazine. Can't wait to see your character!

Theaquarianspac - Coming along real nice so far! Those hubcaps are pretty rockin! Nice edge flow too. I love the Gattling guns over the back! and the plated window in front is awesome! You still within your limit?

[CaseyD2K]

Awsome CaseyD2K

Really goodlooking. The miniguns don't seem as oversized now, good deliberation!

Thanks!

[Joseph Pomeisl]

CaseyD2K: Nice job. I was initially going to do a Jeep. I'm glad to see how well you've done with the whole thing; the guns and details help alot - good job all around:) Maybe a giant exclamation point on the hood would look cool!
Perversonality: I think it was you who suggested resetting XForm to fix the Occlusion baking problem - I had the same thing and that fixed it. Thanks:)

[CaseyD2K]

CaseyD2K: ... Maybe a giant exclamation point on the hood would look cool!



That literally made me laugh out loud! Haha!!

[lampshadehead]

grindill: Great start. That's similar to one of the concepts I had in mind. I love the look of those kind of cars. Good luck on finishing it up on time.

CaseyD2K: Wow great improvements again. The smaller gatling guns and the rocket launcher look totally cool. I'd love to see a christmas tree shaped air freshner on this bad boy! lol

[Perversonality]

Looking good Casey, though it would be nice to see some big old exhausts pointing upwards out of the rear to make it look like it can go fast

[tb1alexc]

Looking great folks! You're all doing really well. Casey that jeep looks wicked dude!

Here's some more progress... these are the actual textures now, though it's still obviously WIP:

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/7373/gp93vi3.png

Good luck!

[Noodles]

tb1alexc - Its kinda hard to see a lot of the details in the picture, because there's a lot of pitch black areas.

Maybe post a quick rendered version with some basic lighting.

[CaseyD2K]

Looking good Casey, though it would be nice to see some big old exhausts pointing upwards out of the rear to make it look like it can go fast

Not a bad idea! I'll see if I can work it into my budget!

[katana]

You have to be in range to be able to hit it and with those slow old tank tracks you're going to be many hundreds of miles an hour behind ;) Eat my dust! :D



Perversonality : Oh...you wanted to race......(Silly me...:D)

Warlock 279, theaquarianspac, CaseyD2K : Thank you for the kind comments...looking forward to seeing the finish with you all....

After some backstabbing comments about speed...a quick Google search turned up a metal scrap yard in Kuwait that was dumping a bunch of used jet engines...we bought three..ignoring the U.S. manufacturing markings on the sides..seems they were purchased at well above the general price range and only left to collect dust in the desert...politics I'm sure...anyway...installation went well...and we even have parts left over....the best part is that fuel is actually affordable again...yea!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/katana2665/ST_threequarter.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/katana2665/ST_jet_front.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/katana2665/ST_Jet_rear.jpg

I'm very pleased with my count so far. I still am intending to do a decent representation of the front axle and steering linkage, shocks, front rock guard, more armor, tidy things up, a turret, more bits and pieces...and finish off the pods. Which i put into place because my crew only stand about 4 feet tall and the stack of phone books on the seats weren't cuttin' it...

[theaquarianspac]

Buzzy: Thanks for the comment about the (what did you call them?) louvre, over the wind shield. i will have to adjust that.

CaseyD2K: Undercarrage was a nice touch. Really pulls the overall look of the model together. I can see that thing, laying waste to everything in its path already. BTW, I still have 3,000 tris to spare, more if I scrap the missles launcher hidden under the seats (see 1st post) you will probably never see them (until its to late) anyway.

tb1alexc: i get more motivated everytime i see your 8 wheeled ass kicker!!! :evil:

katana: Thanks. Are those rocket launcher tubes in the back. Deadyl!!! And jet engines to.....again, :drool::drool::drool::drool:

Perversonality: That concept is beautiful. I'm really digging that form. And you've left yourself so much room to work with. Nice man, really nice.

Sorry no new updates today. Job hunting is taking up all my spare time. But I refuse to back out of this challenge. Just wanted to say to all of you thanks for the crits and comments. You guys have really kept me focused. Thanks Everyone :)

[Tetsuya]

Unwrapping this will be a pain =/ still gotta do the handles, weapons, and some misc details

[McKronic]

katana - coming along nice, keep it up!

tetsuya - wow looking badass dude can't wait to see the weapons you put on it.

tb1alexc - textures are looking good so far, maybe try to add a little more variation the vehicle looks almost solid rust

CaseyD2K - solid model, should be a fun one to un-wrap

Ok, so I have finally finished the UV mapping it turned out pretty good. The layout is pretty tight on the one map but on my 2nd it's not as compact but I wanted to have equal uv space for all the pieces so I left it a little bare since nothing would benefit too much from being scaled up marginal amounts.

[grindill]

McKronic: Great job keeping the textures even.

Tetsuya: Great looking bike.

katana: That thing just looks dangerous, for the opponents and the driver. Really cool.

tb1alexc: Looks good but it's a little dark to really see what's going on with the textures.

CaseyD2K: Beep Beep a small jeep, running down the street. This is looking killer. There are some spots where you could shave some polys, but it's looking so good, I don't think anyone will mind.

Perversonality: I really like the drive mechanisms in the wheels. Good touch.



I'm still a long ways behind, and way to much real work to concentrate on this fully. But, here's what I've managed to squeak in. More later, must sleep now.

http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww149/grindill/LowPoly28a/Cord-02.jpg

[Perversonality]

Perversonality: That concept is beautiful. I'm really digging that form. And you've left yourself so much room to work with. Nice man, really nice.

Think you just made my day :)

@Tetsuya - looks good though it's doing that whole brain flipping thing with me where I keep looking at it and it looks as intended, then it looks like it's going backwards, then forwards, then backwards, then... AARRRRGGGHHH! ;)

Perversonality : Oh...you wanted to race......(Silly me...:D)

I won't need to race you if you are placing jet engines in the body of the car. Still, it will look pretty in my rear view screen when you self-ignite :D

@tb1alexc - try setting the texture to 80-100% self-illumination so that we can see the details. It still looks a little bit over-cooked to me, but that could just be the viewport settings

Hoping to make some real progress on my entry over the weekend, so expect updates!

[hulahuga]

Katana - Thats a mean looking machine you got there :).

Mckronik - Good uv layout you got there :). Looking forward to the texture.

Tetsuya - Really nice model. Awsome design! Looks very futuristic :)

[ianchaos]

Tetsuya:love the bike...all the detailing is really great...nice style.
katana: Even with a jet engine you may not be the fastest machine in the race, but I feel sorry for anyone who gets in your way :)
grindill: looking good...you can't go wrong with the classics.
McKronic: you're UV layout looks good. I hate laying out UVs, and mine rarely look that clean.
Perversonality: love the style of your machine...can't wait to see it textured.

Not much of an update...used all but about 1200 of my tris smoothing this thing out. Now it's off to z-brush to smash this bike up a bit....It's in too good a condition to be a steam-punk bike :)

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/highrezWires1b.gif
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/leftHighRez1.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/rearHighRez1.jpg

[McKronic]

ianchaos: this is probably the best UV's iv ever done I hate doing it with a passion though haha, I have to say though your bike reminds me of dr. seuss for some reason.. I dunno maybe it's just me lol

[Warlock 279]

tb1alexc - That's coming together really nicely. Those are some really nice gritty textures, with plenty of weathering on them. I can't wait to see what you work in with smaller details, those will really sell the textures on this.

theaquarianspac - Model looks quite nice now, much smoother and more rounded out now. Only thing I can see that's missing is some side mirrors., other than that, I'd guess you're about ready for texturing.

- Looks pretty good. The top view has a really nice silhouette, and the side isn't bad, but the front seems kinda of lacking. Have you considered curving the wings down just a bit perhaps? Not a lot, but I think a subtle little curve would help make the straight on silhouette more interesting. Maybe a vertical fin/spoiler or two as well?

[B]Daddy OH - Nice find with those two tutorials, looks like they should prove useful.

Perversonality - That's wicked cool looking. I second Buzzy about the suspension, it could use some more traditional elements. In any case, its looking really futuristic and sleek, I'm looking forward to your final version.

katana - When you said lots of rockets, you weren't kiddin'! :crazy: Looks like a whole lot of mean so far, can't wait to see what you do with the front end. I like the jet engines, s'pose they're the perfect answer to those calling your car slow.

grindill - Nice start, I think the pop-up/out weapons sound pretty cool. There's still plenty of time. :)

CaseyD2K - Looks good. I like the mount in the back. I think you handled the underside really well. Didn't over do it, you've got enough detail to suggest realism, without wasting tons of tris, Well done.

Tetsuya - Looking good. Wheels look like they could use a few more segments if you can spare them, otherwise, I think you're doing a pretty bang up job on a crazy complex bike. http://forums.3dtotal.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

ianchaos - Looking really cool. I agree with McKronic, it does have a certain Dr Suess vibe to it, which I think sets it apart from a lot of the other vehicles in this. Do you have any weapons planned for it?




Small update from my pit stall, been rather slow going with other distractions lately. "Foundation" is mostly done, save for side windows, so its a matter detailing it up now for the most part. Sitting at just a touch under 10k at the moment.

[Buzzy]

Rock Solid Warlock! Really great looking so far.

10k? Really? Sure you're not counting polys? looks like you have half of that 10k in the wheels alone.

Regardless, its an awesome model. Really looking forward the final entry thread for this comp!



Not alot of progress on mine. Here's a shot of it unwrapped. I have started texturing, but its not far enough along that I feel like showing it yet.

[Tetsuya]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/windreaver6/ThreedyChallenges/Bike5-3.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/windreaver6/ThreedyChallenges/Bike5.gif

i think i'm about done the weapons =P gotta redo the engine and some details here and there

just about 17k tris

[CaseyD2K]

Tetsuya - That was cool!

Warlock 279 - That grill is super sweet!

[hulahuga]

Tetsuya - Awsome looking bike! Cool protection animation. What weapons does the bike have??

Buzzy - Hell yeah! Sure reminds me of easy rider :). Nice unwrapping on the engine.
Same question as I asked Tetsuya; What weapons are the bike packing?

[McKronic]

warlock: I totally overlooked your comment there I just noticed it now, I will defiantly be adding a spoiler I noticed after I finished that I forgot it lol, I see what your saying about the silhouette as well I will try to round it off a bit and play with the wings a bit and see what I can come up with,thanks for the advice! Your model is looking great it looks very tough im liking what you did with the windshield, can't wait to see what weapons you put on it

tetsuya: does your bike drive with the guard up or is that a stationary deployment? Looks almost like some kind of stabilization system for a huge cannon thats about to fire haha

[tb1alexc]

Hey folks, all the entries are looking fantastic. This is going to be one hell of a race!

Katana: Looks great mate, though I can't say I'm very fond of the pods on the sides? Maybe rework it so that your driver(s) can sit insde the vehicle?

theaquarianspac: Looks awesome dude! Out of curiosity, what program are you using to model?

Grindill: Looks good, though it's a little hard to judge anything yet!

Perversonality: Wow, that's cool. Reminds me of some kind of robotic F1 car or something. Really classy, can't wait to see it textured.

IanChaos: great idea, and that's looking really really cool! I assume you'll be going all-out with textures?

McKronic: looks very UFO-ish. I bet that would look awesome with some battered, dirty texturing!

Warlock: Yikes. Damn, that's one hot car. I agree with buzzy, are you sure that's in tris? Lol, awesome modelling! And you've got 10k left for weapons.. Gee, I'l' just have to blow it up on the starting line... ;P

Tetsuya: Reminds me a lot of the LEGO Roboriders from a few years back... looks very cool, what sort of colours will you be using? I'm thinking dark greay and ice blue...

CaseyD2K: Awesome jeep bud! Really digging the rockets too!

Buzzy: Awesome bike there mate, what sort of weapons does it boast?

Here's some updates on mine. I wasn't happy with the body, so it's been extensively remodelled (read 'remodelled' as 'removed'). What you thinky?

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/85/gp94uk9.png

[theaquarianspac]

Tetsuya: Nice. That bike has attitude.

Warlock: Thanks, I knew I forgot something.

tbalexc1: Whatever those guns can't blow the sh@t out of, can still be run over...repeatedly. sweet. Oh and I use Maya for the most part.

Another small update today. got rid of the missles under the seat thing and now have an extra 2,000 tris or so for more stuff. Not looking forward to texturing, but will take a stab at it.

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4583/sc013009persphs3.jpg

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6766/013009persp01tk7.jpg

[Warlock 279]

Buzzy - Thanks, and yes, I'm countin' my triangles proper. ;) Not quite half, but I do have a solid third of that 10k in the wheels. Four wheels accounting for a collective 3424 triangles at the moment. I tend to optimize pretty heavily as I go, which can be a blessing and a curse, when I get to the end, and I need more triangles, its often difficult to scrounge up more than a handful.

The UV on your bike looks pretty good, doesn't appear to be much stretching. Looking forward to those textures when you get them far enough along to show.

Tetsuya - That's wicked. I really dig how it opens up to "protect" the rider. I don't think I've noticed it before, but the arms holding the the wheels are really slick as well. This is going to be ace when you get it finished up.

CaseyD2K - Thanks, nuthin' special tho, just police style push bars, but I liked the look of 'em. :)

McKronic - Thanks, that windshield was a bit of a pain, but I think it was worth it in the end. :) I'm looking forward to seeing what you do, shouldn't need to be a whole lot, a little can go a long way in the silhouette sometimes.

tb1alexc - Thanks. I'll be half way down the track before your driver manages to let the clutch out on the big ol' beast of yours tho. ;P

I like some of what you've done with rebuild, I'd really like to see you bring back the fenders from the old version tho. Somehow, it feels a bit exposed without them. I dig the new front bump, that's pretty mean lookin.

theaquarianspac - Can't see anything to crit. I like the new front lower bumper, looks good.




Figured, I should put up a wireframe for all you doubters. ;P
9816 triangles, I know, there's quads there, but I do triangulate the mesh to check my count, don't worry. ;)

[funkdelic]

damn warlock, you´re a super artist mate! :D

[tb1alexc]

theaquarianspac: Cheers buddy, yeah being run over by eight wheels would probably hurt. I really like where yours is going at the moment. Are you going to use smoothing on it?

Warlock: Thanks mate, yeah I think you'll have a slightly better 0-60mph time than I would! have a look at this update, is that any better? Your car looks awesome as usual, I can't believe how few tris you've got on a model that looks that good... What will you be using the extra 10k tris for? Some huge weapons?

Here's a quick update, have added a few things (some of which can't be seen, for example there is now a small ladder at the back for the driver to get into the cab) and some 'bullet guards' for the wheels. I like where it's going, and I've got around 3.5k left for any extras. What do you folks think?

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/4509/gp95qh1.png

[FrZnChAoS]

tb1alexc: spikes on the front grill along with the horizontal bars could definetely get some extra triangles pumped into them. You could chamfer some of the hard corners very slightly so when you light this baby the light will catch on the corners/edges better. Other than that it looks pretty solid to me.

[Darchand]

All of yours are looking so good I am thinking of building a different model.
Here is a pic of mine (these aren't the textures I am using it is just me fooling around).

[hulahuga]

Darchand - That car has a lot of attitude :), but where is the engine??

[Darchand]

Darchand - That car has a lot of attitude :), but where is the engine??

lol thanks.

It is an air cooled VW so the engine is in the back. Funny thing is I have a New Beetle and people use to ask if the engine was in the back.

[tb1alexc]

Darchand: Looking good buddy. I'm sure it'll look awesome once it's got proper textures and stuff sorted!

FrZnChAoS: Cheers mate, changes made. I don't want to chamfer edges yet, as I may need the tris at some point down the line, and they're pesky things to undo once you've made them. Any updates on your monster, btw?

It must look like I'm hijacking the thread now, heh. Oh well. I reckon this'll be the last update before I go on to texturing:

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/1749/gp96oz9.png

[Warlock 279]

funkdelic - Thanks. :) I don't know about "super" but I try to do my best.

tb1alexc - You know, I think those fenders did the trick. Looks not quite as exposed as it had. I think some bevels would help in places, like FrZnChAoS suggested, if you're using a normal tho, you probably won't need them. If you were looking for one more thing to add, perhaps some forward facing spikes on the grill, for impaling things it doesn't crush.

Nope, a lot of that 10k went into the interior, and nope, no big weapons, couple small machine guns will suffice for me. :)

Darchand - Not bad, a little flat tho, I hope you've got a little more variation planned for the real textures tho. Does have a good bit of attitude like hulahuga said.




Update on mine, got a big chunk of the interior done. 16k and some odd triangles total now. Got the roll cage done, finally, it's not pretty, but it'll do.

[lampshadehead]

A little more here. Having just a few issues. I don't like the lights and blender doesn't have smoothing groups. Here's a test with some reflections, and without.

[FrZnChAoS]

lampshadehead:: looks pretty cool, are you done texturing? cause it looks like a few pieces on your chain gun are just solid color diffuse. im not familiar with blender so cant really give you any rendering advice. if it has some kind of reflection map would be helpful.

Warlock279: looks sweet. you have any weapons planned or it going on just racing aspects alone?

tb1alexc: yea, i agree chamfers are a pain to remove. looks like you tightened up the model that next little bit.

heres a render of my texture map so far. pretty sure im going to throw in the trash though since the palette reminds me of tree bark lol. thinking i want a fleshy juicy kind of look instead. this is without normal maps applied, just pure diffuse. any tips for creating fleshy textures would be appreciated. the vehicle map is pretty much a 20 minute job at this point.

[Keylitho]

Does the vehicle have to go on the ground?

Or could it be a plane or a sub?

[lampshadehead]

Thanks FrZnChAoS! The model actually has no textures on it at all at this point. Just some solid material colours. I'm having a couple smoothing issues as well.. blender doesn't have smoothing groups. Hopefully done soon. Not sure what kind of texturing I will do.

[tb1alexc]

Lampshadehead - I use blender too! Although it doesn't have smoothing groups, you can create them manually: use P to split the faces, then tab into Object mode, SHIFT + select your original mesh, and CTRL + J to join them together. I hope you understood that:) Nice work too!

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Does the vehicle have to go on the ground?

Or could it be a plane or a sub?

I needs to go on the ground, over hover above it.

[Tetsuya]

finally done modeling, tricount is around 19,800 =O
weapons consist of:
-anti armor missles
-blades vibrating at sonic speed
-giant laser :D
the armor can fall off ^-^

uvmapping will be a pain in the butt ;[ i hope i'll finish this one, going to go with either a white/blue ice theme or a dark grey and ice blue o.O

[Joseph Pomeisl]

The bike looks amazing. Great job, Tetsuya.

[Martin_x]

Rear wheel for my vehicle.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

with less than two weeks left, I'm asking myself why I haven't unwrapped my ride yet. The answer, I have no idea.

[BenniKImmel]

Lol, I just started mine.

[Perversonality]

with less than two weeks left, I'm asking myself why I haven't unwrapped my ride yet. The answer, I have no idea.

You probably have the same problem that I have... Time is passing too damned quickly! I need to get mine done this weekend as I'm out next week but I'm going to struggle unless I can get on top of it again...

[tb1alexc]

Tetysua: Nice work buddy, you've made really good use of the tri limit there!

Martin_X: Nice work, is that going to be normal mapped to a low-poly?

BigToe: Same here. Just started properly tonight.

Here's where I'm up to with my unwrapping. I'm going to bed now before I konk out from exhaustion...

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7585/gp97bl3.png

[Tetsuya]

tb1alexc: actually i forgot about the biped, and now i have an extra 2,000 tris to spare :]

[Buzzy]

Everyone's really starting to crank it up. Hopefully we can all finish and this will be a killer comp!

Here's the beginning of my texturing. Most of the rear wheel and most of the pipes are done. I'm not sure if the red color is final or not, I mainly used red because it stands out really nicely while I'm working on this.

[tb1alexc]

Tetsuya: haha, that's great! Will you be adding anything else then?

Buzzy, looks very nice, are you going to go back in and refine details etc, like on the tyre and stuff? Looks very very cool though.

Here's my progress: completely UV mapped now, will start on textures in a bizzle:

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7223/gp98sl5.png

[Warlock 279]

lampshadehead - Not a bad start, I think your base colors work alright. Looking forward to what you come up with for the textures. For your lighting, while its not specific to Blender, this link (http://www.andrew-whitehurst.net/3point.html) might help you some. Its just a basic 3 point lighting set up, its simple, but it's effective, and can be tweaked for some really nice results. Its what I usually use for lighting now-a-days.

FrZnChAoS - Weapons, couple small machine guns, nothin' fancy, toyed with some other ideas, but machine guns seem to fit the feel of my vehicle the best.

Before you scrap your textures, play with the hue/saturation of what you've got, maybe you'll stumble onto something that does work without having to repaint a whole lot. First thing that comes to mind for tutorials for this type of thing would be Marcus Dublin's Paragalis (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=61544&highlight=paragalis).

[B]Tetsuya - I've got nothing to say but that looks sweet. I cannot wait to see it all wrapped up.

Martin_x - That's a pretty nice looking tire you've got.

with less than two weeks left, I'm asking myself why I haven't unwrapped my ride yet. The answer, I have no idea.

...with less than two weeks left, I'm asking myself, why on earth am I still modeling this stupid car, I should have been texturing a week ago. And I thought I was gonna make a vehicle AND a character, ha, who was I kidding.

tb1alexc - Unwrap looks pretty good, Nicely packed so far. Also, your latest update, does appear you might have reposted an older pic.

Buzzy - Nice work on the chrome and the heat discoloration. I'm not sure on the red either. It might work tho, since your characters got the red bandanna on already.

Hope you riders got wheels on his boots, because I'm not seeing anywhere for him to put his feet while riding? [Perhaps you've just got the foot rests turned off in this shot, in which case, please disregard my comment.]

[tb1alexc]

Also, your latest update, does appear you might have reposted an older pic.

It was, but i updated it a few minutes ago. Also, quick note, I'm now using 1x2048 and 4x1024's, didn't update on the image :)

[FrZnChAoS]

Warlock279: thanks for that, very helpful tutorial!

[tspear]

everyone looks cool here's mine
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/tspear/bike1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/tspear/bike2.jpg

[Noodles]

Uvmaps

[Buzzy]

looks like you could pack those UVs a bit better

[BiG ToE-3DT]

alot better.

not saying mine are great, but you get the idea.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g129/DJBiGToE/uvwlayout2.jpg
you really want to use as much of the space as possible. Be greedy with your texture space.

[McKronic]

It seems most of us are moving into the texture phase, time is getting tight I hope I can get everything to the level I want to be at. I have started laying out some base textures I will defiantly be spending another few days building them up. I also added the spoiler and adjusted the shape a bit like warlock suggested but I couldn't do a whole lot with it because I'm in too deep to make major changes :(

[Buzzy]

Here's another example. These are the UVs for my bike. I still feel its rather sparse at the top.

[hulahuga]

Buzzy - That will be a heck of a job finding out the UV's mesh part ;P
Good straight layout though :)

[Joseph Pomeisl]

That looks good McKronic. Nice job. Maybe the glass could do with some transparency.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

started texturing this female dog

[hulahuga]

Big-Toe - Good job so far. Got some crits; The rust parts and where the paint has been torn of seems to stand out of the hood not into it, might be something with the transistions. Kepp it up :)

[Warlock 279]

FrZnChAoS - You more than welcome. All I did tho was point you in the direction, the rest was Mr Dublin. :)

tspear - Not a bad start, time is short tho, so God speed.

McKronic - Nice! Yeah, you didn't need to do much to it I don't think, just a couple little tweaks should have been enough. Tho textures are really nice. Joseph already hit my only crit, and that's the glass, could use some transparency and some dirtying up while you're at it.

BiG ToE-3DT - Nice start. Is it me, or are some of the paint chipped areas looking a little blurry? I think you could add some duck tape in your textures, to further push that "barely held together" look, which you've got working for ya very nicely so far.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

yeah, the texture still needs work. I like the idea of duck tape, I'll play with that and see what happens.

[FrZnChAoS]

Big Toe: Is it possible you could open the final submission thread earlier in the week. Ive got a gf's birthday and valentines day both on the 14th to contend with, so I can pretty much kiss my weekend good bye for getting around a computer. Make sure I can submit earlier rather than later... Im sure theres others in my situation lol

[BiG ToE-3DT]

I got you. I'll have it up either today, or tuesday.

[tb1alexc]

Four days.. eek

[Darchand]

Four days.. eek

I can here the clock ticking and all I have is digital!
It is freaking me out!

[tb1alexc]

Crap... the Final Entry threads are up...!

Still diffuse, may have to pull an all-nighter to get this beastie done:

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/1215/gp99nu7.png

[Warlock 279]

tb1alexc - Lookin' good. You got plenty of time left, 119 hours or so I believe.




So, finally finished modeling my vehicle, about to start unwrapping it, not too far behind am I? :lame:

[Buzzy]

That is one awesome model. Even if you don't get done in time for the comp, you HAVE to finish this for your portfolio. Great job so far!

[lampshadehead]

Everyone is looking awesome! Keep up the great work. I'm going to have to stand down from this one. Maybe I'll finish the smart car someday.. or maybe I'll just make another twisted metal car from scratch using what I learned on this one :)

[BiG ToE-3DT]

playing with Buzzy's shader
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g129/DJBiGToE/020-7.jpg

[yoyomon]

Awesome model Warlock. I feel like the minigun doesn't do the car justice though. Maybe it just feels kind of nimble on that muscular car.

Nice ride Big-Toe. It's like they say, if you can duct it, fornification under the consent of the king it ;P. I feel like the specular should be bumped up. It feels a little too matte atm.

[ianchaos]

Just about out of time I see...ack.

Well I just finished unwrapping the model...not too much stretching. so we'll see If I can somehow get this done on time. Everyone else's stuff is looking great.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/checker1-1.gif

[katana]

Nice model Warlock...I guess I got sidetracked again..maybe just getting it to clay would be fine for me...

[Novian]

Warlock: Looks great buddy. Make the gun bigger! lol. If you want. :P The side mirrors look awesome. All it needs now is door handles.. :)

Cheers~

[CaseyD2K]

Just about out of time I see...ack.

Well I just finished unwrapping the model...not too much stretching. so we'll see If I can somehow get this done on time. Everyone else's stuff is looking great.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/ianchaos/checker1-1.gif

That is a beautiful unwrap I can't wait to see the UVs!

[Buzzy]

Nearly done with mine. Now, you may ask "Buzzy, where are the weapons?" Well, I decided to go with less of a "Twisted Metal" style and more of a "Road Rash" style. So, the rider will be wielding a weapon rather than having it mounted on the vehicle.

[hulahuga]

Buzzy - It looks AWSOME!! Really cool looking bike :) GJ
The light needs a bit more texturing work though ;P.
Very good result overall, few amount of misplaced hard edges. :)

[Warlock 279]

Buzzy - Thanks. Yes, I will be certain to finish it up, one way or another.

Your bikes is looking pretty ace. I wasn't sure about the red before, but I think it came together really well with the red in there.

BiG ToE - That's looking pretty sharp now, I like it.

yoyomon - Thanks, I'm not really keen on the gun either, but as small as it is, the kick at its full rate of fire is about 500 pounds.

ianchaos - UV looks pretty good, now for some speedy texturing aye?

katana - Thanks. I was wondering what happened to your vehicle, hadn't seen any updates on it in awhile. :(

Novian - Door handles?!?! Nonsense! Doors on race cars don't open. The doors are welded shut, and the handles are "shaved" as they'd be of no use anyway. I'm all about the climbing in and out the window thing, which I may or may not have sealed with a piece of glass possibly complicating that process. ;P

[tb1alexc]

Some sexy wheels:

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9176/gp991dg7.png

Everyone's entries are looking awesome so far!

Warlock, looks great as usual. When do we get to see textures? :D

Buzzy: Looks fab! Any more details going into there?

Ianchaos: Looking very nice, can't wait to see your textures!

Katana, thats a shame dude. It was a great model too.

Big Toe: Nice, almost cartoony in a way! I trust that was the look you're going for?

Lampshadehead: Nooooo! Damn, I so wanted to see that big-ass smart car! Never mind, see you next time!

If there's anyone I've forgotten... forgive me, it's late! Off for some more texturing now...

[tb1alexc]

Update: Almost done now...

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5033/gp992ok8.png

[Martin_x]

looks nice tb1alexc. What does 8X1024 mean?

[BiG ToE-3DT]

that's the texture space he is using.

[katana]

tb1alexc That's some really nice texture work.

[Warlock 279]

tb1alexc - Hey now, those textures turned out pretty good. I like the little "east dust" on the one fender. Only two crits I've got are a], the tread on the tire seems like it should wrap down on to the side a little more; b] You need a fill light on there [doesn't need to be too bright at all], set about from where the camera is, so we can see your model better. Right now it seems like most of your light is coming from behind the model, casting the front into darkness, especially with the dark textures. Anyhow, nice work, it turned out pretty cool.

Textures from me? Hopefully by the deadline, I' wouldn't hold my breath tho I'm afraid.




Don't s'pose any one would believe I was going for a race inspired paint scheme would ya? No? Didn't think so, guess I'll need to come up with some proper textures then. ;p

All UV'd and packed.....finally. Every checker is 16 pixels of texture space. Weighs in at 18840 triangles now, 1x 2048² and 4x 1024² maps.

[katana]

very nice layout Warlock.

[Chung Wong]

Very nice wrapping skills there Warlock. In fact, it's flawless from what I can see :) Looking forwards to the textures.

[Buzzy]

So, this is due Sunday night, correct?

[hulahuga]

Awsome Uvs man! Looking really good :)

[McKronic]

BiG ToE-3DT: pretty damn sweet loving the stylized look

Buzzy: badass bike man, love the look of the welds on the pipes

ianchaos: curious to see what your doing with those textures dude, are you going to save it for your final post?

tb1alexc: now that's a heap of texture maps lol it looks good though a little on the dark side but that could be my monitor perhaps?

warlock: going for gold again haha, time is a little tight for texturing so you will definitely have to crack down, good luck!, how did you manage to get your uv's so perfect?

[BiG ToE-3DT]

So, this is due Sunday night, correct?

Sunday Night. Correct.



Everyone double check the time Zone Thread, so you know when 11:59 GMT is, in your area.

[katana]

So here I am...the down forum was a bummer, but it wouldn't have mattered. I couldn't be more happy with the way this model went. I found that I was able to identify problems quickly and solve them. I still have the undercarriage, rocket mount, twin .50 cals for the gunner, lights, and various other details to do, but my count is good for that...so I will continue. I also noticed while scanning my projects that I have finished several models that are finished or near so and even one unwrapped. I think what seems to work for me is not to get to involved with several projects, but to bring each one to an end point, similar to an assembly line. Afterwhich i will treat the sculpting phase and the texture phase the same way...anyway, crits welcome as always and good job to everyone.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/katana2665/Sandtracker15feb.jpg

[Joseph Pomeisl]

Great entries - glad to see them in spite of the bad link (although it wasn't that difficult to get where you needed).
tb1alexc: the textures looked great on your texture sheet - just couldn't see them on your model.
warlock: please share the finished product some day:)

Another comp. down.

[Warlock 279]

katana / Chung Wong / hulahuga / McKronic - Thanks guys. Unfortunately time proved too tight for me to get very far with the textures, barely made a first pass on things by the time the deadline rolled around.

Chung Wong, I wouldn't say the UV's are flawless I did have to change a couple things once I started texturing, mainly due to having out thought myself on some of the seams, particularly the nose of the car.

McKronic, mostly just time to get them like that. Once you start to get on to where to put the seams, just about any relax tool will start giving you pretty good results, then its just a matter of packing it. I did end up spending the better part of two days packing these tho.

Since you guys were discussing packing UV's a page or two ago, I figured I'd throw together some images of the route I went while packing mine, for anyone that's interested. [Warning 5000+ pixels tall, only 600kb tho, sorry 'bout the size :o]

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w303/Warlock279/Mini%20Tutorials/th_Warlock279-UV-Packing_01.jpg (http://s179.photobucket.com/albums/w303/Warlock279/Mini%20Tutorials/?action=view&current=Warlock279-UV-Packing_01.jpg)


katana - Your car's looking really solid, just need to get that front end square away and I think you're set.

That's an interesting take on the workflow, sounds like it would alright if you can handle that much of each phase at one time. I know if I spend more than a week or two away from modeling I get anxious to start modeling something.

Joseph Pomeisl - I certainly will get it up somewhere for everyone to see. :) I'm shooting to get it done before War, barring that, I'll probably end up finishing it up War when I need a break from my War entry. You need to get your car finished up as well, you're driver turned out great.

[CaseyD2K]

Alas...I was truly sad that I too did not get to finish this comp. It was a lot of fun on both ends, the driver and the vehicle, but in the end it got the best of me. I plan on posting both finished piece in the low poly thread soon.

On the plus side the reason i didn't finish the thread was a pretty hectic couple of days as a result of me getting a new job! I was recently hired by an up and coming game studio as a Texture Artist and I will be starting the first Monday in March! I was presented with the opportunity to work with several industry veterans whose work expands from Halo 2 to Television to Hollywood!

So i am sad I didn't finish but I really feel like I got the opportunity to push my self more than i have in the past. Hopefully I will get to partciipate again in future comps!

[Warlock 279]

I suppose that's an acceptable reason for not finishing, this time. Don't let it happen again tho! ;p


Seriously...congrats on the job, best of luck with it. :)

[CaseyD2K]

I suppose that's an acceptable reason for not finishing, this time. Don't let it happen again tho! ;p


Seriously...congrats on the job, best of luck with it. :)

Thanks!

[youtube.maniac]

Awesome! tarifs referencement (tarifsreferencement.com)

[hulahuga]

Isn't this competition done soon? YOu guys have been working for an enormous long time :o

[BiG ToE-3DT]

yeah, this comp is over and done with, the winners have been announced and everything.

[hulahuga]

Allright, I just wondered since people are still posting a lot :P