DWIV - 3D - Freekybevis - Desert Rat

[Freekybevis]

Ok well, here it goes.
I did this rough sillohette. im still not sure what race todo, im liking the demon lord and war machine classes so far. i want to do something big, rediculous and just plain old unfair for anyone fighting it in battle.

heres a rough, will doodle some more

http://s5.tinypic.com/35clycm.jpg

[iamnick]

Haha great name xD
Silhouettes are looking good so far.

[M_Cederstrom]

nice guns. :D

[Warlock 279]

Big and ridiculous looks good. Rockin' silhouette and wicked guns.

The location of the head is a bit ambiguous right now, I gather that he's sporting some eye lasers, but there's also a middle doo-dad where the head would be in a more traditional character as well, and it's creating some confusion for me visually. I think you might be better off with just two of the doo-dads on the top of his back instead of three. Hope that makes some sense.

[Jensen]

That silhouette is brilliant. Love the size of the arms!

[drGrim]

silhouette looks awesome. love those guns. cant wait to see more

quick question.. did u use alchemy to sketch those?

[Beindulin]

I'm really enjoying looking at these silhouettes. The exaggeration you've got with the massive arms, shoulders & chest is full of awesome.

[Freekybevis]

iamnick - thanks man :) dunno what the rules are against swearing.

M_Cederstrom - they could be bigger ! :D

Warlock 279 - i totally see what u mean and thanks man, helps to have fresh eyes on stuff like that.

Jensen - thanks bruv

drGrim - yea i did start the silohette in alcemy, then took it into photoshop. i didnt use alcemy for the guns.

Beindulin - thanks man, the exageration, im not sure if it suites, will see :)

Heres a small update. im not sure where im going this the design, i will try and add and delete parts when ive got all the lines out of the way, and add more detail. still basic atm, im not very good at the techie robot stuffs.

[Freekybevis]

and the guns, 1:1 to the above image.
sorry im not sure if these images are too wide im running 1680 * 1050. sum1 tell me if they too wide or long.
later

[anima3d]

love it already ;) keep it up

[function]

Clean lines you got there. Can't wait to see it rendered.

Maybe it's just me, but for the size of those guns the grip doesn't seem to be beefy enough considering the huge blade on the thing.

[dhin]

oh I like. nice gunz.

[Freekybevis]

Thanks guys :)

Some more, not sold on the feet jst yet so i left that pretty blurry

i want to try explore the four legs thing, like a centaur mech war machine. shrugness.

[Ichiban]

Sweet !! Totally badass

[Freekybevis]

another, some parts dont fit together like ide like, but ide fix that in 3d. atm i dont want to spend inordinates of time concepting, although it will probably save me a lot of time in the long run...bleh

[Tank[NL]]

holy ****, sweet work man.

just one thing. the whole bot is pretty much armored like, well, a tank. except for his hips.

now, the first thing i'd do, is chuck some shells at those exposed joint and make him fall flat on his face... :D

anyway, looking forward to updates

[Freekybevis]

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[Freekybevis]

I was thinking the same thing tank[nl]. will take youre advice. ty

[Freekybevis]

4 legs or 2...

[kravo]

A.W.S.O.M.E.!!!
only this time it isn't Cartman in a cardboard box :)

[anima3d]

4 legs sounds good ..

[dhin]

4, increases stability and allows it to handle heavier and higher cal weapons. Plus it looks Bad-a$$ though you might not want to dog-leg the front legs then...

[Freekybevis]

i can imagine it running really fast though with horse legs :D wil try some diff stuff. ty guys

[Jensen]

I agree if this is going to be bent over like it is, then 4 legs would work better, like a centaur :) keep going!

[katana]

Nice 2d work...great design.

[Freekybevis]

ok well here we go...ive had a rubbish night, my graphics card over heated (luckily its ok) and my pc shutdown (which somehow resulted in my psd going currupt), and i lost the sketch, so i had to retrace it from the jpg, which had its ups and downs (got to change stuff i wasnt happy with), but anyway...

i pretty much made it that hes like a tripod. but his back leg is a huge bad ass metal wheel. and he walks with his two front legs which pulls him forward back or whereever jst like he was walking, but he rests on the wheel, if u know what i mean.the wheel is jst for stability. and for riding things over, i think.

im kind of tired so im not over exciting about the bottom half, i think it needs a lot of work, the style looks diff to me to the torso. lemmie kw what u guys think.

sweet, and thanks for the replys :) they keeping me going at 3am!

[dhin]

now that's what I'm talking about!

[drGrim]

that is one sweet design. love the new legs. im not really into that whole wheel idea.. but it is a totally radical idea and an interesting one. massive wheel like that + huge badass robot sitting on it is freakin deadly. great job

[Puckducker]

Very cool, and an awesome start! I think I preferred the initial concept where the top half was a little more dominating in the design though, but the details you've got worked out so far look great.

[Peter_Kasim]

Looooooooooooove it!

Sorry to hear about the malfunctioning machine, but if it's gonna happen it may as well be early in the contest. I've had that happen at the worst possible times....

But yeah, sweet work, the forms and details are very pleasing to behold. Can't really offer anything constructive right now I'm afraid, just keep uo the good work!

[Agent-X]

Very nice concept art. Love it. Keep going with it.

[Jensen]

Looking great! I like both legs, but I do feel like the newer legs make the whole thing feel smaller (without context anyways). Keep it up! ;)

[chris_solo]

very good start, great concept, I appreciate the hands in particular :)

[mel_danes]

Awesome design so far.
One major point for me though, keep it biped. Sure 4 legs sound cool, but how many poly's are you going to sacrifice from detail to get those extra legs?
The silo looked good as a biped, I'd keep to your orig design, which is Awesome, oh I already said that.

[Cracadoo]

Awesome concept. Sorry about graphic card, i kinda have that issue also. Kick a$$ concept so far.

[Perversonality]

Looking great so far :)

[Freekybevis]

thanks for the kind words and thoughtful comments.

my problems is. he has huge MASSIVE guns. which i imagined to have huge recoil.

i dont want long big legs, because that will detract from teh torso and make him look not as menesing. so if he has 2 medium sized legs, he will fall over. which as u can imagine is not a good thing in the fight versus demons and norms. turtle robot on its back is fail. so theres 2 legs 1 wheel, which to me feels like hes in a wheel chair. and also makes him seem less dynamic and like he can move around as fast. then theres 4 legs, which i will have to explore on, right now spider man isnt happening.

i think the directions im going in are, 2 legs [smaller guns], 4 mech legs [bigger guns], or MAYBE 3 wheels. will have another decent update soon, maybe the finished design. ty again all !

[Puckducker]

Wheel...wheel!! I like the idea of having two front "appendages" and then one massive centered wheel at the back for counter balance and stability. You could even put in some sort of artillery idea, that he needs to deploy supports in order to fire his big gun.

[dhin]

Check this. look at your third silhouette. I thought it was only three legs till you said four legs. Three tree-trunk like solid legs make it into a tripod. Stable yet still mobile, it slows it down and could set you up for medium or large guns. (I wouldn't do the large gat as a hand held though, more like the over the shoulder RPG style...) All three legs could easily be like the ones you have on wheel chair bot.

I donno just a suggestion.

[hulahuga]

I would say a huge melee warbot would look awesome!
And he would be two legged carrying a siege gun on his back.

Or four legs/six with guns on his shoulders or under him. Perhaps tentacles underneath him and no guns. The tentacles would be ended with grasping hooks which takes demons and humans into the main body as energy to fuel the relentless siege machine.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

have you tried a big gun, but lower on the model and two large legs up front to handle the weight of the gun, and maybe some tread in the back for better traction

[Freekybevis]

so many good ideas! bigtoe, dont kw why i jst didnt put the gun lower in the first place thanks for bringing that to my attention. with seige weapons andthe sort, i read in the rules that these "war machines" make up the crux of the machine army. so i didnt want to make this guy tooo specialized. alothough rocket launchers are always cool. the humon/fueling is also i good idea i will think about. might add that extra oh noes run away feel. have some visable fuel cells with bodies in them ?

heres a small update. i will start on the 3d now, with the parts im happy with (torso, head, chest etc) i want to concept out the arms and gun / guns properly tonight, so that i can go from their on the mobility / legs / wheels etc.

thanks for the replys :)

[Tekei]

Just wanted to step in and say it looks awesome so far. Looking forward to seeing it in 3d!

[Lukavi]

I really like your concept so far, it looks imposing and like its gonna bring some pain. Can't wait to see where you take it in the 3D stage.

[Freekybevis]

Thanks guys...early days. i shouldnt probably even be posting this yet but here.
when i have a solid torso i will take it into mudbox, then i can finally start having some fun :P.

[discmage]

Concept looks great. I LOVE those hands. Looking forrward to seeing him in the 3rd dimension....

[Freekybevis]

mostly all just some placeholders to get a feel for placement. thanks discmage i think i like the hands too :D

[setschaos]

Coming along very nicely! I just want to see some mobility on the wheel, It would be good to know that the wheel could extend backwards in order to deal with a stationary duel weapon strike, what with all that recoil.

Fantastic progress, keep it up!

[discmage]

Just a thought, and maybe someone said it...but with a huge wheel like that could you have those two stabiliser legs fold up and curve around the front of the wheel, and then he just thunders around like a big ass unicycle! Then he has a bull bar for running down things as well. (eg. put something painfull on the front of the legs) :)

[Freekybevis]

gunz start

actually thought of that disc and now that u point it out its not a bad idea ! wat i was going todo is put big blades coming out of the wheels. but then i thought theres no point cause nothing gunna ever be getting within meelee range to it anyway! will try work it so it folds up. setschaos : i was planning to do that :D, lots of joins like an extended spine with tons of armour end eventually ending in a wheel.

[Freekybevis]

some more on the torso

[SR_6274]

Coming along very nicely. All the proportions are looking good.

[Freekybevis]

thanks sr, working on the gun a bit, i want to have the sculpt and maybe start the texturing tonight for it. bleh

[hulahuga]

Looks good. When he fires those guns his arms would snap back a bit. Would look awesome :)

[Freekybevis]

thanks man :) yea i imagined quite a lot of movement going on, worked a bit more on the torso.

[dhin]

Looking friggin cool. Keep it up.

[chris_solo]

Yep! it's cool! with zbrush above it will be superb
(I think you are going to rework some parts with Zbrush, right?)

[Freekybevis]

not zbrush! mudbox! :D, and yes there will be reworking done. more details etc etc.

[chris_solo]

ooops!!!! sorry ;))) lol

[Freekybevis]

Jet pack :d

[Freekybevis]

Sorry, as u can see i spend way too much time rendering out crap. Im jst quite excited :) first dominance war...nerves are shot!

[Puckducker]

Great start, the silhouette really is translating to 3D well. Maybe make the wheel a little larger in diameter and tuck it up closer towards the body? Not sure how that'd effect the rest of your mechanics, but it might make the wheel feel more like it's handling most of the weight.

[Ichiban]

Wow, thats massive. I like it.

[Perversonality]

I initially wasn't convinced by the wheel but it seems to be working out a lot better than I expected. Nice progress :)

[dhin]

it gives it the look of being on a chopper from the back view. I like it a lots. :D

[k4j]

really cool, it apeals to me like a Chopper with the big weel and those gaspipes.
big fond of the gaspipes that are reveald true the backarmor. nice progress : - D
-id ride that bike anyways

[anima3d]

going good so far

[Freekybevis]

hehe :D now that u mention it it does look like a helicopter. maybe i should delete the legs and wheel and give him a terribly undersized propeller hat :P

heres another small update, torso is pretty much laid out.

thanks for the replys and support

[hulahuga]

I can only say one thing. KABOOM Polycount!

[k4j]

not chopper, but chopper chopper.
as in custom motorcycle : P helicopter propeller hat would be ackward but cool tho.

[Freekybevis]

im at 6000 at the moment including the gun so i should be fine :D
o chopper bike! lol. confusing me :P

[L3XICON]

really nice concept and a good solid start to the modelling, my only suggestion would be to try and find some elements that show the scale of the warmachine. In your earlier concepts, just the shape and feel suggested a huge machine or (BFOR ;p) though looking at the current 3d, it looks like it should be quite small. possibly its the wheel, or the general scale of everything in comparison to each other. some added recognisable elements at correct scale could really bring back the (this thing is f-ing huge!) feel of your earlier designs :D

good luck!

[dhin]

I think hulahoop was talking about the enemy polycount... not the model s polygon count... Damn this is confusing.

[hulahuga]

I think hulahoop was talking about the enemy polycount... not the model s polygon count... Damn this is confusing.

HULA!!!
I'll trash your lights!!



;P

[dhin]

Hulabaloo?

[hulahuga]

seriously, Hula

[Freekybevis]

lol. ANYWAY.

L3XICON - thanks man. and i know what u saying. i get that feeling as well. thats why i put a tiny little box infront to try and remind myself im making something huge. i think it could be that im worried about the current poly count in the model so im really jst focusing on getting the big shapes down, and ive neglected the tiny elements that add scale (which i was hoping to accomplish with the normal map) im trying to finish the torso up quick so i can take it into mudbox, andtry to get some of the details in. maybe that will help. if not its back to the drawing board :)

hula hoops are cool.... sometimes. ????@_@

[mr_carl]

WOHA, it looks awesome.

[hulahuga]

sob, goes to a corner

[dhin]

Sorry Hugo ... Snip snot snut, jeg er slutt

[Freekybevis]

small update, again, working on the legs, tweaked some other stuff, added some pipes. workign slower and slower as it gets later and later.
oh and how do i rename my thread ?

[Freekybevis]

going to bed tommorows another day.

[anima3d]

great progress

[Freekybevis]

k seriously sleep time

http://s5.tinypic.com/21nqhe1.jpg

[BiG ToE-3DT]

got an idea, so you can keep both the back legs and the wheel.

Lets say this beast needs to travel long distances, in a situation like this, the back legs would mount up next to the wheel, almost like a fender of sorts. When it reaches its destination the back legs release and once again, make contact with the ground.

[jettmx]

when i first saw the wheel, I was wowed because I had never really seen a cool idea done like that before.

however after seeing it without the wheel and seeing it with the hind legs, i see that it looks definitely more power that way.

is there some way you can change the posture with the wheel to keep the 'wow' effect for the wheel and the 'wow' effect for the stance?

[dhin]

I like the wheel better. But both are cool. Do the one that feels best to you. (I still think that three legs is the way to go.)

[Puckducker]

Yeah, I like the wheel as well. I think though right now the horizontal is more spread out that the vertical with the way the wheels/legs are positioned. It might help sell the idea of scale if he was taller than he was length wise.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

another idea, make the wheel bigger, like real big, like the top of the wheel is at the same level as the top of the robot.

[Agent-X]

Thats wicked cool dude. I like this one alot. Keep up the good work.

[Cracadoo]

I don't know how i missed this one. Awesome, dude. I agree with Mr. Big Toe here, keep the wheel and legs.

[Freekybevis]

coffee: check.
smoke: check.

any know how to rename a thread? so i can give this project a project name..!

Big Toe: how awesome is that idea? concepting it write now, although i might need to change the wheel for tracks like wall-E, dont know will see how much space i have for gadgets under this guy.

Agent-X: thanks man :)

Puckducker: yea he probably definately needs to be taller. working on it now :D!

BiG ToE-3DT2: ROFL, ill try that but actually think i tried it sometime the day b4 yesterday and it looked rediculous. will give it another bash.

jettmx: yea there is thanks to toe. will update soon. thanks man

dhin: 3 legs might be interesting, but could probly create a weird love triangle with the wheel.

[hulahuga]

That machine reminds me of the tank in Snake Eater

[damageINC]

I like the wheel as well......maybe make it two wheels rather than one fat one?

[Freekybevis]

at 10094! :( :(

gunna have to do a lot of optimising to make this 4 legs thing work.

[Fenixy]

i love it

[anima3d]

i think 2 frond legs n' the wheel on the back is fine.

[Freekybevis]

Just some ideas. Im scrapping the guns, and giving him nuclear grenades. he will still shoot lazors out his eye.
it starting to come alive i think. not too sure about the hands / protection stuff.

EDIT- actually im gunna just give him one huge gune, ive designed this whole thing around stablity so theres no point in taking the bad ass gun away. gunna put the nuke grenades on the outside of each leg so he can unclip and throw.

[Ichiban]

Man, it's coming along nicely. I think those giant arms and solid legs work just perfect. good job

[k4j]

love hands with the bulky fingers

[Miss Mikame]

HOOOORAAAAAA! nice job,
Have you thought of adding more wheels lol.

[Freekybevis]

thanks guys :) yea ill consider more wheels when my polycount is under 10k. atm its a bit stretched. but it does sound like a good idea.

[hulahuga]

He should only have the front legs and the wheel, but that is me.
The forearm protection should end with a spike :). Then he could drive up to his enemies, stab them in the back. And put a grenade on his enemy.
Spell to overkill!!!!

[dhin]

Damnit! stop making me fan boy. Between you and Sathe I swear give everyone else a chance! What happend to not artist left behind... ;)

[Puckducker]

Yeah, stick with the big gun for sure. Nuclear Grenades might be a cool idea in a situation where they can be explored a bit, but when you need to get across your point in a single image, a giant ass gun is totally going to get the job done.

[Freekybevis]

hula i might have to do as u say. my count is a little high atm. but im gunna try my best to keep the 4 legs i like the dynamic of the legs / mud gaurds. also i want the two peices next to his eye, to come closed when he needs extra protection.
dhin- its not over till the fat lady sings !
puckducker - thanks man yea, big guns are just too tasty to make :)
my workflow is completely broken. i started the texturing. ive desided to paint the texture, originally i wanted to use photos. but i think i can get a better effect with my intuos :P:wall:

[hulahuga]

What?
haha, keep going steady dude, don't rush to much. ;P

[khemist000]

This is coming out great. I love his (its) hands, they convey a real sense of power and stregnth.

[Freekybevis]

hulahuga - trying not to rush man :) actually trying to think things out nicely instead of just pouncing into stuff like i usually do.

khemist000 - thanks dude, its what i was going for.

right direction ?

[Buzzy]

Really looking awesome so far! I absolutely love the proportions.

[Koeri Kun(ST)]

Already texturing? That's great man! Keep an eye on that seam tho!

[Freekybevis]

the seam will dissapear before i start the normal, i will properly end up retexturing, jst want to give myself an idea what im in for.

[VersionThirst]

Awesome robot! Proportions are perfect, really conveys strength and power.

[Freekybevis]

thanks VersionThirst

another direction :

[Freekybevis]

having some fun with the texture. got a bit carried away.

[Freekybevis]

grooves or no grooves ?

[hulahuga]

Looks good. This last one screams speeed!
Wrong threedy symbol though?

[Jensen]

Digging the test textures! Great Colors and just the right amount of spec :) Keep it up!

[hulahuga]

Use a couple of photographic sources too :)
Will give it a realistic level :)

[Freekybevis]

some more texture stuffs.

[redonix76]

wow, looking really cool man. very detailed and clean. One thing is to be careful of the small details, or it'll get lost. You wanna zom out a bit and take a look to see is anything blends in too much and so on. So far so good so keep up the great work!!

[SR_6274]

I'm loving the textures. Has a great dark feel to it, very menacing.

[Peter_Kasim]

Hello Freekybevis! Holy crap, you've been busy haven't you?


The model's proportions look beautiful and that texture work is awesome too, at this rate you'll be done with 6 weeks to spare!

I think you're gonna be setting the pace this contest - well done

[Buzzy]

Really awesome texture work so far! Try digging up some 40k Imperium artwork to look at for reference, I think it could definately feed your brain.

[Freekybevis]

redonix76 - thanks man i will keep an hour out for that. generally try to do what u saying :)

SR_6274- ty dude. hopfully i can keep the whole map nice.

Peter_Kasim - haha. i doubt ill be finished that quick :P there is still #$@ loads of work to be done. im just jumping the gun and mixing the workflow up a little.

Buzzy - ty bro i will check it out nownow.

[Withalboy]

Nice textures man. Is it all photo ref? 2D Photoshop work? or mixture of the two?

[Holo]

This is coming along real nice man, good job.

[xelubest]

omg this model is really awesome :) love the texture work so far and the concept is amazing 8->

keep up + more updates please :3

[Fenixy]

dude, just great! keep going! i'm glad that there is alot of ppl that use both thready logos ;P

[chris_solo]

very good work of textures! I can't wait to see the whole project :)

[iro-bot3]

wow and wow. that texturing looks fantastic! Keep it coming!

[Freekybevis]

Withalboy - thanks man, its all painted in photoshop, no photosm no reference.

Fenixy - hehe was a happy mistake :)?

chris_solo - soon hopefully!

iro-bot3 - heres an update...

[Fixor]

Hey mate! really nice job so far! You'll be done by next week!

Is it your intention to have a kind of humanized face? I can see the eyes, a noze and an open mouth (where there's a blueish-whiteish bright light). I prefer your early stages when it looked more "pure mech".

[TekNeek]

Nice!

Can't wait to see this beast finished

[miycko]

Wow. You've done so much already. This is friggin GOOD. keep it up.

[miycko]

btw looovvee the big a$$ tyre.

[Tank[NL]]

awesome texturing man. stunning.

doesnt look like you'll be needing any normal or specular maps on this puppy :)

[Cracadoo]

Niiiice. We want updates!

[Freekybevis]

Thannks guys. Soz for the lack of updates over the weekend. Started on this again today. heres an update. will have another one just now.

[chris_solo]

Nice!

[dhin]

I like the dark colors, very cool looking.

[Lukavi]

Looks great, although its kinda small, can you post a closeup or something of the detailed area?

[Freekybevis]

thanks :) here we go..

[Freekybevis]

bleh! trying something different. i imagined him driving, legs up kicking up dust everywhere. think i prefer this?

[DJdude]

I totally preffer that too. It makes it seem a lot more down to earth.

[Jensen]

Wow this is coming along great! I like the green better than the blue. Great stuff!

[Joseph Pomeisl]

Nice texturing, dusty was a good decision. What about rusty, like he's been around for awhile?

[gfxengine]

dude are u gonna put a normal map or jus the plain old diffuse:blah: ?

[chris_solo]

good direction! I prefer your last update.

[AzoiC]

awesome.. defintely the latest colors.. lighting and colors are awesome.. awesome awesome.. awes.. ome.. ome.. som..:lame:

[Perversonality]

That definitely looks like a better direction. The shoulders might be a little large right now as they look like they might restrict movement, but that could just be the camera angle

[TekNeek]

Sexy!

[strict9]

somehow restriction of movement won't matter.
it's a massive beast that will just go straight and crush everything in it's path
that some nice paint work

[Freekybevis]

DJdude - Down to earth ! OUTRAGE! HES ANGRY. ANGRYYYY#$

Jensen - Thanks man

Joseph Pomeisl - Thanks dude, yea i was going to add some rust, im a little scared of it getting too busy though, if u kw what i mean. will try it!

gfxengine - there is a specualar and rubbish normal on this update.

chris_solo - tyty

AzoiC - tyty :D

Perversonality - hey man, and thanks :D , yea the shoulders dont even actually move, they are join together at the back. because i didnt imagine him lifting his arms. i mean come on its a 30 foor high robot im sure hes not gunna be getting something off the top of the fridge :P. i have actually done some smaller ones, but im not sure if they work.

TekNeek - :D!

strict9 - haha funny i only read this post after replying to perverses :P ty man

update :

[Perversonality]

I can imagine some large demons perching on the shoulders making them unreachable ;) Still if smaller don't work then it don't work!

[Freekybevis]

im so frikken lazy today...ARG!@

good point Perversonality. ill try think of some defense for that. maybe little r2d2 robots on his shoulders :P?:D

[setschaos]

Ooh, watch that cable on our right [machines left] on the bottom, it looks a little square with how drastically it drops from its origin, I would suggest adding another loop just to that section or even just making it less of an angle on its way down. Looks absolutely amazing otherwise!

[JuST]

I guess he hadn't worked on it yet... Just wait and see.
I agree... absolutely great work.

[hulahuga]

great heading dude. keep em coming!

[khemist000]

Your texture work reminds me of doom/quake. Its gorgeous, with amazing details. Great job.

Man I need to get my ass in gear. I feel so far behind...

[gfxengine]

looking cool bro but i would suggest u put extra polys on the wires, so that u can have an overall good silhouette(its jus a suggestion;P) anyways cool work! :haha:

[dhin]

Love the colors... and the name works I think.

[TheSlooth]

Sweet Texture work man.

[Ghostbrush]

WHOAH! BADASS!!!! nice work dude, looking forward to seeing this one finished :)

[ciarand]

great texture work! I love big bulky machines like this! poor hulk

[Freekybevis]

ciarand - thanks bro, yea i feel sorry for him also ..

Ghostbrush - ty :D me2!

TheSlooth - i hope its enuf to place x(

dhin - hehe :D i dont think its fits but it kind sounds kewl.

gfxengine - thanks dude, yea i will make the wires better, i jst want to get other stuff layed out first, because im over the limit atm. when im under 10k then i will start distributing the left overs :D

hulahuga - trying :D ty

JuST - i had worked on it jst being careful ;)

setschaos - thanks man yea, will sort it out soonish.

Im trying something, with really simple and saturated armour? yay or nah?

[Freekybevis]

or ...

[Ghostbrush]

I prefer the "or" looks a lot more menacing and war ready in the second colour scheme, with some battle scars etc will look super sweet!

[Jensen]

I really like the yellow. The contrast it creates really makes the character pop more. I agree with Ghostbrush that the darker color looks more "menacing". Maybe a tad of desaturation on the yellow image would be able to achieve both, but I'm not sure.

Anyways, I vote for yellow,

And I also vote 5 stars. I'm loving this thread great progress!

[setschaos]

I'm a sucker for earth tones, so I tweaked a new color for you, but its just my vote :P [picture below was originally produced by the author of this thread, I claim no ownership to this elegant piece, I should probably delete this post for copyright!!!!]

[spartan118]

Nice I like the neon blue lights and the antenna on the head, kinda reminds me of my entry. looking good so far otherwise

[VinsanityV20]

I like the orange tone from the first one. Something about it just looks awesome; I mean, usually orange is too loud, but that shade is perfect. It stands out, it looks great, and it gives him a nice personality. Almost regal looking.

Btw, just awesome looking work so far man! Really cool design, very distinct looking. The concept art is solid, the modeling is great - especially for a first D-War? Dude, you're rockin' this thing!

[Ghostbrush]

I stick with my original choice of the second darker colour scheme, have it drippin with oil and fluid, few dry blood stains and magic burns would really help the detail and break up some of the larger shapes. Really like this though! its cool as f**K!!!!!!!!!

[AzoiC]

I stick with my original choice of the second darker colour scheme, have it drippin with oil and fluid, few dry blood stains and magic burns would really help the detail and break up some of the larger shapes. Really like this though! its cool as f**K!!!!!!!!!

I agree with the second choice.. add dirt blood scratch n such.. any brighter colors i am afraid will make it less intimidating.. imo anyways.. :dance: maybe add brushed/stainless looking steel to more parts of the armor.. instead of brighter colors..

[hulahuga]

Second, the first is a bit generic.

[miycko]

The second one's really cool.

[chris_solo]

I think the second gives an idea of darkness rather than orange or green think of two toys transformers ;)

[capitan_popo]

I would say the green, but I like color hahaha

[Freekybevis]

Sigh i hate Telkom (south african communications hell government owned monopoly @#$%). It rains here (a slight drizzle), and the phone lines go down for the whole day. >.<

It was actually kind of kewl. I seem to concintrate better when theres no internet. No distractions.

Need some advice on this. Seen as I havent really gotten very far with this robot, ive decided to change it, quite a bit. I wasnt really happy to be honest with the 4 legs wheel, was a cool idea but when i put the legs together as mud gaurds it looks REALLY weird. It helps to concept that stuff first.

All im changing is the parts i havent started texturing yet. i want to keep the main torso and tweek it a bit as u can see in the concept. (will be scrapping the texture ive done), my reason for this is because i want to normal map this, obviously. and bake a high poly model onto my low poly. and thats gunna be a mission with the texture already done. So im gunna do a backview of this current version, and then start straight on the high poly, i dont kw why i didnt do this in the first place...
In the old design i wasnt happy with the contrast in shapes as well. Ive worked a lot on that now, and the flow of lines seems to be working for me a bit better. Anyway, heres the updates. btw, ill post his gun up in the next 10/15 min or so. somehow i duplicated the layer 3 times within itself and saved so have to redraw.

Hopefully i can bring all youre colour suggestions into this new one. Thanks for the crits they all help! :D

ps (there is a hole on the back side of his left arm, where the grenades fall through and come out of a hole in his hand, then he throws them)

[Ghostbrush]

Now we talking war!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love it

[DaddyDoom]

Awesome :D
Love the size of it.
Now... 3D!

[JuST]

Uh... it's a HUGE rat!!!
But I really like the shape. Looks amazingly great!
(And I'd take the second colour, for this robot, too.)

[dhin]

I love the arms, very cool. But the new legs while they look good, they seem sort of thin and weak. Or at least they look like the weak point in this things design.

[Freekybevis]

Heres the gun design.first over the hand with the blade. clips into the blade.
woops sorry for the double post on the mech design. thought i had cut it >.<. dunno how to edit attachments.

[xxxcubanxxx]

I like the new design very much, weapons are looking tight. Keep us updated.

[hardtack]

this design you have is really turning out well. keep up the good work

[Dmitri]

I wasn't sold on this idea because I found the wheel to be a bit.... odd. I'm sold now- this new concept is really quite good. It has the feel of a big, hulking, killer machine. *subscribe to thread* I can't wait to see where you go with this thing.

[dhin]

See not to sound like the odd man out, but I liked the other one better. It was so different from anything. Now it's just a giant robot. Cool looking, but still just a robot. The other was it was visually distinct and interesting. But that is my opinion and you gotta d what you like and will enjoy Freekybevis.

[buzz001]

this is really hot, love the hands knocked out of the park with that look. I'm just glad I'm not the dude in the background.

[Freekybevis]

dhin - yea man i know what u mean. My main reason for loosing the wheel is that it just doesnt make any sense to me, logically. what can a 30 foot robot do with 1 wheel that he cant do with 4 legs ? and on top of that he didnt have a 30000000cc engine to power the 1 wheel carrying 30 feet of steel so i wouldnt imagine he would go very fast. Another reaon is in battle i only see it slowing him down, also i wanted to try make it more of a generic style, reason being is that warmachines make up most of the machine army apparently so i see them being mass produced, not special case 4 leg 1 wheel syndrome. anyway ty :D
xxxcubanxxx - Ty man, im not overboard sold on the weapon. Seen as hes jst 2 legs 2 arms i want to try do something really insane with the gun, will design more when i get there.
hardtack-thanks bro
Dmitri-mee to :D ty
buzz001-really in truely he shouldnt be there, he should be running for his life ?

the more i look at him the more i think these guys should be called shinoby or something :/ anyway small update. excuse the car shader :/ :/ :/ :/

[Darchand]

dhin

the more i look at him the more i think these guys should be called shinoby or something :/ anyway small update. excuse the car shader :/ :/ :/ :/

Nothing like a car shader too make things purty ;) Anyways we all know you will put on a different texture later and that is just for show right now. I really like what you are doing with this I look forward to seeing the finished product. Wait scratch that I am competing to so I am terrified of seeing how horrible my model is next to yours. Ah well at least you are on our side :D

[Freekybevis]

another update on the leg. thanks Darchand :o

[Freekybevis]

some more stuffs

[damageINC]

Nice updates. I really liked the old design, but I think this one is growing on me. I think the gun should have a slightly more interesting shape, but overall very nice.

[Ghostbrush]

*picking up jaw of the floor* Nice you know what your doing :)

[hulahuga]

Yeah, now we are talking good highpoly!!
What apps do you use man?

[gfxengine]

i was counting on u to turn this around and u nailed it mate, awesome job! [gotta get myself workin on a concept before its too late] ;D !!

[Freekybevis]

Thanks guys :) i use 3dsmax and photoshop, and mudbox. and btw its never too late to concept gfxengine :P

Ghostbrush and damageINC : ty :D

stil got a lot of detailing todo. bady steps :D!

[Freekybevis]

so far so good i think. when the torso is done i think the lines are gunna work really well together.

[Jensen]

Great modeling so far! And I love that procedural you have on there :)

[hulahuga]

If you use mudbox, check out the new mudbox forum mudboxhub (www.mudboxhub.com/forum)

[Peter_Kasim]

Thanks for the pep talk Mr Bevis!

Man, I'm continually amazed by your entry, absolutely splendid details that just leave me feeling very envious! You're right, the lines are looking great - fantastic work, I'm watching very closely

[mr_carl]

Looks super good man, keep it up and update some more :)

[Freekybevis]

thanks guys, np peter :)

another little update. trying to figure out shapes and how this is gunna work, first robot ive done i usually only do organic stuff so learning a lot along the way. not doing much detailing atm so its pretty boring to me.

[hulahuga]

You are getting there ;P

[buzz001]

love the Desert Rat is one of my top five. I originallly liked the hands you had in your first sketches, but since it is a machine you can top-off on the 10K tri limit rather quickly. I'll keep a close eye on your progress. Are you using Maya or Max? I'm curious because in an earlier post you mentioned this is Ur first mechanical design. Most of those detials you can get from a well designed texture and bumpmaps. Well, I'm sure you have a plan to acomplish your task. Good luck

[chris_solo]

I like your progress and I'm agree with buzz001 about pay attention to the limits of polys and the final figure.

[Freekybevis]

Lol. um, im immigrating to the uk in a month or so. amazing timing. but anyway. i dont have the time to finish this high poly thing i was slaving away at, so im just going to carry on with desert rat version 1. if anything it should make a half decent portfolio peice. and i know i can finish it in the time with whats going on at the moment. heres and update.

[spider2544]

sucks about such bad timing, but at least you'll get the low poly version done.

the latest update is looking fantastic.

do you think you'll do the high poly model even after DWIV is finished? it would be a shame to see that extra work go to waste.

[Freekybevis]

Ide like to spider, and thanks xD.

[xelubest]

dude keep that greenish\yellow look with chains and junk parts :D:D:D looks MUCH MUCH BADASS like that :P

SCRAP YARD MECH =))

+ make sure you make some wallpapers with him :"> :-"

[hulahuga]

Noo, we want highpoly madness.
well well, you're moving so what can you do ;). Give us a wallpaper later on and we're pleased ;P

[VinsanityV20]

The textures are nice, actually. High Poly or not. Still has clean lines and cool little details (Love the glowing logos!). All in all, it's looking like something that I would love to take on in an action game!

Good to see another 3ds Max/Photoshop/Mudbox man btw:D These kids, with their newfangled Zbrush...;)

[hulahuga]

MUDBOX RULES ALL!

Where are the Maya users?

[JuST]

Oh that's really bad timing... But you can finish it afterwards and just show it here... I guess it would look awesome!

[chris_solo]

YES! I agree!!!

[dhin]

YAH! DR1 the oversided wheel of death returns!!!

I for one think this is by far the better way to go anyway. I am sorry to see the new version going to the wayside since your HP on it is Freekin Cool, but I honestly think the first version is the better design.

[gfxengine]

Cool work man,moving slowly and steadily i guess, i have started a thread myself have look at the concept and let me know what u think :D

[Ghostbrush]

I so want you to finish this :D please please just not sleep for a month and get it done for the deadline, PLEASE!!!!!...

[Lukavi]

Moving huh? Well that sucks but you cant let that stop ya, Im moving too, just means you gotta work double time!

[miycko]

Wow, just, wow. The texturing's great, i like the metalic sheen that everything has and the cables in between the metal plates. Great attention to detail.