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AVGWarhawk · 11-20-09, 01:14 PM

Very nice! Just one question, what do you plan on doing with it once completed? Just a study in 3D creation perhaps?

Dowly · 11-20-09, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Very nice! Just one question, what do you plan on doing with it once completed? Just a study in 3D creation perhaps?

Dont know yet. Propably nothing. The only reason I started doing this was because I think it's easier to get used to modelling by doing a "complete" project instead of replicating stuff you see in tutorials.

Raptor1 · 11-21-09, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Very nice! Just one question, what do you plan on doing with it once completed? Just a study in 3D creation perhaps?

I don't think it can be used for much with the amount of polys Dowly is speaking of.

Dowly · 11-21-09, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Raptor1

I don't think it can be used for much with the amount of polys Dowly is speaking of.

I've managed to tone down the polygons quite abit. Now the total of both tracks together is somewhere around 2.7 million in subd and without subd 600k or so.

Letum · 11-21-09, 04:11 PM

Today I took a break from penguins and made a Wright Twin Cyclone 14 R-2600.

Still a WIP, but I'm not making it as an engine display.
No materials/textures yet.

Good job with the Tiger Dowly.

artao · 11-21-09, 04:19 PM

@letum -- VERY nice .... wondering what techniques you used to assemble the bits .... barely needs any texturing I'd say, just a nice metallic surface ... poly count?

Letum · 11-21-09, 04:49 PM

Cheers.
The only mildly complex bit was the heat sink fins on the top of the
piston heads. First I polly modeled the basic shape. It quickly became
apparent that it was going to be impossible to model such complex fins
so I used a displacement map instead. It still needs work; some of the
fins should be longer, some shorter.

The gearbox is a polly modeled sub-D. Tubes are all splines and the
lower part of the cylinders are lathed splines.

I could get away with chucking some metallic surfaces at it, but I need
the practice texturing and the result is always better. Besides, Textures
are fun.

It's all 21st century Airfix.

165,418 Pollys total so far, but the render engine adds a few more
when it calculates the displacement maps.

First textures underway:

If anyone is interested at taking a look I can box it all up as a .obj or Max9 scene.

XabbaRus · 11-21-09, 05:02 PM

Wow..

I have a lot to learn with MAX. Syaing tha I am chugging away with version 4.2

Fingers crossed work will get me Solidworks and a beast to run it on.

Anyway after I have finished making my kit Kilo, I'm going to use it to get some sizes and then make a new 3D one in MAX.

Dowly · 11-23-09, 01:05 PM

Getting to know the Modo's animation tools.

artao · 11-23-09, 06:38 PM

like the creative use of disp-map .... i was thinking an object array with a scale-curve applied along the z axis ..... disp-map prolly results in fewer polys and cleaner workflow tho.
I use blender, haven't been in max in YEARS

good stuff

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Dowly · 11-23-09, 07:47 PM

Want to know the sad part? That's no displacement map, but one segment of the tread constrained to a curve, which I then duplicated 95 times and offset them... by hand.

Buuut I got enough of the animation stuff for today, so here's quick shot of the arse-end of the King Tiger.

artao · 11-23-09, 07:52 PM

nice work dowley, as always. yer one helluva poly-pusher!!!
re: disp-map ... I shoulda been more specific ... posted @letum actually

Dowly · 11-23-09, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by artao

re: disp-map ... I shoulda been more specific ... posted @letum actually

Ah, roger that.

Task Force · 11-23-09, 09:10 PM

Very good dowly.

Letum · 11-24-09, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by artao

like the creative use of disp-map .... i was thinking an object array with a scale-curve applied along the z axis ..... disp-map prolly results in fewer polys and cleaner workflow tho.
I use blender, haven't been in max in YEARS

good stuff

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I see where your coming from and I would have loved a polly solution
just because I like to work with real objects, but the fins are just far
to complex. Take a look at my refs; it's a nightmare.

11-20-09, 01:14 PM	#91
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Very nice! Just one question, what do you plan on doing with it once completed? Just a study in 3D creation perhaps? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-21-09, 04:11 PM	#95
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Today I took a break from penguins and made a Wright Twin Cyclone 14 R-2600. Still a WIP, but I'm not making it as an engine display. No materials/textures yet. Good job with the Tiger Dowly. __________________

11-21-09, 04:19 PM	#96
artao Officer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 238 Downloads: 144 Uploads: 0	@letum -- VERY nice .... wondering what techniques you used to assemble the bits .... barely needs any texturing I'd say, just a nice metallic surface ... poly count? __________________ l8r, artao

11-21-09, 04:49 PM	#97
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Cheers. The only mildly complex bit was the heat sink fins on the top of the piston heads. First I polly modeled the basic shape. It quickly became apparent that it was going to be impossible to model such complex fins so I used a displacement map instead. It still needs work; some of the fins should be longer, some shorter. The gearbox is a polly modeled sub-D. Tubes are all splines and the lower part of the cylinders are lathed splines. I could get away with chucking some metallic surfaces at it, but I need the practice texturing and the result is always better. Besides, Textures are fun. It's all 21st century Airfix. 165,418 Pollys total so far, but the render engine adds a few more when it calculates the displacement maps. First textures underway: If anyone is interested at taking a look I can box it all up as a .obj or Max9 scene. __________________

11-21-09, 05:02 PM	#98
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Wow.. I have a lot to learn with MAX. Syaing tha I am chugging away with version 4.2 Fingers crossed work will get me Solidworks and a beast to run it on. Anyway after I have finished making my kit Kilo, I'm going to use it to get some sizes and then make a new 3D one in MAX. __________________

11-23-09, 01:05 PM	#99
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Getting to know the Modo's animation tools.

11-23-09, 06:38 PM	#100
artao Officer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 238 Downloads: 144 Uploads: 0	like the creative use of disp-map .... i was thinking an object array with a scale-curve applied along the z axis ..... disp-map prolly results in fewer polys and cleaner workflow tho. I use blender, haven't been in max in YEARS good stuff - __________________ l8r, artao

11-23-09, 07:47 PM	#101
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Want to know the sad part? That's no displacement map, but one segment of the tread constrained to a curve, which I then duplicated 95 times and offset them... by hand. Buuut I got enough of the animation stuff for today, so here's quick shot of the arse-end of the King Tiger.

11-23-09, 07:52 PM	#102
artao Officer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 238 Downloads: 144 Uploads: 0	nice work dowley, as always. yer one helluva poly-pusher!!! re: disp-map ... I shoulda been more specific ... posted @letum actually __________________ l8r, artao

11-23-09, 09:10 PM	#104
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Very good dowly. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"