Oshkosh MATV WIP

axxic3

Hello all. I've been working on this model for about a week or so now, and would like to get some feedback. If there's any Modo experts out there your feedback would be especially useful, I have recently made the switch from 3ds. All the screenshots I will post have not been subdivided to give a better look at the geometry. I started this project with an initial blockout, getting all the large objects down and proportionally as correct as I could. I have lost myself before in which way I should push a polygon, so this works perfect for me. I am concerned about how the model will turn out once textured, as I have not really gone through with materials in the past.

The subject is an Oshkosh Matv
Using Modo 701

These are some of the reference images I have been using


Model Screenshots:







I am having a hard time with this piece. The model underneath is the block out I made that has proportions correct(this is just the way I work), but the one above is the almost finished product. The only thing holding me back from finalizing this part is curving the new, flat wheel well to look similar to the blockout.

Thanks for the feedback!

axxic3

Not sure how to fix this one, normals acting strange. Any thoughts?

axxic3

Coming along slowly...

axxic3

Another side view, removed the border around the front door and remade it.

axxic3

Another update, modo's mirror instance is getting to be a challenge, the upper part of the body is rotating as it mirrors. http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=139466

jaker3278

Keep it up ! you have made good progress. Keep finding answers to your problems

axxic3

Thanks for the support!

axxic3

axxic3

Gonna put an M2 up top with crows2

dpadam450

Looking good. Wheels are too sharp around the edges between the side and the treads.

axxic3

Will take that into account, havent really messed with the wheels or tires too much yet, still deciding on a tread pattern, something like this.

3dReaper

Looking pretty good. Keep at it.

axxic3

This is my concept mockup for the scene, in the middle of a desert on an elevation, with a crevice down low at the base of the cliff. Front of the vehicle is looking towards the camera. The turret will be facing towards the right of the image, with the muzzle blast lighting the scene (Im going to light it to look like dawn using hdri's). A missile is going to be emerging from the turret, or mid flight. Im leaning towards emerging since it will light the left side (looking at the picture) and show detail what would otherwise be drown out by the shadows. Any thoughts would be great, especially how I should texture it, do you think a spec map would be worth the time on a still render? Maybe mountains in the background...

axxic3

Shrike

Thats looking nice so far, but youre going for life-like edges ? So not for games ?

axxic3

Not sure what the difference is between the two Shrike, just modeling this for my portfolio, so polycount isnt really being considered for this, if that answers your question.



Here's another update I did this morning(upped the res to 2048, made an attempt at the grill, put a camera up front, lights up top, platform for radio antenna on front sides. Trying to find a solution for the side steps, they're a shape I've never attempted before, will probably post on Earthquakes hard surface thread for some help with that. Still need to finish the rear cargo and wheel well, the diorama(still going to have rocket launching from tube), plus the lens for the headlights and glass for the windows, some other things I'm probably forgetting too.

axxic3

garriola83

Modeling wise, it looks good, check the pattern on the tire tread on your reference. It doesn't match your modeling. Good luck.

axxic3

Yeah, I gotta work on the treads a bit more, the tread is supposed to come over the side wall a bit. I have been using a different reference than the one in this thread.

axxic3

Let me know what you guys think, Im almost done with the modeling steps and would love to get some feedback on this.