[FINAL] Panzer 4 (Ryan Griffin)
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Hello Everyone. I am happy to finish this WWII German Panzer IV Tank. I worked off and on for a long time. Please check out the high res images on my artstation! https://www.artstation.com/artwork/GXOQdB
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Thanks for stopping by and checking out my project so far.
So its been alittle bit. I am currently work on my LP and I having alittle trouble with the treads for a LP method. I'm pretty sure that there is two methods. 1 being a LP with enough geo to get a good bake on an individual tread then instance it along a spline. 2 being the UI tile method. I wanted to try to do method 1, but its really high. I tried to reduce it as much as possible on the individual. Currently is 452tri. I have 88 links. So 40k on one side. So alittle less then 80k on the treads alone. What is a good range for a LP on a tank like this? Can I reduce this anymore then I have right now? Or is the UI tile method a better option?
Working on both a Low Poly and a 3d Printable version of my Panzer 4. More updates on the Low Poly later.
I had a general question about 3d printing. As a general rule of thumb can your model's geo have interpenetrating faces? Can you just union the sub objects into one piece or do you have to cut out and weld all the section together for 3d printing?
I have loaded my STL files into Preform for Form2 and I am able to get them to be ready to printing through their one click loader system.
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Thanks for checking out my project.
I would recommend, even for the tiling texture approach is to go down a War Thunder route, which uses multi layers of polygon loops and alpha to layer up the track to get the illusion of depth. The image below demonstrates this the best, (albeit with a very crude paint over), hope it helps.
Whisky
Artstation for better res.
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/0k8m4
Anyways, I really like your Panzer IV model! The only thing that bugs me it's the lack of the gunner's sight (or its hidden?) and the weirdly shaped gunner's small front hatch in the front-right of the turret, right beside the main cannon barrel (can't remember how it's called). You can clearly see it in this photo:
Otherwise good job! I can't wait to see it with textures!
Those textures however... They need some more work. The wear effect for example is too uniform.
In general I see a good work here besides that. Keep the good work!
one suggestion I have would be to change the background on the still images, the tank kind of gets lost in it because it is the same color and value. I know that's sort of the point of the desert camo paint job but for presentation purposes it becomes a bit difficult to separate the vehicle from the environment.
@CrackRockSteady Yea. There have been a few suggestions to improve everything. One of them is to change the environment and the type of camo paint. Tan is too hard to see.