low poly jeep

iflingpoo

sorry for the large images,




this is the first piece of art i've done in like over a year and took waaay too long for me to make, i was going for a handheld spec model weighs in at 620 triangles, 1-256x256, 2-64x64 textures

notman

Not bad for low poly, but I see some areas for improvement, both design wise and polycount. Jeeps have very flat grills. You could flatten that out, and maybe save a couple polies. Same goes for the windshield. Jeeps have never had a V-Shaped windshield. When doing a jeep, remember... boxy (especially with the original military versions)

ScoobyDoofus

I agree with the crits Notman offered, but I'd also say that you could have saved yourself a number of polys by making your steering wheel an alpha plane instead of modeling it out. That said, I really like this piece. I think you've done a really good solid job here.

greenj2

I like the way you've modelled the wheels, great way to save polys.

hawken

very nice!

IMHO alphaplaned steering wheels look terrible. You could save a whole bunch of polygons though on the steering wheel, looks like it's 10 sided right now, if you brought that down to 6 or 5 sides, then the remaining polygons could be added to the tops of the seats to smooth them off. Actually the seats are the only part that need some TLC

iflingpoo

thanks for the crits!

notman: good point on the grill, just looking at the reference pic it does look alot flatter than what i had modeled out, what do you mean by V windshield?

i should probably add a segment or two to the seats, anyone who sat on it would get their eyes poked now that i look at it

besides the modeling any crits on the texture? i was trying to go for a semi realistic look, almost like something out of metal slug, but it kind of didnt really work out the way i intended, a majority of it was handpainted

as for polycount, is 620 too much for a handheld vehicle?

anyways heres a shot of the refernce pic (wasn't trying to replicate it exactly) and a 100% illuminated version



thanks for the crits so far!

SHEPEIRO

hey i alwys like too see some low poly stuff. its a good job too.

green is a little seaturated, but it looks cool for it, kinda more sluggy.

seats are too high-backed

i personally think you could have done the sides of the windsheild, with the alphad texture 64* and not modelled it but its still good.

hawken

as for texture, I'd get rid of the lighting on the wheels, will look odd if it's spinning around

Steve Schulze

The textures are pretty noisy. While they look nice at this scale rendered, once you get them into a game engine at their correct scale thats going to look like a big mess.

In the words of the hippy guy from the Simpsons "Simplify.. man"

notman

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... what do you mean by V windshield?



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If you were to look at the vehicle from above, you'll notice your windshield is V shaped, rather than a straight line.The side pillars of the windshield and the center pillar, should all be equal along the z-axis.
The dashboard should match that. The dashboard is basically one giant piece of sheet metal, with no creases in it.