Tf2 Style Assets - aajohnny

aajohnny

Hey,
Well I am trying to build a variety of different things for my portfolio and also for experience.... and I was inspired by TF2 and Lead and Gold to create a western kind of mine. I modeled this off a reference from Lead and Gold so thanks to the concept artist who made that... anyways I am asking what people think. I will be making a bunch of these kind of assets throughout the month.



Sorry if the image isn't best quality for some reason in the udk vp its grainy?

aajohnny

Nobody?

laim1991

It would be nice to see a couple more views of this and rendered on a 50% grey background as the black makes it more difficult to make out the silhouette. Looks really tf2 inspired though which i like (big fan of the art style)

the one thing i think i could say was that the top beam has a slightly too complex shape for one solid piece of wood i would have thought it might have been more simplistic. I haven't checked any reference on this though so if you've got stuff to back it up then that's cool. Would be nice to see the concept.

Also it would be nice to see some variation in the textures on the track and maybe have some of the cross parts (don't know the actual word) damaged or at angles.

aajohnny

Thanks, I am kinda new to the UDK so sorry about the background, idk how to make it another color or something. Also here is the reference:



I'll try and get some better pics for you guys.

laim1991

Ah ok, cool concept to work off, i don't really know much about UDK so i couldn't help you there sorry but for a quick and dirty fix (if anyone with more experience wants to shoot this idea down feel free! :P) you could just put the image into photoshop and use the magic wand tool to delete the black and fill with grey?

Looking at the concept i think you could improve yours by following some of the bowing that's occurring in the main support beams and add slightly more randomness to the sand building up around the wood.

Also maybe scale the top beam down a little and add more of the side planks to follow the concept a little better but I really like where you're going with it

aajohnny

Thanks i'll do that

Pogo

If you're trying for the TF2 style, here's a few links that might help you out:
http://www.teamfortress.com/contribute/tips.php
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73559
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1142727&postcount=15