Low Poly Fire Hydrant

fullchaos13

Hey guys, I'm relatively new to the whole 3d art scene, been doing little stuff on and off for about 3 months now. I've been lurking this site for a while now and decided to attempt a simple low poly object that would test my skill. This is the reference I'm going to be using.


I'll be using Blender for the model work and most likely Gimp for the textures. Sorry about the bad composition.

So I completed the high poly version suggestions are welcome.

Selaznog

2,000 polys is a bit high for a fire hydrant I'd say. Maybe keep it under a thousand? Depends on the game I suppose. Texturing looks decent; I'd add in some oranges for rust. And maybe some green/brown near the base for dirt splatters.

fullchaos13

xD you didn't understand me. That's my reference the one below it is the my version.

JoshWilkinson

I guarantee you the reference you grabbed was from somebody doing the famous Chris Albeluhn fire hydrant tutorial. Save yourself the trouble of copying the reference and just follow his tut. (Also, I find that when working from reference, I like to have photo reference more than other artist's 3D work; especially when it's a real world object. But that's just me)

As far as your work goes, proportions look good. Proportions are all we can really critique on a high poly model because in this industry it's the low poly and textures that make it into a final product.

fullchaos13

Sweet thanks for the tutorial. When I begin doing the textures I will try to apply some of the techniques he used.