Hawken Mechs
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got green light to post some of the hawken mech i did
pretty fun and refreshing from all the guns i usually do =\
so here are few of the High poly renders, ill post low/textured later on
pretty fun and refreshing from all the guns i usually do =\
so here are few of the High poly renders, ill post low/textured later on
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How much time was spent making the High Poly?
Any chance of getting a wireframe shot or two?
I know it's nothing to do with you but I really don't like the design of their mechs in Hawken. They just look.. I dunno, can't really put a finger on it. Greebly perhaps? I think I'd have preferred more sleek looking mechs with more panelling rather than random pipes etc.
Nice work!
Cheers!
I like the designs. All those machine parts and stuff let those mechs look like real machines. Although I think they look quite vulnerable with all those parts exposed.
The concepts for the designs were provided by the hawken team, I guess?
I was like, yeh I can do that but then I saw the texture work you did for MOKE. fucking mind blown!! 8)
appreciate the feedback
ill use this post to say something about the way i work
the time i got for a complete mech was 4 weeks,with aim for 80% match to concept, 3 textures,2k, 1k, 1k, and high poly with about 5 mill polys IIRC, usually when i get cool concept which i believe i can do something unique with higher standards i take the liberty to ignore the deadlines, at this point i dont care if ill get fired for being late or the money i will lose by spending more time on it, all i want is to push the limits and deliver better art
so i ended up spending 2 months to complete it, i made it almost 100% like the concept and added few bits of my own, i made 3 textures which are 4k, 2k ,2k (those are used in the hanger where u customize your mechs) about 15 il high poly and 15 low poly
they pretty much loved it, and from that point there was new rules for the mechs
i think i helped them reshape he mechs and set new standards
high poly took me abut 4-6 weeks
i only use 3dsmax
ill post wires soon too, i think im allowed to do that
yea,concept by the hawken guys,amazing artists!
I love you so much! This might have already been asked, but did you make the lowpoly and bake too?
textured game model, 15K polys
ill post more soon
yup yup ^^^
Also, just on that subject, always cool to read that these guys trusted you enough to be able to say, "this is going to take longer than you wanted, but it will look awesome." and they okd it.
I had a chat with the Hawken guys earlier this year (I live on the wrong continent this time!) and they seemed very very nice.....lots of "dude" in the emails, rather than HR rubbish heh
So yes, great mechs, hope the company go far and stay independent.
rear pic
the high poly or low poly?
i just use default scane light with skylight and about 3-4 omni lights, top one bluwish bottom orange, but u can play with the color
for high poly i se the skylight on 1 and low poly i use it with like 0.4-3 depands, sometimes i dont use it at all
it depends on the feedback from the texture
i recpmmend you actually not to do that if u wanna have unique work, u could look at the textures and set standard for yourself to achive same quality, not same result
i recpmmend you actually not to do that if u wanna have unique work, u could look at the textures and set standard for yourself to achive same quality, not same result
i never check anyone's source files, all i needed are good refs and determination to get the same look, u dont need anything other than that
mean while u can check it here on this video along with MM's mech
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this is actually the low poly game model here. lol
heres another render
more coming soon
was out of the country for a while
one thing that seem a bit off are some of the sharp edges. i could be wrong but it almost looks like you used hard edges. if so, why ?
they are noticeable specially in the feet.
What about looking at just the texture page. Not the source files but just what the texture pages look like? and in that case, can you post the texture pages so we can learn from them?
i donno O_O maybe i had problem with smoothings in engine
:S
ill ask if im allowed to do that
some udk shot, as you can see i have no idea what im doing lol