VG Remix - Dawn of War 40K : Dark Crusade

serpentine19

So this competition really got me thinking about what games really stick out to me from the crowd. My decision ultimately came down to Dawn of War 40K, in particular the Dark Crusade expansion which added the Necron race. The reasoning behind the decision is that it was one of the first games my friends and I played together and being a complete noob at RTS back then, I usually played the IMBA Necrons, lol.

Edit: Final Scene

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and Beauty Shot



and Textures



Moving on, my scene will be a small diorama including the Necron Lord, Monolith and some undecided extras in a handpainted style.

The Reference Sheet



The Monolith (500 tris) Still some shape corrections to go on this.

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serpentine19

Started on the Necron Lord today. Fixed up the shape issues with the Monolith and started to UV it.

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NecronLord - 495, Spear - 104.

I think I'm going to have the Necron Lord spearing an enemy. Any suggestions? Probably will end up being an Orc unit.

serpentine19

Finished most of the Orc model, just need to add hands (i think).

Ref


394 Tris

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serpentine19

Finished the texture for the Monolith. Next up is the deciding on how i want to layout the scene and then to texture the characters.

Tris - 444
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deadpixl

Nice start on those textures. One thing you might want to try is adding a some more highlights on some of the metal panel work, they seem a bit flat atm. Also the monolith feels a bit tall?

serpentine19

Finalizing the Ork texture, liking the way the noise is coming up on this texture.

Tris - 414

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Things to do:

Ork Weapons
Finish Necron lord Texture
Pose Scene
Texture Scene Floor

@deadpixi - yeh, I had a closer look and the gem and the structure surrounding the gem is to large, thnx.

MoeSki

Making the Monolith was a pretty clever choice, well done!

serpentine19

Almost done with my scene. May throw some rocks in to break up the darker surface. Had some issues with the opacity on the Ork (hence the white around the hands). Will probably just texture the whole mesh and not worry about alphas on him.

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Things left to do:

Rock
Pose and tweak texture on necron lord
Fix Ork Alphas
Add more Slugga Boyz at base of the monolith attacking it with axes.

And then I should be done, yay.

edit - Just realised the alphas are broken on the necron lord aswell Will have to look further into it. Hopefully before the deadline, lol

serpentine19

Fixed the transparency issue. Turns out you not only have to have a separate material for the transparent piece of the mesh, but also need it to be a different material type (so lambert and phong in this case).

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Almost ready to submit, just want to tweak with some stuff first.