WIP: Tsar Cannon

Heather_Bea

Hello Poly Count!
For my newest school project, I have until Monday to model the Tsar Cannon. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated!


Here are some photos I have found of it so far. Hopefully I can find a better one for the back.
(for scale)

Dimfist

That doesn't look safe.

Heather_Bea

Ok, I think I have the base mesh done.
I have it all with extra loops so that it deforms better when taken into zbrush, I plan on optimizing it when done with that. Any constructive criticism is welcomed.

chriszuko

Looks like a good base mesh. Keep rollin! This piece is gonna be insanely detail oriented! Look closer at the shape of the handles.. and don't forget the piece that connects the base to the actual cannon.

Heather_Bea

Thank you, Chriszuko, I will be sure to mess with that some more and refine the inside.

Heather_Bea

The left is what I made in zbrush, the center my retopple, and the right my xNormals bake. Any advice on how this could be made better? I have a limit of 6k tries for the entire cannon.

Dimfist

I'd say add some more geo. Those cutouts arn't going to magically appear in the bake. A general rule, if it affects the silhouette then you put it in the low poly. Hope that steers you in the right direction.

Heather_Bea

Alright, I will try that. I am just scared of the poly limit. o.o
Thank you ^_^

Butthair

Your sculpture work looks great so far, keep going with it, love to see more of the detail patterns for the cannon.

Don't sweat the polycount, it's easier to reduce than to add polys, retain that sexy shape you've sculpted no mater what! Lo res are what LOD models are for .

DWalker

What is your budget? Most class projects are fairly open-ended unless they state otherwise.

From a practical standpoint, most modern engines on anything other than a mobile can easily push 200k for a major prop.

Heather_Bea

We have up to 6k for the cannon, and 2k for the balls and ground. Its an automatic fail if I go over.

I'll try to improve everything then work my way down.

Heather_Bea

Here is my current sculpt in zBrush

Heather_Bea

Finished retoppling, I used 5999 tries out of 6000. x)

Nosslak

Looks great, but you forgot the piece that attaches the cannon to the frame (right over the wheels).

Heather_Bea

Eek, thank you, I will try and get that done now.

Heather_Bea

Ok, we decided as a class not to do the triangle part at the top. I do plan to revisit this project in the future and create that part.

The UV's gave me some issues, does anyone have any advice on how I could redo them to make better use of the space?

Heather_Bea

Yilativ

In my opinion you have done a great job, congrats