Low-Poly Penguin

iansnyder

Hey everyone, I finally decided to post my first model I am still learning a lot, but this is one of the first models that I really like how it turned out. It is just a low-poly penguin, designed for use in a strategy game that we have put on the back burner, so it is around 300 polys; not at home so I can't check. The texture is 256x256, with room in it to add stuff, like guns or whatever (pith helmets, jet packs ).

I made it with Milkshape 3D, Ultimate Unwrap 3D, and Adobe Photoshop Elements, and my Wacom that I finally got.

Just let me know if you want to see the texture sheets or anything, which I will have to do at home.




Also, the lighting was going to be done ingame, so that's why it isn't painted on.

EarthQuake

Looks great for a first model, you should post a wire frame shot when you get home so we can see how well the mesh is constructed

KDR_11k

That looks like an emperor penguin, those have the white parts extend under their wings (http://www.emperor-penguin.com/emperor.jpg). Other penguins aren't white under there but I don't think they're yellow, either.

Ruz

good start man, I love wildlife stuff

iansnyder

KDR: Yeah, I know the colorations aren't quite right, but I just decided not to worry about it for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that in the actual game they would be wearing comical clothes and whatnot, but it is a legit crit I also did it to save texture space, because the player would almost never see the bottom of their wings.

EarthQuake: I will post a wireframe shot whence I return to my abode

The3DGuy

slide....Slide!

iansnyder

Oops, apparently he is 554 polys :P Well, I didn't really try to do any optimization on him, I know especially around the midsection there are just way too many polys, but since this is for a project that we won't really be working on any time soon I wasn't too worried about fixing it. Oh well, I should have some new stuff soon. Here are the wires: