Getting into game modeling......few quesions

jat

hey all , new to the board and was wondering if you guys could point me to some of the best sites out there (besides this one of course) for game modeling techniques, artwork etc. I use Lightwave on a Mac so I'm already at a disadvantage but I can get er done....thanks

ill_logic

first of all, i'd suggest not saying 'get er done'
i'd suggest checking out the site's of this forum's users. not only are there great examples of work, but some have tutorials. and usually, links to others with more of the same. just do a little digging

-J

Marisa

A lot of people start out in Lightwave, it's not a bad program, so your not at a disadvantage with that. But try going to www.3dtotal.com then rollover the "free stuff" at the top, then click on tutorials. Now, toward the top, click on "lightwave", and there will be a list of lightwave tutorials. There are 2 pages of Lightwave tutorials you can go through.

Asmuel

Modo is easy to transition to from Lightwave, you can have the keyboard set up the same as LW. It models and renders better, and has per-pixel lighting in viewport. Its like a more up to date version really, though I havent used the latest version of LW.

CGChat, Polycount and 3dtotal are all good game-art resources.

Google is good for LW tut's