M109A3

dejawolf

well, after a long arduous month i've come to something of a temporary conclusion to my work on the M109A3. i'm fairly happy with how it looks now.




theres still a few anomalies that needs to be weeded out, a little bit more dirt to be added here and there, and then i'll be done.

MoP

looks pretty cool, nice normal maps, but the diffuse/spec still could do with more detail I think (like you mentioned, a little dirt wouldn't hurt).
also some water staining down from all those little rivets and hinges would help make it more believable, and pick out those areas. generally your diffuse seems to be hiding a lot of the normals detail, get some more collected grime and dirt into the deep areas and cracks, pick out the fine details some more.

solid stuff though, keep it up

Uly

Mm. Howitzers... Looks very nice. Keep it up Deja.

Ryno

Good work. Very nice overall, but I'll agree with MoP in that a little more wear, and a bit of tweaking to the spec would really push this one over the top.

RazorBladder

normals are pretty tastey :P
Just give a lil more attention to diffuse and specular :]

Joao Sapiro

you could push this even firther and add dents and stuff in a sculpting program , you would be able to have more believeble dirt and damage and you could make the edges seem a tad worn . Right now its too clean, texture and model wise. But still : TASTY

kyphur

Heh, my dad drove one of those in the Marines back in the 70's and 80's.

My biggest concern is the mapping on the open door. The texture carrying over to it from the outside to the inside needs to be fixed. Plus the interiors aren't camo like that... at least not that I remember from riding in one in a parade when I was eight.

Other than that, just dirtying it up and letting it see some wear and tear should do.

dejawolf

more dirt.


and side-by side with an old M1A1 model of mine:

http://www.dejawolf.com/steelbeasts/vehicles/M109andM1A1.jpg

culturedbum

Dang!!! that looks awesome dude. My only crit would be the amount of spec should differ for different areas, especially where the dirt is at. Top notch work man!!!