Cadaver-like Alien
polycounter lvl 18
This is a low-poly cadaver like alien i did. I varied the original design in my
own twist, so instead of it looking mechanical, i ended up making it look more
cadaver instead.
Here's a closeup.
own twist, so instead of it looking mechanical, i ended up making it look more
cadaver instead.
Here's a closeup.
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edit: reading the specs again though, for that polycount you've got some very harsh edges going on.. not really low poly!
By the looks of things you could probably have distributed the polies much better for that count, could you post your wires?
It looks to me like you started out with something else in mind and then it evolved into this as you went along. Thats not really a bad thing but it does mean that a lot of the detail in your textures isn't being supported by the model geo.
Here are some shots of the wireframe:
I definitely know that the wires could've been distributed better, feel free to point out exactly what would've been better distributed.
Thanks for the critiques.
For a start, the red lines on the top of the head indicate edges that are doing nothing to help define the shape, either loose them or make them add to the roundness of the head (I would loose them and redistro the extra polys). On the torso the same thing except here you should try and make the loop do more for the shape of the chest area. The circled area is a total mess, a LOT of usless loops that add nothing that the texture can't do better.
I won't go any futher as I'm sure the things I pointed out give you an idea of what to look for and improve on throughout the model.
Try keep your poly distrobution even as much as possible, this is not low poly spec and would look really bad rigged like one but rigged as a medium poly model as it should be you will find a lot of bad deformations where your poly distro is bad.
Hope this all makes sense, I'm tired as hell atm and can't really think streight.
Feel free to jump in here fellas.
Also i understand game models are for real-time, but is seeing your models through texture mode of your 3d user interface enough to judge it or do you need a plugin or something to check your work. Can anyone recommend me a professional real-time display viewer to check the final output of your game model without rendering it. I use Xsi and Maya.
your diffuse is at once too simple and too noisy. You've blocked out some major shapes with very little shading or value and relied on a heavy-handed rust overlay to carry the textures which makes it look like, well, rust.
you've got these pretty cool ropey vein things going on, but they're literally just draped all over the model, over complete black more often than not.
take off the rust overlay and see if the texture still looks good. if not - keep working until it does. overlays are the final, subtle touch that brings a piece together, not the brunt of the work.
additionally, if you're not going to mirror the uvws, don't mirror the texture.
But anyways, im not so sure how much better the model would look like if i shade in more value and tonal range in my textures like you said, while at the same time using bump mapping to cover up this loss, and seeing the model from the distance it is presented in. Regardless of that, maybe you can still offer some techniques on how to shade in the lack of value and tonal range like you stated, and your photoshop workflow on how you paint your own textures.
The veins covering the model behind black is part of the design, I was trying to go for cadaver, plant-like look. The black represents the dark emptiness inside.
add also some cuts to arm and legs to animate better, because that big angles ruins the overall esthetic.
simply go thought your model and simplify the pieces that have a lot of small triangles, and then add them to smooth your silhouette.
In realtime models the general shape is most important compared to micro-details that also could be done with some texturing and normalmapping tricks
I work as programmer and I'm doing my own 3d engine and a fps-style techdemo, if you're interested joining our small group to gain experience in lowpoly workflow for games feel free to contact me, i think you can also help us a lot.
I can also code a realtime viewer with shaders support too for your previews
just mail me at eclipse@wehaveexplosive.com
parts where i think you need to simplify your geometry in red, parts where i think you need to add more polygons to smooth the shapes in blue
keep up, it's a good work and it could turn in a very nice model