Jet Moto Challenge - HAL

HAL

Me is in.

Started with the frame.



First concepts



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HAL

More.

slave_one

Wow, nice start HAL, looks promising!

Ihazard

cool concept, looks more futuristic than my concept on paper does :P

c0ldhands

already modeling? sweet! Gonna get my concept goin and start modeling too

Zack Fowler

Good start man, I like the complex curvy shapes you got going on there.

Sage

Looks great man

HAL

Hey thanks everybody!

Last update for today:

DInusty

look awesome so far i like ur design sketch of it. keep it up

AimBiZ

I don't fancy them big holes at all. It

HAL

Um thank you I guess but... where exactly do you see them?

AimBiZ

HAL wrote: »

Um thank you I guess but... where exactly do you see them?

Well, to me it feels like the hull you got now is several parts melted together. I think it should be split up more to make the shapes clearer.
I see most "errors" on the rear half and around the cylinders. That's where it looks like stuff's melting together.

HAL

Well then I know what you mean, I havent defined most edges that heavily yet

Thanks though.

More stuff: Started with the seat

HAL

Another one

Jesse Moody

looking solid man. I like the design. Can't wait to see more.

HAL

Nearly done with the hp base, some tweaking here and there and something to control it and its done

Zack Fowler

This makes me think "shark" for some reason. Cool stuff.

CiscoJavier

yeah man, hella of a good progress

HAL

Yo thanks everybody,
I'm done with the highpoly now.

Lowpolytime

Cojax

Done? Ahh come on man. Start noodling some detail in that dash and seat. You have a ton of areas you could add some more detail into. Looks good though man.

HAL

hm... true... though that doesnt hinder me in creating the lowpoly

If there's detail I want to add I guess I'll use floaters so I wont have to break up the main mesh again.

And most of the stuff I want to add to the leather can be done in photoshop a bit easier

Thanks though

Racer445

Well a lot more could be done to the dash. A lot of dials and stuff could be added and those forms would also need modeling.

Here's what I mean.

Cody

Ya, some gauges, ignition switch, head and tail lights, foot pegs, hydraulic wires coming from handlebars. Looks really good so far.

oh and gas cap.

HAL

hmmm great suggestion I should think next time before calling it done :P.... ^^

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slave_one

Good stuff! I like how you udated the front turbine like things. Similar to the bottom ones now, and nicely incorporated (I hope this is correct english) into the bodywork. One thing as well .. dont forget footrests!

Zack Fowler

I think you should bulk up and round out the seating area, right now it's not really reading as seating and looks like it'd give you one hell of a wedgie after riding for a bit. Also consider some stirrups/foot pedals/etc to rest the feet on. Maybe you should try taking a standard Biped and posing it over the bike to get a feel for how to build it around the rider a bit more?

yoyomon

The shape of the bike looks good. Something that I've noticed that others haven't mentioned are the thrusters. Atm the walls are a little too thick and are solid so they don't look like they can flex like real jet thrusters. Looking forward to updates.

HAL

Hey thanks for the tips

An update on the lowpoly and sort of a question:

See the red cringle? Thats how blender show's a mesh's face count. Question is...
I converted my mesh all to triangles... and the facecount is 798 - Is that the final polycount now? Is that accepted by the rules or something

HAL

Ok enough for today.

Current triscount is 1499

I guess I'll mirror some of the uv parts except for the top parts and some other things.

Zack Fowler

Interesting, is working with it triangulated affecting your workflow at all? Don't know anything about Blender myself, sorry. Making good progress, keep it up!

HAL

You're misinterpreting this^^ I'm working in quads ^^ that quad to tri conversion was just because blender counts faces and not tries

Anyway thanks^^

HAL

More on the lowpoly and a little update on the hp

HAL

Ok first testbake, no cage setup etc etc.

c0ldhands

nice bake!

HAL

Thx

okey... Uv wip:

I know that there are empty spaces but they are planned for stuff like the controls and pedals.

And a first fullbake without the mirrored parts current triscount: 2854
Note: need to give some extra tries to the rudders but basically thats it

stimpack

turning out solid. Cant wait to see what textures do with it!

Zack Fowler

Very nice!

SyedS

Looking sweet

HAL

thanks everybody

c0ldhands

smooth like a baby`s bottom! Nice polycount too, I too think that Jesses was a bit to generous with the 8.5k polycount. Good luck with the textures man.

HAL

Dunno about the polycount limtit coldhands, but thx anyway ^^

Ok triscount is 3832 with the mirrored parts. texture is 1024 as stated in the rules.

slave_one

Nice HAL, looking forward to the textures!

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HAL

Thanks

Fixed nearly every nasty baking error by now, looks like this:

e:/ Triscount is at 4370 now, will add some details that are left in the hp and then its time for the final bake I guess.



Normalmap:

HAL

Ok anybody got any Ideas left?

cause if not I would bake out the Ao map now...

HAL

End of day update with ambient occlusion

c0ldhands

hmmm...the dashboard could use some more geometry, like the gauges for example. Same goes with the fuel cap. I would actually add a lot of geometry for what its left to make things pop out a bit more...dunno, maybe you need some rear mirrors too?

Zack Fowler

Let's see some paint schemes on that.

HAL

e:/ meh wrong link

aDFP

That's looking amazing. Just hope I can get mine looking half that great in the time left.