Futuristic Fuel Rig

cycloverid

This prop is based on a concept by Ben Mauro (shown below). I can't really explain this fetish I've had with realistic/stylized, so either it's evolving or I should move on. Feel free to tell it to me straight!

Anyway, I didn't skimp on the polycount:

7219 tri // 1024X2048 D/N/S

Marmoset



Wires(shield your eyes if you're sensitive to lots of polygons):



Original Concept:



The terminal seems to be designed for a small alien, with perhaps huge gangly limbs to manage the hoses. Either that or I misinterpreted the proportions in my model!

Hopefully all this practice will pay off for Unearthly Challenge.

iamtravis316

thats lookin pretty good, I'm lovin the textures.

Peris

that looks awesome cycloverid! The texturework looks great! Maybe some different tones on the different metalparts could help them pop out a little more, but then it would be different from the concept

oobersli

looks great! Don't really have any crits. Spot on with the concept.

Ged

lovely textures, must have been a nightmare to uv

JasonLavoie

This came out great cycloverid, but I do agree with Peris. In the concept, it has a bit of a purplish hue to some of the parts which if added, would bring this piece "alive" just a bit more.

Either way the execution is flawless, I would love to see the flats as well.

Great work man!

Cheapjuevos

Yeah this came out real nice! I'd like to see your textures and hp model.

-cheap

onionhead_o

great model, like the textures. yeh i think the purplish hue thing that JasonLavoie and Peris talk about definately will enhance the whole model.

Vrav

Nicely done prop. For some reason, I really like the aliased wireframe shot. It's beautiful, somehow.

thatnumpty

gah! i wanted to model this! had it in the inspiration/to-do folder


you did a great job

Snefer

Nice I like the style, but damn you gave it alot of polys ^^ I think you nailed the style :]

P442

looks pretty good. I know coming up with "unearthly" anything can be a huge pain.
From the concept, it looks like the orange part is supposed to be a monitor or display readout. I would suggest adding one contrasting color within the near monochromatic orange to help it read as a screen.

Ruz

love the colour choices. nice stuff

Ark

Awesome stuff, love the texturing.

cycloverid

iamtravis316: Thanks man, I'll post the textures below so you can take a look

Peris: Hmm.. yeah I agree the metal is a bit monotone. Maybe I can just make some more subtle hue changes so it doesn't stray too far from the concept.

oobersli: I changed a few things from the concept, but thanks for confirming that! I was wondering what people would think about the proportions.

Ged: The UV'ing was NOT the most fun I've ever had, no.

JasonLavoie: Definitely will be making a couple changes to the texture at some point. But, I'll post what I have so far.

Cheapjuevos: Oh, I forgot about the hi-poly. I should be showing that off too.

onionhead_o: 3rdly noted.

Vrav: You must have the same poly craze I do. We both need rehab ASAP!

thatnumpty: I was hoping no one had done this, it seemed like an obvious choice. HAH!

Snefer: Thanks Snefer. The excess polys really is just to experiment with various 'baked details vs poly' differences in the final render. I'd be more optimal with a game asset, hopefully HR people won't think I'm a total fool.

P442: 'Pretty good' works . I think I need to work on super clean results, this one still have some roughness in places. Good suggestion on the screen.

Ruz: Thanks.

Ark: Will post texture below. Thanks!




After getting a while away from it, I might take down the grain a touch. A little more color variation wouldn't hurt either, as mentioned. I suppose I can play with the spec as well for color variation.

Zack Fowler

Hey man, really nice work! I love working on grungy metal so I hope you don't mind but I did a quick paintover suggestion for you:



Mostly I made some of the metals different tones from the others and added some stronger edge highlights and scratches. Hope this helps, some of it might just be personal preference.

cycloverid

Thanks Zack. I like how your Paintover suggests some various contrast changes. I think the general consensus is that the metal is reading too uniformly over the whole thing, so this I will take into consideration. It might be a little to grungy in your paintover for my tastes, but I certainly need to play around a bit with those ideas. There are areas that definitely need more grunge.

Thanks again.

Zack Fowler

Yeah I can definitely see how my paintover would be too grungy or roughed up depending on what you're going for. I tend to go overboard with that kind of stuff because it's so much fun to paint in.

It's looking great anyway, I just used this as an excuse to paint some metal for a change of pace from working on my environment hehe. When is that UC going to start anyway? :P

rasmus

Nice stuff. ZackF's paintover adds poppage, though. And it's tiny, but I'm getting a slight "concrete" vibe from your grunge overlay on the metal.

Acid.

Wow really nice work. For a second there I thought you were doing work for the game borderlands.

I agree with zackF about the paint over.