UH-OH! Better Get Mako!! Cuz we're in Space Mo Fo!

shinobix

Starting on another High Poly model.
This time round, I'm going to do the Mako from BioWare's Mass Effect. The concept I'm going off of was done by: Derek Watts.

I've started with the tires. One thing I was looking at was how 'tready' they are in the concept, and yet on the actual game model, they're pretty 'less tready'? So I decided to make the treads a little beefier. Cuz, its an off world exploring vehicle, so yeah, I'm thinkin 4x4, in this case though 6x6!! Haha.

Anyhoo, here's the concept, and my HP wheels! Crits, Comments etc are welcome




Cheers!

Skamberin

Not getting too good a view on the tread part of the tires in that render, and that middle "disk" between the three bolts on the rim is rotated diagonally in the concept. Other than that it looks great!
But, good God did I hate that vehicle in the game B|.

shinobix

Oh crap, thanks Skamberlin! I didn't catch that fully. I'll rotate that piece and I'm currently re-working the treads a little bit. The spacing is far too large, gonna tone it down a bit. Ahh... revisions!

Xoliul

the pattern on the concept looks like it has more subtle angles, it looks a bit more chaotic and organic. Yours loses this a bit and is a lot more straight and artifical. I'd try to get that a little closer to the concept.

Andreas

Yeah I would re-work your tread...it's far more angly in concept, not to mention there are many more treads than in yours...

shinobix

Yep! Thanks Xoliul and Blenderhead. Re-Workin the treads right now. Y'know when you look at something too long, and start to 'not' see things??? Yyyyeeeeeaaaahhhhh.... Haha.

shinobix

K,
I've added more treads, tried to give them a bit more angle in the patter, and I fixed the center doo-hicky so that its no longer horizontal, but on an angle.

Cheers!

RexM

Nice, they look much closer to the concept now.

shinobix

Thanks Rex! They're not 100%, but really, the tires in the concept are sooooo loose, I'd be modelling just the treads for a week trying to get it as random as that haha.