TF2 - Polypack - JimeeB

JimeeB

I'll be taking a shot at Solider. I'll be making a Hat, Main, and Melee replacements.

Plans are a Spartan Helmet, A Cannon, and a dinosaur bone.

The reasons behind the items is that Solider has raided a museum and stolen a few new toys.

I'll have some quick sketches up in a bit.

Renders so far:

Spartan Helmet:



Cannon:




Bone:

HighwayHalfling

Just out of curiosity, how is a spartan helm related to a cannon and an anchor? I don't want to seem like a jerk but aren't the items suppose to be similar theme wise?

JimeeB

Themed to the Character and the universe.

Basis behind the items is Solider has raided a Museum and come out with a few new toys.

Red Communism

The pyro already has a helm looking much like your "spartan helm"; I'm not sure if valve would accept that.

JimeeB

Update on Spartan Helm.



And as for it looking like one of Pyro's helms. I think I'm pretty far from it.

re.wind

I'm going to bet that most people though of the HALO spartan helmet...

This, though, looks quite nice.

Also, what's the connecting theme between a cannon, anchor, and Spartan helm?

JimeeB

I stated this earlier, but I'll put it in the first post now.

He raided a museum.

JimeeB

Put some work in on the cannon. Giving myself a break from the helmet.

Karkasmolenklok

Ha, I like the cannon idea.

JimeeB

I've gone through and edited the cannon some more. I exagerated the front and back to give it a more TF2 feel. I also changed the wick to a wire that flows to the front of the cannon, and is taped on.

Renders to come in a bit.

JimeeB

Cannon update:

Buck

So many cannons in this contest

Karkasmolenklok

Buck wrote: »

So many cannons in this contest

It is what the people want!

re.wind

We should rename this to the "Cannonpack" with all these cannons in it. ;D

I do prefer the slimmer cannon verison, maybe a hybrid between the thin and fat ones?

JimeeB

re.wind wrote: »

We should rename this to the "Cannonpack" with all these cannons in it. ;D

I do prefer the slimmer cannon verison, maybe a hybrid between the thin and fat ones?

I edited it to be the fatter one to give it more of a distinct silhouette in game, and to give it a more distinct TF2 look.

Fragus

Buck wrote: »

So many cannons in this contest

Yeah, kinda strange!

JimeeB

So, I've decided to NOT do the anchor, and go with a Dinosaur bone for his melee replacement instead.

JimeeB

Update:

Got the second handle on there and optimized most of the model, I'm at 7.3k tris right now. I plan on adding a plaque on the side of the gun to add in on the 'museum' feel.

Ikimono

Buck wrote: »

So many cannons in this contest

Lotta people gonna be banging heads and upset when their cannon doesn't get picked

JimeeB

Started the bone, got the base mesh lookin' pretty decent.

Gonna add some tape around the bottom thin section.

JimeeB

Woo another bone update!

Added a wrap and did a VERY simple texture. It's got a bit of TF2 coloring but I need to go at it with my tablet.

Karkasmolenklok

Maybe have dangling tags or something to tie them all together as exhibits? Some sort of common element.

JimeeB

I've got an idea to put a plaque on each of them, I'm gonna finish the base models and then go back into them for finer details.

Final render on the bone for now:

Khthon

A plaque or museum tag would be great. Here's some refs -

Khthon

Oh, and I'd suggest making the Spartan helm's frill more ragged and spiky than perfectly smooth.

Like these;

Ikimono

Which reminds me.

Khthon

Well, almost everything has been done in one way or another, but hopefully this will be different enough with the museum theme it will grab their attention for him.

JimeeB

Friend of mine pointed me to that, My helmet is a completely different style, and that helmet shows Soldier's eyes.

That's a no no.

That entire set also does NOT fit the universe. I'm trying to keep my helmet within the universe.

JimeeB

Helmet update:

Ikimono

Well now it's looking like:

JimeeB

Still different. And if you could be so kind as to stop posting what others have done in my thread, that'd be nice. It's not criticism, it's annoying.

fastturtle

Yeah, it doesn't look any more like that one than it looks like the King Leonidas thing.

However, I can't wait to see some textures on the helmet - I think it'll start to come together once it's not just two solid colors. You might want to think about adding something to the back part of the helmet, near his neck, though. It just sort of ends, and maybe a little curve or an edge of some sort would make it look better.

JimeeB

fastturtle wrote: »

Yeah, it doesn't look any more like that one than it looks like the King Leonidas thing.

However, I can't wait to see some textures on the helmet - I think it'll start to come together once it's not just two solid colors. You might want to think about adding something to the back part of the helmet, near his neck, though. It just sort of ends, and maybe a little curve or an edge of some sort would make it look better.

It's got a small flip, you just can't see it from that angle.

lorddon

Ikimono wrote: »

*Roman picture*

Yeah, Ikimono, this is starting to grate.

Ikimono

lorddon wrote: »

Yeah, Ikimono, this is starting to grate.

I want to see people come up with things that are mind-boggling :O

fastturtle

Ikimono wrote: »

I want to see people come up with things that are mind-boggling :O

I hope you mean something other than boggling. Like mind-blowing. Or maybe we just have different expectations for the contest because I don't want to be confused by the entries.

jgoodroad

I think you need to include tags... it would tie into the theme.

JimeeB

Finals are over at school, so I can get back into the contest. I'm currently in the process of adding the tags to the bone.

JimeeB

Tag added. WIP.

Khthon

Cool man. Going to have legible writing on the tags? A fake Museum name and what the item is, a serial #?

JimeeB

Yeah, that'll all be on the texture.

Currently UV'n the spartan helm, basic textures to come soon.

JimeeB

Update on the spartan helm.

Buck

Looks nice, show other weapons too.