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POFFINGTON

hey guys so I have been a lurker on this site for years haha. But now that I am further along in my schooling I am going to start posting work up. I have my first Maya class this quarter and I decided to spend my time making TF2 assets just for kicks. Made the teacher mad but I don't care. So heres what I had.

Beat up Cricket bat




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after suffering through maya I think I will return to Max with some other ideas. I am thinking Hockey weapons and attire. Any suggestions?

Fragus

The cricket bat looks chaotic, but the glasses are awesome,but delete the I mom on the back

Bio Dome

The I love mom is a bit large, try to make it a bit smaller.
Also, your cricket bat could use a LOT of work. Try and take out most of the nails, maybe only putting them on the tip? Good work on the actual model.

POFFINGTON

Thanks guys, yeah I am actually tossing the cricket bat because of how chaotic is is. I should have mentioned that the I love mom was a paint over in photoshop, just thought it would be funny...but I have seen the error in my ways haha. Any way hope to have something new up tomorrow. Now that I am using MAX again. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Ikimono

damn, close idea to what i had for the scouts bat replacement; damn that thing is worked

POFFINGTON

mk so like I said I am dropping the British theme and have moved on to hockey. First attempt at the puck gun.

Steve Schulze

I think the cricket bat and glasses are really solid ideas. If you cleaned up the geometry on the bat a little, probably getting rid of all the splintering it'd work well.

It might also be worth considering that cricket isn't particularly known in the US. In Australia on the other hand...

Y_M

I wouldn't ditch all of the splintering but maybe the tape over the gaps, tape won't hold a cricket bat together. I would lose some of the nails though, bat with a nail in it is just a little clich

POFFINGTON

Man, thanks guys! These are all really helpful. I will prob model my hockey stuff still but go back to the cricket bat just as a back up. I really didn't like all the nails to begin with. I think a lot of the details will need to be in the texture.

POFFINGTON

Ok so here is a real quick mock up of the stick and a quick model. I hope to finish it today and have it textured. I am going to put tape and a couple of cracks and splinters into the model. I still can't think of a name for the weapon yet haha.




do you guys think I should have it be like the reference "a actual small" hockey stick or do you think I should make it a regular one that is broken off?

POFFINGTON

heres another update. I think I am gunna call is the BackChecker.

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POFFINGTON

ok sooo i am still trying to make the puck gun here are some more concepts. Any advice would be appreciated even if its "start over and don't make the gun" haha

AAA_BATTERY

the tape on the stick looks more like a strap wrapped around it. its not holding tight, it looks loose in a few spots.

POFFINGTON

Yep you are right about that....I am still working on that model I think I am going to pull it in a project it with a normal

jgoodroad

what is the theme?

Baby Stomper

Just a heads up, I decided to go with the hockey route as well, but a few people jumped on me for being out of theme.

Really I don't see the problem tbh.

Also, your early puck launcher idea looked almost exactly like one of my early drawings of it, lol. Good luck to you.

Contrails

A crossbow might be good for a puck launcher to give it a nice unique silhouette - I don't see much point for a barrel

AAA_BATTERY

found some reference images, maybe they could spark an idea for you.

POFFINGTON

hey guys I pretty much had to withdraw myself from the challenge. It is finals week in school and it has been killer trying to get everything done. I plan on just working on the glasses and submitting those later as just a hat. But at any rate this is one of the finals I am working on. A SG guitar. This is the low poly with high poly projections and an ao. I will post the final product in my sketchbook thread later (textured). I hope everyone keeps up the good work on this challenge.



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