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Skizot

I have decided to enter this wicked wicked contest in hope of hacing something that valve will FINALLY publish.. my theme is..

SECRET SCOUT SPACE CADET!

I just hope noon has taken that theme

Karkasmolenklok

Actually they have, but if you can do it well enough to win that shouldn't matter.

Psyke

3 people have done that theme
and vikings
and chefs


am i missing any others here?

Skizot

SON OF A...

Karkasmolenklok

Psyke wrote: »

3 people have done that theme
and vikings
and chefs


am i missing any others here?

Lots of folks are going for old-fashioned, so you're seeing a lot of matchlock or pepperbox pistols. Let's see;

Brass knuckles for the heavy
combat knife for the soldier
some sort of boomerang for the Sniper
cannons for soldier/demo

That's just off the top of my head

Skizot

well looking through the threads i haven't seen any 1950's space cadet setups.. so i'm going to go with it.

i have a hat, pistol, and misc item planned.

probably gonna do them in this order..

misc
hat
pistol

Skizot

started on the misc item

pw pw pw

Awesome skizot, I was the one who requested the conquistador helmet from you, and I adore it. Best of luck with the contest!

Skizot

since there isn't a poly limit posted for misc items i put my own 300 poly limit on it.

it's sitting happily at 260 triangles

Snex

poly limit for misc is 800 tri's but anything below that is perfectly fine, im looking forward to see what you can do with this idea

Skizot

oh hell i got 500 more polies to play with?? i could actually model in the rocket!

Rogue Trooper

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73205&highlight=scout+toy

I think this is the guy everyone was talking about earlier.

Skizot

not sure if i like the red white and blue wings, might do them gold as well.

Skizot

ARGH that was CLOSE to the helmet idea i had oh well thank god for backup ideas!

Skizot

started on the helmet. thoughts?

Rogue Trooper

I like where you're going with it.

Skizot

forgot the antenna (will be jiggleboned)

Y_M

I'm with DKK here, whilst the helmet looks great, the cap+mics would be cooler and less obstructive to the silhouette.

Skizot

that basically means starting over, as there'd be nothing left of the helmet

Skizot

this WAS the plan

Cheeezy

Let's pretend!

Skizot

yeah >_> basically.

Khthon

If you're worried about silhouettes and such you could make the entire helmet bowl transparent glass with a tiny wire running down the back for the antennae (if you care about that). Then his head will be the same silhouette and easy to aim for and it's still spacey and saves you effort.

I personally think it's great the way it is.

How are you with limits on the model for the hat? Can always use more retro-futuristic doodads! The antenna on the hat could be bigger/more exaggerated (a larger bulb tip?).

Y_M

Skizot wrote: »

that basically means starting over, as there'd be nothing left of the helmet

You didn't spend ages on the helmet did you? Never be afraid to scrap work if it doesn't...work.

If you don't want to though, I'd suggest scaling it down a little, there is a lot of space you could lose to tighten up the silhouette.

Skizot

Khthon wrote: »

How are you with limits on the model for the hat? Can always use more retro-futuristic doodads! The antenna on the hat could be bigger/more exaggerated (a larger bulb tip?).

that's the EXACT hat the other guy did and he nailed it perfectly, the best i could do is copy him, so i decided to mix and match a few ideas from other hats.

Y_M wrote: »

If you don't want to though, I'd suggest scaling it down a little, there is a lot of space you could lose to tighten up the silhouette.

It's not that i'm afraid to scrap work, it's just that it has grown on me pretty well.. It's not really as big as you think it is. and it doesn't really damage the silhouette, if anything if would make a BIGGER target for snipers (though i can't hit the squirrelly bastards period)

Psyke

people love to play as classes that are targets for snipers.

chickenman

hats don't contribute to the hit boxes.

Psyke

chickenman wrote: »

hats don't contribute to the hit boxes.

they DO however make you an easy target by being large/bright.

Khthon

Like I said, I like it, just add a more exaggerated bit to the antenna to catch the eyes- you can barely see it it's so thin in the silhouettes.

More catoony versions of antennae are usually made into shapes other than simple lines...like on Kang and Kodos from the Simpsons-

Skizot

wip texture

the gold will be shiny in game.

Skizot

it just feels like it's missing something... any idea what?

Mizzymizzy

It should use the TF2 font maybe that would fix it up.

xilefian

Make it the rocket/missile from dustbowl 3 and make the gold less bold, make it a TF2 shade of cream colour

Skizot

that's a simple change

xilefian

I think you should replace the gold-colour with the small bands of cream/peach colour under the middle-two oranges here

EDIT:
Like this:

Khthon

Maybe some details based on the Congressional Space Medal of Honor? (Bet you never heard of that one before!)

Skizot

changed font and added the globe, i think it helps.

xilefian

will you try re-tinting the colour like I suggested? I personally think your gold is simply too bold.

Skizot

those two colors respectively.

xilefian

perrhaps even lighter then?

But do you see what I mean about the gold standing out so much?

Skizot

this is also still in 3ds.. not yet in game.

BaronVonFail

Looking good so far.

Skizot wrote: »

that's the EXACT hat the other guy did and he nailed it perfectly, the best i could do is copy him, so i decided to mix and match a few ideas from other hats.

I take it you meant my helm and all?

Well its nice to have some direct competition with the old sci-fi type look. Keep it up.

Skizot

i took the left color from your suggestion, and i lightened it about 30% i think it looks good.

Skizot

BaronVonFail wrote: »

Looking good so far.

I take it you meant my helm and all?

Well its nice to have some direct competition with the old sci-fi type look. Keep it up.

yeah that was the hat design i was planning to do to >_> i see we found the same page

BaronVonFail

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Skizot

;1147380]yeah that was the hat design i was planning to do to >_> i see we found the same page [/quote]

Aha, sorry about that x3 I started it a while back for some college work.

Ironically enough i found it looking for laser gun refs and just loved it. I actually want one for real.

Skizot

me too

Zwebbie

...Why don't you test the colours on a coloured Scout?

Skizot

because the demoman is the only colored character?... sorry bad joke.

I was actually working on that now >_>

BaronVonFail

I also wanted to get coloured character refs into 3ds max, i wasnt to sure how tho. only ever managed it on the veiw models for hands.

Skizot

no matter what i do the render looks like crap.

BaronVonFail

Have you tried putting a skylight into your scene then hitting f10 going to advance lights then putting light tracer on in that drop down box? not sure if that would edit the renders. If not play around with the render set up