TF2 - Polypack - Fearian!
greentooth
Alright! I've got my ideas down, lets get this thread on the road!
My Update is for the Heavy, and it's a little story all about a Tank. You see The heavy has favorite tank that has a special place in his heart... but it saddens him deeply that he cannot take it to work
..Well not all of it, anyway.
Slot #1 - Primary Weapon
The big gun. What it's all about. I wanted to break away from the minigun-mania that accompanies the heavy, but give him something more than just a heavy machine gun. I started looking at the kind of guns you find on tanks, aircraft and emplacements, specifically anti aircraft cannons. I like the idea of two or four barrels that fire one after another in rapid succession, and I want to blend it with an imaginary design that the heavy could carry.
some of my references:
I knocked out a (rough) concept:
These are the kind of shapes I want, big gun with some miscellaneous attachments, Metal parts to show it was once on a tank, and an Ammunition box at the back that feeds the gun. The handles will be attached by brackets along the top and back.
It's still kind of hard to realize what I want in my head at this point, so I started blocking out shapes in 3d. The barrels will make it into the final model but everything else is a place-holder. No handles on the top because I need to line it up with the mini-gun.
I'm travelling tomorrow and I'll be busy next week with a funeral, but in between moving around I want to get this model knocked out ASAP. Watch this space! :poly142:
My Update is for the Heavy, and it's a little story all about a Tank. You see The heavy has favorite tank that has a special place in his heart... but it saddens him deeply that he cannot take it to work
..Well not all of it, anyway.
Slot #1 - Primary Weapon
The big gun. What it's all about. I wanted to break away from the minigun-mania that accompanies the heavy, but give him something more than just a heavy machine gun. I started looking at the kind of guns you find on tanks, aircraft and emplacements, specifically anti aircraft cannons. I like the idea of two or four barrels that fire one after another in rapid succession, and I want to blend it with an imaginary design that the heavy could carry.
some of my references:
I knocked out a (rough) concept:
These are the kind of shapes I want, big gun with some miscellaneous attachments, Metal parts to show it was once on a tank, and an Ammunition box at the back that feeds the gun. The handles will be attached by brackets along the top and back.
It's still kind of hard to realize what I want in my head at this point, so I started blocking out shapes in 3d. The barrels will make it into the final model but everything else is a place-holder. No handles on the top because I need to line it up with the mini-gun.
I'm travelling tomorrow and I'll be busy next week with a funeral, but in between moving around I want to get this model knocked out ASAP. Watch this space! :poly142:
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Maybe add something to the muzzles? Something like the muzzle on these-
http://www.fsmm.org/collection_images/D10%20Iraqi%20Gun%201.JPG
I like the the silhouette of some of those big artillery guns, I'll try out a few and see how beefy I can get it looking without being ugly :P
This sounds great! I didn't think about it but I guess I would have to have a 'spin up' part to the animation to fit with the current heavy weapons.
Animating is the thing I am most dreading - never ported anything animated into source before, and source is pretty finicky as it is. :poly122:
Slot #2: - Sandvich!
Continuing my theme of 'taken from a tank', I've got a tenuous Idea for a replacement for the sanvich - the 'Russkie Water Tank'. Not sure about the name. I'd rather something that implies the old saying, 'Water in Russia is Vodka*'
Ref:
No blockouts- do you really need one?
I amigine the heavy lifting this and dousing himself with 'water' while shaking his head about like a shampoo commercial - but this would mean animation, so, we'll see.
OK, Going home then I'll get modelling!
*the two words are actually very similar if google translate is to be believed:
водка [vodka] - vodka
воды [vody] - water
Keep up the good work! :thumbup:
Water in russian is vodka.
OMG. That's genius!
Forget the chocolate bar, I want the water tank!!!