[WIP] - M978 Tanker

Skillmister

Hey! Going to start a thread for this and push myself to get it finished for a portfolio piece

Currently have the high poly complete as far as i want it except for some bolts and screws. Now on to the low poly textured version..

I'm not actually sure what kind of tri count i should be aiming to get to for this, being such a large vehicle and all.

Any crits so far would be lovely and i'll get cracking on this low poly :thumbup:

Mistry10

great stuff man !
looking forward to see more updates !

Skillmister

Little update as to where i am on the cutting down process, 78k tris. Still loads of bevels etc to get rid of and decide what im gonna do about all the lights and other small details. I also think i might need to up the count for the tyres and lower it for the rims..
Any pointers as to what count i should be aiming towards for a 'hero' vehicle would be great!

Lonewolf

looks really cool
that was actually the first high poly model i did for my portfolio

i never got to finish it but u should

BradMyers82

Lonewolf: ha ha, that was the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread.

Skillmister: Looks great so far, Keep going!

AlecMoody

Looks good. A lot of the edges on your high poly look a little to hard to bake. Can you show use some close ups of the high poly?

Skillmister

@Lonewolf, your model is actually what inspired me to do this. You've got an amazing render setup going on there
@Brad, thanks!
@Alec, i think they probably are. It's always been an issue for me getting a decent model to bake from. Any particular areas for close ups?

selentic

Pretty sweet.

I'd actually be pretty interested in seeing the high poly mesh pre smooth, it'd be grand if you could post it

Skillmister

Most of it isnt actually smoothed. It's only really the rims, tank and a few other bits.

Cooljay

Nice work, reminds me of one of those vehicles you would find in crackdown

Skillmister

May as well bump this thread rather than start a new one Reading dreamers thread in GD made me dig through old projects and pick one to follow through to the end, so here goes.

40k tris. Few left to cut down but i think it will stay around the same number as i have a few bits of geo to add to match the high poly. Don't even know where to begin unwrapping the thing!



Been playing around with alpha mapping for chains;




Also going back and fixing a ton of edges on the high poly so it will bake correctly.

Snader

Looks like you've got 2 sided rendering for the chains, which will give a weird looking 'split' at the top and bottom of each link. You might also want to make the chains a bit thicker, depending on what they're used for.

Skillmister

Yeah i do. It makes them more visible from the distance they will be seen. They are for holding the step to the cab, you can see them with the pink outline on the wireframe picture. Very small so i may enlarge them just for aesthetics.