C.H.A.D. Reconnaissance Robot [WIP]

Razgriz

Hey Everyone,

This is my current High Poly Project, based on some fantastic little mech concepts from Sam Brown. It's about half-done, and I'm hoping to have time to bake and texture it, as well as continue to post some updates of my progress.

This is the first robot/mech I've made, so anyone who knows the genre - advice is much appreciated. I've been using Laurens Corijns Eat3d Dozer tutorial while making this, and it's helped my worklow greatly.

EDIT: Concepts are not by me, but the very impressive Sam Brown.









[IMG][/img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7005979/sketchbook_pages/CHAD/render_a06.jpg

Envart

Really looking forward to seeing this. I'm really curious about how you'll handle the inset and mechanical details.

Alberto Rdrgz

This is looking pimp as HELL, can't wait to see more.

Shiniku

It's looking quite fantastic, buddy. Looking forward to seeing it complete.

gauss

These your concepts? Slick stuff. Looking forward to seeing progress.

Gallows

Good lord, this looks proper. I don't care what people say, I can never stop loving a good mechanical design.

Buppy

Love the concepts. Model is 2pro.

Bal

You seem off to a good start, only crit would be that it seems you haven't done a global blockout of your overall shapes and proportions, but jumped right into the details, that's a bit risky.

Art is by the great Sam Brown by the way, http://sambrown36.blogspot.com/ always link your sources!

Razgriz

I indicated in the original post that they are not my concepts, but I'll edit it to make it absolutely clear. Thanks for the link Bal, I had forgotten where his blog was.

I did a global blockout of max primitives, but I hid them all as I started modeling. There are a few unfinished large shapes that weren't in these WIP renders. I do, however, have a tendency to get caught up in detail, so I'm trying to keep myself in the "big picture".

This model is for a rigging class, so I'm modifying the concept a bit, and taking from some of the other ones there, to end up with a more interesting and functional rig, i.e. he needs to be able to fold up into a little stationary camera, so I've been tweaking the legs quite a lot. This is where I get frustrated, because I have no experience modeling mechs, and everything has to "work".

Razgriz

Little modeling progress, but the entire rig is complete. Final controls allow it to transform from recon mode on the right, to escape mode, where the little guy bundles up and zips off with the intel he's acquired.

I have about a week now that I'll be able to dedicate towards only finishing the high poly modeling on my spring break. More updates to come!

Jeremy Wright

HA! That is awesome. Great work. I'd love to see the rig in action.

BadgerBaiter

Damn, that is awesome

I have to pull my finger out sometime soon and start getting jiggy with Maya.

Razgriz

This is long overdue, but I've gotten around to completing the High Poly. Low poly and Bake is going to be a nightmare, so before I get started, critiques and comments are welcome!

chriszuko

My only issue is with the connections to the wheels. They seem a bit too small too me and look like they would be destroyed by the weight, but awesome overall and ... have fun with the nightmare lol.

Razgriz

I think you may be right, I'll see if I can beef them up a little. I had a couple scale problems I tried to solve too, though not entirely - I'll try and flesh out the ankles/legs some more. I was running blind there, since there wasn't a ton to go off in the concept.

Razgriz

Turnaround renders. I think it's about ready to be thrown in my portfolio, the low poly will have to wait for now.

Korrax

Woah, Really well done. I cant even imagine how much working in hell that will be to unwrap and LowPoly.

I really like the style of lighting and render you used, care to share your set up ?

Razgriz

Thanks! It's a skylight with MR Sky Portals, and a couple MR Spotlights aimed at it - Just a basic Arch and Design Material.Then I rendered out an AO pass that I fiddled around with in Photoshop. Nothing too complicated - it's similar to what Laurens Corijn uses in his Eat3d Dozer tutorial.

Here's a video of the rig in action, with an old version of the model.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERvwJQ7m4ys&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

Envart

Awesome!

Oiban

Love it dude! It's a shame you don't have time for the low poly, it could be a sick textured model!

great job!

Grums

Looks great!

GooDaddy

Amazing how it all fits together.

gauss

dragonmoony: thought that was an obvious point of departure?

nice high poly modeling, shame you haven't gotten to the bake yet--but make sure to bump the thread when you do

Jeremy Wright

Love that animation! Keep it up!

Coridium

This is pretty cool!

Enjoyed the progress so far, would love to see a textured version.

Also thanks for the link to Sam Brown's work its ace.