CAT 9D WIP

hugo2k1

Hi everyone. Quick introduction of myself : I work as an environment artist at THQ Montreal, I've been watching the "Dozer Part 1" tutorial from Laurens Corijn and I wanted to give it a try and practice my subD skills. But I will be making the complete version with the cage and everything, so it defers from the one of the tutorial.

fr0gg1e

It sucks!
Now get your ass on the PC instead of over my shoulder and finish this thing biatch!

hugo2k1

Quick update, first piece done.

Visceral

cant see the images

Rick_D

bigger pictures that don't have 90% wasted space please

Xoliul

Your proportions aren't perfect yet. Ripper looks too big, roofline too low.

hugo2k1

Visceral : I'm changing to photobucket to post the images.

Xoliul

Ah ok, well I went off a bit from those to match the armored version. I think the ripper is just because you put your block around the outer most dimensions, the actual chunk of it is a bit smaller. Also the armored version has quite a different shape than the civilian ripper.
The roof is a bit higher due to the added armor. The cabin shape is actually the trickiest to blockout because reference can differ there pending versions (M, R, T)

hugo2k1

Thanks for the quick reply, I think it's going to be a mix between the civilian and military version. I started the other pieces so I'll post asap.

hugo2k1

Quick update, next piece done

Visceral

Im kinda in love how you matched the images to the forum board color :P very nice modelleing aswell.

marner

looks pretty good so far. keep working....

hugo2k1

haha thanks, I am going to post some updated in a few minutes

hugo2k1

update, suspension is done, now I'll start the wheels.

hugo2k1

new update, wheels done

JobyeK

Hugo! Keep it up.

Jungsik

some sexy modelling..

ayoub44

wow , look great .. are you planning to make a lowpoly one and texture it ?
keep it up

Rhoutermans

nice tech

hugo2k1

deceiver wrote: »

Hugo! Keep it up.

merci

Jungsik wrote: »

some sexy modelling..

thanks!

ayoub44 wrote: »

wow , look great .. are you planning to make a lowpoly one and texture it ?
keep it up

yes I will be making the LP and texture it...

Rhoutermans wrote: »

nice tech

thanks

hugo2k1

new update, engine cover done, missing a few details I saw at the end of the video...

HAL

Really really nice

Lonewolf

its going really good

hugo2k1

HAL wrote: »

Really really nice

thank you

Lonewolf wrote: »

its going really good

thanks!!!!


Another update, made the lights and added a few details, added some more bolts as well in a few places

Alberto Rdrgz

looking really Ace, dood~!

hugo2k1

Alberto Rdrgz wrote: »

looking really Ace, dood~!

Thanks I'm really liking this tutorial, learning a few new technics that I will use later for sure!

hugo2k1

Update, cover tracks done, I'll start the tracks now

Ryan Smith

This is looking nice keep up the progress! You have some great shapes and balance of detail.

Oiban

That's great! Looking forward to see the finished model!:)

hugo2k1

last update for today, the tracks, I had some problems with the pieces flipping using the script TrainMaker, finally figured out what was the problem, I'll add the rest of details tomorrow and fix some problems.

hugo2k1

Virtuosic wrote: »

This is looking nice keep up the progress! You have some great shapes and balance of detail.

thanks a lot!

Oiban wrote: »

That's great! Looking forward to see the finished model!:)

Hope to finish it soon...

hugo2k1

update, cabine done, need a few details, the cage and supports for the cage

Lonewolf

looks pretty cool so far
post bigger pics :P

hugo2k1

tnx I was in a rush, I'll make em bigger next time...tomorrow I hope to finish the blade and mechanism

kid908

Oooooo looking really nice

hugo2k1

small update before the weekend, finishing the blade

hugo2k1

update : finished the blade, blade mounts and mechanism, added details to the cabin, bolts and numbers, I'll start with the ripper now...

hugo2k1

update on what I have done so far with the ripper...

Grimm_Wrecking

Looking good man.

HughieDM

very nice so far cant wait to see the low bake and texture
keep it up

BARDLER

fr0gg1e wrote: »

It sucks!
Now get your ass on the PC instead of over my shoulder and finish this thing biatch!

Loving friends FTW

hugo2k1

Update on the ripper, missing a small piece and the pipes...

konstruct

!!CHUNK-TASTIC!!

hugo2k1

Grimm_Wrecking wrote: »

Looking good man.

thanks

HughieDM wrote: »

very nice so far cant wait to see the low bake and texture
keep it up

thanks !!! I want so bad to start the texture...

BARDLER wrote: »

Loving friends FTW

I know, haha, loving frienddd!

Xoliul

Hey man, you're doing good, but making a few mistakes. Mostly proportion issues, try to spot these.
The two that stood out right away:
-the big piston for the blade mounts, on the right, has different proportions than yours. It's fatter.
-The top pistons of the rippers are oriented wrong! It could never function that way. Both pistons have to be straight or the construction would rip itself apart. That means you have to extend the mounting points on the actual ripper bracket at the back, so they sit as far outwards as the mounting points on the body. Hope you understand?

Monolith

I believe what Xoliul was trying to say was probably something like this:

Standing on the Vehiecle and watching down onto the Mechanic of the Ripper the Pistons should be parallel to each other and not coming together at the top of it.

I wish there would be a possibility to draw on existing Forum Images without having to download the image, alter it and then reupload it.

Xoliul

Here's what i mean, from the lowpoly, but shows the point:


You can also see there's only one of those piston assemblies on the side of the ripper housing, while you have two.

dang87

Looking pretty good, man. Keep it up!

sanketpro3d

this is luking pretty gud ... keep it coming ...

hugo2k1

thanks a lot guys, thanks Xoliul and Monolith for pointing out that problem. I fixed it and finishing some details, I'll make some renders this afternoon, thanks a lot again!!

Actually, when I was modeling that piece, it seemed strange to me the mecanism with the pistons not aligned correctly...

hugo2k1

*update*
I fixed the pistons and added a few details and the pipes as well.
thanks again for the help...I really appreciate it