steampunk tank

traden · Dec 2009

Note: I called this tank steampunk, but wasn't thinking steampunk when I designed it. Sorry for the mistake, it should maybe be called steam powered, or steam era.

started work on a tank, crits and comments welcome. thanks!

AnimeAngel · Dec 2009

good start but needs more pipes, hydraulics, gears and/or gauges.

SHEPEIRO · Dec 2009

and panelling

ErichWK · Dec 2009

doesn't look very steam punk. I agree with more pipework and maybe some wood panels? Or victorian designs on the side perhaps. . .

traden · Dec 2009

hey guys, thanks for the replies!

My bad, your right, it's not very steampunk. I was thinking more of the Ironclad ships from the civil war, and early steam trains. If those had a style, what would they be called?

Rhinokey · Dec 2009

traden wrote: »

hey guys, thanks for the replies!

My bad, your right, it's not very steampunk. I was thinking more of the Ironclad ships from the civil war, and early steam trains. If those had a style, what would they be called?

"old" those were old steam vehicles which nothing is wrong with them, its just not what is generaly described as steamPUNK .. tho i wanna see some STEAMMETAL or STEAMADULTCONTEMPORARY do you have any ref of the old ironclads or steam engines to compaire with?

traden · Dec 2009

@Rhinokey : hehe, ya. I was thinking civ war - ww1 tanks but with a slightly exaggerated proportions . Sorry for the confusion guys. Here are some examples:

edit : i changed the ironclad reference image to the USS Monitor.

thanks for the feedback

traden · Dec 2009

@Shepeiro :It definitely needs more paneling, I think I may paint those into the texture .

woogity · Dec 2009

yea agreed with the above, dosnt scream steampunk at me. needs more dials valves, and copper tubing. some of those nice flared Victorian chimneys on the back of it might be a nice touch.

-Woog

traden · Dec 2009

@woogity : i made the mistake of calling it steampunk and made an edit in the first post. I added some reference images to show the basic look I was going for. Thanks

Mark Dygert · Dec 2009

I think these designs based off WW1 french battleships are awesome.

http://monstersinthesky.com/2009/06/11/evolution-of-the-french-leviathans-part-2/

Also taking a look at the battleships that inspired those designs can be a great source of inspiration for something like this.
French Pre-dreadnought and dreadnought classes are some of the most beautiful, real world, machines of war I have ever laid my eyes on.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Battleships.jpg
http://www.broadstuff.com/uploads/Hoche.jpg
http://www.cityofart.net/bship/fr_marceau_huge.jpg
http://www.cityofart.net/bship/frames6.html< Lots of great photos and ref

The Russians also borrowed french designs and ran with the idea for a while.
http://www.cityofart.net/bship/tsesarevich.jpg

traden · Dec 2009

@Vig : thanks! Those are a great source of inspiration. Time to do some French dreadnought research

traden · Dec 2009

i love this tank :

Mark Dygert · Dec 2009

Oh yea that's awesome!

A lot more tanks.
http://forum.japantoday.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=539795&p=552980

Being a Metal Slug and Advance Wars fan the Renault Light Tank is pretty cool too.
http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2008-02/renault-ft-17-tank.jpg

traden · Dec 2009

traden · Dec 2009

progress shot : Still need to start the tracks.

traden · Dec 2009

i didn't like the smoke stacks, so I re-modeled them :

Avanthera · Dec 2009

looking much better.
I think it needs a more heavy feel to it to be really ironclad,
at the moment, it feels like the top is wayso heavy and the bottom is built on a mini.
maybe giant treads will balance it out?

traden · Dec 2009

@shrew81 : That's a good point, I think I became too focused on the top section.

I'm going to model the threads over the weekend and play around with the tank proportions. I'll post updates next week. thanks!

woogity · Dec 2009

hey man the tank is looking great in the latest shot, and good eye on the new smokestacks they are 10x better than the other ones. One thing i see that kinda confuses me and makes me think you are going toony " ignore this if you are" is the shovel and the hammer on the side of the tank. if someone were the proper size to use those, they would probably only be aobut 2~3 feet shorter than the tank. which if its a one man vehicle would be pretty tight, if he had a gunner, probably wouldnt fit. something to think about

-Woog

traden · Dec 2009

@woogity : hey man, thanks for the reply. Ya, It going to be a toon tank so I warped the proportions in a major way. I think it'll be a little more obvious when i start texturing.

I do agree with you on the shovel proportions. It's time for me do a paint over and adjust a few components/proportions.

Matroskin · Dec 2009

looks cool

U need some seams. Otherwise it looks like it was cast from solid armor

Where 2 perpendicular surfaces meet, on one of them u could show thickness of another.

traden · Dec 2009

@Matroskin : ya, for sure. I'm thinking of hand painting those, not sure yet.

added tracks, and adjusted some proportions :

I think I'm going to move to the low poly soon.

traden · Dec 2009

work has started on the low poly model. I added a subtle specular map...maybe too subtle?

I still need to make a detail pass and adjust the contrast. Currently I find part of the tank too dark.

warning : you need the unity player, and the file is 1mb.

http://www.shaunlarkin.net/unity/tank/tank.html

Alberto Rdrgz · Dec 2009

um, good start, but try making that cannon a bit more interesting it gets kinda left behind by the rest of the model.

bbob · Dec 2009

Your spec map is fine, just dont crank that shininess slider all the way to the top in unity, just keep it at default..

Oh, and we can see through your mesh mate

SHEPEIRO · Dec 2009

too dark, dont go from mid to and multiply AO over, try to keep in the mid range values

traden · Dec 2009

@bbob : ya, i have a few holes to fill ha! thanks for the spec advice.

@shepeiro : i may duplicate the tank a few times on the scene and test different value ranges. thanks for the input.

steampunk tank

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