Tank Help

[Deleted User] · Feb 2010

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a89/chicken18/tank4.jpg

so basically started principles of 3d modeling 6 weeks ago and have a tank due text week. thats what i came out with

it need to be textures but i ahve no idea how to use mapping
i dont need anything advanced just basic begginners help please

also any suggestions on the tank in general?

SaferDan · Feb 2010

Hey!

i like it!and its epic if you have only been doing 3d for 6 weeks!

a couple of things though, the pipe vent thingy on the back doesnt look right, it looks all crumpled and broken, and you can lose about half the polys maybe a bit more on it too.

Also the distribution of your polys is a bit off balance mainly with those other epic looking pipes, id say either take out polys from the pipes, not loads but a few. The other option is to add more polys to the rest of the tank especiallly on the body!

oooh also i dont know how to do it in max because i use maya but there must be a soften edge tool which you should apply the edges of the turrent so they look smoother

but overall i like it

[Deleted User] · Feb 2010

thank you for the suggestions.
hmmm well the teacher said the polycount can be whatever, it doesnt really matter since we just started taking 3d classes

the pipe vent might look broken because of the angle i hope haha
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a89/chicken18/sidetank.jpg

ajr2764 · Feb 2010

Hello XK1ng. Your model isnt bad for starting modeling a couple months ago. Are you suppose to produce a high poly or low poly. Are you suppose to produce a high poly to bake a low? Looking at your model right now its beteween low and high. You must decide what its going to be because you have high poly pieces which will be an issue to unwrap and usally those are just used to bake. It depends on what the final goal is going to be, but you want to be consistent in the models edge flow.

Heres what I suggest if this is going to be unwrapped and textured then finish making that model high poly and decide what you can bake to a normal map. If your not going to use normal maps then remove the extra edges that you have. For instance the pipes that connect toward the back, the thing pointing up in the back, most of the round pieces can be taken down a notch. After you do that you can then unwrap them alot easier.

[Deleted User] · Feb 2010

i don't plan on doing a hi to low bake because as of right now i have no idea how to do it.

cholden · Feb 2010

With a short deadline it sounds like you just need the facts on that final step, here's some links

ref & tutors
http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=53002
tutors
http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=36177
texturing tips
http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4678
texturing tutorial
http://www.game-artist.net/forums/vbarticles.php?do=article&articleid=22

ajr2764 · Feb 2010

Ok then just start removing edges that dont help the shape of your objects. Round parts you can likely reduce to 12 sided, smaller ones even less. I dont know if you applied a smooth to those objects there or if you can return to an earlier version that isnt smoothed but that needs to be done before unwrapping. I dont know any good sited or tutorials for unwrapping info, I know at first unwrapping was so confusing to me.

[Deleted User] · Feb 2010

@ajr2764

the pipes are lofts

and the edges of the back barrel body w/e u call it i chafered. alot.

[Deleted User] · Feb 2010

@cholden thank you so much ill take a look

but from what i see i feel like these things are more advanced then what i needa do

i think my teacher wants us to fail our first attempt.

[Deleted User] · Feb 2010

@ajr i hope i did what you said

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a89/chicken18/tank.jpg

Tank Help

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