A clock

rockguy · Jul 2014

Hi, got some free time so I modeled this pendulum clock , This is the high poly done, I will start doing the low poly after work.

Crits welcomed.

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rockguy · Jul 2014

Started the low poly, still needs some work though.

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MattyWS · Jul 2014

Did you base this off any references? It's hard to tell what you're aiming for so it's hard to critique.

Soldier63 · Jul 2014

could you show us a wireframe off the high poly model? As I'm very interested on how you modelled the numbers on the clock

rockguy · Jul 2014

MattyWS : O damn forgot to post the reference, sorry for that , I will post it after work.

Soldier63 : Sure I will have some pics of the wire and the numbers. Is very easy i just used the text in shape tools turned in splines cleaned unnecessary vertex then turned to poly.

Thanks for the comments

rockguy · Jul 2014

So here is the reference I used

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Soldier63 : Here is the low poly numbers , really I just used the text of the shape menu turned into splines cleaned up and then turned into polys.

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Also I been working on the low poly

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LaserLeviathan · Jul 2014

Looks good, but the low-poly looks like it has a few unnecessary edge loops, mainly on the inside of the arch-shaped border, and at the bottom.

Soldier63 · Jul 2014

Thank you! Looks pretty decent!

rockguy · Jul 2014

Thanks for the commnets

LaserLeviathan : I agree , I will have that optimized

LaserLeviathan : you are welcomed

MattyWS · Jul 2014

I think the pattern along the top of your high poly could be a bit fatter but otherwise good I think

rockguy · Jul 2014

MattyWS : Thanks for the comment,yeah I think you are right , checking that after work.

rockguy · Jul 2014

Just a small update , sadly didnt have much time today , still working on the the low poly.

Really dont like the idea of micro updates so next time I will post significant progress.

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rockguy · Aug 2014

Low poly done

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DWalker · Aug 2014

You're using roughly a third of your polygon budget on the hands & pendulum; a simple alpha masked quad would work well for the hands.

The clock face is really unnecessary - the normal map will show the rings without the cost.

rockguy · Aug 2014

DWalker : I completly forgot about using alphas dammit thanks fro the advice , mmm Im not so sure about making the clock face just a normal due to the space between the pendulum mmmmmmm , I gonna try both ways and see if it works.

Thanks for the feedback.

JordanN · Aug 2014

Would this be a clock where a character in a game can walk up to it and zoom in?

You can save yourself a lot of effort (and triangles) by only modeling the shapes that you will always see in a game. Of course, don't go crazy and make it look like a clock that came out of a PS1 game but ask yourself "is this really crucial to the silhouette I'm aiming for?"

I also think you have way too many edge loops for the frame outside of the clock face. Again, based on where the camera is, from a distance it would look identical with less geometry.

JoshWilkinson · Aug 2014

Careful with alphas. An alpha is roughly half the file size of the texture map, which can sometimes be heavy. So take a look at which is more data; more polygons or an alpha. Most game engines like polys more than additional textures anyway.

MattyWS · Aug 2014

BringMeASunkist wrote: »

Careful with alphas. An alpha is roughly half the file size of the texture map, which can sometimes be heavy. So take a look at which is more data; more polygons or an alpha. Most game engines like polys more than additional textures anyway.

In cases like this one, it may be better to have two textures, a small alpha'd texture for things that are small and detailed like the clock hands and other similar parts and a larger, non-alpha'd texture for the rest of it.

Of course it also depends on the game engine and how textures are compressed for the build and also what platform you're on. mobile devices usually hate the use of alphas (it's getting better, especially with iOS8 and it's graphics update) but for a PC game it's probably fine.

It also does depend on how close up you're going to see this thing too.

JoshWilkinson · Aug 2014

^valid point

A clock

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