Team Robo WiP

MrTrip182 · Apr 2015

I am new to the Polycount Forums, so I thought I'd start with a WiP thread. I found this robot online and am working on making a 3D game asset. I am starting with a high poly model and I will update this thread as I finish it and move on through the process. The goal is to have a fully textured and rigged game asset in Unreal 4 by the time I'm done. I would welcome any comments and critiques.

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Revocare · Apr 2015

Unique concept, looking forward to more!

OctoKube · Apr 2015

you should really get that oval shape right before adding an more detais. Maybe try adding more parts to get the overall feel of the shapes before splitting more polygons. What software are you using...Its a nice concept and you are creating clean lines which is nice.

TomGT · Apr 2015

Nice concept choice.

Try to block in the whole body before going into detail. It will be a pain if you have to resize the inside cables because the proportions don't match.

Best of luck!

skodone · Apr 2015

yes if you have any issues with scale and proportions when all done with the single parts

und u got something to reposition scale and form omg... :P

nickcomeau · Apr 2015

I really like what you've got so far. My critique would be that I would say to maybe look at the proportions and shape that you have right now if you're going to be trying to go directly from the concept. I would do an overlay and try to adjust the shape accordingly. Right now it looks like the top is a bit too flat, the little spike/bolt things on the bottom are too large and separated, and the little circle thing in the middle is too far up and directly looking at the camera, in the concept it is angled down a bit. Other than that I really enjoy your start and this concept is pretty great!

oobersli · Apr 2015

i would say you need to flesh out the rest of the parts before you start shooting more polys at it. You have a lot of shapes wrong and they aren't setup to join together with other parts. It would also help you get a better sense of scale. I would make sure everything flows well and can move properly before the edge loops are added for the HP

MrTrip182 · Apr 2015

Here are a few more WiP pics. I still may work on it for another couple of hours so i may post more later tonight but this is what I've done so far today.

oobersli - As always, you feedback is invaluable and I will incorporate it into my workflow.

nickcomeau - You are 100% right on the bolt things at the bottom. I will re-size them today.

OctoKube - I am modeling this in modo 801

aesir · Apr 2015

The shape of the tubes in the illustration gives it a bulging outward look, while the shape you created makes it look like the tubes are going straight down.

OctoKube · Apr 2015

be careful, that concept art has a lot of depth perspective in it, simply superimposing your 3d model on it to match the scale of the drawing wont do it justice. The head is small at the top because from our view it looks smaller, think of looking up at a building and seeing it shrink at the top (the robot isnt that tall so it has this effect at a lower rate)

MrTrip182 · Apr 2015

It has been a few days since I've had a to update this thread, so here goes. This is still very much a WiP but that arms are coming along nicely I think. Any thoughts or feedback?

Tobbo · Apr 2015

I feel the center of the belly with the tubes is actually more spherical and recesses into the body instead of flat like you have it. A spherical shape is also much more interesting than just being flat.

I feel the shoulders and head need to be bigger as well.

Don't rely on overlaying your model trying to match the concept to get the finalized scale. Use your eye judgement. By all means look at the reference, but also look at the parts in relationship to each other to better determine the scale.

Also do take note of what OctoKube has said. The reference image perspective is skewed a bit. Keep that in mind and try and use your best judgement.

nickcomeau · Apr 2015

I think this is looking pretty spot on right now, great update! I do agree with Tobbo's comment though, so keep that all in mind when moving forward

you should post a side/ 3/4 view as well

MrTrip182 · May 2015

I took a few weeks off from this project but I'm back working on it now. So I thought it was time to update this with some now WiP Pics. I am done modeling in MODO and will be taking it into Zbrush next. In Zbrush i will adjust the shape in the front (making it rounder) and i will add some wear and tear. Once that is done I will be back in MODO to retopo and turn him into a low poly game asset.

MrTrip182 · Jun 2015

My finished model, rendered in Unreal 4. The texture is close to the reference, however, I made a few creative changes to suite my own style. The low poly model came in just under 32,000 tris.

skodone · Jun 2015

pls more lights
one can hardly see all the work u put in this... three point lighting ftw

underfox · Jun 2015

agreed with the 3 point lightning to showcase your work

MrTrip182 · Aug 2015

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Gungriffon Geona · Aug 2015

most of that wire detail could have stood to be planes. there's so many of them that are mostly out of sight or in places where them being full geometry would go unnoticed.

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