They have a lot of polies!? Why don't you just make them planes with about 12 tris maximum, and alpha-map some foliage on? It's not the fact that they're not bending that's making them look odd, it's the fact that there's exactly 4 identical leaves per tree! Make some more leaves, vary the size, and vary the shape. You could make trees that look hugely better with two leaf textures, an opacity map, and just some geometry work! Go to it!
There we go! IMHO, that's a lot better... good job.
Maybe some colour variation in the leaves? A bit of yellow/brown here or there would probably help tie them into the rest of the scene and look more natural.
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i can't break 600 polies to save my life
the sad thing is... chair table and four bottles are more polies than everything else
sit's at 960 polies with what has to be RECORD wasted space. I'm so used to fitting three models onto one map that i do it instinctively now.
Love the hut, chair and bottles though...
and i told you i wasted alot of space
the texture work is nice though, keep it up.
palm trees? it's 1024 polies exactly.
Maybe some colour variation in the leaves? A bit of yellow/brown here or there would probably help tie them into the rest of the scene and look more natural.
damn you people and your "ideas"
New Chair
OH GOD THE TEXTURE HORROR
looking at the original shots and seeing the newest version, it was totally worth it - this has turned out great!