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TheExpert · Jul 2007

Ok im' so so troll sometimes ...
and i'm so so so bad at 3D art , that i'm gonna
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Thanks people for your last critique on my marine : very constructive

Now do you think the style is ok for an indie and fun game action (even if i haven't done lots of 2D art researhc one more time

) ?

indian_boy · Jul 2007

maybe u shoulda just put this on ur cartoon marine thread? and wait.. is it just me, or is that 2d? stick to 3d man! even if u spend two hours a day [thats what i do] you'll improve over time like i did! [or so i've been told

]

TheExpert · Jul 2007

no it's really 3D :

Ok so , you are sayong it's too poor even for an indie game ?
So i should definitively forget cartoon textures or bla,ck and white and try again something more realistic/colored ?

indian_boy · Jul 2007

nono... u heard/red me wrong. sorry. i was under the impression that its 2d splines cuz of the outline [oopsies]. show the wire?

Jaco · Jul 2007

The arms are thicker and bigger than the legs, the neck hole is also too large. Concentrate on proportions first (he has the proportions of an ape, not a man at the moment

) use some reference images and keep practising.

conte · Jul 2007

2indian boy, 2d splines?

indian_boy · Jul 2007

no i meant... dammit imma make a fool of myself. i thought it was a shape made of lines/planes with alpha. gun me down. i've been saying splines nurbs and polygons 500 times a day to kids who don't listen to instructors the first time lol. owrds aren't coming to me atm. id call diffuse maps normal maps if i was typing fast lol.

so what i was trying to say was: it looked 2d.

DarthRevanII · Jul 2007

yea, basically Indian meant it was made in a 3D modelling program, but the model was "flat"...like a plane

at least he was trying to say it appeared that way at first

indian_boy · Jul 2007

thank you Darth!

i thought i was typing gibberish. How much sleep should an average person get again? i think i have too much sugar in me. Freezies are so nummy!

TheExpert · Jul 2007

JAco : i know i haven't used any reference pic: i've retouched proportions a little , but still perhaps not good

!

Here si the wires :

And the proportions retouched a little and texturing from the back side now :

DarthRevanII · Jul 2007

Arms seem a tad bit long, try shorten'n em up a bit
Try standing up and put your arms at your side, a mirror might help with this. Try and see where your fingertips stop when your arms are relaxed. When your arms are at your side, they should be halfway down your thigh, just below your crotch

Now either before or after doing that, do what I described with your model, and see how far down it goes. I'd almost bet on it that they are too long

Also what kind of helmet is he going to have? or what kind of head rather. On these two threads you have made I noticed you haven't attempted to make a head or helmet, why not?

TheExpert · Jul 2007

I know i should have used this :

For the head , i know head modeling in low poly :
Warcraft 3 Style

In medium i'm not strong and prefer to use some retopology tool and do a head from a hight res done in Blender sculpting tools !

I'll do the head soon , the helmet : perhaps a little futurist or today one !

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