WIP Siege Tank

CSmi · Oct 2007

found a concept of a siege tank from Starcraft, and decided to model it. Love feed back and this is my first post on polycount.

Side View

Quarter View

breakneck · Oct 2007

um. . . need an image?

CSmi · Oct 2007

Sorry I put them up now.

D4V1DC · Oct 2007

Wow finish that man, if it ends up like the concept that would be an awesome portfolio piece to have.

Hope to see more soon, I am tempted to say somthing bout the treads but I not one to give critics so...

Nice choice.

ElysiumGX · Oct 2007

That's a cool concept you've found. And a nice start on the model. Keep at it.

IronHawk · Oct 2007

Sweet concept and good start. Do it! GO GO GO

Cody · Oct 2007

very nice. excited to see his one. that tread model is looking very solid. is this going to be normal mapped?

CSmi · Oct 2007

Right now the plan is for it to be just a model and not a normal map.

Cojax · Oct 2007

Keeping an eye on this one. Looking good so far Casey.

Jesse Moody · Oct 2007

Yeah Casey good start. Glad to see you finally getting around to posting on here. You should get some very valuable feed back from these guys.

So I take it you are just gonna focus on the high poly to cut your teeth with. Good idea. Later if you want you can always build a low poly version to normal map and texture.

CSmi · Nov 2007

Here are some updates to the siege tank. I have finished the main modleing of the tread and armor. Going to do the details after the whole tank is done. Started work on the main body.

demoncage · Nov 2007

picked a pretty sweet design, looking good so far. especially digging the treads. know who the artist is on the concept?

PixelGoat · Nov 2007

Looking good, but I get the feeling that the metal plates are more "rounded" in the concept than in your model.

CSmi · Nov 2007

Finished up the top and gun. started adding details to the armor.

[img]http:///www.dyslexicmormon.com/WebsiteShow/test_03.jpg[/img]

animatr · Nov 2007

looking good!
proportions look a little off, looks like it maybe needs to be longer? dunno, could just be perspective throwing it off

WipEout · Nov 2007

animatr-- I don't think the proportions are too off-- I'd just make the barrel beefier looking-- right now it looks kind of wimpy compared to the concept-- maybe a little thinker along the Y axis (or Z or whatever is your up/down axis

). Great model so far, though, CSmi, can't wait to see the final product!

pliang · Nov 2007

Keep in mind the details in the concept are pretty rigid...you should make them more towards that.

Add the antennas?

CSmi · Nov 2007

The antennas are part of the details I;m working on now.

Joao Sapiro · Nov 2007

is everything meshmoothable ? i mean that if you throw in a meshmooth on it will it become clean and smooth ? right not it seems like a "fake" highpoly, thats basically a lowpoly using smoothing groups ehehe , anyway i love the siege tank and i am really looking forward to see this come to a conclusion !

CSmi · Nov 2007

vertexguy · Nov 2007

Hey,
So far it looks pretty good. I'm guessing you're going for a high poly render instead of an actual game model out of this? The original concept seems to be a little more organic / curvy than what you have here. The wheels are a little too low poly for a high poly mesh. Make them rounder. This mesh will also benifit a lot from a normal map. Can't wait to see it finished!

2000yearsoldman · Nov 2007

Very slick model man, I can't wait to see more.
keep it up.

CSmi · Nov 2007

Thanks for the input guys. Sorry it took me so long to update .

Can't wait to hear your input on this new textured tank.

pliang · Nov 2007

Sounds like you put a lot of the effort into finishing the model but the texture seems pretty early stage...

At this point the tank should start showing hard surface wear and tints.

It'd be awesome to see some glow maps applies ot parts of the tank for some lights.

Keep us updated.

Joao Sapiro · Nov 2007

i dont understand is this supposed to be lowpoly or highpoly ? if it is lowpoly theres lot of wasted polys, but if it is highpoly you could push this ALOT further , as i wrote once , throw in a meshsmooth or turbosmooth modifier on the model and you will see what i mean.

JKMakowka · Nov 2007

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if it is highpoly you could push this ALOT further

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Sure he could, but maybe this is supposed to have clean shapes over longer distances and not actually strive for "super high detailed" realism? Just because you can push something much further doesn't necessary mean you should in every case

Edit: but jonny is right, for a low poly mesh the tracks are way to detailed and texturing a high-poly mesh that is only the base for a normal map is pretty useless, right?

J Randall · Nov 2007

are you making it for an actual mod of a game or just practice? I thought he was just realizing the concept into 3d. The model looks great the texture needs some love. one other thing can we see it at a different angle? or a couple different angles?

WIP Siege Tank

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