@antonyj, I think that your prop looks good. If this is your first time and you're pressed, don't feel like you need to do every piece in the concept art. I think that it would be a lot better for you to make one really good prop model than 10 really bad ones. What you can do is use this prop as a texturing testbed and…
I'm going for something like this, they clamp onto the battery and you can adjust to pins to make contact with the battery. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Universal-Portable-USB-Li-ion-3-6V-Battery-Charger-For-phone-camera-w-Keyring-/141048060178 or…
I uploaded all of them on YouTube, so in case you still need them. They are here > http://www.youtube.com/user/311CrazyMatt?feature=mhee#p/u/0/eeRucxpTRBw - Particle Editor Introduction 1 [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjXAheFmsA8&feature=channel_video_title"]SandboxVideo_LevelCookbook_Particles_part1.wmv -…
As a lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire I believe studying at any educational establishment is like Gym membership. You have to turn up religiously every week, dont be afraid to ask the Gym staff if you are using the kit correctly, regularly meet up for tutorials and get coaching for better techniques, speak to…
As promised, here are some renders from today's progress. The main changes being to tricount and wireframe stuff. On the texture side, I added scratches were the pick would potentially hit the body. I took burtonyang's aproach and made them subtle since it would rarely be hit like that. I'm including closeup wireframes…
Hmm..okay, then I'll try making a new lowpoly :D I just followed roughly this tutorial, where he uses decimation master to make the low res.. http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/warxsnake/tutorial-creating-weapons-for-next-gen-games/30-31815/ Another crazy thing: When I use a blinn instead of a lambert it shows the normal way…
Considering what Ishikawa is able to do with a 15mb upload limit: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/31kvv I think the issue is that you are not properly optimizing your meshes and textures.
I have not been able to get the suite working from v1.5 onward either; same symptoms: falling behind photoshop no matter what. Tried it with both CS6 and the CC version. No antivirus aside from the built in Windows Defender. Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit (6.3, Build 9600) (9600.winblue_r3.140827-1500) Language:…
Surface 3 announced (non-pro): http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Surface-3/productID.314885500 This is quite interesting. X7-cherry trail with optional n-trig pen, up to 4gb of ram, 10 hour battery.
keep at it, for your first attempt it looks ok. i am sure with the good critique that is provided you will end up with something nice! what harry is saying is absolutely right! for your model you should follow actual photos of the weapon. here's a few more. http://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?p=312241…