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Re: Xenomite-X (The apex predator of WAR)
Ohh, this is very cool! I love concepts by Longque Chen, his whole series on mechanical fauna is brilliant. =) I'd recommend to get a human-sized mannequin model into your scene so you always have a real life size reference. That helps a lot with keeping scale in mind. Also makes sure that the overall size of the model is… -
Intergalactic BBoy Supreme Abduct One (WIP)
Hi! First thread, thanks for stopping by. So, Aliens are fun... I sketched this one out based on descriptions of small greys and the Roswell shots. His ride and setting are courtesy of a (Maya Visual Effects The Innovators Guide) tut. - It occurred to me the problem with this whole hive mind thing is a serious lack of… -
Help: 3Ds Max Character Studio (Motion Mixer) seamless looping animation
Hi All, I am using 3Ds Max version 9. I have 2 looping .bip files that I am using to create a new seamless loop with Character Studio's Motion Mixer. I would like to make the transition seamless between the two? I have lots of these to do so I am trying to get a good work flow down. The issue is that the last animation… -
Re: do you soften or harden beveled edges on hard surfaces?
You need to split UV edge when you split vertex normals along an edge (i.e make the edge "hard" or in 3d max terms set different smooth group in adjacent faces. For a videocard it's no difference would you just split the geometry ) Beveled edge on the other hand allows you to keep smooth shading across it. So unified… -
Re: Warcraft Live Action Movie
I bet the movie concerns Arturo the Warrior and his edge-of-your-seat-exciting quest to get the full Valor set. Oh, and he spends part of the movie farming ore in EPL for his arcanite reaper. Ah! And I almost forgot: 60 tank LFG UBRS, run it 12 times and no Draconian Deflector!!! PST!!!! It's gonna rock, just like WoW! -
Re: Would like some 100% honest but constructive criticism on my models
Art aspect will be told later , lets tackle whats more important first. I think its even faster to ask directly from your lecturer . Instead of asking does it looks good , ask how you bring it to another level . Remember , your lecturer is your closest people in getting you into the industry . I had friend that struggle… -
Re: How would you approach this? 3ds Max
I'd suggest finding a 3D model to use as a guide, to help you figure out the layout. Then decide what the smallest repeatable element is (one triangle and one larger patch), model that as simple as possible, then instance-rotate it around to fill out the whole ball. Sketchfab lets you search for downloadable assets, here's… -
Re: UE4 technical tutorials chapter 3 - Usage of custom actors / Design
Hey Obscura, this is pretty useful, the reason I am not giving you more feedback yet is because I am mostly setting those aside for later when they become useful for me - I am not focusing on engine stuff at the moment but I know I will be in a few months and I will appreciate having those saved at this moment. As a total… -
Re: Normal map question
Yes that is correct, however it is only part of the issue. Using bump as normals in the way you've described(baked from geometry) just simply isnt possible. Lets take a look at this: Here we see high, low + baked normal map, and low + baked hieght map converted to normal map. The normal map works perfectly, because a baked… -
Re: New members of the Almighty_gir household!!!
we're letting them explore more and more of the house at the moment. we've ferret proofed as best we can, making sure they can't get behind the tv set, or into the kitchen. they love playing on the grass in the garden, so i'm thinking of building them a ferret run. if anyone could offer some advice on the runt though, that…
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