That's nice. The chubiness of his face makes him look a bit younger than the ref I think. He looks 15-17yo in the ref but yours looks more like 12. He also seems a bit taller on the ref but I can be wrong. Not really important if you're not going for a 100% accurate reproduction though.
http://www.stvincent.ac.uk/Heritage/1797/Victory/guns.html That website has pictures that should give you a clear idea of the rope system. Basically you had thick ropes (called Breaching) attached to the gun and the bulkhead, they kept the gun from recoiling too far back. There were also smaller ropes (called Tackle)…
i come from Indonesia, land blessed with natural resources and natural species diversity, long beach , 17.000 islands and stable temperature. problem is : we are standing in ring of fire. volcanic activity should not be a main concern because of early warning, but earthquake/ tsunami is way more unpredictable ..... it…
trust me man, i value the fundementals more than anyone. But one of those fundementals that i think should be respected as highly as the rest is the ability to use edge control. The dude who painted that image you say has bad strokes, and proportions actually works for massive black and is one of their best artists.…
http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=171381&an=&page=0&vc=1 Have a look at the link above! He basicly did exactly what you are trying to do right? Edit: you have to scroll down a bit for the flats of the normal mapped vines.
My old Radeon 8500 didn't complain about several 17k models running around. Therm: Well, considering nobody cares about the number of ngons used in a model polycount is just an alias for tricount.
I don't think learning is a waste of time. As with all projects that everyone does there is always something that can always be done better. I have to applaud the effort he's put in, he's tackeling two semi-complex things at the same time. With that said you have a lot more to learn and it might be best to tackle the…