You may want to try modeling it like I did, wasn't too hard, and didn't take too long, but I haven't got it put onto a good looking tree yet, you'd probably want to model a large part of the branch though. http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1517128&postcount=7
What geeshin said really. This is great for proportions btw. Check it out. :) http://cedarseed.deviantart.com/art/Big-Guide-to-Drawing-the-Body-15014442
2-2.5k is too much to spend on a workstation(without monitor, etc), honestly for 1250-1500 you can get a VERY good system that will do everything you could possibly want for a few years min. You get into a bad situation when spending more than that, as the value degrades the higher you go in price, you can buy top of the…
Remember to always use more polies where needed, your car currently looks too lumpy. Don't be afraid to use more polies, vehicles in current gen games are around 15K to 30K a piece, that's a lot of polies to play around with.
My uv are cut at some basic place, like inside to hide the most of the seams... In this picture there is no uv cut. In substance i tried the dilatation at 1500 and it even didnt worked... I should make the bevel bigger then ? :open_mouth:
Ok thank you so much! UVs have always been a mystery to me but I spent most of yesterday learning about them and it helped a lot. A small question though. As I unwrap stuff and make sure nothing is stretched, does it matter if my checker pattern matches up edge to edge? I mean a continuous flow? I'm looking at this…
really appreciate the feedback everyone. Everything everyone said was great and really helps...responding to each of you specifically would take a lot of text, so I'll just address things generally I suppose betrayed isn't really an appropriate word, but there are also other things I can't mention simply because of an NDA…
Not dead! Just in a different state... Here is the low mesh with normals. It's about 15.5k tris. A little high... but sorta had to with all the spikes. I got a little clean up to do around the teeth but over-all it was a very clean bake. I was sorta surprised. I expected all those spikes and folds to wreck havoc. All those…
Regarding the details, it looks as though the unpainted versions cost will be around $150US (that price might come down depending on how many people want one) That price includes shipping.