I really needed to get on with other bits of the project but I really couldnt help myself, I had to see if I could do this mesh better (yet again) using the ways you mentioned. Here's what I've done in about 10 mins!
Quick WIP update... I've remodel this thing about 5...maybe 6 times now? Obviously this isnt sustainable but all part of the learning process I guess. I've managed to get the doors cut-out WITHOUT doing a boolean difference which I did not think I'd be able to achieve. But over the past week I've become gradaully more…
panels are loooking ok in that last image. lots of different ways to do panels tbhyou can stamp normal map details in Substance painter( the panel on the very right was stamped on) and some people even do the panels in susbtance I was messing with my bus , adding a few details, but I have only just started learning this…
Hey all who are reading, just thought I'd share some work for my first tasks this week. From yesterday (Monday) I have been working on Modelling the LAAT Gunship. I have used this image reference to help get the proportions right. This modelling & texture task is designed (by me) to get myself warmed up and back into the…
is this is intended for games? If so, I might ask around a bit about UDIMs. I thought that was something only used in film (or at least not games). To finish the assignment probably best to just do whatever teacher wants but if trying to get a job in games it's going to be good to know what workflows work and won't for…
i'm not much of a hard surface modeler, but my first hunch for the panels might be to model them and bake them as floaters. I think that would just be simpler to do rather than try to paint it in texturing. And if you bake it you can get curvature maps and so on which can give you more flexibility in texturing. you might…
Thanks again for everyones help[ thus far. I looked into Floater island baking and I gave it ago with mixed results. I'd like some critique on my texturing so far. I am putting this down now for a bit to get on with other parts of the project. But I'd like to be able to come back to this at a later date with a clear idea…
Going against what I had said before, I decided to jsut go for it and retop the main body of the model again. I've kept it pretty efficent this time around (I hope you all agree) The thrusters/rockets on top i'll redo. But what I have found interesting is doing the boolean difference modifier operation for the main side…
Quick update. I'm still a bit stumped on how I will make the lines/panelling look in the image above ^^ But I have pressed onto texturing regardless to keep the ball rolling... Was a lot of in and out of baking and remodelling to get the High poly mesh as close as possible to the low poly mesh. I now have in a state which…
hey, really cool project, awesome to see the learning process just adding on to what michael has said, a few tips to make modeling go a little easier: you only need edges to define the silhouette. It can help to use flat shading in the viewport so that the only thing you can see is the silhouette. Orbit around the model…