what did you made exactly...it seems you have wrong smooth groups...you need to split the faces in UV map and put the 89,9 degree smooth to the base material... modo dont have uv cages but you can set distance as 1 or 2 modo sometimes goes nuts...you can open a whole new scene and copy/paste your models on it without tick…
Check out this thread: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=89972 There are plenty of examples of people who did it without school. It could take years, sure, but then again so does school doesn't it? I know people who graduated in 4 years, and I know people who did it in 7 years. Bottom line, who cares? If…
Thanks for the comments! Heres the wires for the LP: It's running at 4546 polys/8989 tris. The coiled wire took up 1326 polys from that amount.. but it needed it, i tried with a 3,4, and 5 sided cylinder and it just didnt look right on any of them. so i went with 6 I dont think that matters anyways, some guns in unreal are…
This guide on the steam community has one for 3ds max http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=149270397#89704 Personally I just export with a .fbx from maya (tested in 2014, no plugins). What works for me: 1. Move geometry to the correct joint 2. Import another part of the model (ex. weapon) from the folder…
Hey everyone. Just wanted to give an update: Its been 2 years since I originally posted that, how time flies! First I just wanted to thank everyone who commented on this thread. I wanted all you to know it really helped me to decide what carrier I wanted to pursue. All the advice was really good. Thanks for taking the time…
Did a small recording with livstream of my process, part 01/02 done :) http://www.livestream.com/allanp/video?clipId=pla_750c3db2-8652-417e-89b1-591f5da4d228&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb part2: http://www.livestream.com/allanp/video?clipId=pla_e7dd4db0-046a-4e28-a56d-ce024b690993 I was just mucking about at…
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/8900/scythe2.jpg I was wrapping up my Tier 1 (pun intended) when I realized... Brown and purple are terrible together. Currently playing with a few other colors. This is my second attempt at hand painting, and I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. My wood looks terrible, and my…