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- Pro 19:21
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
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Actually these models I made when I first started using Wings, but I couldn't import them into Blitz 3d because they had too many polygons.

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I cant make music, i can't make art, I can't make models, i can't even program!! (as well as you guys)

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Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right.
The kingdom of hevan bleongs to them.-Matthew 5:10

PM ME YOUR DESCRIPTION OF ME! ILL PUT IT HERE!

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Realm, it just takes time, the reason why I program and model at the same time is because God for one thing and I modelled for a long time before getting into programming, at least a year, same with my art, I drew for about 14 (give or a take a couple) years of my life before I started modelling. You need to focus on one thing at a time, instead of trying to do everything all at once.

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lol realm. you'll get better if you practice. btw, thx for the compliment ^^. I have been using blender a grand total of three days now.

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I think the bird staue is cool and I could really see the staff in a game as well. If you get the chance show us what the game looks like, I will look forward to it

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k lava... i signed up will post it here so people won't have to do what kiwee did... here it is!

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It looks cool, is that your name?

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Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

proverbs 25:7
open rebuke is better than secret love.

www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia

www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs

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model made in windgs 3d, everything else in blender.

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UPDATE:

For the most noticeable chnages, I changed the sleeves to chainmail. I also made the pants and torso shirt not stand out as much.

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Soterion Studios

Other then that, you are doing GREAT! I am impressed with what you have done. GREAT JOB!

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~Current Project~
Kings Of Ethristah-
~.5% - 1% Complete

I'm curently in the process of learning Maya, and have done some game art in it. I also used Body Paint for creating the UV on these. And all textruing was done in PhotoShop, these are for a Real Time arcade game that will be realeased some time soon.

Here is a curent in game screen shot. I did all the 3D graphics for the game.

Some vegitation tests in my real time game engine.

P.S. All original work is © to Jeff McArthur and BlueGill Flame

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I really like the Hummer, lol.

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BlueGill Flame Game Studios
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YOU GUYS ARE HECKA FREAKING GOOD! my models all suck like heck! Man! why do i suck so???

I cant make music, i can't make art, I can't make models, i can't even program!! (as well as you guys)

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Don't worry. I suck at it too. Get blender 2.40 from blender3d.org and read their tutorials on how to use it.

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wow... there is no way you are a noob... wow!!

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Haha. The first time I saw his modeling my Jaw broke on the floor. If you consider yourself a noob in skill, guategeek, I sure can't tell.

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AND...

so... wada ya think? I have fixed that black face on the gun since I took that screenie... so yeah, lol.

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an update:: (dont criticize too harshly, as this is my first venture into 3d modeling.)

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BlueGill Flame Game Studios
http://www.bluegillflame.com

Aug 19, 2062
we discovered a most interesting critter today near the west shore...
no more than a foot long...high up in the alien canopy they hang and
wait..sometimes more that 200 meters up..with their keen vision and
deadly accurate timing they drop at just the right moment. a soft hum is
all the warning any prey gets before this little beastie slams head-first
into it..driving its organimetallic head spike deep into its prey's
skull..rendering it immobile or usually dead.

Thank God for these helmets!..Jones got it from a high faller and we had
to carry him back to the ship..his helmet was pretty much toast..but he
came out of his unconsciousness after about an hour. Smileysmile..so we
call them because of their disturbing facial expressions)...skampered
back up before we could catch him. But we'll try to get a specimen before
we return.

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awesome both of you!! i love that ship!! lol that creature is funny coolj...

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thanks buddboy! I added a description to smileysmile

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P.S. i added the background and the stars for the space station... lol... i didn't make those in the 3D modeler!!

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And I went back and made an update to my dwarf model:

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Is that dwarf rigged for animation?

BTW, I've recently started messing with Blender. Here are a couple of models that I've done.

This first one is the first real model I've done, our flight down to Ghana got delayed, and so I decided to read the Blender tutorial I had downloaded, and this is what I made whilst bored in the airport:

And here is a head that I started trying to model:

Cheers!

--clint

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If you all want to see my latest W.I.P. you can check out the model in real time. You will need the Unity3D plug in for your browsers. Then just head over to Xela Lander Test and moving the mouse will spin the model.

For those of you who don't have a video card powerful enough to run it in real time. Here is a pic of what it looks like:

Its a ship for an arcade game I'm working on. The model was made in Maya and runs in at 4848 polys. I then created a high detail model of the ship wich runs in at 165,896 polys. A 4096x4096 normal map was then baked from the high detail model and was applyed to the low poly model to give it the apearence of having much more detail. I'm now in the process of creating a 2048x2048 texture map in photoshop. It is using a paralax/self-ilum/specular shader with an ilumination map and it will have a specular map also.

All in all these are all new tecniques and tecnologies to me. I learn best when I'm working on a project, so I just chose to take the graphics for this game a step higher than my last. The programer will lower the texture resolution to what he sees fit, always better to work with higher sizes so you can scale them down to any size you want. Coments and criteqs are welcome, keep up the great work on your own projects and artwork and have a great week. Jeff

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Thank you Han

The head is looking good Han, I like the hat especially. Some head tutorials and study of the human head will make that model look awesome

The Dwarf model is not fully rigged, I did a simple skeleton on it but the 3ds file format doesn't read animation details good so I am looking to get a B3d exporter.

Wow that's looks awesome GuateGeek! Is that the final texture? Your art is an inspiration

I have taken your advice and I am working on a higher poly model of the dwarf and another version of the current dwarf model. I will show both soon. The original dwarf model polys is around 1200 and right now the higher poly model is at 2300 polys. This is the most polys I have modeled on a character model without using the smooth function or needless polys.

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Hey Lava, you should do a tutorial on making textures and applying them in Wings3D. What does your dwarf look like rendered?

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It looks basically the same in the shaded mode.

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Yeah in fact I just started it a couple of days ago.

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hey Lava when you get that tutorial done (if you do it) post it here, will ya?

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Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep.
O Lord , you preserve both man and beast.
How priceless is your unfailing love!

and yeah, Lava, I'd like to see a tutorial on texturing. I guess I could search for one... but I'd rather have you write me one instead.

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Here are some screenshots for my latest model:

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hey the tutorial!! yaaaayyy!!

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How far that little candle throws its beams; So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

Portia The Merchant of Venice

I've recently gotten interested in 3d modeling and all that; but I don't have the slightest clue of where to start modeling (I've got a nice basic understanding of 3ds MAX)

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hey check out these swords i did then i textured them using Lava's great tutorial...

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Lookin good!

Detailed textures would make those look fantastic!

P.S. It's good to see my tutorial was of use to everyone

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Oh, and no it’s not the planet Earth, of course
Suppose to be a terraformed planet…

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hey thanks for the comments guys!

yeah, it does need more detailed textures...

but i only had half an hour on the pc and i had other stuff i wanted to do.. plus i didnt get to work on them until my last 10 mins on the pc.

grip part? what ya mean?
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Hmmm… here is one I’m working on, it’s for a software box graphic. The scene is cut down from the original and posted as a dirty jpg but still looks ok
Oh, and no it’s not the planet Earth, of course
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hey lava, i was wondering something.. could you pm me the dwarf's axe? i just wanna see if i can figure out how you did it...

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You didn't use protomatter to build that there planet did u? lol

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lol, what's protomatter?

hey lava, i was wondering something.. could you pm me the dwarf's axe? i just wanna see if i can figure out how you did it...

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How I did it? Texture it or make the model?

BTW, your picture of the scene won't show up.

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the model. i can figure the texture out lol.

hmm... i uploaded the pic and it's still not working. can you guys see it?

i can't figure out how to do lights in wings so the floor texture is a little hard to see.

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and i am reposting the scene screenshot since its not working in the other post...

here it is:

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yeah i know im about to fix it.

the model. i can figure the texture out lol.

hmm... i uploaded the pic and it's still not working. can you guys see it?

i can't figure out how to do lights in wings so the floor texture is a little hard to see.

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I tell you what, I'll post a pic here of the axe untextured. The biggest part you wil want to know is the blade, the hilt is just a series of cylnders, cubes and cones all connected together. And then the blade is a cylinder, and I just moved the faces around and then I collapsed the ring around it to make it sharp on the horizontal edges.

Lights, ok I figured it out. You can create a new light in the body selection mode ( click on the farthest right red triangle at the top of the view), then right click and click on light, so then a box will come up of different types of lights (point works the best for me). So you just move it around and then click on view at the top of the menu and click on scene lights.

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hey, this is a skillet i did:

and i am reposting the scene screenshot since its not working in the other post...

here it is:

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I like the skillet!

The room looks cool, I cant wait to see it with the props

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i did the texture too, in case you're wondering.

i think this is one of my best models.

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hey, check out this old rusty shotgun i did!!

i did the texture too, in case you're wondering.

i think this is one of my best models.

tell me what you think.

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I think it looks good, more detail then the skillet.

But as for critique, the slanted part on the end is a little too big in my opinion, take a look at this pic. It's a gun from WWI but the design hasn't changed much and it shows a good side view.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:M1897shotgun.jpg

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Also, here's a body I made:
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no its not too big. it depends on what model of shotgun you're doing it after. i did it after a certain picture and it looks fine next to the pic.

maybe for the pic you posted it's too big.

but i didn't use that pic as a reference.

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check out my first attempt at a pistol:

i think its so-so. the texture could be a lot better lol.

i only have this one screenshot because the render froze up wings3d so i lost the .wings file (i forgot to save *sigh*).

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by coolj:
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heh protomattert? neh never heard of it. Does it import/export .3ds models? I pretty much only work with .b3d .3ds .x .obj mesh formats and .png or .bmp for texturing.

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LOL sorry...it was a just a dumb nerdy joke, not very funny...

Its just whenever I hear of terraformed planets it makes me think of Star trek - remember the Genesis project? The planet was so unstable because of they took a 'short cut' and used protomatter to make it work.

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...well maybe a 3ds model of spock, at least it worked on in the movie.

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LOL sorry...it was a just a dumb nerdy joke, not very funny...

Its just whenever I hear of terraformed planets it makes me think of Star trek - remember the Genesis project? The planet was so unstable because of they took a 'short cut' and used protomatter to make it work.

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Ah yes, using a reference image is a good idea. You simply take your image and map it on an object like a cube or plane (flat object). For like characters, it’s best to have more than one image so you would have a front image and a profile image. Then just drop them in the work area and line them up to sculpt your mesh right in view. If you want a good video tutorial for this, look at 3dbuzz.com and look into the video tutorial for gameSpace. It’s not the same program you are using but the video will show you generally how to model some good stuff regardless of what application you are using.

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First of all, I gotta say, I like your avatar! I love those commercials, they crack me up.

Yes, in fact you can import images right into Wings and match your model vertex for vertex. Go to Body selction mode (farthest right triangle) and then right click and click on image plane and import your image, it's that easy!

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yeah i look at reference images whenever im doing anything with art, not just modeling. helps me a lot!

thanks for the comment mastallama.

hey lava you said you'd post that pic. can you instead just pm me the model? i won't like steal it or anything. i can't get a very good idea of what you did to a model without actually looking at the model, not a pic.

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hey lava you said you'd post that pic. can you instead just pm me the model? i won't like steal it or anything. i can't get a very good idea of what you did to a model without actually looking at the model, not a pic.

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Sorry, I can't, it's not public domain.

I know you wouldn't steal it, but what if someone else wanted to see how I made it too? Why would I send it to you but not them? I might as well put it in my model pack, which I am not going to do.

Here is the picture of it. It shows all sides of it, you can even load it in Wings and copy it vertex for vertex, it would be just like I sent it to you.

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i can't figure out how you did it but i'll try.

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yeah, alright...

i can't figure out how you did it but i'll try.

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All I did was make a cylinder, cut it in 3 pieces, move the middle part around and cut it and then I made a line around it and englarged that.

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check out this trampoline i did.

tell me what you think.

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ok, i don't quite get it, but never mind. lol.

check out this trampoline i did.

*image*

tell me what you think.

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hey i added stuff to my room. i did two versions, one a little more normal than the other. the second is wrecked up. tell me what you think:

normal:

wrecked up:

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im thinking about adding this to my room/scene thing.

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really? i would have thought my shotgun or something would be my best. hmm... dunno.

hey i added stuff to my room. i did two versions, one a little more normal than the other. the second is wrecked up. tell me what you think:

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It’s hard to say… you are missing your lighting. I’d suggest placing a point light above the table but below the ceiling or/and placing one in the far wall next to an oil lamp model or something --dump the existing light source. Since it’s a dark brown wood texture for the table, maybe using a very light yellow hue in your point light/s (just a soft white light with a touch of yellow -basic-). What this should do is light up the table and chairs and also smooth out those ugly shadows on the corners of the walls that look very unrealistic with how they are matching up currently. You’ll need to play with the lighting intensity to find a good balance. Oh, are you rendering this in Wings? Wings is great for making prefabs, but you will definitely need to find something else to assemble and render scenes.

Your table top is very thick, maybe making that a bit thinner will look more like a standard table. Maybe scale the whole table down, lengthen the legs and scale the table out (z & x axis). Here is a good example of a very basic low-poly table that is pre-triangulated to better handle lighting.

Also the backing of your chairs are thick and could use a little touchup as well. They would be too back heavy to stand, and flip over easily.

Over all, it’s a good start. You are new at this and I’ve seen some really bad scenes from others and elsewhere, but this isn’t bad, just needs work.

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hey i hate to double post but check out this picture frame i did. and when i textured it i even put some art that i did in the frame... check it out tell me what you think!

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If you are serious about making really good models like this, I'd highly suggest visiting the library and do some study on construction and architecture. My city library has a lot of excellent architecture books, I have spent a lot of time going over them for modelling ideas From man-of-war ships, adobe houses, castles and so much more, they have a wealth of information that will help greatly

the table is that think on purpose. there's tables like that, you know.

its like you guys all think there's only one way to do every model. lava was telling me my shotgun should be like this other one, not like the reference image *I* picked. and my table should be more like your table. a table is a table is a table.

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lava was telling me my shotgun should be like this other one, not like the reference image *I* picked. and my table should be more like your table. a table is a table is a table.

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We only tell you the way a *real* object would look. And I didn't know the reference image you used had a stock that was huge, I had never seen shotgun like that, I just picked a picture that conveyed what 99% of shotguns look like, stock wise. When I looked for shotgun images I didn't see any that looked like yours, sorry

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yeah Faith_Warrior, but i can't figure out how to do lighting in wings. it seems like no matter how many lights i add i can't get it to light up any. that dark look was sort of also what i was going for.

the table is that think on purpose. there's tables like that, you know.

its like you guys all think there's only one way to do every model. lava was telling me my shotgun should be like this other one, not like the reference image *I* picked. and my table should be more like your table. a table is a table is a table.

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To be blatantly honest (as always lol) I have seen no tables built like that nor any shotguns of that make/model. Creativity is great, not something to be shunned, but let’s be honest about it on both sides of the table, we are not slamming your work but providing crits to help you develop your skill(since you asked)… yes modelling is definitely a skill and takes a lot of time and study to master.

As for rendering, as I said Wings won’t do if you are being serious about rendering the scene. For free you could use like Bryce5 if you picked up on their free offer last month. Also they have that character studio which I think is free all the time. Beyond that there is a free version of DeleD that will do rendering fairly well though limited to point lighting and baked-on shadows. Caligari gameSpace Light does ok rendering for free. POV is very good but there is a steep learning curve, but it is very high quality and free. Microsoft offers the DirectX SDK developer's kit that I think does rendering (haven’t tried it but heard good things). Bunch of other choices as well, Wings is really only good for building prefabs but it does that very well. I only mentioned rendering really because I just cant pick up on any scene detail because it’s so dark and flat.

Well, good luck then.

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well, i *have* seen tables and shotguns like that lol.

yeah it is a definite skill. of course. it's art. lol.

you guys are a lot better than me and i appreciate the comments/criticism. it just didn't seem fair when the ref image i used looked like that (for the shotgun) and the tutorial i used (for the table) made the table look like that. plus i've seen tables like that. they're very expensive, lol, but there are tables like that.

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you guys are a lot better than me and i appreciate the comments/criticism. it just didn't seem fair when the ref image i used looked like that (for the shotgun)

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Alright, if you don't like criticisim, you don't have to take it, all I said was the stock was too big.

If you're going to make art and post for everyone to see, people are going to post their criticisims, it happens to me all of the time, I have even seen people post stuff better than mine (plenty of artists better than me ) on sites like GameDev, like this sci-fi gun I saw, beautiful piece of artwork, high quality model and textures, then someone comes along and says "oh that shape is off" or something to that line.

I make models, and reference it to another picture and people will make criicisim, now do they know I referenced it? No. Was it unfair? No. And even if they did know, it's just their opinion anyway, if I like their criticisim I will take it and make changes. If *I* feel that the model did the picture justice or that I am happy with it, I will say thank you for the criticisim and leave the model the way it is

But you're even asking for people's opinion, I didnt mean to belittle your model, all I thought was that the stock was too big and I showed you an image as an example, I didn't know you even referenced it

Trust me, you would rather have people give their criticisim (no matter how "unfair" it is) and appreciate the criticisim but not take it, then to make people think you don't take criticisim well and so they just tell you how wonderful your model is

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here's an update on my man with a textured head. I was talkin' to LAVA and decided I need low poly stuff with high quality textures...here's my first attempt, the UV mapping is harder than it looks!!!!

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Little better on this? I detailed the atmosphere a bit more and changed the deep space debris color to more of a midnight blue from the orange. I put the moon at the equator which is at a ~25 degree angle. I also did some post production work softening the planet edge that is lit up by the sun and added a slight blue glow atmospheric edge haze on the sun side as well. A little sponge, smear, blur and burn here and there
It's going to be part of the banner/header for my mmog site

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Yikes guys, you missed Luke's post!

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Originally posted by luke:
Nice work all

I've recently gotten interested in 3d modeling and all that; but I don't have the slightest clue of where to start modeling (I've got a nice basic understanding of 3ds MAX)

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by luke:
[b]Nice work all

I've recently gotten interested in 3d modeling and all that; but I don't have the slightest clue of where to start modeling (I've got a nice basic understanding of 3ds MAX)

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you can get snapshots in wings one of two ways.

1) render, then hit Print Screen on your keyboard (near the top right). then go into paint and hit paste. then just get rid of the menu bar and stuff and you have your snapshot.

2) render, but when you go to render, see the little square next to the word OpenGL in the render menu? click that instead of OpenGL. then it should pop up with a little menu with options. down at the bottom of that menu it should say Render Output. it'll have Image Window selected. well, just click File and hit browse and find the location you want to put it, then type in the file name. like model.png. this will render your model and save the output to an image.

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Originally posted by ArchAngel:
hey, sweet work, LAVA.
I approve.

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I'm glad you do, because otherwise I couldn't say I liked it and contradict.

Nice model, Lava!

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Originally posted by Lazarus:
I'm glad you do, because otherwise I couldn't say I liked it and contradict.

Nice model, Lava!

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Thank you!

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Originally posted by buddboy:
is that with wings3D?

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What program did you use to make the UV? Very detailed and high poly as you say. Do you have a purpose for it?

I used Wings3d (wings3d.com) to make model and UV map it, I then used Photoshop to make the texture. It was originally for one of Ereon's previous projects To see what the project was, go on the Talk is Cheap thread and find the pic Ereon posted with the skeleton, it was made for that project.

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What did program did you use?

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Looking awesome David!!! That's for Axys 2 right?
What did program did you use?

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It's Axys I used this great program called Microsoft Outlook :P it can work wonders with getting some great models

Qareeb Alhaqq made the model, he used Max and spent a long time modelling it.

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While I didn't model it, here's some WORK IN PROGRESS for a character for Nightmares:

Demon (light weight) normal map WIP

General head shaping needs some work along with the ears, hair and missing the bow amongst other things. However it doesn't look too bad in it's current state.

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Your project is looking good Mack

Here's what I have been working on over the past weeks:

And last but not least....the return of the axe!!! (Many thanks to Crazyishone for telling me what I needed to improve on the axe And many thanks to God letting me get this far )

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Mack: Thats scary...

Jas: Nice, especially a few of the ships, and the talking tree. (Not to be mistaken for a dryad)

I really do model, just no provider. I don't do a ton of modelling anyway.

How do you do more intricate stuff? Like staircases.

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Demon (light weight) normal map done

dang...

Just...

wow.

If I EVER do anything like that I'll be so schocked I would proably be In a coma for a month or two.

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Acually, I'm not SUPER bad.. but I can't texture worth a dang crap. (Sorry for language)

THATS what I'm most impressed with here.

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@ Lava, did you create those textures yourself? How did you create the lightmapping in the second shot? You're doing really well that's a very well made house! Is it bsp or mesh?

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Thanks Clint you rock!

@ Lava, did you create those textures yourself? How did you create the lightmapping in the second shot? You're doing really well that's a very well made house! Is it bsp or mesh?

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Yes.

The 2nd shot was from Wings and it used vertex (I think), and I just added some editor lights, because I didn't think the default lights showed the model off well.

Thank you!

It's a mesh.

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Its easier to help somebody when you know what kind of modeling they're doing, so ... supply us with that information and perhaps somebody can tell you how to make your balcony.

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16 Titles Yeah!

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Well these are fairly simple problems. Perhaps you should read through some modeling tutorials, even if they aren't for Wings3D specifically. I'm sure lava can recommend some good ones.

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I don't know any, but I could always write one

What kind of stairs are you trying to make, spiral or just straight?

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Step 1: I created a cube and make it kinda long and shortened it on the top. Then I rotated it on it's X Axis.

Step 2: I selected all of the vertical lines and pressed 0, subdividing it into 10 pieces. Then I selected all of the new vertices and connected them.

Step 3: I pressed space and it unselected everything, then I selected every other line and moved forward through the Z axis.

Step 4: I pressed X to give me a side view of the model and pressed o to give me a flat view of it.

Step 5: I selected the moved-out lines and I moved them up through the Y axis till the lines looked flat (and you can always flatten them aftewards in the face select menu). Then I took the lines underneath moved-out ones and moved them forward to the Z axis till they looked flat.

Step 6: I pressed r to reset my view and pressed o and I was done!

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I had a very simple sword model made in Blender, but I think that it got deleted at some point. No, wait, here it is!

As you can tell, I'm lacking in terms of texture. I don't consider this anything to write home about, but it was one of the first (if not the first) model I made in Blender. Of course, it was practically the last as well! Oh well. My strength is in programming, and I'm more than ok with focusing on it as such.

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I just LOVE making buildings, can't ya tell?
layover from my old construction days I guess lol
…er no I don’t have interiors for all of these… haha

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It's more of a WIP, just seven sections of a futuristic cityscape which will be part of a giant cityscape at some point.

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Are you making a SimCity MMO by any chance?

Jokes aside, the buildings textures stick well with night time, they don't look to good in day light though since one would expect the lights to be off during the day, or at least overshadowed by the day light ( well I had to scramble my mind for some sort of constructive criticism since you posted )

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Are you making a SimCity MMO by any chance?

Jokes aside, the buildings textures stick well with night time, they don't look to good in day light though since one would expect the lights to be off during the day, or at least overshadowed by the day light ( well I had to scramble my mind for some sort of constructive criticism since you posted )

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Ok then well time for a few recent ones.

This is inspired from the game BF1942 but I made it a bit futuristic with the dish and shield generator. It’s a communications outpost.

Just some spacey stuff

Game model, was just testing a render. Not really in the right place,
these are table mushrooms since they have bottom polygons,
those are removed for terrains.

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Some stuff Simon_Templar made

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hehe thanks Lava.. after I posted that I was thinking I probably should have put it in here instead.

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I thought I might post this Wings3D unwrapping tutorial made by Faith_Warrior, it was back in April but I think I should still bring it to light, since there are a number of graphics threads that go unnoticed.
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For Ereon (SpeedGame Competition 07) :

Unreleased Camel game by me and Crazy (SpeedGame Competition 07) :

Just finished today:

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Thank you Samw3, hahaha yeah

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i hope it's not too big of a file to load in a reasonable amount of time.
i can post other angles if anyone wants. the watermark in it is there because i am using maya personal learning edition, which doesn't allow commercial use of the models you make.

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I made this a while back (about a year or so). I haven't had the time to go back and texture it yet.

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Thanks!
I was planning on texturing it some time but I dont think I'll ever get to.

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I think you should dude it could turn out wicked--you might even be able to use it in that game you were talking about earlier in that other thread!!

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Because of the way I made it it would be fairly hard to texture, but I was thinking of making another tank (textured) with a slightly different design.

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