PlaneShift
Fan Area => Fan Art => Topic started by: Telumehtar on April 10, 2005, 05:20:03 am
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It\'s been almost 4 years now since I\'ve touched a 3D Modelling program - I gave up just about the same time as I realised I couldn\'t download the mammoth 3ds Max 3 on my 28.8K modem... Ah-Hem.
Anyhow, as you can imagine - I\'m a little ropey, but in an effort to keep my interest levels up - I thought I would post my progress here in this thread. I intend on making loads of random low-poly objects, and then which ever ones (if any) the team would like to use, they will be welcome to. I\'m going to do a few weapons first, then I have some other weird items in mind. But for now, some pictures of me getting used to low-poly modelling for a change.
First of all, the texture still needs some work - but this is the first thing I\'ve successfully EVER UVW textured something. A Japanese Daito / Katana;
(http://www.angryrooster.co.uk/temp/pshift/img/Katana01.jpg)
(http://www.angryrooster.co.uk/temp/pshift/img/Katana02.jpg)
A random Manga-esque sword (Untextured):
(http://www.angryrooster.co.uk/temp/pshift/img/MangaSword.jpg)
And a Japanese \'Earth-Dagger\' (Throwing Dagger) (Untextured):
(http://www.angryrooster.co.uk/temp/pshift/img/Kunai.jpg)
Finally, not at all PlaneShift related, but for any of you that remember that old classic game Dungeon Master (please say some of you do), I started remaking some of the creatures in 3d:
(http://www.angryrooster.co.uk/temp/pshift/img/Materializer.jpg)
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Sorry to say I don\'t remember Dungeon Master, but those are some really nice models :D ! I like the kitana and the \"earth dagger\" (kunai is another name for it), really hope to see more from you ;) !
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Oooh please texture that manga sword... it reminds me of \"one peice\" so much :P
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Webhost returned to life, (ie. Images are back) sorry for the last 5 hours of downtime - my apache service dies \'sometimes\' on a Sunday morning - I have absolutely NO IDEA why. It\'s quite frustrating (obviously, ALL my sites go down).
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The Kunai now has a skin, and so is ready for slashing, stabbing, parrying and throwing action! Unfortunately, this bad-boy kicks in at 140 triangles, and I was hoping to keep it under 100. Oh well, it\'s as much a melee weapon as a thrown weapon - so maybe I\'ll make a lower poly version for when it\'s already been thrown.
(http://www.angryrooster.co.uk/temp/pshift/img/KunaiTextured.jpg)
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for a thrown model, you could actually use an alpha mapped plane, or a 3 sided cylinder that\'s been extruded a few times and has a plane at the end with an alpha map for the hole.
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where can i get 3ds Max 3
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You need to buy 3D Studio Max 3, you can search for it online and I\'m sure you\'ll find there website. Costs a lot however, unless you just want to download a demo or something. I use Cinema 4D XL 8.5, which is okay and easy to use. You can download the demo for that at http://www.cinema4d.com
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Studio Max is at some rediculous version now like 6 or 7 I believe, but yeah - it\'s certainly not cheap. I think there is a gamers version, that\'s free - but I really don\'t know how limited it is. Get MilkShape or Blender or Wings 3D. There are a million posts about these bits of software all over the forum - so I\'ll say no more about them here.
Last upload for today - I would love to see these as carryable items, so that you can have standard bearers as parts of large groups. I think it would be really cool if you could give your group a morale bonus by having one of your members carrying this around...
(http://www.angryrooster.co.uk/temp/pshift/img/SimpleBanner.jpg)
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I like the flag standard. I believe there was a thread somewhere that suggested placing unique art on flags, sheilds, capes, and such. I still think that\'s a good idea...but we\'re a long way from things like that.
Good work. :)