Competition #11 - achmedthesnake

achmedthesnake · 09-08-2007, 10:36 AM

hey! you changed the theme after all my hard research...

meh
my concept was a take on the gdi tech-centre - but this time i wanted to make it a mobile unit much like the command centre etc

meant to have four legs - some drones that orbit it and act as stealth detectors as well as generic unit repair bots and the top part rotates like some kind of robot eye - enabling the 'map reveal and stealth reveal upgrades yeay!
q.when submitting - do we have to say what genre it belongs to?

weasel.acuh5o · 09-08-2007, 10:41 AM

looks good, I like the idea a lot. fits in well with the GDI theme too.

achmedthesnake · 18-08-2007, 01:11 AM

just a little progress... - way too high poly, but i'll use it for the normal baking

- c&c 3 looked awesome despite traditional low-poly/no
normal mapping

nkoste · 18-08-2007, 05:11 PM

Very interesting. I like that you've chosen to work with a silhoutte as your concept, I think you've captured a lot of the details just by the silhoutte. Many of the changes from concept to model have improved in the model, like the antenna length and legs form. I miss the satelite dish though. I think it went well with the floating objects.

Looking forward to seing more

achmedthesnake · 29-08-2007, 10:25 PM

just working on the lowpoly - currently about 1480 tris, gona have to to a lot more by sun...

TychoCelchuuu · 29-08-2007, 11:49 PM

That looks really awesome. My only concern would be the design; right now it doesn't look entirely like a building. It doesn't seem very ponderous and there doesn't seem to be any way for people to get in or out. I guess it could be a giant robot but then it doesn't seem like it needs those window/eye things. If you add some sort of door/doors in the texture and communicate a sense of scale really well I think it would work (maybe pose it slightly lopsided so it looks like it's hard to balance all that weight). I can't wait to see it finished!

PochoTao · 30-08-2007, 02:15 AM

I think to convey the building aspect you should make it seem very large, as right now nothing else really reads as a building. As Tycho said, some doors would look very good. Also, maybe scaling down the components and adding more of them would help make it read as a building.

achmedthesnake · 01-09-2007, 05:17 AM

I totally agree with you guys, Tycho + Pocho, it's definat;ye meant to ahve some small fiddly details that'll hopefully bring across the whole'i's a building' vibe -
unfortunatly don't have enough polys, so it's all up to the normals and diffuse to depict that -

bout finished the highpoly from which i'll bake - more fiddily details like panels and smaller bolts/holes/wires i'll paint on later...
GAAA only got one day to finish the norms and diffuse....

achmedthesnake · 01-09-2007, 05:19 AM

oh - does anyone know how to do self illumination maps - when i'm currently using a .fx shader which only has slots for norm//diff//spec? (i'm using the ben cloward 3 lights setup/shader...)
no biggy

achmedthesnake · 02-09-2007, 08:11 AM

GAAAAAA, 2 hrs left...

just doing the texturing, looks a little dull, but i'll see what i can do to spaz it up...

09-08-2007, 10:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
achmedthesnake Senior Member 158 - 8	Competition #11 - achmedthesnake hey! you changed the theme after all my hard research... meh my concept was a take on the gdi tech-centre - but this time i wanted to make it a mobile unit much like the command centre etc meant to have four legs - some drones that orbit it and act as stealth detectors as well as generic unit repair bots and the top part rotates like some kind of robot eye - enabling the 'map reveal and stealth reveal upgrades yeay! q.when submitting - do we have to say what genre it belongs to?

09-08-2007, 10:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
weasel.acuh5o Industry Artist 394 - 398	looks good, I like the idea a lot. fits in well with the GDI theme too. __________________ Supporter of Constructive Criticism

18-08-2007, 05:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
nkoste Amateur Artist 43 - 3	Very interesting. I like that you've chosen to work with a silhoutte as your concept, I think you've captured a lot of the details just by the silhoutte. Many of the changes from concept to model have improved in the model, like the antenna length and legs form. I miss the satelite dish though. I think it went well with the floating objects. Looking forward to seing more __________________ designée@LEGO GAMEARTFOLIO

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18-08-2007, 01:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
achmedthesnake Senior Member 158 - 8	just a little progress... - way too high poly, but i'll use it for the normal baking - c&c 3 looked awesome despite traditional low-poly/no normal mapping

29-08-2007, 10:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
achmedthesnake Senior Member 158 - 8	just working on the lowpoly - currently about 1480 tris, gona have to to a lot more by sun...

29-08-2007, 11:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
TychoCelchuuu Senior Member 294 - 30	That looks really awesome. My only concern would be the design; right now it doesn't look entirely like a building. It doesn't seem very ponderous and there doesn't seem to be any way for people to get in or out. I guess it could be a giant robot but then it doesn't seem like it needs those window/eye things. If you add some sort of door/doors in the texture and communicate a sense of scale really well I think it would work (maybe pose it slightly lopsided so it looks like it's hard to balance all that weight). I can't wait to see it finished!

30-08-2007, 02:15 AM	#7 (permalink)
PochoTao New Member 12 - 3	I think to convey the building aspect you should make it seem very large, as right now nothing else really reads as a building. As Tycho said, some doors would look very good. Also, maybe scaling down the components and adding more of them would help make it read as a building.

01-09-2007, 05:17 AM	#8 (permalink)
achmedthesnake Senior Member 158 - 8	I totally agree with you guys, Tycho + Pocho, it's definat;ye meant to ahve some small fiddly details that'll hopefully bring across the whole'i's a building' vibe - unfortunatly don't have enough polys, so it's all up to the normals and diffuse to depict that - bout finished the highpoly from which i'll bake - more fiddily details like panels and smaller bolts/holes/wires i'll paint on later... GAAA only got one day to finish the norms and diffuse....

01-09-2007, 05:19 AM	#9 (permalink)
achmedthesnake Senior Member 158 - 8	oh - does anyone know how to do self illumination maps - when i'm currently using a .fx shader which only has slots for norm//diff//spec? (i'm using the ben cloward 3 lights setup/shader...) no biggy

02-09-2007, 08:11 AM	#10 (permalink)
achmedthesnake Senior Member 158 - 8	GAAAAAA, 2 hrs left... just doing the texturing, looks a little dull, but i'll see what i can do to spaz it up...