STC #41 - May 17 - May 24 -Sledgehammer

Tiros · 17-05-2009, 09:40 AM

Note: The UV's have a ratio of 2:1, meaning your maps width
should be the double of it's height. ie. 1024x512px.

It is recommended that you bake normals for this challenge,
or your entry will suffer from minor smoothing-errors.

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Tiros · 17-05-2009, 09:47 AM

Deffo gonna join this one myself, mwuhaha

NajumAnwar · 17-05-2009, 10:07 AM

haha awesome Tiros! can't wait to try this one out!

Tiros · 17-05-2009, 03:38 PM

pow!

Maps

Damn this one was a lot of fun, and got some good practice for texturing on lower sizes, which is quite needed atm. And, well, I'm actually not supposed to tell, but this is what the banhammer of GA looks like -.o

Cheers!

CYoung · 17-05-2009, 04:32 PM

Tiros, that came out excellent!

Here's mine, I don't know what I was aiming for in terms of design(probably should have looked at a reference), but it came out alright. Baked the normals from a high poly which I just added the little sphere things to, same with AO.

docdolittle · 17-05-2009, 05:56 PM

*Removed*

HOLIDAYBB · 17-05-2009, 06:03 PM

cant download the model. open up the winrar file and only get text. any suggestions? need max file.

Tiros · 17-05-2009, 06:09 PM

CYoung: aye, following a reference might be a good idea, or atleast determining kind of what it's supposed to look like before you start, it'll help a lot

docdolittle: Hmm, what application and material/shader did you use to get that screengrab? I can tell instantly that your normals are not active, cause if they were, then it'd look something like this

So you might want to look into normals a bit more. The specular also isn't active I think, but since it's mostly black, it'd wouldn't make much of a difference. Mine was kinda rushed and sloppy, being almost completely white, but if ou have a look in the specular/normals link in my sig, you could prolly get some useful pointers

And then for the metal, it's not bad really, but try to keep it clean, right now there's quite a lot of rough detail in there. My metal were pretty much just a plain colour with AO and some very weak bump in the normals until the very end, where I added some details.

Cheers!

Holidaybb: It's an .obj file, you import it from max through File>Import, selecting the Sledgehammer_Max.obj file, and hitting open.

docdolittle · 17-05-2009, 07:04 PM

Hey Tiros, It's actually in the unreal engine :P Normal is plugged in and there are lights around it. The spec wasn't that great but thanks for the C&C, I really need to improve

HOLIDAYBB · 17-05-2009, 07:35 PM

Here's my hammer. 90 mintues. Please offer tips

17-05-2009, 09:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tiros Multi-Award Winner 2,451 - 402	Deffo gonna join this one myself, mwuhaha __________________ - My Portfolio \| Sketchbook Thread \| Spec/Normals Tutorial \| Metal Base Tutorial - Supporter of good crits

17-05-2009, 10:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
NajumAnwar Senior Member 181 - 15	haha awesome Tiros! can't wait to try this one out! __________________ www.najumanwar.com linkedin profile SFAM - Dirty Hanzo

17-05-2009, 03:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
Tiros Multi-Award Winner 2,451 - 402	pow! Maps Damn this one was a lot of fun, and got some good practice for texturing on lower sizes, which is quite needed atm. And, well, I'm actually not supposed to tell, but this is what the banhammer of GA looks like -.o Cheers! __________________ - My Portfolio \| Sketchbook Thread \| Spec/Normals Tutorial \| Metal Base Tutorial - Supporter of good crits

17-05-2009, 05:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
docdolittle New Member 27 - 0	Removed Last edited by docdolittle; 21-05-2009 at 09:44 AM.

17-05-2009, 06:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
HOLIDAYBB New Member 48 - 1	cant download the model. open up the winrar file and only get text. any suggestions? need max file. __________________ Any day above ground is a good day.

17-05-2009, 04:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
CYoung Senior Member 155 - 30	Tiros, that came out excellent! Here's mine, I don't know what I was aiming for in terms of design(probably should have looked at a reference), but it came out alright. Baked the normals from a high poly which I just added the little sphere things to, same with AO.

17-05-2009, 06:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
Tiros Multi-Award Winner 2,451 - 402	CYoung: aye, following a reference might be a good idea, or atleast determining kind of what it's supposed to look like before you start, it'll help a lot docdolittle: Hmm, what application and material/shader did you use to get that screengrab? I can tell instantly that your normals are not active, cause if they were, then it'd look something like this So you might want to look into normals a bit more. The specular also isn't active I think, but since it's mostly black, it'd wouldn't make much of a difference. Mine was kinda rushed and sloppy, being almost completely white, but if ou have a look in the specular/normals link in my sig, you could prolly get some useful pointers And then for the metal, it's not bad really, but try to keep it clean, right now there's quite a lot of rough detail in there. My metal were pretty much just a plain colour with AO and some very weak bump in the normals until the very end, where I added some details. Cheers! Holidaybb: It's an .obj file, you import it from max through File>Import, selecting the Sledgehammer_Max.obj file, and hitting open. __________________ - My Portfolio \| Sketchbook Thread \| Spec/Normals Tutorial \| Metal Base Tutorial - Supporter of good crits Last edited by Tiros; 17-05-2009 at 06:12 PM.

17-05-2009, 07:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
docdolittle New Member 27 - 0	Hey Tiros, It's actually in the unreal engine :P Normal is plugged in and there are lights around it. The spec wasn't that great but thanks for the C&C, I really need to improve Last edited by docdolittle; 17-05-2009 at 07:57 PM.

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