BHG Challenge | dasAdam | WASP

[dasAdam]

BHG Challenge | dasAdam | WASP
http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/competitions/uploaded_thubnails/29-game-3d-art-1100-1179746612-The_Wasp_by_dasAdam111233.gif

dasAdam has entered the competition!

[dasAdam]

well i'll try to model this mega mecha ^^

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/hidecki/The_Wasp_by_dasAdam1111222gg.jpg


first attempt
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/hidecki/WASP.jpg

[dasAdam]

some more parts done =)
i hope you are able to recognize them
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/hidecki/first-render2.jpg

[Gavin]

Beautiful design man and nice progress on the model. Looking forward to seeing more.

Gav

[dasAdam]

@ Gavin
thanks for the kind words and your interest =)
you seem to be the very first one taking a look at my stuff =)


yeah! here comes the head!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/hidecki/kopfohnehals.jpg

[FredH]

hey, this is looking pretty good. Does the rocket launcher section double for a jet pack? If not, how does he stay afloat?

[Gavin]

Aye, looking good made. Are you going to ding him up in a normal map? add some dents and stuf fon the edges when the time comes.

Like Fred mentioned, if the rockets are just weapons...maybe you could have some kind of device on the underside of him that allows him to hover? Might look cool if you had a big light for his jet pack coming from undereith of him.

Gav

[dasAdam]

3 weeks ago i started modeling in 3d for the first time ^^
im learning pretty quick...but i got no idea how to texture, add normal or bump maps yet ^^° got to search for some tutorials i guess..

dents, scratches,RUST, dirt!! all that pretty stuff! i hope ill be able to add those effects later on =)

ill add 3 thrusters hidden under the 3 "shells" you can see in the concept art. would be better if i had painted the aferburner flames too...i guess =)

maybe an additional thruster at his back! =D

[Socket7]

Good luck with it!
Do you already know how will you go down to the 5k mesh from the high poly you are doing now?

[ThatDon]

probably just use his high poly cage as a base and go from there.

[dasAdam]

well i didnt think about converting it into a lowpoly-5k-mesh yet ^^°

some more progress!!
the shape of the rocket packs didnt look really cool in 3d..so i started to change the design
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/hidecki/ROCKEtprogress.jpg

here some screenies of the wasps body =)
i wanted to to create a sort of DOOM3 look. half organic half machine
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/hidecki/larvePROGRESS.jpg

[EVIL]

the new rocket launch box is indeed mutch better!

looking slick there!, what software are you modeling and rendering this with?

[dasAdam]

thanks evil!
im using MAYA 8.5
rendered these with mental ray

[Antimagic]

This is great for a first attempt in 3d. I guess it's like they say, if someone can draw good, he can easily pick up 3d. You prove this:)

Nice work so far. I know of a good tutorial for normal mapping in 3dsmax, but nothing for maya. Hope you will find something online for this. Good Luck.

[dasAdam]

@antimagic
yay thanks !
well ill have to search for my own then ^^ but that wont be a big prblem i guess!

PROGRESS!!!!
3 brand new thrusters! ^^
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/hidecki/waspthruster2high.jpg

[kurocrash]

very nice work for so late in the game.
will those thrusters be on a swivel? right now, they're spread out, but it looks only as though it might just be able to balance on them, but no real propulsion. and any impact in the back is going to knock it frontward. maybe make the center one in back bigger? & maybe if you're able, a small one in between these other three facing the view you have in this last image, just so it can more easily maintain its balance.

-J

[dasAdam]

greetings kurocrash =D
of course there will be a swivel =)
with those 3 he will be able to maneuver and float like a helicopter
hes got 2 additonal thruster on his back for a good afterburner push :D

here some renderings of my current ...and maybe final model version
hope they arrent too big =)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/hidecki/wasp29.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/hidecki/wasp30.jpg
the design changed a bit as you all can see
but thats part of the whole process i guess ^^

[dasAdam]

forgot to show the back thrusters =P

here they are
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/hidecki/wasp27.jpg

[dasAdam]

hmmm
i did a turntable
the MOV file is downloadable via megashare

http://www.megashare.com/189394

pw= waspwasp

greets
adam

[ThatDon]

excellent modeling! Although it doesn't convey big and huge, but that doesn't really matter anymore anyways, lets see this baby finished!

[dasAdam]

;D
thanks Don

right now im trying to teach myself how to unwrap the whole thing ^^
....didnt know it would be that hard