Modeling Competition #4 - Mech/Robot

Deadline: 20th of July 2007 - with possible extension. Winner(s) will be decided by the final votes of a public poll.

For this contest you will have to create your very own Mech/Robot.
Idea initially from RDZ.

Models would require, of course:

Rao Dao Zao said:

Absolutely necessary:
Non-heroes.
Non-buildings.
Required animations: Stand, Walk, Death
Recommended: Stand, Walk, Attack, Spell, Death
Textures: in-game or scratch (allowing old scratch textures, as long as you made them; since in-game are 'old' textures too).

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And to add to the list:

• Must be a limbed mechanical unit, must have arm(s) and/or leg(s) of some sort. Don't let this limit your creativity though.
• Keep the polycount under 2000.

Rules and Guidelines:

• Follow requirements above.
• You may only enter one submission.
• You have to make sure the model is fully and correctly functional in-game.
• The model must be textured, either in-game textures, or custom textures. If custom, made by yourself.
• You must post at least 1 WIP preview before the deadline.
• To qualify for entry, you must post your model/skin in .mdx and .blp format, and an in-game screenshot of the model.
• You must post your entry before the deadline expires.
• You must make the model for this competition. Which means that you cannot use old works.

Prizes:
The winner will receive +75 Reputation Points and a Special Award Icon.
Second place will receive +50 Reputation Points.
Third place will receive + 25 Reputation Points.

Let's roll.

Rawr I think this will be tied up pretty quickly. RDZ is the master of robots! Of course, he is the only person whos models I go to for robots, so I really haven't seen any others. And wow, a new one already? The old one just finished a few days ago.

We just have to make sure RDZ doesn't use the same boring texture as he does for all his other robots -.-

You'd rather I used the same boring texture UV-mapped different for maximum inefficiency instead?

Yes, then it would suck and we'd stand a chance.

Ooh this one is going to be fun. I'm getting to work right away trying to find a cool concept.

NO I would rather you make a sweet model with the same good workable and efficient texture that allows it to stand and look good with all your other great models and it also can be used with your camo textures. That is what I want.

Do you have an idea for what you are going to do yet? I am sure a RDZI unit but any specifics?

I stand a definite chance against RDZ. Just needa get in a little more practice in with animating. MWUAHHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHA *sigh* rrriiigghhhtt....
But I will get in some practice before I start the model!

I am going to go for an alien mech, of the same universe.

Because RDZ Industries relies on modular construction; elements such as the feet and one-man cabin are consistent throughout several models, and to produce another RDZ Industries mech would require the recycling of said geometry; and I'm not entirely sure how the authorities would respond to that.

As long as it is scratch, does it matter if it has the same geometry?

Ohhhh another alien!!

And since the aquamarine fellows already have their own standard components, it's got to be a new one besides.

I Love You

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Now I'm gonna have to do something else besides an alien mech. Nah...
Mine's gonna have a morph animation where it transforms into a turret (hopefully)

SuPa do a clown mech!!! That would be so cool. ^^ It could have some clockwork arms that hit far just like those clockwork clown boxes. A mean clown tech with all kinds of evil clown weaponry.

Fuckin' first and fastest WIP shot ever.

I'll do a clown mech for fun, then. But I want to make an alien mech for the competition

That was FAST! And it looks pretty good too. Are you going to wrap it with the alien skin on your gallery at rdznet? The teal one? The area where the legs all connect looks bad. There is something big and... bulgy in the front and yeah... legs themselves are ok. Like the guns.

There is still much work to be done, and as I said earlier, this is not for the aquamarine fellows due to their geometry recycling requirements.

Chriz., can it transform into a building?

Oh thats what you meant when you said aquamarine. I thought you meant water guys so I just ignored it because I had no clue what you were talking about. "Water guys... I didn't know he had water guys... oh well...."-ChaosOverlord's thoughts.

Aquamarine = turquoise = teal.

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Actually, instead of an alien mech, I'm gonna do I terran mech (same color as their armor, blue) But it's still gonna be about the same style as my alien stuffums

My question RDZ is how vill it walk? Like a HL2 tripod? I figure it would need more flexible legs for that

SuPa- said:

Chriz., can it transform into a building?

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If its standard form is the mech itself, then yes.

demonsofdante said:

My question RDZ is how vill it walk? Like a HL2 tripod? I figure it would need more flexible legs for that

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It will walk as other three legged machines I have done before.

A little more refined than this fellow, since I rushed him a little to throw out an example to a previous query as to how three-legged machines walk.

Someone Make this :

http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/191479

Thats one BIG cannon >

(that was meant as a joke, SuPa should find it hilarious)

LMFAO!
Anyway, really nice RDZ! Looks great
btw, how do you post a gif or w/e that is like that?
How do I make it so when a building is attacking only it's gun moves? an example would be a cannon tower

WIP 2!

398 triangles.

SuPa- said:

LMFAO!
Anyway, really nice RDZ! Looks great
btw, how do you post a gif or w/e that is like that?
How do I make it so when a building is attacking only it's gun moves? an example would be a cannon tower

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Attach that mesh to a bone, and name the bone "bone_turret"

You'd have to give it the ability "turret" too, I think...

Your models make my match sticks look good

Bring it on!

Damnit! Can't think of what to do. I'm pending between a mech tank and a transformer now... I keep changing ideas >.<

I just had this amazing idea.
The only problem now is this thing is going to be hard to model, and animate. But its gonna be so awesome.

I think I'll make a robot instead of a mech... there about the same things, though

SuPa- find a mechwarrior and just do it. Mechwarriors are cool and useful... well, I have never seen a MW map, but wth. OH WAIT! I know what would pwn!

COMMAND AND CONQUER GDI JUGGERNAUT

Google it. Not sure what you will find, but you are looking for a big walker with three giant cannons. It is so sweet, you should do it. I believe it catagorizes under "robot".

Well, I'll make a robot ironically named "Revenant"

You're all going to have to go faster than that, I'm animating as we speak.

All? I'm the only other contestant... Hey, who wants tha rig me model???
EDIT: It's finished now...

Wip

Hoover mecha scarab for me.

Three stands and a victory (though the victory sequence could as easily be a spell slam).

Texture is a placeholder until I'm done.

Rofl, the third picture makes the third leg look like his wang.

WILLTHEALMIGHTY said:

You'd have to give it the ability "turret" too, I think...

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I thought adding Turret crashed the game...

Oh well. Now that I'm in summer break. I might do something. I'll have no use for it though (probably)

You don't have to give anything any ability.

Bone_Turret rotates to face the target, as long as it's a building (I believe it might try to rotate on units, but since the whole unit turns anyway...).

ewwy faces.. might not finished it since i was working on a something else with higher priority.

Looks awesome.

Rao Dao Zao said:

You don't have to give anything any ability.

Bone_Turret rotates to face the target, as long as it's a building (I believe it might try to rotate on units, but since the whole unit turns anyway...).

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You mean you just have to name the bone "bone_turret" and it work?

Yep.

I have reason to believe there are variants that allow turrets to look up and down instead, but I can't remember what they were and never tested them.

Chriz. said:

Rofl, the third picture makes the third leg look like his wang.

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Oh so so true

WIP. This one'll be able to crawl into a ball and roll. I actually based him off a sphere primitive.

So far, 1138 polys. I doubt it'll get bigger. Anyways this is a big mech/robot, so its not needed for it to be low poly. It'll have a nice cannon underneath, hopefully made of the bottom sphere parts (which are giving me a headache since I don,t know what to do with them)

Well, all my required animations are done.

So far: Stands 1, 2 and 3, Spell Slam (was Stand Victory), Walk, Stand Ready, Attack and Death.

Taking us from 0 to 395, with gaps of course.