Modeling Competition #4 - Mech/Robot

[DwarfZealot]

woot i'm gunna enter this one, i have a cool idea

edit: can some one post the newest milkshape exporter it would be very helpful

 

[SuPa-]

Hope she looks sexy, Whitehorn
lol
Good luck Dwarf. May your robot/mech be uber

 

[Horn]

Bit more. Need beer.

 

[Deleted member 126647]

I like the gear groin.

 

[Xatoga]

If it's the StarCraft one I'm going to demolish him.

How might you do that? With your block man?


@Will: Yeah, the Starcraft one. I'm basing it off of this mostly, which varies slightly from the game: http://www.du.edu/~bwohler/goliath.bmp

Here's an update with the first of his guns.

 

[SuPa-]

Lol... RDZ will probably pretend to brick you
Anyway... I almost made that, and was gonna use the same concept lol

 

[Xatoga]

He's got his legs now, and I think modeling is mostly done for him, on to unwrap-er-ing.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

/me demolishes Xatoga.

You had been warned!

 

[Xatoga]

I think someone's afraid

 

[SuPa-]

Ok, here's a pic of the compelte model textured
All I have to do now is animating
The picture's screwed up a little it seems >.<

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

I think someone's afraid

I feel no fear. No, I'm just thoroughly disappointed that you're making something from Starcraft.

 

[Xatoga]

Why? Cuz of how almighty a game it is?

 

[SuPa-]

You people should not be fearing anything from SC, but fearing my pinky robo! MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I don't see what's so bad about making a model from SC, specially since there's an upcoming SC 2!
Oh, btw, finished the skeleton on my model

 

[Xatoga]

Exploring the color scheme a bit. I might make the dark red into team color, dunno. Gotta add some cool little decals and graffiti to it to give it that Terran Dominion look as well.

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Sweet I was just looking for a good Goliath. This site is lacking in them.

 

[Massive_attack]

While i like Killst4r's version better, this is more accurate. I do hope that all these WIP's im seeing will materialize into some feasible results.

Also: whats so bad about making SC models ?

 

[SuPa-]

K, finished making the skeleton and rigging the model! I'll post up a pic later of the skeleton. Right now I gotta go.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

He's got his legs now, and I think modeling is mostly done for him, on to unwrap-er-ing.

Please tell me you fixed those smoothing groups in the current version?

 

[Xatoga]

Yeah, I cleaned em up and they aren't all weird-arse now. But since Wc3 uses flat shading does it matter at all? Or would that show up in game still?

 

[the unreal one]

@Xatoga:
this goliath looks good.
if it is possible, make the weapons turn to targets and move like the top of the human cannon tower does.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Yeah, I cleaned em up and they aren't all weird-arse now. But since Wc3 uses flat shading does it matter at all? Or would that show up in game still?

It seems smoothing groups work in mdx from as well. So yes, it matters.

 

[SuPa-]

Robo pinky's a gangsta M.C.!
All ready to be animated! *bada bing*
By the way, can someone point me in the direction of a good recording program so I can post up previews of my animations?

 

[Xatoga]

Isn't he more of a... purple-y?

And I don't think you can make units use the turret turning like towers can, since the unit turns to face the target automatically, I think.

 

[SuPa-]

hmm? don't what you get by "Isn't he more of a... purple-y?" thing
The actually pinky is fleshy. My robot version's purple because I'm including him in my race of aliens' assourtment of robots, mechs, and vehicles (ships)
The inside mouth part is a regular metal color because it's usually inside the mouth and it doesn't need to have the same purple-ish color to blend in with the environment

 

[Xatoga]

It's purple, not pink, is it not?

 

[SuPa-]

It IS purple... THe only parts that are pink are the claws, the pipes on it's back, and some places on the wheel section
The pink parts are where plasma flows (that's its energy source)

 

[Xatoga]

So then why is it a pinky? :\

 

[Kimbo]

You really need to work on its unwrap and skin, looks rather hectic. o.0

 

[Pyritie]

If you guys would read previous posts, in order to make a part turn when it's attacking you need a bone called "bone_turret". That bone will turn when it's attacking, but since it's a unit it will be turning to attack anyway.

 

[SuPa-]

Xatoga, the doom version of the creature is called a Pinky, so I'm callig this a Robo pinky for now (until I can come up with an actual name)
Werewulf, I have a few reasons why the unwrap is hectic in that picture
One, I had to copy it into MS Paint first because GIMP won't let stuff be copied and pasted into it from outside the boundaries of the program.
Two, the awkward angle I put it at in the pic stretched out the skin
And three, it's hectic
http://s150.photobucket.com/albums/s107/aquauzi/?action=view&current=c60a3244.flv Stand animation for my pinky robot I'm now calling a "Stygian Gnasher" lol
weird name, eh?
Having trouble on thinking of what to do for the walk animation, any suggestions?
Also a longer vid, it's blurry though

 

[Massive_attack]

That texture needs some TLC, i might be able to help with it.

 

[SuPa-]

Nah, it's fine. And I don't think people are allowed to help

 

[Xatoga]

Yeah, thats what I kinda hate, since its really both a modeling and skinning contest, not just a modelling one. Cuz I can't skin that well at all

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

I'm going to dispense with animated GIFs and just release my entry now.

... I might rescind it later as I produce more candidates, but that's another story for another day.

Don't you dare complain about his death fade-out, it works in-game.

 

[Massive_attack]

its douche not douch. Anyway i kind-of like your pinky. Even if its texture sucks/

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Any other entries?

Anyways, here's a WIP of mine.

 

[Chaos Overlord]

I like yours RDZ. First thinkg I did with it: Wrap with the normal mech skin. Looks pretty good with and without it. I like some of the anims, not all though. The two spells look messed up, and someone could interperet the stands as him doing the robot. Like the throw anim, such a sweet attack.

 

[SuPa-]

Looks pretty nice, WILL. BTW, it's not gonna have the same walk pattern as the SC Immortal, but I guess you could still use it as a reference
Here's two reasons
1. The Immortal has more joints in the legs
2. It's legs are placed differently
The texture I really like, and I can imagine it's gonna be awesome.

RDZ, love the spell throw animation. I don't know how you manage to make such good walk anims X-D

 

[jigrael]

Nice entries so far, I liked very much RDZ anims but the model is too boxy, the robo pinky is nice except for the weels :S, luv the goliath and the spider mech reminds me of a mech in an old snes game, Metal Warriors.
I didnt have much time this week so this is what I got, still missing the lower body. 1500 poligons so far

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Nice entries so far, I liked very much RDZ anims but the model is too boxy, the robo pinky is nice except for the weels :S, luv the goliath and the spider mech reminds me of a mech in an old snes game, Metal Warriors.
I didnt have much time this week so this is what I got, still missing the lower body. 1500 poligons so far

Perhaps give him a booster pad instead of legs?

BTW.
AMAZING.

 

[Xatoga]

That's some nice modeling, Jigrael. I think a rocket would be good too, and he could have an Attack Slam anim that has him spin around and punch.

 

[SuPa-]

Looks very lovely, Jigrael. You use 3ds max, right? My Vista doesn't seem to be able to

 

[Massive_attack]

Jig's model would look awesome if it was holding some kind of huge arsed 3 barreled gun with ridiculous proportions.

EDIT: Xatoga your going to impove the goliath texture right ?

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

First thinkg I did with it: Wrap with the normal mech skin.

The Y3 skin layout does not match the Y2 layout you will be in possession of -- I suspect you will see the corners of the door on various segments.

The two spells look messed up...

Messed up in what way? You can't handle the fact that a robot might bow to something? Might stamp the ground in anger? Might throw a Glasgow kiss at nearby enemies?

... as him doing the robot.

Proposed dancing 'stand channel' was shelved due to three legged-ness.

 

[TheSecretArts]

after my 5 day absence, i now begin! Itsa two legged goliath styled mech that transforms into a 4 legged dragoon stlyed mech with a massive polaron/ion cannon onboard!

 

[Pyritie]

Good luck with that. >_>

 

[TheSecretArts]

! Well, its gonnd be a simple idea. Thin legs protected by plates and the mech will have maximized attack power and the base will be simplistic. I kinda merged goliath, dragoon, tank, and warcraft into a high power early mech! Ugh... 50+ bones... and less than 2000 polys.

 

[Massive_attack]

Transformers = a win ?

 

[TheSecretArts]

nah, i just invisioned a 4 legged beast with an ion cannon but i also wanted to make a mech.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

after my 5 day absence, i now begin! Itsa two legged goliath styled mech that transforms into a 4 legged dragoon stlyed mech with a massive polaron/ion cannon onboard!

... How about you make a mech that turns into a stationary cannon instead? A bit like the siege tank from SC, but a mech instead of a tank.

Its already simpler.