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[DustyDrake]

@willy Nice! I'm really digging that psuedo-retro look I've seen people modelling nowadays.

Also, here's the closest I've ever gotten to a complete, (relatively) professional looking 3d model. I haven't done the bones yet, and it helps that I did my most simple character first, but that's besides the point.

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Yeah, he's pretty lo-poly, but that's because its a model designed for an android app. I just hope its lo-poly ENOUGH.

Looks like just the basic blender cube with legs and an eye.

...still better than anything I can do, so good work.

[Impossible Realms]

Looks like just the basic blender cube with legs and an eye.

...still better than anything I can do, so good work.

Thanks for the compliment. The cube is rounded more than the pic shows (something hard to show off at that angle), but you are correct in saying its an edit of the basic cube. I've done some more complex models on my old netbook computer, but none of them have any bones. I picked the simplest and most stylized of my characters (the red alien in my avatar) mainly to practice things like texturing and rigging I never got down. I did however, get a chunk of the bones done since the last post, so soon I guess I can experiment with animations...

[Delko]

Quarry you got me all Super FX

[Quarry]

You can do things for grassbox if you wish, tools and such

[mankoon]

I don't plan on giving him skinnier pants, but your paintover will be useful reference for the characters that do. Thank'eh, Peanutbutter.

Eyes like so?


Also:

Mcmutton your 3d is so adorbz. I love the way you model faces with large eyes. Do you have wireframe snapshots of your characters? 

[Joshua]

@Quarry @Delko
I'm loving the low-poly, vertex colored stuff. Keep it coming!

[Delko]

ok

[Quarry]

Hawt

[threesided]

I have been slaving away on this bad boy. Sitting around 4.5million polys right now I think, which might be a lot... I'm not sure... Now that it's getting close to done, I am finding it harder and harder to add the small details. Mostly because I've never tried something as ambitious as this.

[rivon]

Looks as a 3D printed figure

[Delko]

threesided, have you tried doing an AO pass then compositing the renders? It might make that panel lining pop some more.

[clockwrk_routine]

I like how that's colored delko

still working on this probably my first serious 3d attempt,
it looks alright I think

[Impossible Realms]

I like how that's colored delko

still working on this probably my first serious 3d attempt,
it looks alright I think

Looks nice so far! Still looks polygonal, but I'm assuming that's because you haven't applied shaders yet...

[CowBoyDan]

Yeah, he's pretty lo-poly, but that's because its a model designed for an android app. I just hope its lo-poly ENOUGH.

Depending how many you intend to have on screen android/iphone can push a lot more poly's than you might think, even animated.  Something I am working on has a ~1400 triangle animated character with blended bone weights and animations all running with a toon shader and it runs 60 fps on even an old droid 2 no problem (plus other toon shaded static scenery objects).

[Impossible Realms]

Well that's a relief. I was planning on making the first full 3-d game, as in not one of those infinite runners for Android (at least the first that I've seen). I'm talking full on N64 collect-a-thon styled gameplay, so I was a bit worried about how much leeway I'd have. Most of the graphics would either be sprites for collectable objects or the enemies which are pretty blocky anyways, so I'm not worrying about them (the extremely over the top bosses I'm planning do though...). I was aiming for DS level graphics, but nice to see Android can handle more than that. Just how much can the Android handle (aiming to bring this to as many devices as possible)?

[threesided]

threesided, have you tried doing an AO pass then compositing the renders? It might make that panel lining pop some more.

Yeah I don't really know much about using AO, I've never done it before. I constantly have issues with my lighting washing everything out, as it has here.

[Delko]

I have the same problem, what are you using to render?

[xrabohrok]

Yeah I don't really know much about using AO, I've never done it before. I constantly have issues with my lighting washing everything out, as it has here.

Do you have a style in mind?

[Maud'Dib Atreides]

I have been slaving away on this bad boy. Sitting around 4.5million polys right now I think, which might be a lot... I'm not sure... Now that it's getting close to done, I am finding it harder and harder to add the small details. Mostly because I've never tried something as ambitious as this.

cool! i remember when this was just a sketch!

[zalzane]

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I have been slaving away on this bad boy. Sitting around 4.5million polys right now I think, which might be a lot... I'm not sure... Now that it's getting close to done, I am finding it harder and harder to add the small details. Mostly because I've never tried something as ambitious as this.

I think a good direction to take it in would be to ask yourself what other components would need to be added to the armor to make it a better functioning design if you were the engineer actually designing it.

I noticed that there's a lot of uncovered area on your model to theoretically allow it a better range of motion. Maybe you could add more padding parts of these areas that are more likely to sustain fire?

Also is this a powered armor suit? Does the wearer bear the heft of the weight or are there components and hydraulics in the armor that help it support itself?

What about sensory equipment? I know if I was designing expensive suits of armor, I would include a built in headlight, cameras, temperature, and pressure instruments. Of course all that would require a power source as well.

Does the armor only provide protection, or does it serve a utility purpose and have attachments for grenades, claymores, ammo clips, deployable weaponry/shields?

Just a few ideas for more detail/realism.