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[Aqo]

The Makmat 160mm is a mortar mounted on a Sherman chassis adopted in 1968 and used to this day. I decided to model it using Anim8or.
Here is the main reference image I'm using:
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/524/makmat160beythatotchan2bi8.jpg

I was originally aiming to keep the whole thing under 10k faces but while working on it I decided to go for a more detailed model. Here is what I've got so far, which amounts to about 29k polies:


Here's a more close-up look at the front wheel comparison:


I'd love to hear any opinions and suggestions.

Raytraced:

[CowTail]

Looks pretty accurate so far, I like you progress

Some of the smaller details aren't dead-on (like the rivet heads between the treads, the original has two circular indentions and a long thin bump on the top), but that's getting anal

The texturing is alright, can't complain too much there except that the only real way to make it look better would be to customize it a bit and add dirt and wear and tear, like in the original. You should also add another sand-colored light source facing from the ground to give it some backlight and make the render a little more realistic. Generally you should have two or more lights in a lighting setup if you want to go for more than a basic render.

Keep it up!

[floyd86]

Wow, great attention to detail. I don't really like the texture you used, but great model. At first I thought it where a reference images you posted, but the turned out to be the actual model. 
Can't wait to see the model finished!

[KiwiNM8OR]

And moving too All the pieces and dimensions seem to fit and looks as if it would work.