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Artwork => Finished Works and Works in Progress => Topic started by: Aqo on September 25, 2008, 08:33:09 am
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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:
(http://i36.tinypic.com/2n6x6z4.png)
Here's a more close-up look at the front wheel comparison:
(http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/9893/bicubic001ar3.png)
I'd love to hear any opinions and suggestions.
Raytraced:
(http://i36.tinypic.com/vq5fgl.png)
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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!
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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. ;D
Can't wait to see the model finished!
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And moving too All the pieces and dimensions seem to fit and looks as if it would work.