Modeling Contest 16 - TANKS

[PROXY]

Work in progress...

Although it's far from being anywhere near finished, the basic design is already there; 4 legs and a big sci-fi energy cannon.

<B really nice

 

[Amigurumi]

awsumz!
this is NOT finished?
wow, can't wait to see it finished...
that means, that I have to work harder!

 

[Kitabatake]

awsumz!
this is NOT finished?
wow, can't wait to see it finished...
that means, that I have to work harder!

Very far from finished, the UV maps are messed up and the model doesn't even have bones yet, not to mention animations.

Also, I might try sticking an additional weapon or two into it...

 

[DarkKnight]

The cannon somehow doesn't quite fit the body of the tank though =/ (One being rather detailed, and the other rather... crude)

 

[Mr. Bob]

It needs something on the front of it. At the moment, it is very block-ish.

 

[Kitabatake]

The cannon somehow doesn't quite fit the body of the tank though =/ (One being rather detailed, and the other rather... crude)

It needs something on the front of it. At the moment, it is very block-ish.

True, true. Probably going to add some shield type stuff or other kind of details there. We'll see how it'll turn out...

 

[DarkKnight]

Other than that, it looks awesome =D, too bad I can't model >.>, though that's probably my own fault (Me=lazy)

 

[Malcous]

Awesome model @ Kitabatake

 

[Mr. Bob]

The mesh for the most part is done. Though, I am deciding if I want more turrets.

EDIT: 2000 polies btw.

 

[shamanyouranus]

Man, that looks cool, but....how could that thing possibly walk?

 

[Mr. Bob]

Man, that looks cool, but....how could that thing possibly walk?

all shall be revealed in the walk anim... ;D Though, I might make the legs bigger.

 

[CHA_Owner]

all shall be revealed in the walk anim... ;D Though, I might make the legs bigger.

I can already tell you if that model gets finished with full anims. then i will use it as a boss in my mapz ^^

 

[anarchianbedlam]

Great looking WIPs from everyone so far.

kitabatake, the UV wrap needs a little work but interesting texture choice
very spikey tank chilla killa, imagine ramming into THAT thing
Good wip debode, it looks like a simple texture but sometimes simpler is better. i cant wait to see more progress
very creative concept mr.bob, a 3 legged tank. the legs do seem a bit underpowered at the moment, but im sure it will come out great. looks complex though.

 

[Latecat]

So far i think Kitabatake & Mr. Bob have the best ones. Well see who wins tho, we may never know

PS: Bob, the small gun barrels below the main gun looks kewl, hehe.

 

[Devine]

Mister Bob, I love it. It's awesome. Really. But 2000 polygons is far too much for a game like wc3. It would simply clash with the lowpoly models. It'd look awesome in a game like UT 3

Kitabatake, Looks very nice and wc3-ish. Only the mappin's a bit messy and I don't like the front

Anyway, here's an early wip.

 

[PROXY]

The mesh for the most part is done. Though, I am deciding if I want more turrets.

EDIT: 2000 polies btw.

omg that's just soooooo awsome. need to get an better idea I think. I think you will win this contest

 

[chilla_killa]

The stripe textures are supposed to be like this.
Do others don't like that wrapping, too?
If more people say it doesn't look good, I find something else.
Do you mean on the wheels?
Here's the picture:

 

[M0rbid]

Yes, I like it, except from the wheels they look kinda strange and unfitting!

 

[chilla_killa]

Yes, I'm still thinking about the wheels.

 

[Gyrosphinx]

Yeah... eh, probably not gonna win, but I'll join for the fun of it, got a concept at least

 

[hell gate]

i shall try to clarify in terms of pictures

Structure
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this is your typical tank, a weapon turret on the top and a chassis(the main body), the mode of movement at the bottom. as you can see, it hugs the ground very low.
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This is also a tank, although it may lack a turret. it is still very much a ground based combat vehicle.
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this, for the sake of this contest, is also a tank. it has a weapon turret on the top and a chassis. as you can see, with both of them, the bulk of the vehicle is at the lower part, making them stable. 4 leg is stable
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this is NOT a tank, it is a walker. it is classified as a walker, mainly, because it walks
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This is not a tank. it is fourlegged and stable but it does not hug the ground
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this, for the sake of this contest, is a mech. it has an identifiable head, torso and arm structure. It is not a tank

Armour
i like to keep it simple. the Grenade test. if it can be knocked off by a grenade, its not a tank. a bicycle is not a tank, a quad is not a tank, a jeep is not a tank. tank is a hunk of metal that will laugh at things like a grenade and small arms fire. if you want a tank that can shrug off a nuke, go ahead. if you want a light tank with very light armour, that can maybe survive a grenade, go ahead. just dont make a golf buggy with guns

Weapon
as said before, any weapons are allowed

whats about a floating tank? i try to make a modern one without wheels...

 

[Deolrin]

It is stated in the first post that you're not allowed to make hovering\anti-grav tanks.

 

[Gyrosphinx]

I think they stated No Hover Tanks

EDIT: oh, debode was faster than me.

 

[infrenus]

You need the thing to touch the ground, a floating tank will be like a hover tank
Edit: Wow, so muuuuch pressure

 

[hell gate]

k then i have to add wheels

 

[Devine]

Seems to me like y'all mised my entry =/
Could I have some criticism?
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/1492972-post165.html

 

[anarchianbedlam]

looks good, but it looks like less of a tank and more like a spider

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

aaaand? i thought we were going to allow animal based designs

 

[DarkKnight]

Something touching the ground can still be a hovering thing, just with one small rope or something touching the ground =D.

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

We do NOT want any hovering tanks because there is a very fine line between something that HOVERS and something that FLIES. And we do not want to spend 3 weeks trying to sort out WHAT constitutes the difference between the two.

seriously guys. read the rules

 

[anarchianbedlam]

lol pyra i didnt mean anything by it when i said the tank looked like a spider, i just meant that it should be interesting.

 

[Mr. Bob]

I couldn't help myself. I had to make a render of the mesh with aluminum material. There are two videos. One is big, the other is small...don't ask me why I gave you both...because I have no idea. D:

Sadly, the texture will probably kill this model's quality.

 

[ikillforeyou]

I'm totally in, it'll take a while though, good thing i learned Texture animations.

I'm making a "Goblin Baneblade" (name yet to be decided)

 

[Deolrin]

More W.I.P. I'd appreciate some constructive criticism.

Mr.Bob, lol, that render makes it look like a lego tank. Awesome job, very detailed, perhaps TOO detailed - I'm afraid it wont fit so well in-game.

 

[chilla_killa]

Looks good, but I don't like the team coloured part that much.
Somehow it doesn't fit to your tank, but maybe it's only my opinion.

@ Mr.Bob:

Awesome work, but it's too high poly and too detailled for a WC3 Model.
I don't know how it will look ingame.
Will you make custom textures?

 

[Deolrin]

Oh, I forgot to mention - things on the back are mines, things on the side are explosive barrels. I really don't like the barrels, I only really put them in because the sides were really bare and I wanted an additional weapon. Any suggestions on how to replace\improve them would be appreciated.

And it's all completely made from scratch, not a single part is from Warcraft. And the polycount is actually lower than in my previous W.I.P, I removed 3\4 of the rocket mesh, and left only the head - this reduced the polycount by about 300. (772 was the polycount in my previous W.I.P, it is currently 636)

 

[infrenus]

Debode: I don't like the barrels too =p
But I think Bare sides will be cool, never knows

Edit: A small update:

 

[DarkKnight]

they're barrels? I thought they were rockets (rocket-jump ftw XD)

 

[Mr. Bob]

Guys. I don't think you understand. D: My model is meant to be rather large ingame. The detail will show. Plus, it's only 2000 polies...

 

[RED BARON]

I couldn't help myself. I had to make a render of the mesh with aluminum material. There are two videos. One is big, the other is small...don't ask me why I gave you both...because I have no idea. D:

Neat, though I kinda think that 2k polies is too much for a tank, as those units will properly appear more then once in most maps. As said they are the front line defense..

Btw: What is the other video you put in there? Floating blackish flat squares?

 

[Deolrin]

I thought they were rockets (rocket-jump ftw XD)

You... You know what? That's an ingenious idea! Thanks a lot. I'll make them rockets and a rocket-jump animations could actually be useful. Thanks again!

 

[DarkKnight]

Just spoke my mind

 

[Mr. Bob]

Debode: I don't like the barrels too =p
But I think Bare sides will be cool, never knows

Edit: A small update:
View attachment 76684

Hey, whats with the rockets on the back?

 

[Deolrin]

Debode: I don't like the barrels too =p
But I think Bare sides will be cool, never knows

Edit: A small update:
View attachment 76684

This looks very cool actually, but... I don't see any wheels\treads? Do they exist and I just can't see them or you didn't yet added them?

Anyways, the gun looks a little strange in my opinion. I don't really know why, it just looks strange. :/

 

[General Frank]

Gentlemen I decide that I am going to redo this tank concept. Since it is only a concept I would like to use it.
I swear I gonna redo the mesh by scratch again, but also will alter the shape of the turret and some other stuff two. And this time with scratch anims.

 

[infrenus]

Mr. Bob: The things arent turrets XD
They are... something. Is the same weapon concept from my reborn.
Debode, I really dont know if I add treads or legs =p [turtle like legs]
And the gun... its not finished

 

[ikillforeyou]

Here's a pic of the newest edition (started last night)

Mostly just some scratch modelling, 2 hours work.

whatever

Coments please. =)

 

[DarkKnight]

A perfect example of a tank I'd say =D.

 

[Sheephunter]

Agree, the most "Tank" looking in the contest

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Well I hope you can come up with something creative as the idea of the tank's gonna get you points too, I don't think a generic tank will do you much good there.

As far as construction goes it looks great, I haven't really noticed many tanks in this contest with caterpillar treads.