Modeling Contest #19 - Water Units

[PROXY]

The head mask doesn't fit for some reason. The armor on the whole thing is such "clean" and all, and the mask looks somehow more deadly, monster/undead/demon like.

 

[D a w n]

the whole armor is influenced on one hand, by samurai, but on the other hand on naval stuff.
But I would change it, if you tell me another texture

 

[waveseeker]

i think if you add a rider, and decide to let others use this model, you should give out both the sea horse and the seahorse with the rider, that way people can use both if they so chose to..

 

[HappyCockroach]

the whole armor is influenced one one hand, but samurai, but on the other hand on naval stuff.
But I woulld change it, if you tell me another texture

add crowns of planes around the wrap edges and give it a texture with alpha channel there... your model will look much better.

like this

 

[anarchianbedlam]

i agree with happycock...roach ;D that would look cool

 

[D a w n]

which one do you guys prefer?? :>

 

[Pyritie]

right

 

[Malcous]

the left one :O

 

[anarchianbedlam]

definitely left ^^

 

[Steamer]

which one do you guys prefer?? :>

I think its got too much goin on as it is. If i were you id give the head armor a colored trim and extend it off the body like its actually a helmet. Reference any type of shoulder pad. Make it myrmidon smooth armor and have plates of armor rather than having the it looking as if the metal is its skin...other words, its too tight to its body. If you do what i suggest then it wont need the spike collar at all.

 

[Skycraft]

which one do you guys prefer?? :>

I'm gonna have to say right, but without so many spikes on the collar.

 

[HappyCockroach]

which one do you guys prefer?? :>

neither to me... that wasn't quite my point

try using the SkyBarge texture itself. there are some quite cool alphas, try that one which looks like metal spider legs. this part cropped properly may produce an interesting result there, mainly because it is highly compatible with the rest of your mask (obviously). avoid using the sky barge's golden areas, they don't go very well with the rest of your textures.

and I would take off the teamcolor part in the top of the head and instead make the teamcolor just teamglows in the eyes, and the mask totally made of this dark steel

overall... less is more.

just my humble suggestions. heheh

 

[67chrome]

You should move the neck-frill higher up and position it right behind the skull of you're seahorse, encapsulating part of the neck in the helmet looks a little uncomfortable/unpractical/less awesome.

Maybe you could add an alicorn or dragon horns on the mask as well, the spider legs HappyCockroach mentioned would probably work for that
A Mohawk of razors or fins could look pretty cool to, and give more of a horse/seahorse look to this.

 

[anarchianbedlam]

Oh, its suppose to be a metal mask? I thought it was more like a leathery luchador harness or something. Hence why i thought the spikes looked so good.

 

[Direfury]

I have to admit, that's hilarious.

But yeah, definitely the left.

Also, you misspelled diamonds.

 

[anarchianbedlam]

I have to admit, that's hilarious.

But yeah, definetely the left.

Also, you misspelled diamonds.

Thanks for the heads up. But you misspelled definitely ;D ... and that's what friends do. they help eachother

 

[Direfury]

It happens, considering I never actually watch the keyboard.

 

[Bon_Jovi]

xD ahaha that contest image made me lol so hard. water units is kinda dud theme. but im sure we get lots of great models from it. so many good modelers here ^^

i might even make model for this

 

[D a w n]

after those comments I made some more changes to the mask/helmet and I actually like how it turned out.

 

[Malcous]

looks good @ don

 

[67chrome]

@ DonDustin
Looks Greek and mythological, I like the new helmet.

The name hippocampus comes to mind, if you're looking for a more exotic name for your model that could work.

 

[Deolrin]

That looks awesome, Don. I was about to suggest a mane of sorts actually. But he still needs some kind of a necklace thing.

 

[Skycraft]

@ DonDustin
Looks Greek and mythological, I like the new helmet.

The name hippocampus comes to mind, if you're looking for a more exotic name for your model that could work.

Did you get that name from the Pokemon Hippowdon?

 

[The Weird Human]

It has nothing to do with being in a contest, the tags and [url] tags are bb code that can be applied and learned, to and for all threads[/QUOTE]

Well sorry for making you do a facepalm... i meant to say that iam not used to using those bb codes usually i just insert the pic. link here and done , just like the second example you gave me..:) but anyways heres my model! ITS NOT YET FINISHED, it needs some tweaks on the equipments and body proportions. And it uses ingame textures and ingame anim.
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[Pyritie]

Did you get that name from the Pokemon Hippowdon?

hippowdon probably came from hippocampus

 

[Bon_Jovi]

Well sorry for making you do a facepalm... i meant to say that iam not used to using those bb codes usually i just insert the pic. link here and done , just like the second example you gave me.. but anyways heres my model! ITS NOT YET FINISHED, it needs some tweaks on the equipments and body proportions. And it uses ingame textures and ingame anim.

NOT FINISHED MODEL

it looks good so far fitting with wc3 quality. what is his weapon in hand?

 

[Mechanical Man]

This model looks so bioshock (even though I didn't play the game)

 

[The Weird Human]

Yeah, i meant to make it wc3 quality cause i notcie the other awesome models here in hive that are HD, really doesnt feel right ingame, they have huge difference of qualities... (No Offense guys) Oh and weapon was suppose to be a sledge hammer but instead it looked like a ball pein hammer, il make some change on that one also

 

[Thrikodius]

Yeah, i meant to make it wc3 quality cause i notcie the other awesome models here in hive that are HD, really doesnt feel right ingame, they have huge difference of qualities... (No Offense guys) Oh and weapon was suppose to be a sledge hammer but instead it looked like a ball pein hammer, il make some change on that one also

Is he supposed to swim with that?. It would be a pain in the *** since those diving suits are usually rather heavy.

 

[Bon_Jovi]

haha, big heavy diver suit but with an inflatable ducky innertube so he can float.

 

[67chrome]

Did you get that name from the Pokemon Hippowdon?

hippowdon probably came from hippocampus

You know you guys can always CnP that word and search for it in Google...and that process has lead me to believe that both the Pokemon you mentioned has nothing to do with it and you guys really, really like Pokemon.
The word Hippopotamus might be based off of Hippocampus though.

Hippocampus are sea horses, they're like a Capricorn but with the front half of a horse and the rear of a fish. I'm pretty sure some of them pull Neptune's chariot as well.

 

[Direfury]

Plenty of the names we have for animals, insects and such do come from Greek mythology, I'm pretty sure you're right about that.

 

[PROXY]

Next WIP. I'm in a modellin flush atm

Want to make this model as clean as possible, to get near Don Dustin's style

Oh and, the tool sign is teamcolour.

 

[D a w n]

the sign looks great, but the gas bottles could need a better texture

 

[Bon_Jovi]

i liek the tool sign, but i think the viewport should be round and not so blatantly polygonified. like an octogon instead of hexagon

 

[The Weird Human]

Is he supposed to swim with that?. It would be a pain in the *** since those diving suits are usually rather heavy.

Well i cant seem to find any swimming animations ingame so, ill just have to make him swim above water rather than under...that still counts..right?

 

[Thrikodius]

Well i cant seem to find any swimming animations ingame so, ill just have to make him swim above water rather than under...that still counts..right?

You mean like walk on water? Jesus in a diving suit?

 

[PROXY]

I think he means, like, some kind like the naga, a part of the body is above, a part under water?

I'm also not shure either

 

[The Weird Human]

I think he means, like, some kind like the naga, a part of the body is above, a part under water?

I'm also not shure either

Yeah thats probably it. But its not naga animations .

 

[Walle]

Wip of my model ^^

 

[Thrikodius]

Wip of my model ^^

pic

Lol epic. Nintendoish look!

 

[Walle]

Lol epic. Nintendoish look!

hehe, thanks. the texture isn't done yet but it'll look even better when its finished

 

[Pyritie]

I think I'm out of this... ran out of time

 

[Thrikodius]

I think I'm out of this... ran out of time

Likewhise, allthough I ran out of inspiration.

 

[Mr. Bob]

Wip of my model ^^

Omg. Its clanker.

Best. Game. Ever.

 

[shamanyouranus]

Needs gold teeth.

That would be the coolest model in existence if you modeled his insides too.

 

[Mr. Bob]

I want to see the little blow hole on the top. Omg nostalgia...

 

[Walle]

Needs gold teeth.

That would be the coolest model in existence if you modeled his insides too.

The teeth will be on the texture ^^.

Hmm... i don't think i have time to model his insides, but i agree it would be awesome

 

[PROXY]

Mesh is nearly finished.
Only need to add legs, then it goes to rigging. Hopefully I'm able to make it till the deadline.

 

[Deolrin]

Maybe I've just been playing too much AoM recently, but I think it would be extremely awesome if he had a Mohawk\Greek helmet thing instead of a shark fin on his head. As in, extend this metal piece.
Oh, and some texture variation on his body and helmet could be nice. For example, the trimming around the glass could be gold or just some other texture. The tinker tank gets boring after a while.