Modeling Competition #10 - Elementals

[donut3.5]

Ancient = Unit made of elements (earth), unit made of elements = elemental.
I've seen no invalid entries so far, besides the one that started early.
--donut3.5--

 

[SuPa-]

Elenai, here's a paintover of your model of how the topology could be better (I think) I haven't done low poly in awhile, so meh, particularly as low poly as your model
Also, get rid of the ngons above the waste (you just have to cut them)

 

[Elenai]

I'll probably redo it anyway.

 

[Hawkwing]

I've got an idea now of what I'm going to do. I'm still just drafting the specifics. Once I finish this Naaru (which is not for the competition) I will start it.

 

[CombatTheWombat]

Forgive me if you think I was wrong in my statements. But I respectfully disagree with you. But yes, I do suck at geomerging and modeling in general. Which is why I have givin up on like 10 ideas that I have tried to start for this contest. Its just too hard with the limited tools I have available. To whoever said you can get by ok with GMAX, is there any way to just place vertexs and link them like you can in milkshape. Cuz if so I would like to know, that would make my life a whole lot easier.

 

[Xatoga]

Decided to make an arcane elemental instead. I'm probly going to export all the armor bits separately and geomerge them onto either the fire lord or water elemental, and edit that to make it a bright white or purple/blue color. The texture is crap right now, I'll either work on it a lot more, its just basic colors atm, or figure out some in game textures that would fit well.

 

[ike_ike]

ima making a scratch modul! ...in Oinkerwinkle's...

Methinks I'll just geomerge the Gargoyle and reskin it.

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

hmm elemental hey...
would cyber-elemental be acceptable as an elemental? like a creature made of data and numbers and stuff

 

[TDR]

To whoever said you can get by ok with GMAX, is there any way to just place vertexs and link them like you can in milkshape. Cuz if so I would like to know, that would make my life a whole lot easier.

Yes, there is a way:
- create any primitive of any shape, doesn't matter;
- convert it to editable mesh (if you want to work with triangles, which you do) and then select all polygons and delete them. You'll end up with an empty container basically;
- now go to vertex sub-object level and click create. Now you can create verts wherever you want;
- to make polygons out of them, go to polygon sub-object level and click create then click on the verts you want your polygon to be (minimum 3);

Though I really don't know why this method is more appealing to you...

 

[HappyTauren]

TDR, that method is easier for people who work in 3 viewports instead of perspective one. I know that is something people should forget, but they simply dont (I did, thanks god).

Pyramid: Brilliant, I think you should go for it.

 

[Just_Spectating]

someone should make a spirit elemental

 

[TDR]

you mean a ghost....

 

[Devine]

ok... my model is done .... only ... the camera doesnt show up :/ annoying really
and it still needs a texture. Animating was a pain in the ass thanks to notetrack, notepad and magos... Note track made one correct animation and when i made another on ... it screwed up the previous ... so i had to make evry animation in a copy and copy the right sequences in the original :/ took me 3 hours and it looks like crap ... pretty much!

 

[Lord_T]

Still deciding.... But i should be in, provided the anim compy doesnt start too soon...

 

[CombatTheWombat]

Thanks TDR. Well I wanna make vertex because for some reason I just have a hell of a lot of trouble working with the primitives. I like to be able to just freeform stick stuff where I want and link it together. Maybe I will and GMAX somethin for the contest. I have a really sweet idea for my metal/technology elemental that I gave up on earlier.

 

[Burning_Dragoon5]

Ok, so here's a wip of the new entry: Ice Elemental.

This one will be some kind of warden, and will have 2 kinds of animations (or more)

Here are the head and one shoulder

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Xatoga's entry looks naruu-ish... which is cool.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

It's done.


And I love it. I hope you guys do too. No custom textures required, Feel free to make it genormous and it does support teamcolor.

 

[Just_Spectating]

yes, turtle form for ancient of wonders, finally! give it the Morph Animation O_O

 

[D a w n]

It's done.


And I love it. I hope you guys do too. No custom textures required, Feel free to make it genormous and it does support teamcolor.

omg that´s so cuuuuuuuuute + awesome particles

but I think you should call the xyz swim into xyz alternate

 

[CombatTheWombat]

I like it a lot WILL, very well done. Here is the first part of my model I have created. Scratch modeled in oinkerwinkles .

 

[CombatTheWombat]

I cum wif update.

 

[AirHead]

awesome WILL i like the particles and even though its just a turtle it gives a hazey elemental feel. i like it its great all are coming out good. i haven't gotten much work done because of school and siblings kicking me off of the comp (after i play for 5+ hours )

 

[Hawkwing]

Combat - Nice but I'm a bit unsure of what it is.

 

[Dionesiist]

I'm becoming increasingly pissed with the low quality of my model's texture...

 

[CombatTheWombat]

I want to keep people guessing Hawkwing . Though some of the more intuitive among you may be able to get a rough idea for how it will be put together by looking at this next piece.

 

[CombatTheWombat]

The Mesh is finished. Now I have the whole almost month thats left in the contest to do all the boring stuff ><.

 

[Hawkwing]

It looks like some Torture Robot.

 

[AirHead]

cool its a robot elemental or something? looks maybe like roots or something in some places. but im having trouble with particles (because a wind elemental needs alot of wind) and im really mad at magos' ME its annoying! btw can you geomerge bones or whatever? if so i would so just make the geometry in GMax and put in the bones from other things. gah i hate the need to rig.

 

[CombatTheWombat]

Ok everyone, I am in a predicament. I was going to use the sorceress' animations for this guy, but after I did all the geomerging I realized that a lot of her animations are more complex than I thought, so the Metal Elemental sorta falls apart and does random shit. So now I need to animate it myself. As previously stated I only have access to free programs. And I have heard it a hundred times and I still dont know exactly what 'rigging' implies. So if someone could link me to a tutorial or tell me or just give me a place to start on how to 'rig' and animate this guy myself for free, it would be much appreciated.

 

[AirHead]

ok after the discovery that it is in fact possible to export riggings and animations from GMax i have decided to take a whole new kind of entry from what i had before. the Magnes Elementum! (latin for Magnet Elemental)

Note that GMax is not Capable of see through textures so for the moment all black is gunna be see through.

 

[Devine]

Ok everyone, I am in a predicament. I was going to use the sorceress' animations for this guy, but after I did all the geomerging I realized that a lot of her animations are more complex than I thought, so the Metal Elemental sorta falls apart and does random shit. So now I need to animate it myself. As previously stated I only have access to free programs. And I have heard it a hundred times and I still dont know exactly what 'rigging' implies. So if someone could link me to a tutorial or tell me or just give me a place to start on how to 'rig' and animate this guy myself for free, it would be much appreciated.

Rigging is assigning parts of the mesh to a bone, simple ... no?
use milkshape ... i find that the easyest

ok after the discovery that it is in fact possible to export riggings and animations from GMax i have decided to take a whole new kind of entry from what i had before. the Magnes Elementum! (latin for Magnet Elemental)

god fucking damnit! dont steal my idea! I already posted a WIP at the 3th page ( http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/795521-post45.html )! Use another concept!
i already animated my magnet elemental!

 

[AirHead]

ok i'll make something else sorry forgot that you was a magnet elemental woops i'll start work on another.

 

[CombatTheWombat]

Ok, I assumed thats what rigging was, just wasnt sure. I knew it as Fleshing.

 

[SuPa-]

I'm going to make a gorilla with emeralds protruding from the body. Mainly on the forearms, the face, legs, and back
I've decided to do an experiment and make the mesh in ZBrush... the gorilla itself, anyway. The crystal stuff will be modeled in 3ds Max.
And don't say "OMGZ0r et r s00 highpoliez" You'll see soon enough that it won't be

 

[Mr.Goblin]

haa... see its mutch better now.. with hands...

 

[Hawkwing]

Awesome job, SuPa-.

Okay. I've finished that Naaru. I'll start on this competition tomorrow.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

ATTENTION EVERYONE.

Here is a list of things that AREN'T ELEMENTALS

Robots
Whatever undead thingy that guy posted
Aliens
Poop
Shit
Tit
AD INFINITUM

Seriously, 3/4 of these entries have nothing to do with elementals.

ELEMENTS = FIRE WATER NATURE (usually includes poison/trees/green stuff) EARTH LIGHTNING DARKNESS AND LIGHT. NOTHING ELSE.

 

[TDR]

SuPa fell in love with ZBrush...

 

[SuPa-]

TDR, yeah... xD
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3
Well, I had started making a mesh in 3ds Max, but meh, I didn't like it too much

 

[Hawkwing]

SuPa fell in love with ZBrush...

Yes he did.

 

[Just_Spectating]

so is that gorilla still an elemental?

 

[SuPa-]

Yeah, it's going to be an earth elemental, nubz0r!
Well, more of an avatar, but it'll still have elemental qualities (parts of it will be made of emerald)

 

[Just_Spectating]

seems like its going to turn out to be some kinda gorilla cyborg.

 

[Devine]

seems like its going to turn out to be some kinda gorilla cyborg.

war of the monsters: Congar suit 3!!

 

[donut3.5]

ATTENTION EVERYONE.

Here is a list of things that AREN'T ELEMENTALS

Robots
Whatever undead thingy that guy posted
Aliens
Poop
Shit
Tit
AD INFINITUM

Seriously, 3/4 of these entries have nothing to do with elementals.

ELEMENTS = FIRE WATER NATURE (usually includes poison/trees/green stuff) EARTH LIGHTNING DARKNESS AND LIGHT. NOTHING ELSE.

Actually the elements aren't limited to only said things. An element, as defined by dictionary.com means:

a component or constituent of a whole or one of the parts into which a whole may be resolved by analysis

In other words, you could make a shit elemental, as it is just one basic component, shit, constituting an entire entity.
However, elementals that are made of more than one "component" can still be valid by following a basic creation of the "elements" you listed, so vines and rocks and wood could make a nature elemental, water and ice could make water, etc.
--donut3.5--

 

[FamousPker49]

OMGZ0r et r s00 highpoliez

But it is much better than you other one SuPa-.

 

[Xatoga]

Actually the elements aren't limited to only said things. An element, as defined by dictionary.com means:

In other words, you could make a shit elemental, as it is just one basic component, shit, constituting an entire entity.
However, elementals that are made of more than one "component" can still be valid by following a basic creation of the "elements" you listed, so vines and rocks and wood could make a nature elemental, water and ice could make water, etc.
--donut3.5--

Geeeh, I dunno, I kinda side with Will on this, people are kinda stretching it too far it seems. I think that it should be kept to fundamental elements and the usual magics from fantasy literature. Making robots and calling them mechanical elementals is just... meh, not what it should be. It's like, if the contest was 'make a chair' someone makes a waffle iron and says 'you can sit on it too.'

 

[Just_Spectating]

seriously.

If Your are going to use dictionary form of Element. Make anything you want.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Actually the elements aren't limited to only said things. An element, as defined by dictionary.com means:

In other words, you could make a shit elemental, as it is just one basic component, shit, constituting an entire entity.
However, elementals that are made of more than one "component" can still be valid by following a basic creation of the "elements" you listed, so vines and rocks and wood could make a nature elemental, water and ice could make water, etc.
--donut3.5--

**** that definition. We don't go by definition. This is fantasy stuff, not science. Shit is not an element. A ROBOT CANNOT BE AN ELEMENTAL.

If we'd actually go by that this'd be the "Make whatever the fuck you want" competition, not the "Elemental-themed competition".