Bob's High Poly Gallery.

[Mr. Bob]

This is a collection of the crap I've made. (Only the ones worth showing of course.)

If you have any questions as to how I made one, please ask me. I'm always happy to help. : ) I use 3ds max 2010, Mudbox 2010, Maya 2010, Softimage 2010, and more. Mostly Mudbox and of course 3ds max.

And no, I do NOT use plugins. Everything a plugin can do, max can do. You just have to spend more time.

And, btw, I will give the files to you if you want them.

EDIT: They are all fairly large images. Feel free to make them your desktop backgrounds or something. I can get them to you even larger if you'd like. I personally use the ocean one as my background atm.

 

[Tauer]

Pretty cool. You made that smoke cloud with FumeFx?
I like your style

 

[Mr. Bob]

Pretty cool. You made that smoke cloud with FumeFx?
I like your style

lol. No. I never use plugins. Everything a plugin can do, max can do. it just takes more time.

I made a mesh, then added a cellular displacement map, then add a lot of complex material work, and then added a glow effect, and then copied it, made another mesh (of the explosion at an earlier stage.) and had it morph into the first mesh. Thereby, creating the animation. It's a very common method. And, honestly, it isn't that complicated when you do it. Although, I really should have done better with the material. It looks very cartoony atm.

 

[Dr. House]

nice som of these models reminds me of starwars battlefront.

 

[Malcous]

Wow , very nice models =)

 

[Mr. Bob]

Added a lot more.

 

[Gyrosphinx]

That turret at the end is simply extremely awsome... Dude I love ball turrets!

 

[Mr. Bob]

That turret at the end is simply extremely awsome... Dude I love ball turrets!

I had originally made it for a much much larger spaceship, but I never did end up finishing it. Maybe I will at some point though...

Glad you like it!

 

[Mechanical Man]

Didn't know that you were into high poly stuff too

 

[Mr. Bob]

Didn't know that you were into high poly stuff too

Much more than lowpoly anyway. XD

 

[chilla_killa]

And those Mars and Earth pictureres are 3D models, too??

 

[Mr. Bob]

And those Mars and Earth pictureres are 3D models, too??

Yes.

I made a sphere, added the textures I got from nasa. (clouds and terrain) applied bump. Add a background plane, then make a white self illuminated sphere and gave it a glare camera effect from the video post. : )

Oh, and for the atmosphere, I made a gradient ramp material, that had the entire middle opacity turned off, and the edges, and applied it to a sphere a bit larger than the planet sphere.

It sounds complex, but it isn't. : )

 

[Slaydon]

Picture 28 needs 2 frog legs........

Translation

Very impressive stuff

 

[Blizard Of Oz]

Something tells me that somehow somewhere, if your not already, you are going to make tons of cash doing this. You are highly skilled. Keep it up.

 

[Sheephunter]

the water pic looks awsome, if its a model, upload it with animations!

 

[Tauer]

lol. No. I never use plugins. Everything a plugin can do, max can do. it just takes more time.

Yeah, I know, but that doesn't mean that it's neccesarily a bad thing to use them. Using FumeFx would've been easier and probably would've looked better too.
Plugins are used by professional companies as well. I know for a fact that DreamScape (Made by the same company who made FumeFx) was used to make the water in the cinematics of TFT.

But nice work

 

[Mr. Bob]

Yeah, I know, but that doesn't mean that it's neccesarily a bad thing to use them. Using FumeFx would've been easier and probably would've looked better too.
Plugins are used by professional companies as well. I know for a fact that DreamScape (Made by the same company who made FumeFx) was used to make the water in the cinematics of TFT.

But nice work

Well, yes. Plugins can be great. I'd just rather not pay more for something I could already do. Technically speaking, plugins just remove the coding work required to complicated tasks. It's like getting a preset. It's not bad, it's just not required. : )

 

[chilla_killa]

Cool, nice work on these.
May I ask how many polies has this turret gun?

 

[Tauer]

Well, yes. Plugins can be great. I'd just rather not pay more for something I could already do. Technically speaking, plugins just remove the coding work required to complicated tasks. It's like getting a preset. It's not bad, it's just not required. : )

True

So, you have any more coolness to show us?

 

[Mr. Bob]

True

So, you have any more coolness to show us?

I'm working on a video with a bunch of random renders in it.

 

[Ghost765]

Something tells me that somehow somewhere, if your not already, you are going to make tons of cash doing this. You are highly skilled. Keep it up.

unfortunately, modellers arent in high demand, animators are.

 

[Mr. Bob]

unfortunately, modellers arent in high demand, animators are.

Very very true. But, I can do everything else. (Physics, animation, architectural modeling, sculpting, rigging, particle systems, etc.)

The thing is, I make more money atm than I would if I were to start a career anywhere. (Despite popular belief, if your good, it's easy to get a job somewhere. Even without prior education or experience.) But, after fifteen years of a modeling career, I could be making 200k a year. Yeah, it's good stuff.

But, I think I will wait for a couple of years. In the mean time I will be practicing. In a year or two, I may start doing a little bit of freelance work on my off days.

 

[Fingolfin]

Oh shit! O_O
Those are really nice!
i love all those glossy things, are you using parallax and specular maps, or is Max doing that for you?
The anatomy of that sea monster-thingy looks gorgeous, and i like that city render too.
It kinda reminds me of Halo:ODST or killzone (which happens to be my two main model topics, lol)

 

[Mr. Bob]

Oh shit! O_O
Those are really nice!
i love all those glossy things, are you using parallax and specular maps, or is Max doing that for you?
The anatomy of that sea monster-thingy looks gorgeous, and i like that city render too.
It kinda reminds me of Halo:ODST or killzone (which happens to be my two main model topics, lol)

I almost never use specular maps. XD Because, I always make objects where the model has the same specularity all around. So, I just turn the overall specularity up.

Do you make models? : )

 

[Fingolfin]

Uhrm.. forget easy, do you?
A few months ago you asked if i wanted to make a model pack with you, lol. So i guess i make models.

I don't use speculars too often either, but also i'm not very used to make models that are rendered entirely within the modeling program.

 

[Mr. Bob]

Uhrm.. forget easy, do you?
A few months ago you asked if i wanted to make a model pack with you, lol. So i guess i make models.

I don't use speculars too often either, but also i'm not very used to make models that are rendered entirely within the modeling program.

haha that is you. I suck at remembering names... Sorry about that. Ya I totally remember you. Just not the name. XD I feel stupid now.

 

[Fingolfin]

Hehe, no problem.