Modeling Competition #3 - Citadel

[Deleted member 126647]

OMG GIEV CREDITSs

 

[Katu]

Looooool

 

[Katu]

Ooooh I have to work super fast on my model to submit it in time. I don't even know if the Dex exporter script exports UV mapping. If not.... I'll kill myself.

 

[TheSecretArts]

we all know how my model is simply amazing and all .... but i wasnt paying attentiion at all to polys and i thought now that im done modeling, lets count the polys............... im so sad, i got 15000+ polys in my model... 12000 in the keep and castle alone... 6k in keep, 5.5k in castle... ummm.... what should i do?

 

[Mechanical Man]

First, reducing tower's sides (you probably used cylinders to make them)

 

[Pyritie]

You also have all of those stairs.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

WIP shot time.

 

[THE_END]

Holy poop Rao!
Now what is it!

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

A citadel?

 

[THE_END]

Oh..thought it was a certain races's citadel..
My bad

 

[SuPa-]

It's an RDZ industries citadel

 

[seruk]

That with some butter...

Only thing that bothers me would be the pipey things, they're all... sparkley. But I suppose it's just the lightning.

 

[Chaos Overlord]

W00T RDZ Industries citadel! Haven't seen a new RDZ model in a long time, and you have no choice but to release it yay so happy!

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

There is always a choice.

I'm waiting for some hawk-eyed judge or punter to have me disqualified anyway.

 

[Xatoga]

SecretArts, dont make individual blocks on all the parapets and whatnot, the texture can do that. Or use a few less. Also, post a wireframe, you probably have a ton on perfectly flat sides.

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Disqualified for what?

 

[Kiun]

all contestants please say aye...i want a head count....

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

Disqualified for what?

You ain't hawk-eyed enough.

 

[Kimbo]

For old texture?

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

Bingo.

 

[Pyritie]

I was gonna say that the texture looks a little bit familiar...

Does it count as new if he redoes it? The bricks look a little bit... lacking of variation...

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

The bricks are lacking variation because:

a) They're all the same concrete breeze blocks.
b) RDZ Industries keep their shit clean.
c) The same texture segment is used all over the entire model.

I could whip up a new one in ten minutes, but it really wouldn't be worth it.

 

[Katu]

Minor texture update.

EDIT: Uses blizzard roof and door texture. All the rest was hand drawed by me using MSPaint.

 

[Mechanical Man]

Looks nice, although, if I remember there are wall textures similar to yours also somewhere in mpq

 

[Katu]

I will change it then. I want to be unique.

(this time with Photoshop, I'm not mazochist)

 

[Mechanical Man]

They are not the same, I just though you could use ingame textures only.

 

[Pyritie]

The unwrap on the roof is horrible. FAAAAAAAAR too stretched.

But the actual model is looking as good as ever ^_^

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

Almost finished and in-game screeny (only RDZ Industries map I had to hand, so buggery off, it's supposed to be dark and moody).

Some slight trouble with the decay smoke emitter, so might ditch it altogether.

<Pics moved to submission post>

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Great citadel Rao, I like how you can see it all building up from the simple bunker, nice development. Fits well with your other models too.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

Here's a tip -- when using the 'modulate' filtermode on particles, make sure they're set to be 'unlit'. Bastards were pretty much solid black/purple otherwise.

Anyway, that's me done for good.

 

[Pyritie]

So that's how modulate works! Whenever I tried it, it just got me these black squarey things.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

Modulate is a multiplication, I believe. Since colours are in the range 0 to 1, it takes most things closer to black. I think. It behaves oddly in some cases, and it doesn't tolerate alpha very well (same as 'transparent' and 'none').

... And here's some 'new skins', just so I can actually enter if I want to.

 

[TheSecretArts]

Do i have to lower polycounts to enter mine, i really dunno how im gonna cut out 12k polys since i just did a mesh merge... my model was designed to appeal to people making a War 2 Mod and not really B.net anyway... looking good RDZ...

 

[Mechanical Man]

Rao Dao Zao, it would be cool if the 'glass' would be team color

 

[Deleted member 126647]

There is no limit on polycount.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

Rao Dao Zao, it would be cool if the 'glass' would be team color

Like fuck are you getting any team colour outta me, Mechanicafoo'!

Weighs in at 456 triangles, if anyone cares.

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Nope, we don't.

: )

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Mine is 1000 faces or so. Everything is done except particle emmiters.

But I can't export correctly. The Dex exporter script I just got from Helper.net doesn't export anims and bones... and Wc3c is down so I don't know where I can find another version of Dex exporter.

Help? Maybe there's another exporter script for GMAX?

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Haha, that does look pretty cool WILL. It's animated?

You should add a special effect like starfall, but with your missile falling and exploding so it can be used like an ability. That would get muchos kudos from me.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Haha, that does look pretty cool WILL. It's animated?

You should add a special effect like starfall, but with your missile falling and exploding so it can be used like an ability. That would get muchos kudos from me.

Of course, the birth anim is painfully simple, but the death anim looks cool, thanks to your idea.

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Big missle anim =)?

 

[Katu]

When I dled Dex's Exporter script it supposed to be the latest version. So I hope this helps Will:

 

[Pyritie]

When trying to export, do you have everything selected? Also, sometimes having the animation scrolly thingy at the far left works. Dunno why.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Still no anims.

Or bones. I open it in Magos and find one "default_bone01", and no anims. This sucks.

I'll try something else...

 

[Massive_attack]

Just make stand, build, death and work anims and your done

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

... I can't be bothered animating in MDX format. Its a pain for me.

This hasn't happened to me before, usually when I export it all works fine...

 

[TheSecretArts]

did u use the skin modifier?

 

[Pyritie]

Is it gmax or 3dsmax? If it's gmax do you mind if I give it a try?

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Three days....no entries..

 

[TheSecretArts]

Mine should be done by monday...