Modeling Competition #7 - Siege Weapons

[levigeorge1617]

If that guys only goal in life was to break walls, then he might qualify...
Any way, I got a couple more WIPs even though I only need 1 of, I like showing my work take shape...

 

[donut3.5]

LOL RDZ, that is ftw.
And Dio, no it doesn't have to be fully mechanical, like the mortar team would be a siege weapon. Depending on how you animate it, it can be a siege weapon.
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[Sephiroth_VII]

I'm intrested to see what TDR comes up with. I would have entered, but I'm already working on a model atm.

 

[Massive_attack]

Lol Dio's looks straight out of Doom 3 or Quake 4 XD

 

[wugiboy]

Eh, you are little late

Does volley guns count as siege weapons?

oh yeah I forgot to add..

its kinda based on that concept/look, but it'll use rockets and is for building

 

[SuPa-]

Dio, I forbid you to use that model for this competition xD It looks too much like my abomination chemical sprayer

Anyway, I'll just say what I'm doing. It's nothing special, though. I'm making a Dawn of War pack for this competition, I guess, with various siege units like the Dreadnought, Defiler, Basilisk, Krootox (I'm going to have something besides the basic turret on it, maybe a plasma gun), etc.

I wanted to make it a surprise because I wanted me first WIP to have a defiler rip up a peasant

Would I be allowed to make a pack?

 

[INF3RNO]

i might enter would a kodo edit with wheels as his back legs and a cannon ontop and other stuff count as a siege wep?

 

[XS-Archangel]

can anyone tried to do a creatue from Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace?
You know... which has a cannon on it's back. Those creatures are on ide of Jar Jar Binks

 

[wugiboy]

yeh I've dropped that rocket launch thingy

so I kinda decided on doing some sort of siege set

with these on the list

2 types of Siege Towers - 1 orcish/savage looking and 1 more human looking..

you'll see..

and a variant of a catapult thats more fitting for Humans..

now I've done a Siege Tower before, but I lost it already, and this one I'm making is for the contest..

edit: now siege towers don't really deal damage to the buildings, does it still count?

 

[TDR]

well the theme is siege WEAPON...so I don't know if the tower really fits in.

 

[SuPa-]

Eeek, I never noticed the "weapon" part

Well, scratch my idea... I guess I'll just make a plasma cannon... thing

 

[donut3.5]

Inf3rno, a cannon mounted on a kodo would work.
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[Xatoga]

Eeek, I never noticed the "weapon" part

Well, scratch my idea... I guess I'll just make a plasma cannon... thing

A bunch of tanks and whatever still work, it's just that the siege tower doesn't directly destroy anything.

 

[SuPa-]

I wasn't the one who made the siege tower

 

[Xatoga]

I know. That's why I said yours was fine. GAARRRRR! READ!

 

[Mechanical Man]

Hellbore is one of my candidates

http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t42/JohnXenir/?action=view&current=hellbore1.jpg

 

[DustWolf]

MechaMan your model is awesome :O
I can tell that 'coz I play wbc too
I'd say it's an perfect match <3
11/10

 

[Jaakko]

It moves on two wheels? Is there a projectile for that Mechaical Man? It looks like a cool idea.

 

[SuPa-]

Here's a WIP

It's going to be a cybernetic, hovering plasma siege turret... thing

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Here's my work in progress... model is done, made from scratch... Now, I've got some confusions. Does 'Siege Engine' mean it needs to be fully mechanical?

Why make it so low-poly? Add some so it looks smoother... right now it looks awful, compared to your other works.

 

[SuPa-]

I think it looks OK. Once the texture is complete it should look nicer

Another WIP of mine. The model's finished. I'll start texturing tomorrow

Let's crank this baby up, shall we?

 

[Xatoga]

Finally got a good idea. A strider from HL2. Yeah, not very original but having just finished the game, I loved these guys.

 

[INF3RNO]

supa/dio wat programs do u guys use for modeling from scratch just wondering?

 

[Pyritie]

3dsmax, gmax, Vertex Modifier, or Milkshape 3d. You can find more information on them in the sticky in the modeling forum.

 

[Dionesiist]

Actually, I use Vertex Modifier Py. =P

 

[skrab]

here is my catapult...

 

[Mechanical Man]

Looks great, but can you render it? Is very hard to look due to all glitter.

 

[SuPa-]

Looks nice so far, skrab, but I have one suggestion... Maybe add an ice troll or any other icey creature operating it? (maybe add a little platform dug in the back) Because catapults, in reality, don't fire themselves, and there really isn't any manned catapults around. IDK, it may look ugly, but it's a suggestion. If you did, you could take the low-poly goblin from the goblin shredder, or make the critter yourself

And yeah, renders are your friend

 

[Xatoga]

I think I've finished the mesh for the Strider. Now the hard parts come... texturing shouldn't be that bad, but I'm gonna have to experiment to get a nice walking movement for him.

 

[SuPa-]

It looks pretty good, Xatoga. Good luck on the texture

 

[levigeorge1617]

Those models made from scratch are great! What do you guys use to animate them? I can't find anything....

 

[SuPa-]

Teh editz

Now I have completely finished the model. I didn't add in much, but meh

I use milkshape to animate

The two planes shaped like a + at each gun are going to be the little blast that shows when it fires

Xatoga, the beginning of this shows them walking http://youtube.com/watch?v=mrxCOMofhUU&feature=related and the actual fight shows various other movements

Also, examine the tripods in War of the Worlds for some more tripodal walking movements

Here's some weird tripod thing walking

http://youtube.com/watch?v=t9_5KViwonw

 

[TDR]

Those models made from scratch are great! What do you guys use to animate them? I can't find anything....

I use 3ds max for everything. It's the ultimate tool.
Nice stuff so far people. I'm not really into futuristic things, but these work nice.
I'm going to make a concept after I finish my Last Man Standing (http://www.lastmanart.com/) entry tonight and then start modeling.

 

[HappyTauren]

hmm i have just realized my mesh is too lowpoly and it cannot win so i have to restart

 

[Lord_T]

Allright, I'm entering this contest with a GRUNTAPULT!
It's a grunt that carries a launching mechanism over his head, and... yeah.
It's gonna be cool:

 

[TDR]

meh...when I read "GRUNTAPULT" I thought of a catapult that throws grunts. THAT would be cool. Instead you want to put a spoon on top of a grunt...

 

[Lord_T]

>.<... I just started 10 min ago, It's going to be an infantry siege...
I just learned how to work warshape, So it'll be touch-and-go... But I plan for it to look pretty good when I'm done.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Allright, I'm entering this contest with a GRUNTAPULT!
It's a grunt that carries a launching mechanism over his head, and... yeah.
It's gonna be cool:

No, don't do this.

Make a ctapult that throws grunts, or peons, or a sheep-throwing demolisher, but not a grunt with a spoon on his head.

 

[Dionesiist]

Here's another WIP of my model. The mesh and texture are both done, might add some bits later if I feel like it, but right now it just needs animations.

 

[donut3.5]

Haha a sheepapult sounds awesome.
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[seruk]

Haha a sheepapult sounds awesome.
--donut3.5--

I was half-way trough a sheep cannon today then I got bored.

 

[SuPa-]

Allright, I'm entering this contest with a GRUNTAPULT!
It's a grunt that carries a launching mechanism over his head, and... yeah.
It's gonna be cool:

I have an idea similar to that, if you want to keep the same kind've concept. Have a tank that looks somewhat like the siege engine, and have an orc head at the front of it (with its horns pointing forward) with a cannon coming out of its mouth (spell?) and a spoon at the back that launches sheep (normal attack?)

Here's a crappy little concept I made as fast as possible. It's not supposed to be good at all, just to give you an idea of what I'm thinking of

 

[Gilles]

That thing would kick ass. It look like a demonic catapult so you should make it shoot peasants or footmen or something. Maybe slightly altered footman.

 

[Jaakko]

I have an idea similar to that, if you want to keep the same kind've concept. Have a tank that looks somewhat like the siege engine, and have an orc head at the front of it (with its horns pointing forward) with a cannon coming out of its mouth (spell?) and a spoon at the back that launches sheep (normal attack?)

LOL XD LOL .............

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Here's another WIP of my model. The mesh and texture are both done, might add some bits later if I feel like it, but right now it just needs animations.

A bit TOO low poly... add some detail damnit.

 

[TDR]

I don't really like that chicken neck it has.

 

[Deep Sea Kraken]

Im pretty sure Lord means that his grunt will be carrying like a mortar team cannon launcher, not a demonlisher spoon.

 

[Lord_T]

Wtf Said anything about a spoon??

My Gruntmolisher has a demolisher part.
Imagine a battle going wrong and the siege unit dying.
Then imagine a brave grunt Improvising.
That's my unit.
Will start on the UV mapping and touch-ups to the model soon.
(Yes, the artillery piece falls on him on death)

 

[donut3.5]

Haha, that's a very cool concept, however the shoulders are a bit messed.
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[SuPa-]

Fix his arms shoulders/armpits, they're quite funky