Modeling Contest #11 - Chimeras

[TDR]

say what?

 

[Pyritie]

Never mind, I found your post in SuPa-'s gallery. (here)

EDIT: Kay, done with the mesh.

 

[Lord_T]

Eew, py. Why so many segs for the Body?

Also, I think those flat surfaces at the front of his front legs may look funky.

Looks cool, though.

 

[Pyritie]

I get carried away D:

EDIT: Okay, just need to unwrap the back legs now. I'll probably enlarge the body a bit.

 

[Kofi_Banan]

wippo

Here is WIP of my anime-cat girl!
Still needs some work and weapons!

 

[Pyritie]

FINALLY finished with this bloody unwrap.

 

[TDR]

What do you mean finally, it should take no no longer than 30min.

...which reminds me, I should upload the unrwapping of the chimera video.

 

[Pyritie]

The feet and back leg were a pain D:

This is also the first time I've done an unwrap for a model like this in like... ever.

 

[mario_64]

What do you mean finally, it should take no no longer than 30min.

...which reminds me, I should upload the unrwapping of the chimera video.

can you upload it in full speed? same with the animation video or could u just uploaded them to download?

 

[jigrael]

What do you mean finally, it should take no no longer than 30min.

...which reminds me, I should upload the unrwapping of the chimera video.

really? it takes hours for me for some unknown reason

 

[SuPa-]

It barely takes any time for me as well. Unwrapping in 3ds Max (I do pelt mapping) is quite easy

 

[Pyritie]

It barely takes any time for me as well. Unwrapping in 3ds Max (I do pelt mapping) is quite easy

Pelt mapping confuses me D:

 

[TDR]

What the hell is so confusing about pelt mapping? You just have to hit a damn button! Don't try to adjust any of those mumbo jumbo settings, they're so useless that in max 2009 or 2008 they removed them completely so it's just 1 button, like it should be.

 

[HappyTauren]

Yeah, unwrapping takes me longer than the whole mesh... I suck at it though Oh, and TDR, I think you should post in tutorials section once the whole series is done, it'd be kickass, and worth a sticky.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Yea, you don't see enough "from the ground up" scratch model tutorials. Found one on Oinkerwinkles site, but other than that...

 

[Pyritie]

What the hell is so confusing about pelt mapping? You just have to hit a damn button! Don't try to adjust any of those mumbo jumbo settings, they're so useless that in max 2009 or 2008 they removed them completely so it's just 1 button, like it should be.

I must be doinitwrong again, as usual.

 

[SuPa-]

Yeah, unwrapping takes me longer than the whole mesh... I suck at it though Oh, and TDR, I think you should post in tutorials section once the whole series is done, it'd be kickass, and worth a sticky.

It takes you longer than the WHOLE MESH?!?! Holy crap! >.<

 

[TDR]

Well if you're using max 5, maybe. But with max 9 and newer unwrapping is easier than farting.

 

[HappyTauren]

TDR, whenever I relax or do pelt mapping, it completely screws shit, and no, I didn't touch any mumbo jumbo options :/ Any way to fix it or something?

 

[Pyritie]

Well if you're using max 5, maybe. But with max 9 and newer unwrapping is easier than farting.

I have 8, should I get 9?

 

[Devine]

I have 8, should I get 9?

Ofcourse
now tell me ... where will you get another 3500 dollars? xP
just kidding.
I'm out ... at least with this model i think. I don't see a lot of entries so far ...
comon doods!

 

[TDR]

I have 8, should I get 9?

If you have 8 then get 2009.

Anyway, in conclusion, I'll let it render the unwrapping video tonight and tomorrow I'll upload it.

 

[Dionesiist]

What about the model itself? :O

 

[Pyritie]

WIP of the texture.

 

[Dionesiist]

It'll look like a blue blob in-game.

 

[Pyritie]

Yeah, I haven't added highlights and other crap yet. It has fur too so that'll make it less blobby.



EDIT: Okay, I got two videos.. I signed up to join the film community on dA so I can hopefully submit it in better quality there.

Thanks TDR and SuPa- for that turnaround script <334

 

[SuPa-]

Pyritie, lrn2GIF, youtube sucks

 

[Dionesiist]

The feet are pretty square-ish.

 

[Pyritie]

I signed up to join the film community on dA so I can hopefully submit it in better quality there.

readplz

The feet are pretty square-ish.

Front or back ones?

 

[TDR]

readplz

The hell with that man, why not vimeo?...or really, GIF.

 

[Pyritie]

There was no "export to gif" option D:

 

[TDR]

lol, n00b...Animation->Make Preview (no one cares about pretty ambient occlusion; but if you do, use the rendered video) and convert the resulting video to gif with whatever program (ex. Photoshop CS3).

 

[Pyritie]

lol I'm such a n00b

Thanks

 

[Kofi_Banan]

Almost finished ;0 some fixes, anims and im done.

 

[TDR]

Kofi_Banan you're cool and all, but for making this model I really hate you.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

I think Kofi just won the contest.

 

[Devine]

I think Kofi just won the contest.

... 2ND
All the god damnd anime noobs will vote for him D:
and all the horny noobs that hope she has a strip animation T_T
and ... I don't think there will be many models entering

 

[Xatoga]

Is the end date still Dec 1st? Or was there an extension? My deepcrow has been sitting around essentially finished, and I'm just wondering whether I should post the final entry for it soon, or if I have time to try out some other concepts.

 

[D a w n]

the deadline would be Dec 1st, but if there will be an extention then it will last like 2 weeks or maybe even less.

So I think you should post your entry now but if you finish your other concept in time then you could always change your final entry into that one.

 

[Pyritie]

I think I'll extend it for 3 weeks especially because it's getting near exam time.

 

[Dionesiist]

Oh hell yeah. Maybe I could make something in the final week when I'm done with term tests.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

... 2ND
All the god damnd anime noobs will vote for him D:
and all the horny noobs that hope she has a strip animation T_T
and ... I don't think there will be many models entering

I was actually meaning that his entry was awesome, but if you want to be an anime-hater, that's up to you.

 

[Dionesiist]

RDZ likes anime? Oh crap, what has the world come to?

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

I don't care either way, I just think Kofi has captured the essence of the contest in a witty and original way.

Besides, the only awesome anime is Sonic the Movie, and that's awesome because it's awesome, not because it's anime.

 

[SuPa-]

Pyritie, your model's shape is very... uninteresting, generic, and tubiform. That's not the concept's fault. I'll not talk about the texture yet, considering yours is an early WIP
As for you, Kofi, if you don't improve that texture a lot, it's going to get shredded in judging. Right now... it looks like poopoo

 

[Kofi_Banan]

Thx RDZ.

Supa i wont touch the texture so you can shredd it wright now

About the anime... Some time ago i thought its shit but i changed my mind after viewing few like Death Note and Code Geass.

Stop this anime-phobia xd

 

[Devine]

Kofi ... i think the texture should be sharper ...
it looks blurry. also the shadings are a bit ... unrealistic.

 

[skrab]

damn i forgot about this competition >.<
i'll try to finish the anims tomorrow

 

[TDR]

Chimera - Unwrapping on Vimeo

 

[HappyTauren]

Chimera - Unwrapping on Vimeo

FUCK I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. (Aka got stuck at pelt mapping xD) Gotta watch now