Modeling Contest #13 - Buildings

[D a w n]

I really wish people would stop geo-merging...

if you don´t have the tools for it then it is the best way to make anything at all.

And now stop downrating geo-merging D:

And as a side note: As this is a WCIII site and we make ressources, it does not matter the way you do anything because people just care about the result. And this has a lot to do with the idea itself......

 

[Devine]

if you don´t have the tools for it then it is the best way to make anything at all.

And now stop downrating geo-merging -.-

And as a side note: As this is a WCIII site and we make ressources, it does not matter the way you do anything because people just care about the result. And this has a lot to do with the idea itself......

You don't geomerge ...
I respect the way you make models.
Some geomerges are just idiotic like changing a sword to another one ...
but you make complete new models out of those geosets and give em completely diffirent blizz-animation.

 

[D a w n]

You don't geomerge ...
I respect the way you make models.
Some geomerges are just idiotic like changing a sword to another one ...
but you make complete new models out of those geosets and give em completely diffirent blizz-animation.

But it´s still the same way :>

Oh and it just sounds a bit generic =P

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

my defiler mesh is made with geomerging. that took forever to do.

 

[Elenai]

yes. Cheep modeling in my opinion. A good modeler would make his own meshes.

I resent every bit of that statement.

 

[Linaze]

Skilled geomergers are awesome, such as General Frank. Are you suggesting his models aren't good enough or what? They are far more awesome than many scratch made models.

 

[Pyritie]

...seriously? Can we ever have one arena contest without drama?

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

dramas are fun. its a relief point for emotional buildup from real life

anyway, heres my bloody building

a demon summoning portal that resembles a fish.



you could say "WTF is this?"
well its a building and thats that.

you say "this aint no bouilding"?
well say that to my RSIed fingers.

View attachment Demon fish.rar

might make it useable as a unit. i dont know.

dont complain its facing straight forward. i like it like that.

edit: will fix colour tommorow when i get back from school

 

[Rising_Dusk]

...seriously? Can we ever have one arena contest without drama?

You need to stop forgetting which website you're talking about.

 

[Devine]

...seriously? Can we ever have one arena contest without drama?

You're the one making a drama out of it T_T

 

[Burning_Dragoon5]

dramas are fun. its a relief point for emotional buildup from real life

anyway, heres my bloody building

a demon summoning portal that resembles a fish.

View attachment 51010

you could say "WTF is this?"
well its a building and thats that.

you say "this aint no bouilding"?
well say that to my RSIed fingers.

View attachment 51009

might make it useable as a unit. i dont know.

dont complain its facing straight forward. i like it like that.

edit: will fix colour tommorow when i get back from school

Really nice !

 

[Mr. Bob]

Pyramidhe@d, omg... wow... Now I have to go revise my building...

The textures are awesome! Crap that was fast too! D:

/me gets to work quickly...

@ everyone else. Lol No drama war intended. And no, I will never stop degrading using other peoples meshes for your own purpose and calling it your own model. But, my opinion makes no difference. So, geomerge away!

 

[Burning_Dragoon5]

Update

The basic mesh is done IMO. I just have to build the "building meshes" and the whole mesh will be Ok.

Some pieces of information:

The purple plans are going to be guardrails
The pink thingy on the right is some sort of underground storage access for the tanks.
The light blue "box" will be the main doors (of the main building)
the green cylinder is a settling tank.


I'll add some details like campfire near flammable tanks. If i've enough room to do so.

 

[Mr. Bob]

DONE! Anyway, if this one goes well, I will use it. If people don't seem to like it, I will make another.

DESCRIPTION: This is a multipurpose building. It's original intended use is as a fort, but it can be used as a town hall, a barracks, a archery, smith, etc. The wide space you see in one corner is littered with boxes and barrels.

FEATURES:

1. Full animation set, plus a spell animation that can be used for something to do with a bell.

2. Small details. Things like arrows in the targets, windows, a catapult on the top of the tower, and an actual bell inside of the other tower.

3. SPRITES! Yes, sprites. Now, when the building is almost dead, the windows and such go up in flames.

4. Realistic look. I know some people like "wc3ish looks" but I am a fan of realistic effect.

5. 3 peace birth animation.

6. Birth meshes! And decay meshes!

7. Walls! lol

8. 3 different buildings.

9. Camera and attachment points are accounted for.

DETAILS:

Polys: 1636 (Not much for a building)

Geosets: 131 (Makes no real difference lol)

Animation Time: 79 seconds.

Filesize: 190kb (Again, not much for a building)

SO! If you like this one, tell me so I won't have to make another. lol

PS: Can I upload it in the model section before the compo is over, and still use it for the compo? D:

 

[Just_Spectating]

thats pretty nice

 

[CombatTheWombat]

Still can't figure how to animate this. Oh well. Anyways, who changed everyones pics to sickle n hammer and everyones sigs to Glory to Mother Russia?

 

[anarchianbedlam]

I would like to join, I only hope that I can stop being so damn Lazy . And I have a kickass Idea for a building.

HOWEVER: I have a quick technical question for this.
It says that you can not use previous work. My idea was to make a machine shop building (for its Stand Work) a tank (like a factory). Could I use a tank that I made recently (not uploaded) assuming that the building is completely new and original? (since the tank is not the main part of the building)

 

[CombatTheWombat]

That sounds legit, I think it would probably be allowed. But the contest host will have to confirm that.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Ok, I love the Chem factory. Also, Mr. Bob, you've done a great job making the most generic Human structure ever (and I mean that as a compliment). I can't wait to see the fruition of this thing (despite the lack of Altars :'(...)

 

[s4nji]

Thiz iz it PyramidHead, Be careful, It even crashes my computer

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

Pyramidhe@d puts his anti-crash protective gear on and slowly unzips the zip file. he lifts the cover and....

what the? silly S4nji
no wonder it crashes. the animation name is "unnamed". the WE only allows a model only if it has an animation called "Stand"
what the hell is "open by text behind it"?

wait a sec. i added stand but it is still fucked up. it is like super buggy. did you put animations on it?

and mr Bob. i gotta say the details on that thing is a killer. with the little flags and the crates and etc.
it will be better if it had an attack animation with its catapult but meh. it is awesome as it is

edit: my com crashed after exiting WE. you better not have gave me a virus or something (-_-*)

 

[s4nji]

edit: my com crashed after exiting WE. you better not have gave me a virus or something (-_-*)

Hahahahahahahahahahah... even I dunno why...

I haven't added anim on it, maybe it will be nothing If i added Anims?
If no, then I want to ... nevermind, I will tell when it's not successful...

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

you didnt animate it then why is it f'ing up. just get a basic building and transfer all the mes on it with vertex modifier.

 

[s4nji]

Wtf, then the anim?!
Transfer?
But what I still dunno :
Why it's fu**ed on WC Engine?
Is it because I make 'em using Milkshape?

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

i use milkshape. i got no idea why it is fucking up. maybe vetexees not properly rigged?

 

[Mr. Bob]

So, do you guys think I should use it for the comp? Or should I make a new one?

COMMENTS? D:

 

[Mechanical Man]

Ok, so Mr.Bob doesn't get angry:
Nice use of ingame textures, good detail, it has really a medieval look. I like those ropes However some things bug me:
-the building is too small (that matters, because of rally point flag), it seems too low, some scaling along Z axis could be nice
-stand work is barely noticeable
-death animation has no sound, splat events, also the building seems to be destroyed a bit late
-colision box would remove that selection issue, which happens in area with less geometry
-if you already created a crane, wouldn't be logical if it would move a little? xd also some more build meshes would be nice


Ok, enough of this, maybe I will join too. Here's the early render. I know it's crappy, but it will probably look much different with a texture applied. Also need to add some doors and windows, maybe also other tiny stuff.

 

[Callahan]

Actualy this is nice Mr. Mechanical Man.

 

[Elenai]

I think...I might make something different than what I had previously thought I would make.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Mr. Bob, you're model looks quite well-done; why not enter it in the competition?

However, I'd be interested to see another model; would be easier to compare (as opposed to "is this better than something I could make?" )

 

[Mr. Bob]

THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN! I shall now begin making a new model for the compo. Not because I don't wanna fix the other, but because I got another sweet idea.

Anyway, the other one is still in the model section to be downloaded there.

The new model will be done shortly.

 

[skrab]

Ok, enough of this, maybe I will join too. Here's the early render. I know it's crappy, but it will probably look much different with a texture applied. Also need to add some doors and windows, maybe also other tiny stuff.

looks really awesome MM
Will it have upgrades?

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

urghh. i just came back from school after a test then got on my com to fix that shitty skin of mine but now i realise the mesh shade is fucked up and fixin the texture wont fix it. i am gonna try make a new one. YES HOLIDAYS!!!!. more detailed and maybe less poly this time. proly more tho

 

[Pyritie]

I would like to join, I only hope that I can stop being so damn Lazy . And I have a kickass Idea for a building.

HOWEVER: I have a quick technical question for this.
It says that you can not use previous work. My idea was to make a machine shop building (for its Stand Work) a tank (like a factory). Could I use a tank that I made recently (not uploaded) assuming that the building is completely new and original? (since the tank is not the main part of the building)

Mm, depends. Which tank are we talking about?

 

[anarchianbedlam]

A tank that I am working on but have not submitted yet. If i cant use that, could i use a blizzard model instead? (like the gyrocopter or steamtank?

 

[Pyritie]

Send me a PM with a picture of this model.

 

[CombatTheWombat]

Well, I finally got my hands on 3ds max 5 but now I am trying to find some good tutorials because it is a lot more complicated than milkshape so I don't really know how to do anything yet and I don't know if I will be able to do anything for this contest or not.

 

[anarchianbedlam]

Send me a PM with a picture of this model.

ILL DO BETTER THAN THAT! i will give you pictures, descriptions and VIDEO! :O

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/attachments/f276/50103d1237350833-mjolnir-morphing-tank-melting.png

 

[Mr. Bob]

Tis finished. This is now the model I will be using for the compo.

DESCRIPTION:

This is a rather large temple, with 5 separate parts.

Part1: The base structure. (1st floor)

Part2: Top floor.

Part3: Tower.

Part4: Deck.

Part5. Back courtyard.

FEATURES:

1. Full animation set, with different moving parts.

2. Decay, and construction meshes.

3. Sounds! YAY!

4. All of the particles blah blah blah...

5. SPRITES! So, different parts of the building burn down before death.

6. Interior! Boxes and floors can be seen through the windows and doors.

7. Small details such as ladders, ropes, chains etc.

8. Real design plans for standard Chinese roof tops.

9. All ingame textures! So no extra filesize used up!

10. All animations, and meshes are custom.

ENJOY!

(This will also be in the model section.)

 

[Just_Spectating]

according to the ground texture, that is reallly small and the textures on it would stretch if someone resized it to a normal building size.

EDIT: nevermind it looks fine.

The animations arent too fancy.

stand - no animation happening.
Stand work - All that i see is the fire burning
Birth - Its Rising!
death - Its sinking!
decay - rubble

 

[Kyrbi0]

Wow, that looks neat. I like the Chinese-theme you got goin'. Although I chafe at the low-blow to geomerging. :<

 

[Mr. Bob]

according to the ground texture, that is reallly small and the textures on it would stretch if someone resized it to a normal building size.

EDIT: nevermind it looks fine.

The animations arent too fancy.

stand - no animation happening.
Stand work - All that i see is the fire burning
Birth - Its Rising!
death - Its sinking!
decay - rubble

Correction:

stand - it's stand.....remember this is not a merry-go-round.....
stand work - of course. It's not like the whole building will morph into a giant beast etc...
birth - hense the word birth. Anyway, that is realistic. Building from the ground up.
death - well yeah. Look up demolition videos.
deacy - will it is a dead building...

 

[Pyritie]

birth - hense the word birth. Anyway, that is realistic. Building from the ground up.

No construction/scaffolding/etc?

 

[Just_Spectating]

Thats what i thought.

If it was actually constructed, rather than raising like bread, it would be alot cooler.

The death is fine actually, but for the Stand Work, i would like to see more than just a flame. maybe a worker walkin around it and up the ladder etc. like the goblin in that one neutral shop

 

[Mechanical Man]

Animated worker would be very hard to do, basically you need to animate the whole humanoid which would also increase the size of the model.

 

[D a w n]

[...]

9. All ingame textures! So no extra filesize used up!

10. NO GEOMERGES. All animations, and meshes are completely and utterly custom. I do not take other people's (Blizzard's) work, slap pieces together and call it "my model".

[...]

do you se the mistake?? (hint:it is underlined)

 

[skrab]

Animated worker would be very hard to do, basically you need to animate the whole humanoid which would also increase the size of the model.

Its not hard at all, the only problem is the size and the polycount.

 

[Lord_T]

Can I do a morphing building?

 

[Pyritie]

Can I do a morphing building?

As long as you have all of the required animations, sure.

 

[Kyrbi0]

It's the Murloc equivalent of a Supply Depot. o wait, starcraft. Um. It's the food providing structure for the Murloc race i.e. the Murguls are caged up like ... livestock to be eaten etc. Alternatively, you can upgrade them to Enslaved Lumberers or Miners, who provide a steady income of wood/gold

So basically, it's not meant for repairing or building, it's just a static structure. With a nifty animated fellow inside :3

Hmm... Well, = supply depots makes sense. But how could they 'provide a steady income of wood/gold' from inside that cage??