Modeling Contest #15 - Colossus

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Coming with your own concept isn't really my complaint here, though. I'd just like it if people didn't use such a cheap technique to make the model.

 

[Mulgrim]

i know it's a cheap trick, and it really doesn't improve your modelling skills, but i'm trying to get a replica of it :]

 

[Pyritie]

Doesn't that kinda defeat the purpose of making your own models for the purpose of learning and getting better at it anyway?

 

[Mulgrim]

i don't know... i'm not trying to improve my modelling skills here, just trying this tracing trick that i hadn't used before on units, i just thought it'd fit the 'colossal" feeliing of it, hmm maybe i'll consider dropping out of the competition though, that way i can replicate it

 

[Kuhneghetz]

Furglewurg has a head and two weapons now.

 

[The World Is Flat]

Nice, but he scould arch his back a little more, but thats my oppinion...

 

[anarchianbedlam]

ROFL MUSHROOM CAP. awesome work as always DvO, but i agree with t.w.i.f. make him slump a bit more, his neck is chicken-bobbing and looks awkwardly long.

 

[Kuhneghetz]

His neck is not chicken-bobbing anymore.

 

[anarchianbedlam]

good job on the neck, much better... except (this may sound odd) but he looks to "normal", if you really want him to look muscular and intimidating, you need to give him more pronounced trapezius muscles (the back of the neck), his neck is too skinny. it looks like a regular guy head on a muscular guy body.

here are some ref pics

ref pics

like, look at the incredible hulk, the dude is built like a linebacker. If you want that menacing (strong guy) look, he needs all of his upper-body muscles to be pronounced, not just the arms, if only his arms are buff, then he musta been 'batin for like... months

 

[Mr. Bob]

Heck. Screw my last 2 models. I am going to win this contest.


IT'S TIME FOR SOME SERIOUS SCOTTISH BUSINESS.

Yeah. That's right. I am gonna make another FREAKING epic model. Get ready.

 

[Forgotten_Warlord]

Heck. Screw my last 2 models. I am going to win this contest.


IT'S TIME FOR SOME SERIOUS SCOTTISH BUSINESS.

Yeah. That's right. I am gonna make another FREAKING epic model. Get ready.

what ya going to make?

 

[ike_ike]

So dudes. UV mapping. I've got loads of separate objects. Should I attach them to each other then UV map the whole thing? Or map each thing separately and attach at the end/

Also, the fingers are cloned off each other. Should I UV map first and duplicate them, then attach to the model, or what?

Other than that, progress is looking ... banana.

 

[Mulgrim]

Heck. Screw my last 2 models. I am going to win this contest.


IT'S TIME FOR SOME SERIOUS SCOTTISH BUSINESS.

Yeah. That's right. I am gonna make another FREAKING epic model. Get ready.

but i thought contests were for fun D:

 

[anarchianbedlam]

mmm... banana.. i like how you have banana and fingers there...very nice. Anywho. yes UV map one and clone it and flip it. it will save you SO much time and so much energy...

PS HOLYFUCKSHITPISS MR.BOB IS BREAKING OUT THE KILT NOW! hes going to lay down some haggis and bag on those pipes until we beg for mercy...

as for my colossus....>.> i havent worked on it since the first day of the contest D: i still only have 1 arm !! GOD im a lazy-fuck hope i finish in time

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

UV map separately. i find it much easier to do things separately

but i thought contests were for fun D:

you naiive little man. contest are about who could make the most nose bleed inducing model, its about blood and sweat, its a freaken gladiatorial arena!!!

 

[D a w n]

UV map separately. i find it much easier to do things separately

2nded

 

[Pyritie]

I LIKE PELT MAPPINGl

 

[N.O]

Can I show what I got done so far? I have been working on modifying a infernal so much that it could be called near scratch modeling.
(OffTopic: Wow.. so many pages already )
It's not much yet, still has other parts to be put together so don't expect it to be epic just yet... I basically only added the particles, it looks better in game then the screen shot.

 

[Slaydon]

Still having troubles with making it in game, it wont load the texture in .blp format, neither if its jgp it will fill it, is it some kind of size that matters or?

 

[Mulgrim]

yeah it has to be resized or it's not a blp

 

[Slaydon]

is 192x192 small enough?

 

[ike_ike]

maybe try a 256x256 texture?

might be a problem with that. either that, or corrupted alpha channels.

 

[Slaydon]

Tyvm Ike_ike, it worked

 

[Pyritie]

Yeah blp dimensions need to be powers of 2

 

[Slaydon]

Okay then, how do you model in Milkshape? or how to do it in other progams?

 

[HappyCockroach]

Okay then, how do you model in Milkshape? or how to do it in other progams?

FFS try tutorials/chat and stop asking things like that here.

 

[Slaydon]

ok, ok, ill search , but i have to know, isnt there any program's just for animating?

 

[Pyritie]

There probably are but nobody's made any WC3 exporters for them.

 

[HappyCockroach]

Slaydon, try Warforger, if you want to make scratch animations, or Oinkerwinkle's Animation Transfer, if you want to add a blizzard one.
Warforger is reaally simple, it's not that easy to animate something with it. This is a the thread about Warforger, in which you can find some help.

You can also try Warshape. Warshape is quite nicer than the ones above, but it just works with non-canonized meshes. (Blizzard-like ones won't work)

But please, don't ask in this thread how to use them.

 

[Slaydon]

Thanks alot man, and i wont bother this thread with questions anymore >

 

[HappyCockroach]

I guess I'll have to make a custom texture to the skirt. It never looks ok. I did MANY wraps and not any result I liked.

COMPLETE AND UTTER FAIL

 

[Slaydon]

the last one looks best IMO

 

[X.e.r.e.X]

Third and fifth look good to me at least.

 

[Revolve]

3rd one IMO

 

[Pyritie]

I like third, fifth, sixth

 

[Kuhneghetz]

Third one looks best.

Another suggested texture for the skirt woud be possibly the rifleman cape blending on a solid color texture.

 

[Mulgrim]

4 or 5

 

[HailFireer]

5!!!

 

[RED BARON]

Number 4 for sure, as I really like how the scales creates a contrast to the red and white scarf (although I find the unwrap on that scarf slightly blurred). It also have some sort of armor feeling to it, making it more soldier/warrior like.

My second choice would be number 3 as its the one with the most Egyptian feel to it. It is also shiny, which I believe creates a gold like layer on the statue, which again would be a likely appearance.

The rest seems too blurred for my liking, although that blur fits the blur on the scarf well.

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

4th. reminds me of some kinda woven armour

 

[Forgotten_Warlord]

Last one for sure

 

[HappyCockroach]

I forgot to tell you guys where did the textures come from...

6 comes from the Crypt Lord
5 comes from the Lich
4 from the Infernal Contraption
3 from the Altar of Elders
2 comes from Goblin Shipyard
1 comes from Orc Juggernaut

I guess I'll use third then...not before I try DVO's suggestion
thanks guys

 

[Mr. Bob]

I guess I'll have to make a custom texture to the skirt. It never looks ok. I did MANY wraps and not any result I liked.

COMPLETE AND UTTER FAIL

sixth ftw. The third is kinda stretched...

 

[RED BARON]

sixth ftw. The third is kinda stretched...

Not that it is very visible though... and the sixths color theme ain't that good compared to 3-4. Or so I would say.

 

[Forgotten_Warlord]

Not that it is very visible though... and the sixths color theme ain't that good compared to 3-4. Or so I would say.

But the last one fits the theme the best Egyption

 

[ike_ike]

Misjudged a few bits, but methinks the wrap is clean enough. Actually, it's shit and way too cluttered. HT, I'm never gonna laugh at your wraps again. Seriously, it's like 100 disjointed planes.

EDIT: Disco stick. if i get lazy, it's just gonna be black with glowing eyes and particles.

 

[RED BARON]

But the last one fits the theme the best Egyption

Egyptian.. And trust me an Egyptian God statue would be more likely to have number 3's appearance or number 4.

Looks interesting ike ike - going for that coloring as well

 

[Pyritie]

Main problem I have with #3 after I thought about it is that it's really bright. If the rest of your model is that dark blueish color, the bright yellow skirt is going to stand out a lot.

 

[HappyTauren]

HT, I'm never gonna laugh at your wraps again. Seriously, it's like 100 disjointed planes.

Hahahahaha xD

 

[Kuhneghetz]

Main problem I have with #3 after I thought about it is that it's really bright. If the rest of your model is that dark blueish color, the bright yellow skirt is going to stand out a lot.

It's possible to tint it darker via Geoset Animations.