Modeling Contest #26 - STEAMPUNK

[Blood Raven]

WiP 5

Mesh is done.
It's ready for animation, which will be a fair pain in the ass, especially for a animation noob like myself. :S

 

[Heinvers]

Sweet. A steam punk Arbalette

 

[Blood Raven]

Oops, seems like i've forgotten to add Teamcolor...
So, with a few edits and welds, here is the unanimated prototype!

WiP6

Let me know if you have any ideas or questions

 

[Kyrbi0]

You guys have been busy this weekend!

Finished entry.

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spent over a week making his death sfx. i normally don't tinker too much with effects.

5M45H1NG!

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Woot! Man that looks cool.

Also, for anyone wondering what the hell i am doing, here are my blueprints

Dude, you totally have "blue"prints. That is so sick. What did you do, draw stuff on regular paper & then 'photo negative' it? That's crazy sick.

Oops, seems like i've forgotten to add Teamcolor...
So, with a few edits and welds, here is the unanimated prototype!

WiP6

Let me know if you have any ideas or questions

Aaaaaand it gets finalized.

I gotta say, this is a pretty neat idea. Gnomes don't get enough love, and I always enjoy a good Siege weapon. A "siege weapon tower" is an interesting thought, like actually encouraging players to Tower-Offensively.

However, while you totally pull of the "steampunk" and have plenty of cool gears and cogs... I'm a little worried about it's overall 'monotony'. It's a whooooole ton of "SteamTank.blp", and it kinda shows. :< Maybe just my two cents. Good work so far, though.

 

[Misha]

lol the blueprint is sure a cool thing

wonder what else people have in mind :3

 

[PROXY]

New concept. Kinda late but meh.

 

[MiniMage]

Well, it's indeed late. Began playing around with a submarine concept.
I was suggested to enter it to the contest.

Submarine

 

[Kyrbi0]

New concept. Kinda late but meh.

Hey, nice treads there lady.

Well, it's indeed late. Began playing around with a submarine concept.
I was suggested to enter it to the contest.

Submarine

Mesh: So sweet & simple...
Wrap: OGOSHMYEYES

 

[HappyCockroach]

i'm kinda late to join in, but i'll try to put up something.

my idea is an undead mechanical beast that perforates people and things

this is a really quick sketch just to put out the general shape of this thing

blueprint :>

and what i have wrapped so far

mesh wip

 

[Pvt.Toma]

This is kinda my final version I guess. Unless of course, I find something else, but I'll just update it here. Yeah.

It would be nice if someone could tell me why is the particle emitters texture animation not working in the game...I have no idea.

Edit 1: Yeah, forgot bout the portrait and attachment points.

Edit 2: Fixed dem particle emitters. Apparently I mistaken Time value as Lifespan.

Edit 3: Go to dat link for the model ho.

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/models-530/gnome-brassman-252906/

 

[Kyrbi0]

i'm kinda late to join in, but i'll try to put up something.

my idea is an undead mechanical beast that perforates people and things

this is a really quick sketch just to put out the general shape of this thing

blueprint :>

and what i have wrapped so far

mesh wip

I love the sketchy (like a freaky spiky anteater?)... The mesh looks nothing like what I envisioned from your sketchy (but then, it is a steampunk contest).

Quite interested to see what you can pull off. If nothing else, "Undead Mechanical Beast" is one of the coolest set of tags I can imagine for a model.

 

[Misha]

Toma, that giant thing is lovely :> although you'll definitely need just the driver capsule as portrait.. this camera stares into an unidentifiable shape.. also the 'origin' attachment point, with how huge the machine is, doesn't really fit in its usual place.. and it looks very odd when i pick up a cloak of flames and just see a green ball right between the mech's legs same with auras. maybe it would be more fitting to have the 'origin' somewhere near the driver, and moving with the driver capsule.. or.. to shrink the mech enough so it fits to normal auras? I'm sure the former is much easier..?

 

[HappyCockroach]

reworked the concept a little bit :>

it's kind of a darksteel clockwork horror, with a steel ribcage furnace.. the sharp head might be detachable in a spell throw kind of thing

i was going very low-poly with alpha textures, but that's potentially shitty since we dont have many steampunkish alpha textures in the mpq...

don't know if you guys had that talk here, but i would be very much thankful if an extension was given :3

 

[Deolrin]

I might enter if there's an extension. Or maybe not. I could judge if more judges are needed. I have a few ideas, but nothing too crazy or creative. Not really a fan of the theme. D:

 

[MiniMage]

don't know if you guys had that talk here, but i would be very much thankful if an extension was given :3

For how long? A week?

I might enter if there's an extension. Or maybe not. I could judge if more judges are needed. I have a few ideas, but nothing too crazy or creative. Not really a fan of the theme. D:

Well, we still need judges. So It would be nice if you want to take the last position.

 

[HappyCockroach]

For how long? A week?

i'd say two weeks of extension. we would host contests with 6 weeks until the deadline (plus extensions). this one came out with a little less than 4 weeks... i think it's kinda short and it might end up with very few entries... i think a 2-week extension would be good

and @Deo do participate! we find judges later, this contest needs more entries ._.

 

[Deolrin]

An extension of about 1-2 weeks would be wonderful, I think. I'll think about judging or participating.

EDIT: Actually, what HappyCockroach said. This contest was seriously short, for some reason. 2 weeks or maybe even more would be great.

 

[Misha]

I kinda agree on lengthening it by a week or two, but really, i don't want it dragging out like the last one did <w<

 

[MiniMage]

While I disagree that the contest was short (4 weeks or 28 days) however, I do agree that we need more completed entries. A such, yes. I agree. The contest will be extended by two weeks. There will however not be another extension. This is the final one.

Make it count.

 

[eubz]

I see many Wips here but only 2 final entries are entered/listed in the first post, except for the final entry of pvt. Toma. The extension this contest has is just right for others to finish their entries.
EDIT;
As of this date, we have the following entries:

Contestant	Entry
-Grendel	Moltenstein
Freddyk	Hovercraft
Pvt.Toma	Gigantus2

 

[Kyrbi0]

Moltenstein alone makes this contest a success.

However I too agree with an extension. "What's a Wc3-Modding Contest without one?"

but really, i don't want it dragging out like the last one did <w<

Hey now... That wasn't really the contest dragging out, but the judging. :<

 

[-Grendel]

also, this may not be the right place to ask you guys, but is there some way to use building sound responses as event objects? i kinda want to use some unit sounds as an attack sound for my entry

 

[Edge45]

Edge45's Entry Final: 6/1/14 (In my Country's time)

This will be my final submission: The MAX Tanki

Some Few GIF Screenshots

On the screenshot, its just two animations, I'm short on time so its only two, but there's also alternate,
If there's something that I forgot, some problems or sounds, maybe I'll update this model once the contest ends. It's back to work time, so I should submit this quickly.

 

[-Grendel]

ALSO, here's my REALLY REAAAALLLLY final entry. added some attack sounds, and some more sewnds. sewnds ere gewd.

AAAND, provided a new borderlands boss themed preview. go ahead and bash me now for being unoriginal in terms of previews.

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[HappyCockroach]

also, this may not be the right place to ask you guys, but is there some way to use building sound responses as event objects? i kinda want to use some unit sounds as an attack sound for my entry

no, there isn't.

the only way would be out of the modelling boundaries, which would be replacing the source sound with an import sound that is a copy of that building sound you want.

other than that, we can only use as event objects the sounds blizzard told us to in the art tools documentation.


and your entry is interesting but leaves to desire in terms of previews

 

[-Grendel]

ah too bad. really wanted to use some human building sounds for..lets say my entry's stand - 2 animation which he emits steam.
oh well :/

 

[Blood Raven]

ALSO, here's my REALLY REAAAALLLLY final entry. added some attack sounds, and some more sewnds. sewnds ere gewd.

AAAND, provided a new borderlands boss themed preview. go ahead and bash me now for being unoriginal in terms of previews.

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Looks awesome Always loved borderlands... Although in that preview you used that sharpen filter a bit too much.
A very nice looking, polished model, clearly fitting to the steampunk theme. Also very british-looking. Would be nice if he had an animation where he struck the axe in the ground and started drinking steaming tea
Apart from some minor flaws (Like his upper cape during his walk anim), it rocks, well done
P.S. Bitch please, I don't even know how to add particles. Nor effects. nor sounds. Nor attachment points. Nor cameras. F*ck

 

[Misha]

btw folks... it's my birthday today just so you know

 

[MiniMage]

Happy birthday, misha. Anyhow. Progress with the submarine.

Submarine Progress

 

[Pvt.Toma]

btw folks... it's my birthday today just so you know

Dear Misha,

Happy birthday my cute bear! I still remember the time when you were a little cub, good times, good times.

With love,
Rexxar.

 

[Blood Raven]

Here are some of the animations I did. These are not all of them, since i'm not really proud of the rest of them
Note that this is my first animation work EVER, so sorry if they suck (a lot)

Animation GIFS

Stand Alternate

Stand

Morph

Attack

Attack Alternate

That's just a WiP, i still have to make a lot kaboom-death-effects and the like.
P.S. thanks for showing me LICEcap, it rocks!

 

[-Grendel]

the attack could use some more speeding up. right now it looks like its just passing over those gears not really launching them. too slow for me, or at least for what i see in the gifs. not really sure if its that slow in the actual model.

 

[HappyCockroach]

Here are some of the animations I did. These are not all of them, since i'm not really proud of the rest of them
Note that this is my first animation work EVER, so sorry if they suck (a lot)

the animations do not suck at all, and the whole thing looks cool, especially the ballista form... however i'd give it something else as projectile maybe. throwing those huge gears look kinda weird to me :v

 

[Misha]

Blood Raven@ hm.. stand alternate kinda has gears spinning a bit too quick? or maybe just from a gif and yeah, launching could use a bit more 'oumph'

Toma@ Rofl XD

Minimage @ neato

 

[knight26]

@Blood Raven, In 'alternate stand' you should make the gears spin slowly, while in 'alternate attack' they could spin quickly!(Right now it seems while attacking the bottom gears don't spin at all, they only spin in 'alternate stand'). It'd give a better effect imo(also a more realistic/logical - you need more power for the throw and less power while standing, which means more spin=more power).
Also, you could have the gear projectile spin a little while being thrown out, kinda like the night elven glaive.
And I should mention that the regular 'Stand' animation seems a little too static, from what I see only the smoke effect occurs. Perhaps the 'arrow' front gears could kinda move.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Yeah, the Attack animation(s) need just a bit more... "twang", or perhaps "oomph", to be realistic.

 

[Blood Raven]

Yeah I was a bit lazy on the Attack animation... :/
anyway, here's a Walk animation

Might add dirt particles on the wheels later.

 

[-Grendel]

lookin' "suave" blood raven. really nice.

 

[Misha]

any more updates, folks?

 

[icewolf055]

My next WIP (My pc is kinda slow so the gif isnot really good, its fps is way too low xD)

 

[Solu9]

My next WIP (My pc is kinda slow so the gif isnot really good, its fps is way too low xD)

That's one sweet model you've got there. And that attack animation... drool...

 

[Kyrbi0]

My next WIP (My pc is kinda slow so the gif isnot really good, its fps is way too low xD)

Hey, that is pretty cool!! I am more and more convinced, though, that those flags are unnecessary & distracting.

But that axe-chain-flail-arm is schweet. Please incorporate some awexome cannon-animations onto that other arm.

 

[Heinvers]

@icewolf055 that's kind of sweet

 

[Chen]

WIP:

Here

It became a steam barbarian lol.

 

[Edge45]

Thats wierd, mine is not in the Finished entry, anyways
the deadlines change? I thought it was today

@icewolf055: thats a good swinging machine,
@Chenralstrasz: lol, Barbarian?

 

[Chen]

Yup youll find out in the lore when i post it.

 

[HappyCockroach]

well i dont have much progress cos this was a busy week at work, but now at the weekend ill be able to spare a little time to modelling.

ill post the little i have cos this contest's wip rate is kinda slow

my idea was dragged towards what i'll call (for now) "clockwork chimera". it is a darksteel horror that belongs to a kind of an undead steampunk dystopia. it starts out flying, then loses its wings and only walks. then loses its head and walks headless and clumsy.

and this is the basic shape:

 

[Blood Raven]

FINAL [Blood Raven] [Cogwheel Ballista]

Blueprints

Animation GIFS

Stand Alternate

Stand

Morph

Attack

Attack Alternate

Walk

WiP's

WiP 1

WiP 2

WiP 3

WiP 4

WiP 5

WiP 6 (Rigged)

Sorry, I don't have the time to polish it, since right now they're raping our asses with exams in school (you know, end of the schoolyear stuff).
Note that the model does NOT have any kind of effects (beside a particle emitter) or sounds. Most animations look silly either because they don't have any effects (like death) or they are completely silent. Also, I didn't have time to make a missile for it. Guess i'll make one when releasing it in the model section.
As unpolished as it might be, this is my final. I *might* release a second final, which is highly unlikely though, so take this one if I don't. Sorry again :/

UPDATED!!!
-Added a cheapass particle explosion at death animations and attack/death sounds. Haven't tried them ingame :/
(3 Hours till the deadline)

 

[Misha]

aww.. that's a bummer.. but it least you got it done.. ish

 

[icewolf055]

HeroSteamTower Final submission

Here is my final submission (file size has a beautiful number )