Military SciFi Projects Thread

[Thromp]

Hi i like to use these models for time saving and refferences sometimes, there licences are very good even if you use for refference or to bake some nice textures and or Lod down from it .

just FYI , obviously o2 modelling from scartch is much more reewarding


http://www.blendswap.com/blends/vehicles/apc-textured/

[b00ce]

I try to not use other people's art as a reference (Unless I have no other reference of a specific area), their mistakes tend to be translated over and I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to maintaining accuracy to the subject material. I have plenty of behind the scenes reference images of the real thing used in the movie (12.6mb).

Save for instance; the lights on the roof that don't exist in the "real" thing, the spotlight to the rear is too sunken into the roof, the weird protuberances where the angle of the roof changes are too small, there should be no grating over the headlights, the door has right angles instead of rounded corners, it is also shaped wrong (the bottom of the front bit should be angled back 15 or so degrees). I also have a keen eye.

Thanks anyway.

[Thromp]

Hey no worries , at least you know now there is a place you can go if you need something in an emergency .

[Abs]

This pic is a little more up to date, Enjoy.

That is a turret in the front, right? It can't be connected to the rest of the body or else it won't move. Looks good, though.

Abs

[b00ce]

Its not connected. There's the base, and then the turret itself on top of it which isn't connected.

In any case, I broke it off anyway to cull some faces.

[goose4291]

Are you going to animate the rear turret so it does that thing it does in the movie (i.e. Rotates and houses itself on the rear of the APC)?

[b00ce]

I plan on it, but don't know how hard or easy it'll be. Its probably outside the scope of my ability, so I may have to outsource if worst comes to worst.

[b00ce]

Slight update:
Worked on the front landing gear well and the flapie cover things.



Also UV mapped the glass, RVMAT still WIP, naturally.

[rfc]

Shit, can't imagine how a mod based on the RV engine with Sci-Fi theme may look ... I digress.

Incredible work ... is that SketchUp or am I mislead?

thx

[b00ce]

That right there is straight up Oxygen 2, because other programs are too expensive and/or too complicated for me to wrap my head around.

I keep putting off the rear landing gear because its dumb, so I'll start refining the ramp soonish.