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Half Life 2 - Modified Combine APC

TheAxiom
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Okay this was a fun one to make. Basically I wanted to make my own modified version of the combine APC in PBR, from initial concept sketches (which I'll post soon) to final low poly render which I textured in Substance Painter and Photoshop.

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Let me know what you think!
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  • Makkon
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    I'd love to see some higher rez shots and texture breakdowns. Maybe an in-engine shot too?
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  • TheAxiom
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    TheAxiom polycounter lvl 3
    Makkon wrote: »
    I'd love to see some higher rez shots and texture breakdowns. Maybe an in-engine shot too?

    Yeah sure. I'll post what I have time to tonight. :) The high poly is just the basic form though as I do all of the little details on the norm in Photoshop or Substance Painter afterwards.

    This was the original concept I drew, as you can see the turret changed quite a bit once I began modelling.

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    This was the high poly when I began baking. I only baked the basic shapes due to the short time I had.

    HP_01_zpsd7337bba.jpg

    This was the low at the time. The tri count increased a bit as I copied a few objects around the body near the end.

    tricount_zpsfedd860f.jpg

    Here's an example of the wheel bake. I knew I would be 3D painting so I didn't need to worry too much about hiding UV seams and I use TexTools to set my smoothing groups by my UV islands, that way there aren't any seams in the normal.

    HP_Wheel_zps72c9dda6.jpg

    I worked with two texture maps. One contained the central body and chassis, the other everything else.

    Maps_zps31c20093.jpg

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  • TheAxiom
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    The painting process in Substance Painter is very easy. You can paint in however many maps you want with each brush stroke and there's a layer/masking system similar to Photoshop. You can move up and down freely in texture resolution too without it messing up the maps.

    Here I used my AO to mask out dust, then toned it down later.

    Substance_Dust_zps7a2c3f5f.jpg

    This is the 4K tire I hand painted in Substance, which I wouldn't have been able to achieve just in Photoshop.

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    Here's my base albedo in Substance with layer workflow

    Substance_Base_01_zps7128076b.jpg

    And with all the maps together, with the layers for my second UV

    Substance_Layers_01_zps10e9bfef.jpg
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  • TheAxiom
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    TheAxiom polycounter lvl 3
    I don't know how to get my 4K images on to Polycount. I used Photobucket but everything just gets pushed to 1k.

    Here's the design process I went though. Quite a few different ideas until I was happy with the silhouette.

    designstages_zps9715e396.jpg
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  • Deathstick
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    ^^try imgur.com for large image uploading for free.

    Looking pretty sweet to me! I may have to try out substance painter now.
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  • Stirls
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    Love seeing HL2 pieces. Nice work.
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  • TheAxiom
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    Thanks guys! I was able to use Deviant Art for the first two images. Hopefully those will be hi-res enough to see the detail. :)

    This is the original HL2 combine APC for anyone who's curious.

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