So, recently I've undergone this huge focus on highpoly work. It's not something I do at work (previous and current employer) as often as I think we should be, and its just something I sucked at previously.

With the help of Paul, otherwise known as Eraserhead, I had a fire lit under my ass and have been going at it now for 2 weeks.

The goal is to keep doing highpoly until either A.) I feel I am good at it B.) I hate doing it and want to throw my PC out the window C.) I am no longer having fun working on it. So far, none of those have happened.

First up was a radial engine. Based off some references found online.


Next is the 22WT, a concept by the magnificent Izmojuki.


And, most latest, is the Beholder. Concept by Georgi Simeonov. This was a different pain-in-the-ass altogether: It's a model I started long ago when I wasn't as comfortable with HP modeling as I am now. So to open it and see this mess of objects wasn't very encouraging. I had the entire weekend to myself and figured that as best a time of any to wrap this model up and move on.



So, what's next? Going to try and go all Scott Robertson on this planes ass:

Looks awesome.

Link doesn't seem to work, getting a 403 Forbidden.

High Poly stuff looks killer! I would definitely suggest taking them all the way through baking and texturing though, within reasonable budget limitations. It does help you to learn about what works and what doesn't as far as sizes, chamfers, projection angles, etc.

First timer my ass!

Really like how the engine and robit turned out.


the link doesnt work btw

I know how to bake normals from highpoly. The point of this is to do what I don't know ;)

Read the word beside the link.

DRAGON DROP.

Cool stuff, good to see you getting into highpoly more =)

I will let Georgi know you did this model, looks like you did the concept justice!

Originally Posted by MoP

Cool stuff, good to see you getting into highpoly more =)

I will let Georgi know you did this model, looks like you did the concept justice!

Do you work with him?? If so that'd be great! I hope he doesn't mind me doing this. I never asked, hoping that 100% credit on the concept would suffice and my model wasn't crap.

Updated the last image so its viewable by internet noobs.

ya, his site said he works at splash damage. i also remember he misspelled an ironic word in his bio, which i wonder was on purpose or not.

Sick stuff mate.

Hey Adam are you using 3dsmax for all this?

Good stuff Adam. Have you been using any specific resources for training or have you just been teaching yourself?

100% 3dsmax, and just trial, error, and some insight from Eraser.

Nice work. I like the presentation you have, it is clear and shows off the model well.

HEY! These Kick ass! Love the Robot and vehicle!

Sweet stuff. Nice and clean.

WOW! WOW! WOW! Good stuff!


How many hours or evening or whatever (how long) did each of these take? I guess it was 2 weeks total for all of them? That's pretty impressive!

great work, Adam. gorgeous stuff!

we need people like you...

...the crazies..

*fap fap fap*

3 kickass higpoly models in 2 weeks is impressing, do you think Paul(Eraserhead) is available to hire for coaching? I pay cold cash!

Thanks guys I never expected them to get this well received. Feels good!

Now then, on to that plane. . .

Any particular trick you used to get the non identical variation on the radiator vents on the rotary engine, or was it just manual tweaking?

Setup 2 variants, duplicated them around on a central pivot, then manually edited them so they weren't noticeably duplicated as they originally were when I first posted.

pssttt.... show me dem wires (control cage, whatever you would like to call it).

I must learn sir... I MUST LEARN!