Junk Air Tugboat - WIP
Hey all, before I get around to posting my battle frog final, I wanted to share my current project which is this:
And here's my progress thus far. A lot of the parts will be zbrushed eventually as well.
And here's my progress thus far. A lot of the parts will be zbrushed eventually as well.
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I'll be watching
maybe you have??
luck to you.
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I am watching this thread.
Moosey_G: You're completely spot on! I modeled the walkway and put a bend deformer on it. Most of the conning tower including the railing was built flat.
Bwample1: Thanks for the tip mate.
This is a free time project, so I'll update it as often as possible.
Btw, why "belgian" boolean? You live in the US, most people there don't even know Belgium haha.
Yeah, I'm trying to shift into a workflow that's a wee bit more modular. Hopefully as I rough it out, I can spot some repeating areas. Thanks for the tip!
As for the "Belgian" part, most of my family lives there. So, I spent a split childhood between there and stateside. There ya have it
Here are the doors (pre zbrush) and I was thinking of adjusting the design a bit to add more surface detail. What do you all think? The plan would be to keep the shape and porthole while adding the turning wheel and a few other details.
great choice for a project to work on btw- I`d be lying if I said making one of Ian Mcque's air ships hadn't crossed my mind a few times.
Snefer is a badass- but I would argue his workflow for environment work might be a bit too detail oriented- a bit too early. In that thread his environment is top tier no doubt- but there aren't really any large shapes going on that get me very excited.
I buddy of mine gave me some greats crits on proportions, so this is the end result. I think I'm going with this as my final shape, and I'll start building the real mesh over it. Crits and thoughts always welcome!
Sorry for the lack of updates folks. Got wrapped up in the new job and prepping for my last term of school.
In my spare time, I've been cracking on the engine; so here's some progress. I'm hoping to update this a bit more regularly, as I really am loving this project. I know it doesn't stick exactly to concept; but I'm looking to push it a bit farther and add a bit more functionality.
Between upcoming graduation and contract work, life is a wee bit hectic; but I took a break and churned out the rear light for the ship. Will probably get zbrushed down the road.
@Jungsik I want to finish this so badly. I've written out a schedule of milestones for the next 9 weeks (I graduate then). Between school and freelance, my schedule is packed; but I'm on fire for this project. So expect it to be finished
I'm on a late night/early morning kick and cranked out the bumper! Slow but sure progress.
Those textures are going to be tuff. Can't wait to see how it turns out.
Good job on the turbine/engine btw that thing looks crazy
Its all about how light play across surfaces:
model with a material that has really high spec, and gloss values. As you model, This material will show you the worst case scenario for lights hitting a surface in terms of smoothing errors and whatnot. (it looks like you already have a fitting material imo)
To me, this concept feels very organic, with very few "clean" shapes. Having SUPER clean, and flat surfaces like you have now, move the model away from the concept in terms of shape language. The reason I bring up that shader thing, is you want to see your spec, roll across your shapes in a way that not only speaks to wear and tear, but shapes that are irregular simply light in a more interesting manner.
(also, if you're following the concept- im pretty sure that diagonal line across the panel on your recent shape is a painted on detail, rather than something that needs to be modeled)
Model what you see- no what you think you see :P
So, got hit with a run of bad luck. Food poisoning and a cold knocked me down for the weekend; so life went south pretty damn quick. Still feelin a bit ill but wanted to hop back on the band wagon. So, I did an oil drum (lowest part of my 3d career...never done something so damn stereotypical.Hahaha). But I won't bother posting it since there seems to be a crap ton of them on here. Enough of my ramblings.Here's the winch I made!