Burricks

[Diego]

sup ppl! o took the liberty to give it a try.. more as a test firts. since normal maps on max simply wasnt working, i've figured that zbrush could be an interesting aproach, since you model and automatically becomes a normal map

i'm gonna need to rebuild everything, (zbrush strangely messed up with the arm) but thats ok, i was more interested in developing some techniques and learn the software.. flow

 

btw, anyone knows something about mirrored textures? or knows where to read? some cases, like the burricks, mirrored textures are a better solution.

 

 

[Dram]

thats fucken good man!!!

 

Now lets see a texture

 

very good work indeed Diego!

[Springheel]

One of the things we discussed about the original concept art was that the legs needed an extra joint if the thing was going to be able to walk.

 

http://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?showt...=175&hl=belcher

[Diego]

oki donki, thanks for showing me that.

just to make sure, its a regular animal leg, with the kneel very close to the body and the heel off the ground, right?

[god_is_my_goldfish]

Err, you are aware that Oddity has done several Belcher models already, right?

 

http://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?showt...=626&hl=belcher

 

They're not quite done yet according to Oddity, but we do have them :/

[New Horizon]

Hmmm, we definately need a way to better keep track of who has already created models. Less overlap.

[Diego]

oh dont worry about that, as I said before it was a test with zbrush. if someone has already started modelling the belcher dude, thats ok. or if you guys liked so far i can start remaking this model more seriously.

[Springheel]

I'm pretty much aware of what has been done in the AI category...Diego said this was just for practice though.

 

Although Diego, if you're looking to develop some new skills, skinning would be a good one to add to the list. I'd love to see your thug model with a texture so we could get him in-game.

[Diego]

i'm pretty happy with modeling, the major problem is.. model to the darkmod lol

what i mean is no matter how many models i make, I just cant make normal maps for them... (that works ingame) all models are here, sitting =P I wasted to much time trying to make normal maps and bring them ingame, so i'll just keep modeling, if anyone wants to take them and do it, great i'll spend my time better by modeling only.

wich brings me to zbrush! was an oportunity to solve those problems and make it independant of others to actually finish a model directly into the game

[sparhawk]

The problem is, we don't have a lack of modelers, we have a lack of skinners. So if you create just more models without a skin, that doesn't help us at all, because we already have a huge backlog of unskinned models, and adding to that list, will not bring us one step further in the mod.

[Diego]

Yeah, i know... I wish i could make textures too! but actually i can give'em a try. but as i mentioned, thats not the problem with my models, they dont even get to that stage without normal maps

[Springheel]

What about these: http://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?showtopic=2109