Furniture Models By Atti

[_Atti_]

here is my first work..

4000polys..a bit much but the detail needs that much

Edited December 11, 2004 by _Atti_

[Fingernail]

nice one! it can be reduced even further when you've made the normalmaps to simulate that panelling.

[TYROT]

dear atti

 

welcome to Team:) Im newbee over here...too. It s really good to see another cool beveler around... if i had a son i would call him BEVEL:)

 

 

 

best....

[_Atti_]

endtable 1000polys(i mean triangles whenever i say that..)

 

Edit: could a Moderator rename that topic to "furnitures" or something like that

Edited December 11, 2004 by _Atti_

[Fingernail]

only 1000??? looks nice. Could be reduced even more though, probably.

[sparhawk]

Edit: could a Moderator rename that topic to "furnitures" or something like that

You can do that yourself by editing the first post in the thread. Of course only if the first post is yours.

[Springheel]

Looking good Atti...you haven't wasted any time. When they're finished and on the ftp site, let me know, so I can cross them off the list. I'd love to get that table into the game.

[_Atti_]

well i am not a great texturer so where and in what extension shall i upload the models for texturing?

[Fingernail]

.obj or .ase are the most commonly used here, I think. Althought .lwo should be alright too. What app are you using?

[BlackThief]

I could try to texture the bed. plze upload it as .obj that's easier to import for me. place it into the TheDarkMod/models/props/furniture/beds folder

 

edit: but first you should reduce the triangle-count - there's a lot, that could be done with a normalmap

Edited December 11, 2004 by BlackThief

[oDDity]

Great work Atti. You do realise that you're supposed to make really high res, smooth versions of these to take the notmal maps from?

I don't know how it's done in MAx, but in Lightwave I'd subpatch and freeze the model before generating the normal map.

It's better to model the high poly version first rather than the other way around though.

Edited December 11, 2004 by oDDity

[_Atti_]

hm..no i am not familiar with that normal map thiing..

how does that exactly work?

[oDDity]

I have no idea if there is a normal map plugin for max or where to get it.

If you model high and low res versions of your model (they should fit over ecth other as closely as possible), then you can upload them to the FTP and I can generate a niormal map for you.

You could also use the renderbump tool in Doom 3, but I haven't been able to work that out yet.

[_Atti_]

made a simply bookshelf by the time..

 

128polys

 

i dont know if its efficient to use normal maps for such simple things as these furnitures are..

Edited December 11, 2004 by _Atti_

[pakmannen]

Jesus, you're fast!

[BlackThief]

nice - can you pleaze make a version with some books ? they just have to be one cube. the rest will be done with a normalmap. (I think I could create the normalmap for the bookshelf in PS, so you could actually upload that lowpoly model to the ftp)

Edited December 11, 2004 by BlackThief

[Springheel]

Man, there are so many models flying by! I love it! So far I'm only recording when the *models* are done , not the skinning, so just let me know whatever you upload. I'm starting to lose track!

[sparhawk]

I'm starting to lose track!

You see? That's what the project management tool is for. Told you so.

 

Especially when it comes down to "is this model already skinned and animated?".

[_Atti_]

a version with some books on it.. shall i make one that is full with books too?

[BlackThief]

that's nice ! I'd love to texture this

 

can you please upload it ? check out this thread for the ftp data:

http://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?showtopic=609

[oDDity]

made a simply bookshelf by the time..

 

128polys

 

i dont know if its efficient to use normal maps for such simple things as these furnitures are..

Hmm, yes, but the reason they're simple s becasue you're knocking them out in 10 minutess and not modeling any detail in.

I know you're probably used to relying on textures for detail, but with normal maps you have to model the detail in a high res object.

There's no deadline to get all the furniture finished by this evening you know, so, pace yourself)

[_Atti_]

anyhow..I've uploaded them on the ftp..

they are in a rar in darkmod/models/props/furniture folder..

i will add more details to these models soon..

edit: howver i dont really know what things should i add on these..could you give me some hints?

Edited December 11, 2004 by _Atti_

[Fingernail]

or we could just run the textures through a normalmap filter...might look eversoslightly worse. But that's what BT's doing with his objects.

[oDDity]

THat only works with simple objects, which are mostly textures anyway (like the pictures frames I made)

You can't round objects out by normal mapping the textures.

[Fingernail]

you can...just requires skill and more time. Don't worry, I'm just arguing for the sake of it now.