Jerboa would like to assist

[Springheel]

Yep, you are definitely improving. I think contributor status is warranted.

[Jerboa]

Ty you kindly =), I'm going thru it now deleting all the hidden ends. After that I'll check it out in-game. Finish up with any final tweaks. Then I'll pack it up and send it.

[Jerboa]

Here is the in-game shots. I had to scale it by eye. I think it sits around 9to10' tall.

I'll pack this version for sending. If needed it can be tweaked/resized.

[Tels]

Here is the in-game shots. I had to scale it by eye. I think it sits around 9to10' tall.

I'll pack this version for sending. If needed it can be tweaked/resized.

 

Wow, that looks great! The only complaint I would have is with the "brand-new" look but I am sure this can be easily tweaked with a skin.

 

(The Dark Mod is moody, dark, gritty and often there are run-down and poor areas, so having a guilliotine looking like it came fresh assembled from the fabric would make it look out of place But that is just nitpicking.

[Tels]

It's usually the mapper types that look at things and go, "where are the nails?" (believe me, I do this in all games whether I want to or not).

 

Yeah, definitely, it can really spoil things when you look at some model and say "huh that looks wrong". The trick with modeling is to create easily believable models with little polygons - they might not be realistic in the sense that they would really be build like that in the real word, but they need to look like that

[Springheel]

It's very nice. There are a few areas that texture could be improved, but it's a decent prop. Once you have access to our texture repository, you'll have a lot to choose from.

[Jerboa]

yea, it can be easily aged. The texture editor I use has an option called sepia toning. Which will age the texture accordingly to how many years you select.

[Springheel]

It's not so much the saturation (though that's a part). It's also more subtle things like the size of the woodgrain, the stretching of the texture on the longer boards, etc, and just the general resolution of the texture (which looks pretty low res in those images). The normalmap on the rope is also far too strong.

 

Here's a pic of a similar model to yours, just to show how much a good texture can do:

[Jerboa]

Here is a more old weathered version in-game shot.

[Springheel]

Ah, much better!

 

The only remaining thing that bugs me is the rope wrapped around the beam at the bottom. It doesn't appear to have any definition to it.

[Baddcog]

Yeah that looks pretty good. I'd like to see soe blood like the pic spring posted. Not so much on the blade as staining the wood.

 

Would be good to have a bench and a basket as additional models (bloody of course)

[Jerboa]

ok, I found my next project =). A bench and a basket. That small area where the rope ties off, was a problematic area for me. I did a bump and smooth, when I should of just used a few toruses instead. I would have to re-work the model to fix that.

[Springheel]

A decent normalmap and texture would suffice. I can have a look at it if you like.

 

About the bench and basket, be aware that we already have versions of both those objects. Nothing wrong with have other versions, but you should check out what already exists.

[Jerboa]

I'm playing with the torus idea right now. You're welcome to alter the model any way you see fit. What formats do you want them at? I'm sure you would rather have it in pieces instead of combined.

[Springheel]

Well, if you're going to fix it that's the best option.

[Jerboa]

Okie dokie, I did alil reworking in that problem area. The tie off should texture well now. Here's a naked shot. Also, I'm working on blood stains for the blade and neck brace/lock.

[Jerboa]

Also, here is a sample peek on the blood progress.

[Springheel]

That might be good for a newly-used one. After anything more than a couple hours and the blood would soak into the wood, becoming much duller and partially transparent.

[Jerboa]

Maybe adjusting the opacity on that blood layer might help. But, yes this is pretty much a fresh cut for somebody who might want a head in a basket.

[greebo]

Here is a more old weathered version in-game shot.

This one is the best model I've seen from you so far, good work Jerboa!

[Crispy]

Capable work and done very quickly, I like.

[Tels]

Here is a more old weathered version in-game shot.

 

That looks much better and great! The only small complaint I would have is the mirrored texture around the hold - it is obviously mirrored. Maybe you could just shift one by some amount to make it less obvious

[Jerboa]

Here is the final optimized version. I made it wider, shelled out the toruses on the tie off and added a different skin. All ends and hidden pieces have been deleted. The poly count is sitting at 1926.

 

This one is good to go, packed and ready for sending.

[Tels]

Here is the final optimized version. I made it wider, shelled out the toruses on the tie off and added a different skin. All ends and hidden pieces have been deleted. The poly count is sitting at 1926.

 

This one is good to go, packed and ready for sending.

 

Nice, is the other skin still included? Also, it looks like the rope-rounds at the bottom are not "smoothed" (but I am no modeller and can't tell for sure

 

Anyway, great work!

[Jerboa]

Yes, all 3 skins are included. And more can be added. Ty for the compliment =)