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[MrEdweird]

IMAGE HEAVY!

Massive thanks go to Heffay for the tutorials. Thanks also go out to all the people who have shared their knowledge and experience in the various threads who make it possible for people like me to have fun with models! I don't know much about 3D modelling but this is a fun start.

I'll be updating this topic as I learn new things and commit them to pixels.

Thunderbolt

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Custom 4th Skye Rangers T-Bolt for [SRoT] The Zipper.

Hunchback

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2nd Rasalhague Freemen inspired custom Hunchback.

Cicada

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3rd Hussars Camo



Trixcada

Griffin

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This is my take on Bishop Steiner's Fianchetto. Several textures used and SRM2s + jump jet pack from Wolverine.

Timberwolf

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This one is older, I didn't know how to improve shadows so the whole thing is covered in artefacts and fireflies.

Jagermech

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Insipred by ACS's Rifleman.



Older version.

Awesome

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And now - slimmer and with camo applied!



Arcturan Guards - modified.



My take on Bishop Steiner's "Golden Crusader". First go at gold trim, pearlescent paint and decal application.

Edited by Edweird, 13 November 2014 - 12:47 PM.

[Lily from animove]

I only see timber, where is the wolf

Edited by Lily from animove, 01 November 2014 - 04:03 PM.

[Iqfish]

That looks great!

What did you use, Blender?

[MrEdweird]

It's basically Heffay's Blender tutorials, yes. I'm doing a Jagermech next.

[Heffay]

Edweird, on 27 October 2014 - 10:44 AM, said:

It's basically Heffay's Blender tutorials, yes. I'm doing a Jagermech next.

Glad it was useful!

[Iqfish]

Edweird, on 27 October 2014 - 10:44 AM, said:

It's basically Heffay's Blender tutorials, yes. I'm doing a Jagermech next.

Please quote posts next time if you reply to them, otherwise I miss the reply

Looks really good! The material is nice, is it the default one or did you play around with it?

[MrEdweird]

Iqfish, on 27 October 2014 - 01:02 PM, said:

Please quote posts next time if you reply to them, otherwise I miss the reply

Looks really good! The material is nice, is it the default one or did you play around with it?

It's somewhat default - I haven't gotten to modifying materials. I just played around with the sun lamp to make the color seem believable. And...spent a few hours, literally, adjusting roughness and alphas etc. lol
As I said I have little experience with this so getting to know my way around the mechanics of the program is nothing if not a steep learning curve.

Edited by Edweird, 27 October 2014 - 01:24 PM.

[Heffay]

Edweird, on 27 October 2014 - 01:22 PM, said:

It's somewhat default - I haven't gotten to modifying materials. I just played around with the sun lamp to make the color seem believable. And...spent a few hours, literally, adjusting roughness and alphas etc. lol
As I said I have little experience with this so getting to know my way around the mechanics of the program is nothing if not a steep learning curve.

You using cycles? There is so much you can do with it. And now you can do smoke & fire with it! Looks incredibly real.

Blendercookie has a ton of great cycles tutorials. Anything by Kent Trammel is worth watching.

[MrEdweird]

Next one: Jagermech.
Made some beefier guns for it. Inspired by ACS's Unseen Rifleman art.

[MrEdweird]

Learned some new things - improved lighting, improved shadows/softness, minimized noise, added backdrop/infinite plane and shadows. Result:

[MrEdweird]

Attempt at putting the Timby in a 3D environment. Was a royal pain and it's still not right.



This is what the node structure looked like. Apparently Render Cycles is to Blender Render the way Linux Command Line is to Windows GUI - but in this case getting an object to only do shadows takes all that and 30 minutes of rendering whereas in Blender Render you tick a box. And yeah, I used a silly second plane to make the base for the shadows on the bushes lol. Also there's 2 other planes flying around the Timby that have been edited out to simulate the effect of the leaves casting shadows on the legs.

Edited by Edweird, 31 October 2014 - 01:08 PM.

[NautilusCommand]

These are ef'ing great! MOAR!

[MrEdweird]

Made another pose type thing.
Awesome deserves some bling.

[NautilusCommand]

Edweird, on 01 November 2014 - 06:21 AM, said:

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Made another pose type thing.
Awesome deserves some bling.

God when you pose it like that it's so evident that the mech is waaaay too wide and shows so much.

Edited by NautilusCommand, 01 November 2014 - 03:35 PM.

[MrEdweird]

NautilusCommand, on 01 November 2014 - 03:34 PM, said:

God when you pose it like that it's so evident that the mech is waaaay too wide and shows so much.

I kinda like the big damn gorilla, smash-your-cockpit-in kind of look.

[Captain MKTauric]

It looks awesome, many tks for showing!

Wish I had more time and patience to try this stuf myself .

Anyway, keep going I'm looking foreword for new posts .

[MrEdweird]

Captain MKTauric, on 02 November 2014 - 03:20 AM, said:

It looks awesome, many tks for showing!

Wish I had more time and patience to try this stuf myself .

Anyway, keep going I'm looking foreword for new posts .

I take Nautils' fat Awesome and raise you ... a slightly thinner Awesome with a dual-PPC arm and...

CAMO!

All of the secrets are now mine mwahahahah

[NautilusCommand]

Edweird, on 02 November 2014 - 03:32 AM, said:

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I take Nautils' fat Awesome and raise you ... a slightly thinner Awesome with a dual-PPC arm and...

CAMO!

All of the secrets are now mine mwahahahah

Wow, with a little bit of a diet the awesome.... looks like an awesome. Great work again!

[MrEdweird]

NautilusCommand, on 02 November 2014 - 08:03 AM, said:

Wow, with a little bit of a diet the awesome.... looks like an awesome. Great work again!

Next one is going to be for Bishop Steiner
An old friend of his, I believe.

I'll make you one if you'd like?

I'm doing Cicada and Locust after.

Edited by Edweird, 02 November 2014 - 08:24 AM.

[NautilusCommand]

Edweird, on 02 November 2014 - 08:22 AM, said:

Next one is going to be for Bishop Steiner
An old friend of his, I believe.

I'll make you one if you'd like?

I'm doing Cicada and Locust after.

Cicada........
*begins to chirp with joy*