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Published: 2005-04-04 19:40:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 2542; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 236
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Heres a render of my completed Shadow Cat model. Its done to generate the normal maps for a mod i'm part of.Though its not textured as yet, i plan to learn normal mapping and get used to doing it before trying something this complicated.
Hope you like it.
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good work, I prefer MW3 ShadowCat shape to that one from BTech Readout though.
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WOW! The detail is simply amazing!!!
If you don't mind me asking, what program did you use? And how did you get all this detail done!? Help a fellow 3D Artist???
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Much appreciated! 
I used 3DSMax7, and all the details are modelled individually.... but i used RL military vehicles and the work of other mecha artists for inspiration.
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Thanks a lot man, glad you think so!!!
Oh you use Max too, awesome... If you don't mind me asking and helping me out... What did you do to get to that level of control with the geometry? Is this Polygon modelling? Lol, as you can see, I'm really curious as to how to do this amazing level of detail! hehe
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Thanks!
Yep, its good ol' polygon modelling.
As for level of control... well i use booleans fairly often to cut stuff, especially round holes in surfaces but it means alot of tedious cleaning up lol. Otherwise its just all the normal poly-pushing techniques.
As for detailing, however, more detailed models become possible with every new project. You need to train yourself to have an eye for detail, and get as many references as you can. Real military equipment, machinery innards, even mundane stuff like refrigerator hinges can be sources of inspiration for detailing. The most important thing is still practice though. Hope this helps.
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Oh thanks for the insight, I'm sure gonna start looking into all this when I need some detailed stuff... But for now, my next batch of models are gonna be rather smooth and clean-cut so I'm not gonna need to go crazy on the details... But thanks anyway man!
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Welcome, hope to see some crazy stuff from ya when you do attempt it!
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Thank you for the vote of confidence man, hope to live up to it
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Now that is some detail!!!!! 
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Thanks alot! 
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Lol, thanks for the 
Your line drawings are pretty good, nice clean lines and geometry.
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You're welcome. Thanks for the complement, too. The geometry is just my style. Unfortunately this makes people and pretty much everything else thats not a machine almost impossible to draw using my technique (i'm working on changing this). More to come.
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Same for me lol. Organic models are difficult for me. :\ Guess doing a study in anatomy is a must.
Keep up the good work.
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Yeah, all it takes is practice (which I'm trying to do).
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Fuck!! really awsome! if u put textures too it will be veeery cool!
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Lol, indeed, trying to improve my texturing skills first to do the model justice.
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Excelent amount of detail! Even without textures this mech looks real
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Eyes = *POP*
Good work.
what system did you use?
MAX + Skylights?
if you used skylights, up the amount of rays.
you are getting some random discolouration on the ground.
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Yep, MAX & Skylights. I kept the rays down since it increases the render time alot, and doesn't show a major difference... but i'll try it with models with more stuff on it thanks.
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This is very good, looking forward to see the textured version
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That is very very impressive. Well done man, this gets a fav.
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Lovely work Wolf. I love it so much, the detail is immense.
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I just need to know what lighting u use because i always like the lighting.
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I use the default 3D Max light tracer for the scene (advanced lighting->light tracer), with a skylight and an omni for brightness (you might need to lower the intensity alot).
Be careful tho, it might take a very long time to render.
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I just need to know what lighting u use because i always like the lighting.
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Holy smokes! That's incredible! Fantastic job on this. The amount of detail you put into it is amazing. It looks so real too.
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Very well done, thats brilliant. Kinda reminds me of the APU's on the matrix.
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Thanks!
You've some pretty nice stuff as well, that Atlantis city you're doing looks really cool.
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