Polybook – drgnclw

[silentheart00]

@drgnclw Looks pretty good.  I don’t like to make mistakes, either, but it’s an important learning process.  Sometimes you get so caught up in worrying about making the mistake you don’t do anything.  Get it out of the way, then you can focus on the other things.  Like they say in the business world, fail early and fail often.  Looking forward to the tank!

[odunov]

I downloaded 2.8 beta and blocked out most of the tank with a few changes to the original design.

I was modeling the the side armors but blender crashed and I wasn’t able to recover what I modeled. I also experienced a couple more crashes before that and each time, it set me back a little. Kind of frustrating. Eevee is very cool though 😀

I might change the design a little bit further by widening the turret and slapping another gun on top of it.

[odunov]

The modeling part is almost done. I modified the turret and the main gun a bit. I also added a window/optics bit for the driver. Track was a bit tricky and a little rough but it’s fine for it’s purpose. Tomorrow, I am going to add some more detail to the back and a hatch and a commander’s gun to the turret. I might also increase the poly count of some corners.

[silentheart00]

@drgnclw Shaping up real nice.

[smurfmier1985]

@drgnclw this tank already looks awesome! 😄 Looks like you’re going for a high poly model instead of a game model?

[Pavel Mazanik]

@drgnclw nice progress, looking forward.

[odunov]

@smurfmier1985 Well, after seeing the polycount of the tracks, I thought why not make all of it higher poly 😀 Also, thanks.

@silentheart00 @nekronavt Thanks!

I lowered the height and widened the front of the turret, changed the main gun and the gun mantlet, I added the symbols for Astra Militarum (The Imperial Guard, front) Imperial Aquila (Represents The Imperium of Man, on the triangular plates at the back) and a wreathed skull (back one) I also added exhausts, a barrel and a box (I don’t what purpose these two serve, I saw them in pretty much all Leman Russ model tanks and some other real tanks) and lots of other smaller details. So… I added lots of this that I have not even considered adding 😀

It’s pretty much done now. I’ll go over the whole thing tomorrow to see if anything needs adjusting and remove unnecessary faces. I’ll also think about the mess that is unwrapping this thing… I haven’t set a deadline for this one as I did with my sword but I’d like to finish this before the end of the year. If I finish it with a couple of days before the end of the year, I’m kind of thinking about taking another shot at my sword with a cloth material underneath instead of wood and better lighting.

[smurfmier1985]

@drgnclw those extra details really make this tank unique, love it! 😄👍🏻

[yukino hatake]

@drgnclw damn this became a really amazing model. And I liked the first block out already. 

Great work with all details.I also really like those symbols. This will definitely looks cool and wonderfull once it’s completed with lightning and shading 🙂 

[silentheart00]

@drgnclw Those little details really help to bring it all together.  Good work.

[Pavel Mazanik]

@drgnclw  nice one! Wanna see it painted 😉

[John Sanderson]

@drgnclw Looks fantastic!

[odunov]

@smurfmier1985 @yukinoh1989 @silentheart00  @nekronavt @procyonlotor Thanks guys! Your encouraging comments helped me go through the uv unwrapping 😀 I also had to get myself a new national ID card and took a day off after that… I couldn’t start painting the thing. Everything’s set up now, so the fun part will begin  tomorrow.

[silentheart00]

@drgnclw Woohoo!  There’s something satisfying about painting textures and seeing it on your model.  Keep pushing!

[Morten Fjellheim]

Nice tank.

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