August 2010 CC Challenge!

[Legacy_Jez_fr]

               @Calvin: cool =) but remember stuff must go in private appartments, not inside a cathedral, that's the trick! '>



@Morikhan: nice to see you here, beguinners are welcome! *+12 taunt of power* '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy__six]

               Having, as I have, nothing better to do, allow me to post the first completed thingymajiggy. Download link here.

http://nwn1cc.com/six/_dumpit/shrine3
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Jez_fr]

               wow nice Six

(though, I'm not sure I would put that in my private room if I was a High Priestress, unless I was a lich kind of lol)
               
               

               
            

[Legacy__six]

               

Jez_fr wrote...

(though, I'm not sure I would put that in my private room if I was a High Priestress, unless I was a lich kind of lol)

Well, you never said what she's a high preistess of.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_B_Harrison]

               Nice work six!

Quick first attempt at texturing the armour plate:



I won't post again until it's finished, to avoid image spam. Looking forward to seeing what the rest of you (including the CEP/CTP/etc guys, if they accept Mori's challenge) come up with!
               
               

               

                     Modifié par B_Harrison, 03 août 2010 - 05:02 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Frith5]

               Looking great, Ben!

Hey _six, I really love that thingamajig. It reminds me of a tabernacle, actually. I can imagine many uses for that, from putting the 'holiest of holies' into it, to a place for a prayer focus (small statue, incense, candle, skull, etc.). Nice!

JFK
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Jez_fr]

               

_six wrote...

Jez_fr wrote...

(though, I'm not sure I would put that in my private room if I was a High Priestress, unless I was a lich kind of lol)

Well, you never said what she's a high preistess of.

You're right, my bad '>
*takes notes for future themes*

@Ben: I don't think anyone feels relevent image posting as spam. I don't at least, to the contrary, it's entertaining, which is one of the goals of this challenge I think =)
I think its even usefull to total beguinners to see how one conducts his cc making!
(I really like the metallic feel you've got!)
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Jez_fr, 03 août 2010 - 05:21 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy__six]

               

Jez_fr wrote...

@Ben: I don't think anyone feels relevent image posting as spam. I don't at least, to the contrary, it's entertaining, which is one of the goals of this challenge I think =)
I think its even usefull to total beguinners to see how one conducts his cc making!

This. If this is going to be about demonstrating different ways of creating content and what they make possible, and attracting more interest in creating CC, I'd say posting work in progress images can do nothing but help people follow the process.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Jez_fr]

               ok here's my early crude attempt... don't laugh too hard please =)

I suppose she has some kind of hanger (?) where to put her ceremonial cloak and tiara


               
               

               
            

[Legacy_B_Harrison]

               

Jez_fr wrote...

Speaking of that I could use an english secretary to proofread my blurbs '>

I'd be happy to act as your secretary for the CC challenges, but your English is fine!

Also, the hanger is looking good. Can't wait to see the cloak textured.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Zwerkules]

               



I'm trying to make a marble swan shaped bathtub, but I should have tried something easy first,

like a floorboard perhaps '>. So far I have made the upper neck and the head and it looks kind

of funny. The texture is just a placeholder. The swan will have eyes and a few lines for beak and

the outlines of the wings and tail.

However, if I can't get that neck any better, I will give up. So maybe some of the experts can give

me a hint. I want to bend the upper three or five segments of the neck where the red arrow is

pointing because the line is too straight. I tried using edge divide, but that didn't look good.

Is there anything I could do instead of removing the faces there, creating a few vertices in the

right places and then creating the missing faces?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Estelindis]

               Really excited to see that cloak and tiara stand finished, Jez!  :-)

Zwerkules, I am no expert, so I shall decline to give advice.  (The only method I know is the one you already described.)

Here is my attempt at a fancy altar with an equally fancy cloth (for a pic with area lighting turned on, see here; I find switching it on and off makes different aspects of t'he model and texture more or less clear):


Seeing the cloth in-game, I may have made the lace too over-the-top, so I'll give that some further attention.  Also, one object isn't casting its shadows properly, so I'll need to figure out why and fix it.  Well, there's still most of the month left.  ;-)
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Estelindis, 04 août 2010 - 09:22 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Morikahn]

               When modelling, its always a good idea to draw out what you are going to make. Even a very simple sketch. The reason being, you can then look at your image and semi-plan out how you will approach the model.



For the swan's neck, I would have approached it this way.

* Drawn out the image from the side or found an image of a swan neck I wanted to copy

* Created a tube shape that had 8 (ish) height segments that rose vertically in the scene.

* Converted the tube to an editable mesh or polygon

* Applied a bend modifier to the tube that bent the tube to the approximate shape of the neck.

* Now, before I collapsed the stack, I would enable seeing the end result of object (its a small button under the modifier stack that look kinda like a beaker - I forget its name, I'm not on a computer with 3dsmax on it right now).

* Now, i'd go to the vertex or edge mode of the editable mesh or polygon, and space the height segments to create a nice curve of the neck, placing more edges where the curve is most extreme. As you move these segments up and down vertically, you'll be able to see in real time how they will look bent through the bend modifier (due to the beaker button in the last step).

* Collapsed the stack.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_B_Harrison]

               Just to add to Morikahn's advice, you can display a reference image in any of max's viewports (Views - Viewport Background...). Unless what I'm modeling is very basic or I have a very clear image of it in my head, I always model from a reference image in one or more of the orthographic views.

Nice work Este!
Minor suggestion: some subtle texture shading/highlighting on the recessed/raised areas of the legs might look good. I think the cloth looks great as it is.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Estelindis]

               Thank you, Ben.  You're quite right about the need for some shading on the legs.  I did consider it initially, but I had already made four textures just for this (and I don't like to make my submissions' file size too big).  Ah, well, what's the harm of a fifth?  :-D  Glad you don't think the lace on the cloth is too much, anyway.

I also agree that working from a reference image is very helpful.  (I used these two photos, as they captured aspects of what I was trying to make.)
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Estelindis, 04 août 2010 - 09:28 .