Jadgpanther

[Eraserhead]

Hello everyone,

I've been away for a while because I have been consumed with college applications. Most of my deadlines were this week so I had virtually no time at all for 3D. However, now I have a little more time to spare so I'm coming back to doing some more 3D work.

I am taking a short break from my Stug IV (http://www.military-meshes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1202) as I need some low-poly models for my portfolio.

I began work on a Jagdpanther yesturday. The modeling took about 2 hours and I began to UV map it last night before I went to sleep. I also slapped on a crude diffuse map. I plan to put all the textures (except for the tracks) on a single 2048x2048 image. The mesh is 8066 tris/3524 polys.



http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/8564/jpweb2xm3.jpg

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7887/jpweb3rc8.jpg

http://img478.imageshack.us/img478/7547/jpweb1ai5.jpg

[Eraserhead]

Texture update

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/8787/jpweb4yl1.jpg

[Eraserhead]

Tracks textured. There is some nasty stretching occuring on the right side of the model which I fixed after this render was taken.

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/3337/jpweb5fv6.jpg

[cobra6]

I would let the welds stand out more if I were you. and the textures a bit lighter :)

Cobra 6

[Caman0]

nice job man, it looks great!

[Hitori Kyo]

agree with Joep, needs to be lighter. Is this for a game ?

- Hitori kyo

[Eraserhead]

Thanks guys. I lightened the textures as suggested. This model isn't for any particular game, just an excersie in low-poly modeling.

Here are some updates. I also animated the tracks/wheels, I'll put the video tomorrow.

BTW, does anyone have a good font for the numbers? The numbers I used on this mesh were only supposed to be temporary.

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9199/jpweb6jl1.jpg

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1543/jpweb7oa1.jpg

[cobra6]

better:) let the welds show!!! :D

Cobra 6

[Eraserhead]

Thanks cobra6. Are the welds light enough or should I still develop them?

Here is a short animation of the model. Nothing special, just practiced animating the tracks/wheels. I never done it before. I hope to animate this Jagdpanther in an actual battle scene ultimately.

The first and third wheel do not rotate properly, something messed up with the key-frames on them which need to be fixed. Also the last wheels jumps at the end which also needs to be fixed.

Jagdpanther animation (http://www.atomicforum.org/jp_drive2.mov)

[Eraserhead]

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6648/jpweb8tf9.jpg

[Eraserhead]

Some foliage camoflauge.

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5989/jpweb9ya3.jpg

[cobra6]

Are you going to make a bumpmap also?

Otherwise put the inside of the welds in a lower layer in photoshop, and let the top layer (armor plating) do a drop shadow on the welds. That will give it more depth :)

Texture still needs to be a bit lighter, but the foilage looks good :)

Cobra 6

[Eraserhead]

Are you going to make a bumpmap also?

Otherwise put the inside of the welds in a lower layer in photoshop, and let the top layer (armor plating) do a drop shadow on the welds. That will give it more depth :)

Texture still needs to be a bit lighter, but the foilage looks good :)

Cobra 6


That sounds like a good technique for the welds, I'll try it on my next project. I did not plan on making a bump map, only a diffuse (and an opacity for the foliage planes).

I did this project mainly to learn texturing since I'm very inexperienced in it, especially for low-poly meshes. I'm learned a lot while doing it and while doing so found many mistakes in it as well (both in execution and result). I pretty much done; I like how it turned out ultimately and I hope to use the things I learned on my next project, including trying out the weld technique you suggested. I don't know if I will go back and fix the mistakes in the texturing in this mesh yet, maybe at a later time.

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/4403/jpwebfinal01cn8.jpg


http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/1003/jpwebfinal02qs2.jpg