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Published: 2008-10-09 15:23:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 37449; Favourites: 475; Downloads: 0
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More of the same. Ive been working on this model off and on again, getting it ready for animation. Fixed a ton of polygon errors, re-rigged it and ran it thru a different renderer.Related content
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Awesome! Im glad I could help - Hit me up if you have any other questions I might be able to answer
-Nick
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OMG.....Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·
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2.4 million-ish I think
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Ok, that sure made my PC blown up.
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why do you do this?...
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It keeps the voices quiet
-N!
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Hmmm....I think some more details would be great...it looks just...I don`t know...to flat or something?
IΒ΄m joking 
I don`t think I would have the patience to do such (very impressing
Keep it up
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lol - thanks. Someday Ill actually texture it and then it will at least look complete.
And its not really patience... Modeling pipes and machines keeps the voices quiet
-N!
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Awesome 
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I always have time
This actually started as a bunch of sketches. First I started really loosely to find the overall shape (silhouette) I liked, then I began to refine the design piece by piece, first figuring out how the joints worked, then how the frame held it all together, and eventually down to the little details. A very good deal of the design was done in 3d as I was building it tho - sometimes a design on paper doesnt work as well as I hoped, so I modified it to fit the design. I used lots of reference photos from old steam trains too.
-N!
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I couldn't possibly stomach the immense patient it requires to model.
It has a a lot of details and very interesting to look at and explore. Would love to see it with texture and animate.
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Very nice attention to detail! I'm glad to see that this model is still getting worked on.
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Verrrrrry slowly, but it will get done someday!
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it's simply amazing the things to come out of people's brains around this place!
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hmm... it's not that good... loooool It's the most complex model I've seen so far
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Its so pretty, that i'm gonna cry XD srsly awesome
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I just wonder how you start on something like this?!
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I always start with sketches, then very low detail models to get the shapes right, and I just keep refining the details until Im happy with the result
-N
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true awesomeness, great detail! fav'd
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Let me say my favourite English Word:
Awesome
I love the fact, that this is really heavy-armed not like other "Heavy" Robots with just one single weapon... Maybe you can put something (a big bomb to place somewhere in enemy territory?) on the lower side of the model (good to see at the bottom picture)
mfg
Netjer
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Again, epic amount of detail... Will you texture this baby?
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Oh yes, it will happen eventually. Right now Im still trying to get the animation right for it tho. Im probably not going to UV Unwrap this model tho, just since the geometry is pretty awful in some areas, and most of the texture coordinates have been long since lost from translating this mesh thru several 3d apps over the years. The way Im planning to light it, I think I should be able to get away with mostly procedural maps - The way it will be lit will be somewhat dark, with lots of highlights to show off the contours. It looks good in my brain anyway
-N
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This is one of my favorites that you've modeled. (I used it for my wallpaper for a while too!)
As for the procedurals, you can still pull some pretty amazing stuff off with procedural.
Cant wait to see this in action... Will you be joining the dA movie bandwaggon and uploading it here?
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Yeah, I love procedurals. Well, I used to anyway. In Lightwave they are the most amazing powerful surfacing tool I have ever used, but the procedurals in 3D Max are pretty sad by comparison. And yes, if I ever actually get around to rendering an animation of this thing out, Ill definitely be posting it on DA. Been meaning to upload my old demo reel for a while now (its good for some laughs)
-N
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Must say, that might be the most detailed 3d-model I've seen. You might want to put a standing human scetch next to it just to give some sence of scale 
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the detail is just mind boggling. mechanically its by far THE best model i've ever seen! it just looks so real!!!
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WOW.
I can't get my head around the geometry, much less how you're going to animate it. I can't wait to see it move
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Im steadily working on it - Ive had to explore new methods for dealing with such a big model... Its looking good tho!
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WOW. That must of taken a long time. I bet it's going to be hell when you put textures on it
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very nice work. it remind a bit on steampunk
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Thanks! I love steampunk stuff, its very inspiring. The robot will have some type of shield, but it wont be covered with armor. The robots function is more like artillery - it doesn't get close to the action
-N
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yeah the kind of thing i had in mind is more a hull, but extended and open for heat and air flow. It only look like a a conglomerate of "shield" like things Just didn't had kind of armour in my mind.
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Haunting!!! good job! thanks for sharing, very inspiring!
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Welcome back!
HEhe, for the ROBOT, I mean. ^_^
I started watching you mainly because of this robot, itΒ΄s great to see youΒ΄re working on it again.
Do you plan on adding textures around it, someday?
GREAT work, yo!
What program are you using there, 3Ds Max or Maya?
See you around!
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Hey man -
Thanks! I do indeed plan on adding textures to it sooner or later. Right now I am building a low-poly animation rig for it, and working out some storyboard ideas... Planning a ~1 min animation with it
-N
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