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Ulysses-31 — Excavator Redux 3
Published: 2008-05-04 15:39:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 2666; Favourites: 12; Downloads: 305
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I first made this model a few years ago and forgot about it (it can be seen in my gallery). After attending an industry exhibition late last year it was recommended that I texture the model. Until now i'd avoided doing that, never having textured a vehicle before and thus lacking confidence but I eventually got around to it. Meh, it's OK I guess.Related content
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seriously, that is one awesome digger 
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Thanks ^_^. Not quite sure what you mean by "cleaning up". When texturing, I used a basic technique of using colour-range selections in photoshop and painting/filling regions to get a cracked/flaked paint effect, and then brushes to add things like scratches, dirt, and chips on exposed areas.
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Ah, Photoshop...I've actually never tried it, I've been sticking with GIMP - though I think both are relatively the same.
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nice, though I think d-map shadow is too rough... IMHO
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It's a ray-traced area shadow. The "area" is quite large compared to the excavator, so it looks a little strange, a bit like having the whole ceiling of a room illuminated.
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mmm... if you've changed AL proportions, OR, if it's not far enough from the model--then it could come up with artifacts like this. Also... I don't know what's your software is, but most I know 3DMax and Maya the AL has both d-map based and RT shadows mode...
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nice textures though, keep it up -)
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it's simply gorgeous. Once I turn in my final I want to go back to the model and make it nice and detailed like this
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It looks so different with the textures...it's amazing what they can do to give it even more depth...
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Random passerby here. I don't know much about 3D modeling, but this looks like excellent work. It looks like a model right out of a CG movie or game.
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Congrats for this making it into 3dWorld mag mate!
Should animate it in action!
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amazing details! it looks really nice with texture, how many moto-hours it have?
btw, sorry for my bad english :$
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Your English is fine, don't worry about it. If by "moto-hours" you mean how much usage this digger has seen, that's hard to say. When I first attempted a texture, it looked far too corroded to the point where it would be only good for scrap. Little by little I kept on removing scratches and rust until it looked worn mostly in the arm section, with the body mostly clean as it is with diggers that are still in use.
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