Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1
This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.
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12-01-2007
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very accurate, good pressure.. You just have to tweak the "brush dynamics" and some more in brush settings for the pressure level to work.
The only crits i have is the cheap quality pen..
But it's not nearly enough to ruin the overall quality !
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Well, not the huge update I was going for, but still I got what I could done. I've now redone the handles and I like them, they're about the same poly as the last ones but they have much more detail now. I might add more if I have some spare by the end. The pedals are obviously still in progress. Crits welcome - and yes i know the renders are still pretty poop.
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My poly limit for this is 10k, before the remodelling of the pedals and hand controls I was at about 8k, now I'm at about 7.5k with the pedals unfinished so I'm doing ok at the moment. I think I'm going to redo the wings and gun a bit as they are also using a few too many polys - I want to free some up so I can add some details elsewhere.
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Anything exciting happening at Escape?
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It might be cool to add some extra detail on the underside, though I guess that could be done with textures.
keep up the good work mate!
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Arran - Good shout about the underside. I've added some air intakes underneath where the front underside meets the rear underside hull. I'll post some quick renders tonight hopefully!
Thanks both for the support :attn:
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Here's a friendly bump to remind you that some people are still interested in seeing how this turns out :p
I hope stuff at Escape is going well!
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Oh, that means that I'll probably have a LOT of tidying up to do on the model, but thats ok as it will free up more tris for other styling and details (maybe I can do a bit more with the wings). It's a learning curve so I can't expect everything to be done right first time, especially seeing as I'm basically still a bit of a newb
Chuffed that theres at least a couple of you who like it though, cheers lads!
Edit : To add to to what i'll be doing to this project - When the model is complete it will have colour, specular and normal mapping applied. I'm getting much faster at modelling now so i'm not worried about it going on forever. I'm itching to get back to my WIPs but if I hold out, i'll be able to do everything that much faster and cleaner. And that includes the UVing and texturing as well.
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would love to know how to normal map... never really looked into it *shrug*
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So more progress in a few weeks hopefully on this, depending on whether we have a set project going!
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Stuff's sounding fun for you, but yeah I can imagine you must be busy with it. Can't wait to see what this will look liek with all those new skills
Also, have you looked at Mudbox? It's like ZBrush, except it 3D-based and apparently quite easy to use. Check it out
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As for mudbox, I've given it a quick blast and I must say it's v maya-user-friendly. All the nav controls are exactly the same, and it takes no time to pick it up, I just have nothing to work on yet and I'm not 100% on the workflow either!
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