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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Yeah the vignette is prob a bit overkill especially for a wip image. I should really keep this stuff crisp and simple though so people can see the overall model and point out any probs or mistakes.
All of this is going to be used to create a short animation about 3-5 mins in length.
The sky diver is just stuck in a pose and rendered out, was just done as a test. The final v will have dynamic cloth which one of our workmates is setting up in cinema as the cloth simulator is pretty epic. The final renders should look a lot better though as it has no motion at the moment and does look way to baggy and static.
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Cheers for the ref daverave it was a great help. Could probably still use some work on the proportions but my eyes are a bit tired now so am gonna take Paldav up on that sleep. Will get wires up for this stuff tomorrow.
Thanks for the kind words it is much appreciated.
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Not sure that I like the hair might need thinning out a bit or it could be that its not casting a shadow. The lips look great..........dave
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i think for the gun some dirt and texture variation would make it look a lot better.
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I am not trying to put the boot in but looking at the gun you have the metal texture going the same way I think in the real world guns are polished in different direction what is cheapest for the manufacturer, and may be some bump on the corser polish......dave
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Think you are right Dave and will try and adjust it when I get a chance, is any easy fix as I just need to adjust the direction on that layer. I will upload a cinema render once I get the skin working out as I have been able to get the hair looking so much better already having run a few tests.
Cheers Honestdom, I will try and break up the texture some more, we are not wanting to much dirt etc as we wanted to keep the weapons looking relatively new. I think the texture could do with some more breaking up though and appreciate your thoughts. With regards to the skin I find it easy to set stuff up for single frames but find it to be a nightmare when it comes to using a character in a scene. For instance say I have a character sitting in a black hawk with all of the lights set up I will need to set the skin up for this shot, he then repels down a rope and the shot is lit from the sun so I need to re set up again. Also it is sometimes the case that the texture needs to be changed for different lighting and so I think it will cause problems. The other possibility is rendering everything in zbrush as you can now import mdd's although I would need to look into importing camera animation. Advantage of this would be the fast render times but the hair would be an issue.
Mainly just doing some research to find a solid method to get what we want done in a timely manner while still getting solid results. I know it can all be done in maya but know it is a lot of work and it would all fall on me as I am the only one who uses it. Advantage of using cinema would be it is very easy to learn + I would then have someone else help who knows it inside out.
Hopefully we will have a solid approach to this by the end of next week.
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I really appreciate the comments and your criticism on this guys and will do my best to make adjustments and improvements in the suggested areas. It has all been noted and time provided I will go back to make improvements. I am likely to go back and re work on the hummer 1st as I feel it still looks very weak and will get some more ref images at work to try and improve things. I then need to add texture details to the chinook before then looking over weapons and finalizing character textures.
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I think the matte finish of the lambert looks quite good. When I made that Hind helicopter, I was making it thinking, 'well, it's made of metal so I guess it needs a kind of specular material', but unless these choppers are stright out of the factory, they're not really reflective or shiny, are they? When I see helicopters like this I think of 70's/80's vietnam war movies. When I think of the helicopters in them I never think of them as being very shiny.
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