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# 1 09-01-2003 , 12:07 AM

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ello,

well here is my idea - pretty basic, but then so are my maya skills.

Just going to be some sort of layout of a Norman helmet and sword - as realistic as I can manage.

Below are the 2 source images I am using for sword and helmet

Cheers

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# 2 09-01-2003 , 12:08 AM

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the sword

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# 3 09-01-2003 , 12:11 AM

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Here is a first attempt at the helmet - in polys - not very advanced but just messing around with basic shape and basic mapped reflection.

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# 4 09-01-2003 , 01:12 AM

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looking good so far, keep it up man. user added image

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# 5 09-01-2003 , 03:05 AM

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the reflections are great!!

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# 6 09-01-2003 , 07:39 AM

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Looks almost as good as the original.
Love the chrome effect.

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# 7 09-01-2003 , 08:04 AM

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jep... i agree with u guys! if u put this helmet into a photo, u would think it's real

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# 8 12-01-2003 , 06:32 PM

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ello,

changed the helmet, think I will stick with this as the final model. Any suggestions tho?? It might not exactly be exactly like the pic above But I haven't got the skills to get it exactly right.

I am going to change the reflection map at some point, it just seems a bit 'off' to me.

I did save the pic as a tga from maya, but when I loaded it into photoshop the bakground had disappeared!!!

Anyway, I am onto a sword now. Tried it in nurbs and polys - not very good but will try a combination of polys/subds - havent used subds a lot at all, lets hope I can learn quickly user added image

cheers
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# 9 12-01-2003 , 06:36 PM

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here's the wireframe

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# 10 12-01-2003 , 07:06 PM

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That helm looks fantastic cb8rwh!

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# 11 12-01-2003 , 09:17 PM

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where did you get the texture for the helmet? Or did you make it user added image

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# 12 12-01-2003 , 11:10 PM

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re the texture, I went to the alias wavefront site and there is a tutorial about how to adv a env ball map to a sphere. I just used the method but used a pic i downloaded from the net. It REALLY is straightforward, gets good results as well.

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