Vehicle: Challenger Tank

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# 1 02-12-2003 , 01:54 PM

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I know there's been a small spate of tanks recently but I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring.

Been Modelling this since thursday (On and off cause of work). BUt here's what I got so far.

One part I really need to fix is the side panels they are too boxy and have no detail in them so I will be sorting that asap. Tracks are temporary and the render was done at 1am after a 12 hour shift at work so go easy on that user added image

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# 2 02-12-2003 , 01:55 PM

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and here is a wire for anyone that is interested. It's about 35,000 polys at the moment because of the tracks and the wheels.

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# 3 02-12-2003 , 06:29 PM

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look good!! looking forward to seeing it textured

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# 4 03-12-2003 , 11:08 AM

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anyone else? come on guys user added image

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# 5 03-12-2003 , 11:47 AM

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hey Pure that looks great mate, nice detail on the tracks user added image

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# 6 03-12-2003 , 03:08 PM

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Good overall shape, especially the turret. Very nice commanders hatch. Work needed on those armor plates, but youre already on that. Looks alot cleaner than mine. (35k faces isn't much for a high detail object user added image

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# 7 03-12-2003 , 03:18 PM

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thanks for the comments, it's up to 50k now fredriksson user added image

I dont have a pic with me right now but hopefully I will have some playblasts tomorrow of the track animation (I got tired of modelling for now).

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# 8 03-12-2003 , 05:25 PM

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Cool overall shape. I could look at tanks all day and not get bored. I too forward to seeing it detailed out. I am going to sound like a broken record but put chamfers on those corners.

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# 9 03-12-2003 , 06:29 PM

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yeah I'm going on a major chamfering/beveling mission once I've finished all the modelling to get some nice lines on it user added image

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# 10 03-12-2003 , 06:45 PM

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Well, it looks great!
Just poly count is a bit high. But you already explained it. Keep up a good work, mate!

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# 11 05-12-2003 , 10:59 AM

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updates updates updates. Sorry I didnt have time to photoshop them together so here we go

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# 13 05-12-2003 , 11:02 AM

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wow yet more!! user added image

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# 14 05-12-2003 , 11:11 AM

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and a turntable for you guys, sorry about the size but it was late and I wanted to get to sleep user added image

it's divx by the way

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# 15 05-12-2003 , 06:09 PM

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Sweet. You kussan and someone I saw doing a M1 should get together and do a tank battle. Someone neads to model a T80 and a BMP. I seen a few apaches. and someone was modeling a werewolf. With good compositing it could be awsome. Old cold war battle. An equipted T80 would be a good opponant for an M1 or Chalenger.

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