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3DImperial Guard Leman Russ Batle Tank
Captain Shrike0
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Hello!
This is my first 3d wip model i've been actually working and thought to bring here. It is a Leman Russ from Warhammer 40K.
The model as it stands (/trundles/whatever) has been made using a physical Games Workshop kit as the reference material, all measured with a typical 30cm ruler.
Note all you crits that depite using 3ds max for probably 9 months altogether, on and off, I am still very much an amateur. This will not be of the standard of other 40k models here (*cough* Binkerman's vehicles *cough* UK-Blade's Rhino *cough*), for now at least.
So, some renders I took yesterday have been put on a shiny new photobucket account, here's the link:
http://s822.photobucket.com/albums/zz150/The_Spartan_Fury/Leman%20Russ%20renders/
PS When I'm rendering, how do i make that lascannon barrel LOOK smooth? Are my simple skills correct when i say i could use a bump map? (something i've heard around, no idea what it is)
This is my first 3d wip model i've been actually working and thought to bring here. It is a Leman Russ from Warhammer 40K.
The model as it stands (/trundles/whatever) has been made using a physical Games Workshop kit as the reference material, all measured with a typical 30cm ruler.
Note all you crits that depite using 3ds max for probably 9 months altogether, on and off, I am still very much an amateur. This will not be of the standard of other 40k models here (*cough* Binkerman's vehicles *cough* UK-Blade's Rhino *cough*), for now at least.
So, some renders I took yesterday have been put on a shiny new photobucket account, here's the link:
http://s822.photobucket.com/albums/zz150/The_Spartan_Fury/Leman%20Russ%20renders/
PS When I'm rendering, how do i make that lascannon barrel LOOK smooth? Are my simple skills correct when i say i could use a bump map? (something i've heard around, no idea what it is)
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good thing i work with editable polys!
If you're planning on using ZBrush or Mudbox to create some detailed normal maps, you might want to look at smoothing the whole model.
As somacruz states if you smooth the whole model it will look ugly, but if you alter the whole mesh a little it'll keep its shape. I haven't used Max in a long time, so can't really give you any specific advise, but you need to with Maya.
I'd done most of my Rhino before I started playing with ZBrush and discovering that it needs to be smoothed, so I'm going to have to redo a lot of the mesh
Mind you I'm a complete noob with ZBrush, so I could be talking out of my ar*e, but its better to check first.
Keep up the good work, i'll be watching
i bet you'll be watching! if fact i may be close to doing a few more renders!
After a lot of shouting, cursing and in particular birdie flipping (actually scratch that last...), i have got a muzzle for the Battle Cannon that I'm happy with. More details have been made around the turret (ie vision port and side-box).
I think I've done very well so far. Despite having to change the computer i'm using, and repeated crashes everywhere (especially around the time of the muzzle), I have made a lot of progress. It is a shame that i'll have to slow down on the building this coming week. The main reason for the swiftness of the project is that i have been working on it between revision periods. But that is all to change, as I'm doing my mock AS exams this week, so there won't be as many updates. But when i can, the model will see progress.
Any crit or suggestions are still welcome, as always. It is quicker and easier to read what ppl have to say than try to work on a 3d model
also, please don't turn this into an update monologue! put any comments, critique and question you may have up here!
A few days ago, I received a Games Workshop email newsletter. It said there was a new 40K expansion being released called Spearhead. It will be free as it'll be online and in June's White Dwarf, it involves armies of tanks, and new models will be released. For the Imperial Guard, we are looking at a new Leman Russ model, mirroring the Demolisher/Punisher/Executioner box released in August last year, and "the last word in artillery", the Manticore and Deathstrike missile tanks. For the Eldar, a new version of the Fire Prism and Support Platform.
Regarding the Russ, I may get the box and use it as reference for different parts in this model. Especially as it allows for the construction of the Eradicator, Exterminator and Vanquisher variants as well as the normal Russ.
First, get rid of the technicolour paint scheme and just go with a single flat colour for your WIP renders. What you have at present is highly distracting.
Second, you should absolutely post images in the thread itself rather than having a single link in the first post. Photobucket allows hotlinkable thumbnails and images - take advantage of it. If you make people work to see an image, most aren't going to bother and you will lose out on potential feedback. When you make a new post, put an image in that post. Even if you haven't done any new modelling work, at least do a new render. Give people a reason to keep checking out your thread.
Third, image size - make 'em big! Some of us are running at a high screen res and/or are old and half-blind. Render out images at least 1500x1500 so we don't have to squint.
1: i'll sort that
2: no idea how. maybe a pm instructing me?
3: i'll look into that.
I am still pretty new to WIP posting, and especially photobucket. The colours were the random ones assigned by MAX. they would have been hidden away when i get around to texturing. (Thinking about it, that might still be a way away, so i'll do a colour fix for now.)
The finer details are what i'm working on now. Mainly rivets, easy to do, but there are many on the tank!