3DTIE Fighter 2.0

stonky

Hey all,

This is something else that I've been working on recently, a complete rebuild of the TIE fighter that I originally posted here almost exactly ten years ago, just after the great crash of '06 :

tie_front_01.jpg

Better geo, more accurate, etc. Panel lines will be displacement maps (cue the boos! ), more to come!

evil_genius_180

It's looking fantastic so far. Who cares if you use displacement maps? Only the results matter, and your work is always terrific. People who have something against bump maps can get over it. When they build theirs, they can model everything.

fractalsponge

stonky wrote: »

Panel lines will be displacement maps

Sissy

scifieric

Very, VERY nice!

TALON_UK

Loving it.

:thumb:

ChrisGFX

great start :thumb:

stonky

@evil_genius_180: thank you! Yeah, I think that it'll work out in the end.
@fractalsponge: lol agreed
@scifieric: thank you! This one is set up MUCH better than the last one for proper UVs, etc., I'm looking forward to texturing.
@TALON_UK: thanks, it's a lot of fun!
@ChrisGVX: thank you! It's always fun to revisit something, I'm having lots of "What was I thinking when I made this garbage??!!" moments.

SeanP

Looks awesome so far and nice depth of field in the render! :thumb:

FANGs

Nice one! I'm looking forward to see its Cockpit ;-P

stonky

Thanks, working on the hat now, I should have something to show shortly.

I think that the DOF is just the low resolution of the BG HDRI, I don't think that I had DOF turned on in this one.

Comco

fractalsponge wrote: »

Sissy

Bahahaha! Real Men model everything.

Actually, I'm not yet convinced that Ansel knows how to texture. I figure his insane modelling skills are simply an attempt to hide the fact that he can't figure out how to work Photoshop.

Looking great so far! Really looking forward to seeing this one come together. :cool:

evil_genius_180

Comco wrote: »

Actually, I'm not yet convinced that Ansel knows how to texture. I figure his insane modelling skills are simply an attempt to hide the fact that he can't figure out how to work Photoshop.

If that's the case, he compensates quite magnificently.

stonky

Some progress:

tie_front2.jpg

evil_genius_180

Looking snazzy. :thumb:

BlueNeumann

It looks like a photo of a real model. Which is cool.

ChrisGFX

looking great!

stonky

Thanks all!

More details added:

tie_front3.jpg

ChrisGFX

love it

evil_genius_180

Me too.

stonky

Thanks! Working on the back now (among other tweaks).

TALON_UK

Loving the details, and cracking renders.

:thumb:

homerpalooza67

Sweet!

uniderth

I really like the details. How will/do you texture everything with that much detail?

stonky

Thanks all!

uniderth wrote: »

How will/do you texture everything with that much detail?

With hours and hours of uv'ing. On the upside there's a fair amount of detail that is symmetrical across the ship so I can copy the uvs, and there is essentially only one "wing star" copied 4 times, with minor accommodations for the wing struts.

Tralfaz

Do you unwrap your mesh or paint directly onto the model?

stonky

UV it first, then 3D paint.

scifieric

This keeps looking better and better, and it started off great already!

stonky

Thank you! A little more progress:

tie_back.jpg

evil_genius_180

Nice job on the itty bits.

stonky

Thank you! The wings are where I'll really have to earn my tiny bits street cred.

floodcasso2

The detail on this is crazy awesome