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@gogolo :
I don't see why the low poly model converted to Voxels should be like chocolate ? Voxel have tools now to do hard edges and can have harde edges in good resolution.
So it is possible to have it very near to the original perhaps !
Yeah : importing a low poly model in Voxel room would be great
Retopology is incredible good, but sometimes starting form a low poly model made on another software could be good also and gain some time!
I don't know if it's possible or too much complicated, but would be a great feature indeed (i never use surface scultping : Voxels are so great !)
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What about re-topoing the one section, baking a displacement map (or a normal map for that matter) and then using that all the way round
Yeah , very good idea.
Make the tire without the detailled section; make one section to bake it on the tire.
Or use less detailled sections ? for more simple tires.
Depends on your goal : presentation or game.
For game players won't take too much attention to tires ,specially when the car is running !
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I own Unity 3D , and can say it has a great workflow for 3D artists !
You can import your model and diff,spec,normal maps as a breeze, and apply shaders , just by choosen it on a list.
The indie edition at some 150$ or 180$ don't remenber is incredibly complete.
The pro edition have shadows(lot fo FPS eating thing) and ful screen effects, and some things , but even with indie you can produce big things
3D game studio A7 , is a cool one also, lot more less advanced than Unity , is interface is outdated like the world editor
and it is difficult to put some shaders wihtout code or without to ask for help.
Well an engine to try deeply before purchasing.
In Unity , you just choose the shaders import and assign textures in the panel of object and that's run's directly!
Well i really recommend Unity for 3D artist, it have good tutorials , a very advanced , easy ot use world editor.
It have a trial edition , so test it and see by yourself if it suits your needs !
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Back to 3D Coat
The new flatten tool is top notch : hard surfaces are easy now.
It is possible to use it to falatten along a curve and keeping an orientation plane constant (45° for example ) ?
(to give hard edges to an roughlty done armor piece )
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@Psmith :
Yeah , game industry is a lot formatted that way : orks , elves etc ... but there are original ones : Mass Effect characters : not muscles : buit lot more armors !
And new elves are better than previous ones
!And there are perhaps lot of people targetting a place in video game indutrsy in big companies like EA ? that's perhaps you'll see cuh characters
just to show their skills to do standard high quality characters.
But there are people using it for illustration , or cartoons.
For my part it will not be orcs or elves, but Toon oriented world and characters and for a precise goal : try to produce a cool game as fun as Ratchet And Clank series with original ideas.
And i know some people that do 3D at spare time, from time to time, it can pass soem week where they don't touch 3D at all and some that prefer to travel the week end and discover new places.
(I do same some weeks)
I just thinks you watched too much 3D , don't be so objective about 3D users and seriously : TAKE A BREAK
!SHUT DOWN THE COMPUTER FOR SOME DAYS !
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The last version really rock
Toolpaste tool is outstanding and can be used for lot of things.
Some sort of hair i quickly mad with it and the roof brush :
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Redone coloring in the alien character !
it's a work in progress , caus i'll add some weapons to it, and i'll do more texture work also on it like dirt on clothes.
Anybody know if it's possible to say to 3D Coat : make a symmetry from the painting low poly model ?
Or must i have to duplicate it under a modeler (Blender) to re import it under 3D Coat ?
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Never seen that movie !
So ok i'll follow on my ideas, in fact it is inspired by various things , and killzone 2 game also !
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Well brushing some quick ideas in a bot character !
A lot of work to do to refine it
I made a one piece model instead of several parts this time, so no clean cuts, but it's ok for it !
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Really good models
!What means "Vualya!!!" ??
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You are really talented and have great skills, you are ready for a job in 3D industry , sure
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Some model done quickly without details , just a basic model and retopo is also not optimised and dirty done
!Ok we can't post from imageShack , too bad
EDIT by Taros: Click on the image on imageshack and copy the http-link and use it as a img tag link here.
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Great monster !
it would just need colors ot be perfect
Just a question i posted a new topic on a finished character here , why is it not appearing after trying ot post it two times
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Do you work in video game industry ?
Great character, pro work and quality
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I'll check them tonight , thanks
In fact i find lot more natural and intuitive to use voxel modeling, and use retopolgy after !
Even for hard edges modeling using volumes substraction or cutting on volumes with splines or pen !
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The second model is great, reminds me Doom 3
Well any intention to make a video tutorial on hard edge modeling with voxel booleans
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For amor, try to look at voxel video tutorials that show how works the cut and clone tool or the copy tool !
Very good model start
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I think it's the definitve model, and i'll have to achieve retopology and start painting !
I don't target insane details and not big game , just some litlle action game with some RPG elements !
(Like Chaos Engine on Amiga) !
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Okay,
I 've discovered lot more features of 3D coat, and used the voxel tree top crteate independant objects to avoid the glued effect
It's perhaps, too much smoothed caus i used Voxel resolution increase in the last steps of modeling (something to do only when you hav all basic objects and shapes done; not at the end)
Redone totally the new alien soldier, not insane details just the minimal
I plan to make some more models for an action RGP game.
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Ok, the cut and clone tool really rocks
In fact it must be used with default voxel resolution.
If you increase too much resolution , the tool will be too slow ! so it must be used at beginning witout any resolution increase if you plan to
make several objects with cut and clone.
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I have a character , i want ot make separate parts like an armor !
Instead of using voxel copy to make the armor : it's slow on my computer
*It is possible to make retopology on voxels , than turn back the retopoly mesh to voxel scene as a separate voxel object ?
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Thanks for the advice on separate parts
Wel l, caus we use voxel, yeah, iw will be able t oglue them together at final for retopology and baking.
In fact i target a model for a Unity 3D engine, i want speed rendering , so i'll use one mesh only , or perhaps some separates ones attached by code in real time
like boots or the turtle armor !
For detailling , i won't go very deep, caus it asks lot of work , and for 3D engine speed the resolution textures i target won't exceed 1024*1024,
even with that resolution , you can make great looking models.
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Work in Progress !
I don't plan to g oto extreme detail, just a model with minimum amount of details.
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people keep suggesting adding patterns and realistic textures to her
Well sometime simple things are better
Yes with voxel it is possible to do all that, but you sculpt a pose that can't change. Zbrush and Z sphere 2 will allow you to change the pose,
but somewhat useless if you can't export the armature for animating without havving to do rigging in another program.
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Great work !
The Tooth could be easily done in 3D Coat no
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With Planar tool and others that could be easy ?