Power armor 3d models

drachton · Unread post by **drachton** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:33 am

Hey all.

edit:
Ok, so it's been almost three months since my last post, and I finally have something new to show. See the work-in-progress page here.

Still left to do:

I'll post again when I have made further progress.

Original post:
I picked up 3d modelling as a hobby some time ago, and I have two things I thought might be of interest to the people on this forum.

#1: Glitter Boy wallpaper (1024x768)
I never did complete the complete GB power armor, but I did do the helmet, and I used it as a wallpaper for a while. Maybe some here will like it.
edit: Glitter Boy wallpaper (1600x1200)

#2: Triax Predator power armor (work in progress)
I'm still working on this from time to time, when I have time to kill. Should be done with it in... at this rate, about a year.

Anyway, comments welcome.

Bye,

Phil

PigLickJF · Unread post by **PigLickJF** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:55 am

Nicely done! I was playing with some 3d modeling and animation for awhile and thought about trying some power armor or something, but decided I wasn't good enough and don't really mess with it anymore.

PigLick

Dead Boy · Unread post by **Dead Boy** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 4:50 am

First of all, welcome to the boards. Always good to see a new face!

And as to your work there, all I can say is NICE!!! I look forward to seeing the final product next Christmas. :ok:

Mech-Viper Prime · Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:15 am

thats some dam nice work :ok:

RoadWarriorFWaNK · Thu Feb 03, 2005 12:22 pm

the chest of the predator is a little flat.
Other than that though its rad. Be sure to post the finished product!

Rimmer · Unread post by **Rimmer** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:22 pm

I has found a new precious, my precious

ring ? what ring ? we don't needs the stinking ring, we haves new precious.

MADMANMIKE · Unread post by **MADMANMIKE** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:23 pm

..I use Poser 4.0.2. I don't actually create models, rather I manipulate them to make what I want.

..It uses .obj, .pz3 and .3ds format models, gazillions of which can be found free on the net.

..Anyone remember the CCG card with the Titan Power Armor? Lightwave Graphics had the model for Poser in .pz3 format free for download for some time, but I'm guessing they pulled it for legal reasons relating to the Movie deal.

..When I get a new faster computer I'll be able to do some stuff with it. Right now it takes me way too long to render the darned thing.

..I've got render, but my webspace is full and not letting me access anything right now...

-Mike >8]

drachton · Unread post by **drachton** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 3:28 pm

Thanks everyone for the compliments. I'll awaken this thread whenever I have something worthwhile to show (next step should be the complete Predator PA -- I'm working on the arm-mounted cannon, and I don't expect any difficulty modelling the legs). Next will be the propulsion system, and then texturing. I was kidding when I said I expected to be done next year, but it still will take some time because I have to give priority to school -- naturally.

BTW, I updated the first post with a 1600x1200 version of the glitter boy wallpaper, as requested by Shadow_otm. It's not identical to my 1024x768 version, because although it's the same 3D model, the composition and post-processing were done with the gimp, and that's not automated, i.e. I tweaked it until I thought it looked good, so I couldn't get 100% identical results. But I think this version looks just as good anyway.

Again, thanks for the kind comments, will post more as I make progress.

Bye,

Phil

SycophantNagaraja · Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:23 pm

Madmanmike:

You mean this one?

http://www.giovanni-wod.net/images/titan2.jpg

I downloaded this a long time ago from Renderosity. And I never thought I'd find a fellow Poser artist here in the Palladium forums.

here's my gallery:
http://prophetx.deviantart.com

or the older one at

http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?B ... =GiovanniX

As for the above renders: Very nice! Only wish there was more Rifts related 3d content online

MADMANMIKE · Unread post by **MADMANMIKE** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 2:22 am

SycophantNagaraja wrote:Madmanmike:

You mean this one?

http://www.giovanni-wod.net/images/titan2.jpg

I downloaded this a long time ago from Renderosity. And I never thought I'd find a fellow Poser artist here in the Palladium forums.

here's my gallery:
http://prophetx.deviantart.com

or the older one at

http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?B ... =GiovanniX

As for the above renders: Very nice! Only wish there was more Rifts related 3d content online

..I've found tons of great stuff at Renderosity. Love the site. Great art there, don't think I'm quite in that league. More of a Dabbler.

..Back in the dark ages when I was in High School I found out quick that teachers don't bug you when you're writing like they do when you're drawing, so I switched gears to write.

..Still got the art bug, just not much skill.

..I'm still stuck on my old 400MHz G3 iMac with a measely 10GB hard drive. I went with the DVD drive instead of the CDRW, so I have no viable way to back up my stuff with out dropping a chunk of change.

..But the tax return is on the way and after the Hawaii trip is paid off, I'm getting a Powerbook. Couple of airport cards and I'm good to go.

..Recently took advantage of the free Michael 3.0 download, and used the coupons they sent me for buying Victoria 3.0 and her morph packs to buy his morph pack. I'm about to pop for a Platinum Club membership so I can buy $400 worth of models for around $70....

..My original intent with buying Poser was to storyboard comics, but that's gotten away from me....

-Mike <8]

SycophantNagaraja · Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:25 am

Check into Daz Studio as well. It's a free download from DAZ3d and it's pretty good. Not the best but for some things it's actually superior to Poser 4.

Thats the bummer with Macs

I picked my CDRW for a dirt cheap price from Frys Electronics (aka Outpost.com online) but my PC is a regular IBM compatable.

CyCo · Unread post by **CyCo** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 5:20 am

Very nice stuff. And welcome to the boards. :)

The BG head is missing the 'grill' under the eye slits, but then, I guess that it's a work in progress.

The Predator PA looks really great. :)

Do you guys remember there used to be a poster who did some 3d graphics of some of the weapons out of the RMB?? I only saw a few, but they were looking great too. Wonder what happened to him.

SycophantNagaraja · Sun Feb 06, 2005 7:21 am

If I was to give a tip to someone wanting to try Poser 4/5 or Daz Studio (I'd try Daz Studio over Poser 5 for a beginner any day) is to pay attention to the props you are downloading.

That will solve most of the problems in getting the clothes to fit right. If the file says it's for David or for Michael 3 or Victoria 3, then match it up with that figure.

Daz Studio even made it easy by either auto loading it to the figure or just use the provided selection of "fit to.."

MADMANMIKE · Unread post by **MADMANMIKE** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 10:10 am

SycophantNagaraja wrote:If I was to give a tip to someone wanting to try Poser 4/5 or Daz Studio (I'd try Daz Studio over Poser 5 for a beginner any day) is to pay attention to the props you are downloading.

That will solve most of the problems in getting the clothes to fit right. If the file says it's for David or for Michael 3 or Victoria 3, then match it up with that figure.

Daz Studio even made it easy by either auto loading it to the figure or just use the provided selection of "fit to.."

..Daz Studio looks pretty tight, I linked it in my dogboy render thread. I don't have OS X though, so it wouldn't do me any good right now. It took me a while to learn Poser, but once I did I started to enjoy it.

-Mike >8]

drachton · Unread post by **drachton** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:06 pm

Hey everyone,

I finally found the time to work some more on my Triax Predator PA. See first post for details, or jump right away to my work-in-progress page to look at the pics.

See you (next time I update the thing ;-)

),

Phil

Jesterzzn · Unread post by **Jesterzzn** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:12 pm

drachton wrote:Hey everyone,

I finally found the time to work some more on my Triax Predator PA. See first post for details, or jump right away to my work-in-progress page to look at the pics.

See you (next time I update the thing ),

Phil

That is pretty freakin sweet.

Alpha 11 · Unread post by **Alpha 11** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:43 pm

Cool! Like!

Rimmerdal · Unread post by **Rimmerdal** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 2:27 pm

They Very good work... :ok:

Brian Manning · Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:23 pm

Excellent choice of PAs to model. I can't wait to see that bad boy textured (or should I say "weathered"). Next I'm expecting an Old Style SAMAS. Who's with me!?

drachton · Unread post by **drachton** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 12:48 pm

Jesterzzn, Aequitas, Alpha 11 and Rimmerdal: Thanks, guys. :-)

Puuh: You're right about the chest not looking as bulky as in the ref. picture. Maybe I'll try scaling it up to see which way I like better.

Jaquar Wong: Thanks. Re: SAMAS, would you be satisfied with a Spider-Skull Walker? I was planning on finishing modelling on the Predator and GB armors, and then moving on to some of the more exotic-looking bots and APC's. :-)

BTW, had a look at your site, some great looking lineart you've got there, and congrats on getting published in the Rifter.

Brian Manning · Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:22 pm

Aww, I guess the Skull Walker will do. Should be easy enough for you if you're already doing this stuff. You really gotta show us the finals of the other two, though. I would love to see that Predator modeled in some battle scenes. It's my favorite PA next to the original SAM.

Thanks for checking the site out. Maybe someday I'll be able to keep it up to date and put more of my brother's stuff on there as well (since he's too lazy to set up his own site).

It's in serious need of an update and redesign (the design that's up there now was for something I was doing for another company that didn't use it, so I slapped it up there when I finally got a site together).