Toxic

[Spinoza]

hi,

i have rendered this with the freeware version of vray.
i am only a self taught maxer who does this kind of stuff for fun... so please don´t hit me hard.

i have done the model after a design sketch from electronic arts i found on a webpage.

i post here because i have a question.

can i make the plane look like grass with the displacement function of the demo and let the truck leaving threads on it?

or any other way? maybe a trick that works for animation too?

[DaForce]

that looks awesome!!

How did u do the little tufts of grass around the rocks?

Im not sure how you would get animated tracks tho, i remember seeing a thread around here somewhere (i think ) where the mentioned how that could be done, but i cant seem to find it.

[natty]

yeah got to agree ..... your texture work is brilliant

[rgbxyz]

Using 'free'? For fun? With that quality, consider a career move. Really nice work.

Peter

[RErender]

Really great! for the grass just make a displacement map with the grass and paint the tracks on top make the track areas black or dark grey so they dont displace to much, it is just like a bump map

[mike_kennedy]

To create an animated texture for the tread, create a plane with only one poly. Use linked Xform to link the front two vertexes to the tires leaving the tracks. Dump a tiled UVW Mapping modifier on top of that.
A map with an alpha would be needed for the plane....

[gl0w]

very cool image.
the only thing i dont like is that cute laser on top.
i would mount something more mechanic like an old m60 or stinger.

i agree with spongebob mike about the tread technique.
simple and elegant
but u could also use a plugin like ghosttrails which will put geometry on the floor, thats better if you drive a curve and not straight ahead.

you can use the animated treads in black on a white background to render a top viewport to get an animated displacement map

[Spinoza]

thanks for all your help. much appreciated!

@DaForce: the grass stands are simple splines.

@gl0w: it´s no laser, it´s a high power nozzle for toxic material.
something like the toxic tractor in C&C generals.

[dusan]

please, share this knowledge
you should definatly think about that career move....
have you written some texturing tutorials?
if not, you should

[Spinoza]

im glad that you like it.

this was made after a sketch from concept artist feng zhu.

should have some old, comic like blueprint look.
vray was used for a little GI... but after the photoshop work there is not much GI visible anymore.




this is one of the first 3d objects i made (with povray).
it´s a battlemech or mechwarrior, modeled after a cover from a game.
last year i decided to model it again with max.

i don´t like the mech design anymore (there are better looking mechs for sure) i made it only for nostalgic reasons.

i used vray free for a little GI.
the dof effect is made with photoshop.

[DP]

i am only a self taught maxer who does this kind of stuff for fun... so please don´t hit me hard.

probably who is hit harder are the pro's that struggle to get to this sort of level

[hughg]

Your pulling our legs Mr Hobby!

[n6]

the first picture of this post is realy very very nice! I like it a lot.

[Long John]

looks great.

[3dworld]

not bad