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[WIP] Low-spec Sci-fi Military Vehicles

surt
Friday, April 20, 2012 - 22:19
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I've had in mind to do a series of low-spec sci-fi military vehicles for some time.

They'll be licensed under GPL2+ and CC-BY-SA.

This afternoon I've pushed out a basic mesh for an open top LUV.

Not sure about the poly budget though, it's currently at about 250 tris which seems a bit high (however with its open construction it will be one of the more poly-heavy in its class).

I'd like to aim for a poly budget somewhere along the lines of C&C Generals and other RTSs of that era. I haven't been able to find any data on this after a quick search so anybody know what I should be aiming for poly-budget-wise?

EDIT: Grrr! img tags not allowed though its says they are?

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surt
joined 15 years 11 months ago
Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 05:17
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Added preliminary texture.

258 tris. 64x64 pixels. 8 colours.

Blend

Red warrior needs caffeine badly.

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cemkalyoncu
joined 13 years 1 month ago
Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 07:20
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looks pretty good. i didnt thought it would end up as a pixel art.

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Acorn
joined 13 years 5 months ago
Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 08:27

i like how the wheels turned out. when i look at the untextured model they dont even look round but when evetything is textured up it looks great.

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surt
joined 15 years 11 months ago
Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 19:47
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Acorn: The wheels aren't very round, they are just hexagonal prisms with one end twisted to enhance the silhouette.

Added a hard-top variant of the LUV and started work on the HMV (texture is messed because it's modified from the LUV).

Red warrior needs caffeine badly.

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Jattenalle
joined 13 years 11 months ago
Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 14:32
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Will you be including air and sea vehicles as well?

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surt
joined 15 years 11 months ago
Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 18:19
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Presuming I don't lose interest first (which is likely).

Red warrior needs caffeine badly.

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cemkalyoncu
joined 13 years 1 month ago
Monday, April 23, 2012 - 02:00
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You shouldnt, If I had that talent, I would build myself an army of 3D pixel art (or voxel art).

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surt
joined 15 years 11 months ago
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 21:34
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Meshes for attack chopper and VTOL.

Red warrior needs caffeine badly.

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cemkalyoncu
joined 13 years 1 month ago
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 23:57
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Its getting better and better. I have noticed the turret in the third vehicle, it would be nice to have a similar mounted machine gun option for the first one.

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surt
joined 15 years 11 months ago
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 01:57
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There is actually an MG on the open-top LUV, just the render is too small to see it properly.

I intend to make these somewhat modular with interchangable weapons, wheels/mattracks, turrets on armour, rotors on choppers (maybe also tail assemby to match the rotor assembly, not much point in a tail rotor on a coax chopper), rotors/jets/ducted fans on tilt-engine craft, etc.

Red warrior needs caffeine badly.

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Danimal
joined 14 years 9 months ago
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 03:04

I think it would be better if you just expanded the vehicules variety before going modular. Im really liking your style here. Some gunboats after this would be a good addition.

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cemkalyoncu
joined 13 years 1 month ago
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 07:15
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@surt: Now I noticed something on top of first vehicle. Modular parts would be amazing. I wish I had more time.

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Clint Bellanger
joined 15 years 7 months ago
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 09:31
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I love low spec 3D art.

This low-poly thread on Polycount is inspirational.

 

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Danimal
joined 14 years 9 months ago
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 14:13

Clint, would it be possible to rescue models from that topic? some of them are amazing

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shirish
joined 14 years 10 months ago
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 20:52

yup, agree with Danimal, some of them are shweeeeet.

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surt
joined 15 years 11 months ago
Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 01:32
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Crappy texture on VTOL and a dude.

Blend

Red warrior needs caffeine badly.

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cemkalyoncu
joined 13 years 1 month ago
Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 02:50
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Dude looks awesome, and texture on plane looks ok as well. I hope this will end up as a complete strategy kit ;)

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Jattenalle
joined 13 years 11 months ago
Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 12:16
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Still going with this or it died out?

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surt
joined 15 years 11 months ago
Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 13:18
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This (http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=14006) will likely eat my spare time for a little bit. After that I intend to add at least a tank and an APC to the Terran faction.

Red warrior needs caffeine badly.

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Spiney
joined 14 years 10 months ago
Saturday, January 5, 2013 - 00:09

This game needs an FOSS recreation using these:

http://youtu.be/9vNPlgB6IbE

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