[WIP] Low-spec Sci-fi Military Vehicles
Friday, April 20, 2012 - 22:19
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?
Added preliminary texture.
258 tris. 64x64 pixels. 8 colours.
Blend
Red warrior needs caffeine badly.
looks pretty good. i didnt thought it would end up as a pixel art.
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.
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).
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Will you be including air and sea vehicles as well?
Presuming I don't lose interest first (which is likely).
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You shouldnt, If I had that talent, I would build myself an army of 3D pixel art (or voxel art).
Meshes for attack chopper and VTOL.
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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.
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.
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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.
@surt: Now I noticed something on top of first vehicle. Modular parts would be amazing. I wish I had more time.
I love low spec 3D art.
This low-poly thread on Polycount is inspirational.
Clint, would it be possible to rescue models from that topic? some of them are amazing
yup, agree with Danimal, some of them are shweeeeet.
Crappy texture on VTOL and a dude.
Blend
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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 ;)
Still going with this or it died out?
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.
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This game needs an FOSS recreation using these:
http://youtu.be/9vNPlgB6IbE