3d max robot/mech in progress (V2)

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Ok, started a new robot today. I want to make something that’ll show off HDR maps a bit more than my last project. This is my work on the upper thigh so far… I’ll be working on the leg most of the day. It’ll eventually be a smaller scale robot than my last one… sort of a character more than a bulky machine.

Tell me know what you think so far (bearing in mind it has just been started today)

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I am so looking forward to see the whole thing. Your first one was already amazing…

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A bit more of the leg… should be interesting. I haven’t really done anything like this one before.

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Very nice ironikart, I love anything that deals with mechs. =)

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ok can’t see $|-|l*][* ! The dam sun is pointing right to my monitor so I’ll see if I can check it out l8tr! ok =)

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(-: :slight_smile: (-: i can’t wait to see more! :love:

the other one was so cool imo, and i think this one has the potential to look even more spectacular with the HDR rendering and shiny stuff…

hurry up and finish it already!!=)

Stuart

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How nice is that Hdr rendering !!! Cant wait to see this develop ironikart! :beam:

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ooh shiny new robot parts …

looks very very promising :slight_smile:

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the first one reminds me of a vacuum cleaner! lol :slight_smile:

Veery nice chromage! I like it!

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wow! man these are awsoem!

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thats sweet! what program du u use again?

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3ds max r3

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hehe, yeah that one!

I’ve switched my focus onto developing my poor texturing skills. Hopefully if I can get my skills up I’ll be able to put something into a convincing scene… I want to make it look photo-realisitic, but not real… if that makes sense.

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How did you make that texture?

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i liked the other one too

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Bryce 2 ios really hard but it’s kul!

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wow, thats awsome!!!

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how many Kilobyte or Megabytes is 3D Studio Max?

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*Originally posted by morse *
**How did you make that texture? **

I used a falloff-fresnel map in the reflection slot and a HDR lat/long map in the environment slot with spherical mapping. The material is a brazil test material.

how many Kilobyte or Megabytes is 3D Studio Max?

r3 is about 100-110 mb (on the CD)
r4 is about 142mb (on the CD)
r5 is about 570mb (on the CD)

They are all bigger after installation (well I assume 4 and 5 are bigger, I don’t have them).

Bryce 2 was one of the first 3D apps I ever bought… disappointing really. It doesn’t have much in the way of modelling tools, but you can make some pretty convincing landscapes.

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bryce can render amazing chrome and reflections.