Rebel_Spy Posted April 17, 2003 Posted April 17, 2003 I think that you should do the uvw mapping before the weighting. I read that some time ago on another thread, but i'm not so sure if that is true.
Hindy Posted April 17, 2003 Author Posted April 17, 2003 Dunno, I just followed the order of things in Spacemonkey`s tut... Otherwise I haven`t heard anything else
SkiTzoGuy Posted April 18, 2003 Posted April 18, 2003 Wow this model looks pretty darn good. I like it. I can't wait to see this one in games. Keep up with the good work! and good luck with what your doing!
SkiTzoGuy Posted April 18, 2003 Posted April 18, 2003 Wow I like this model, I can't wait till this one comes out.. Do you have any plans on making a Gimli? If so that would be very cool. Good Work. Keep it up.
Higginson Posted April 18, 2003 Posted April 18, 2003 I think Hansmoleman was doing a gimli model, but i havent seen or heard anything about that in a while. and also..... GJ HINDY!
Hindy Posted April 18, 2003 Author Posted April 18, 2003 CyBerNetiX: Thanx, getting a bit bogged down with unwrapping it at the mo as Ive never done it before. Hopefully Psynex` tut he is producing will help. I like his work and is very helpful in the General Editing section as is PsykOSith (always answering my Q's) Higginson: Thanx as always... SkiTzoGuy: Gimli, no plans for him... sorry but Gollum OH YES!!!. I loved Gollum in the books and even more so after Two Towers. Its so cool when he is speaking to himself whilst Frodo & Sam are sleeping. The Gimli model looked almost complete last time I saw it... Forget the guys name but he had pics of it on his site with a young Anakin model
SkiTzoGuy Posted April 19, 2003 Posted April 19, 2003 This is your first model? wow that is very good for a beginner, Look very good. Um just to let you know in advance, i think legolas had a darker color green on his cloak, But its your model you can do whatever you want with it. Im just saying what i remember.
Hindy Posted April 20, 2003 Author Posted April 20, 2003 CyBerNetiX: Yep first model, as for the colours I had just assigned flat base colours quickly to show where the model was heading but as yet I haven't done any solid textures as I ve gotta unwrap the whole model. Matt-Liell did the same thing as its easier to look at and distinguish different parts with a bit of colour than a single colour. Plus I reworked the arm and knee sections on friday to match the root.xsi more closely. I also optimized the whole model slightly to get it below 2,500 poly mark.
SkiTzoGuy Posted April 22, 2003 Posted April 22, 2003 sounds like a lot of work left to do, anyway ill leave you to do that stuff while i watch this model in the making, Good luck and keep up with the good work!. And i am very anxious when this model comes out.
Hindy Posted April 22, 2003 Author Posted April 22, 2003 Not really that much to do... I hope to finish unwrapping today, maybe tomorrow and then I ll start skinning then release it. Could be out as early as end of next week!
Hindy Posted April 22, 2003 Author Posted April 22, 2003 Not really that much to do... I hope to finish unwrapping today, maybe tomorrow and then I ll start skinning then release it. Could be out as early as end of next week! *Oops!!!!! Must have hit the post reply button twice... Noticed CyberNetiX did it on another thread.*
Hindy Posted April 22, 2003 Author Posted April 22, 2003 Not really that much to do... I hope to finish unwrapping today, maybe tomorrow and then I ll start skinning then release it. Could be out as early as end of next week!
Hindy Posted April 22, 2003 Author Posted April 22, 2003 Having a bit of trouble with my Planar mapping at the mo, I have posted a thread on general editing with my question (link below) http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=97881 Sooner it is answered the sooner I can finish mapping the model and release it so please answer if you can... Cheers
Hindy Posted April 25, 2003 Author Posted April 25, 2003 Ok I may be talking to myself but if anyone is interested, I have some bad news... On the previous post I stated that I was having trouble with my Planar map. Well PsykOSith looked over my mesh and said all the pivot points for every part of the mesh were messed up... I now have to patch a model together... More or less from scratch.
Pnut_Man Posted April 25, 2003 Posted April 25, 2003 Don't worry, you're not talking to yourself And that is unfortunate news, hopefully you can get it done as soon as possible.
Hindy Posted April 26, 2003 Author Posted April 26, 2003 Ok the problem is now sorted! just gotta unwrap Legolas again. Well I did unwrap him today but Psynex has sent word that his Tut on unwrapping is almost done and he is gonna send me a copy.... Hooray!!!!!!!! Cheers Psynex
Pnut_Man Posted April 27, 2003 Posted April 27, 2003 Great news! Good luck with redoing the unwrapping again -_-'
Hindy Posted April 28, 2003 Author Posted April 28, 2003 Ok Im gonna be skinning for the rest of the week... I ve just been messing around with different techniques with tuts off the web. Here is a quick head skin (literally 25 mins), nowhere near finished just thought I would make a quick post after all the troubles of last week. test skin C ya
SettingShadow Posted April 28, 2003 Posted April 28, 2003 Not bad, not bad, Nub... Legolas, eh? Looks good, though the lips.... no comment..
Hindy Posted May 5, 2003 Author Posted May 5, 2003 Hi all, A little update to let ya know where Im at with regards to skinning. The body is almost complete just got lighten the colours slightly as the Adobe Gammar on the pc I was using is up the creek. My pc crashes everytime I plug in my graphic tablet which is pretty annoying and slows me down having to transport between two computers. Also a couple of seams to sort other than that its just the head to finish
Hindy Posted May 7, 2003 Author Posted May 7, 2003 Ok this has taken longer than expected but Im almost done skinning the body.... Just refining it slightly before moving onto the head. Skin
Hindy Posted May 7, 2003 Author Posted May 7, 2003 Oops... Forgot to post the close ups! Here are some closeups of the elven embriodery. I think its pretty accurate as I took quite some drawing it out. *I ve lightened the colours so the embroidery is more noticeable* Embroid01 Embroid02 Embroid Embroid04 Let me know what you think with regards to colours etc... Thanx
BongoBob Posted May 8, 2003 Posted May 8, 2003 VERY, VERY GOOD. Finally, someone is skinning my favorite character from LotR and will start soon(Hopefully) on my other favorite character from LotR. Good luck on getting it working right in the game. PS:Are you putting him in MP or SP form??? PPS:If you want to, I'll beta test him in SP PPPS:Thnx for answering all my questions, it's hard to put up with a nOOb, so major thnx!
BongoBob Posted May 8, 2003 Posted May 8, 2003 I just had an Idea. Is there any one that would do a saber mod that looked like one of those bad knives he uses in the movie.My other idea sounds pretty impossible:turn the wookie bowcaster into his bow and arrows. Just think, a hella good legolas model with his knife and even his bow and arrows...
Hindy Posted May 8, 2003 Author Posted May 8, 2003 Scouttrooper: Thanx, I haven't touched the skin colour yet as Im gonna do the head today. As for the wrinkles there are more in there but maybe to subtle so I will experiment with the contrast. BongoBob: Thanx, no not a prob being a nOOb I appreciate the interest and feedback. Check frequently as I try to post regular updates. As for your questions... 1. To start with Legolas will be MP as it a university module so may not have time to do SP as well but he will be in SP maybe for the 1.0 release 2. As for testing it ll be a Beta release anyway so I can get as much feedback as possible. 3. No probs, Thanx for taking an interest 4. Dunno and a bit out of my league.
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