he said its going to be public..

I LOVE YOU LIKE BUNGIE ! =D

I dont think you'll wanna animate a hipoly subd model. Over 9000 polys, expect the finished product to be 50,000 polys.

Unless of course he goes all the way, and models a low poly to bake the hipoly for a normal map.

This was a model I made for a project back before the semester ended. Just kinda playing around with render settings, also thinking about making the low poly and finishing this up when I get free time.






http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/4098/m1garand7.jpg

Don't like some of the renders where the blue is more evident, probably going to fix that. Feedback on model would be awesome before I start to do the low poly

I like the amount of detail you put in, even the very small things.
Maybe add in a strap?

nice penguin, nice. the overall weapon looks nice and interesting :)

Not many people reload with their right hand unless they are left handed :/ which btw is the minority of the population.

even aliens too.
grunts, brutes and elites throw nades with their left hand oh and jackals use weapons on left

The animation is above all for the pleasure

The reload should be done with the left hand. The only time you should reload with your right hand is if your left handed like I am, otherwise It's unnecessary.

Im excited for reach so heres a preview of things im going to be working on:



You may use it just give me cred, k.

Animating for video games, especially Halo, has a basis in aesthetics, not realism.

If you don't know what that means it means this: screw realism, go for it looking pretty.

i want left handed animations >:C
i remember those old games that let you switch to right left and center
Edited by Dark on Jun 13, 2010 at 02:33 PM

lol I'm not even left-handed, I just thought it would be fun to try something different for once, taking inspiration from teh lag's old shotgun reload.

Once you downsize it to fit the other pickup icons, most of that internal detail will be gone.

hell its still a good ref.

DO. IT.

I'm left handed and reload both right and left, and I am a sharp shooter with my left, I got probs only with bolt action sniper rifles when holding it left.

/offtopic

And its Halo, animations dont need to be realistic and im sure a spartan can hold the front of the gun with his left hand and reload with his right, same for a marine or odst.

didn't Penguin do Left-Handed AR animations?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4rRPJmN-Q0
What do you guys think?
Edited by UnevenElefant5 on Jun 13, 2010 at 08:35 PM

the first thing i noticed was the way the gun moved a lot when you are idle. Tone that down a bit, because ya. And also the melee needs to have more umpf to it. Right now it looks like "you're going through the motions", remember that it's a melee, a bash to the head, not a bop. Otherwise, it looks pretty decent.

The melee needs more force and the firing still looks like you're firing a pistol (the barrel's side lifts up more than it should). Look at the Halo3 BR animations to know for sure what I mean about the firing animation.

origins block like 50% of your screen, what.

E: AR reload empty anim.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O39K1diPXxM
Edited by doompig444 on Jun 14, 2010 at 02:44 AM

I love how unique it was. It's so strange that it made me laugh =L

Tell that to teh lag and HIS AR reload :P

Except that Teh Lag's reload actually made sense and had perfect execution. Yours, makes absolutely no sense and just looks plain awful.
...I hope that doesn't sound too offensive.

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/2512/85293714.jpg

^ that doesn't look right.

told him about it yesterday,he needs to add more force to the mag in aswell.

Looks decent hunter, good job. Is that from a reference or concept art you made?


My WIP, based on a concept called the "plasma gun", I just started the clip btw

my lord something else that custom :O
madness!
its looks good so far

How do you hold that thing though?

Its the grenade launcher from halo reach.
I like your model, only thing bothering me, is the shape of the grip.

I do NOT like that grip

It is however accurate so ya