welcome back gamma :)

you have a weird edge flow there, I will draw over the photo later to show you what it should be like.

@FMT MasterChief: it's actually a US Marine base in San Diego.

@OHunterO, ya I need to fix those for sure.

H2 xbox shield


My attempt at coloring


yeah.

Maybe get some better lighting on the stand as that is hard to see (assuming that you colored that as well)

The Shield actually looks a good deal better then the H2 one.

Gonna make the other two states as well?

Do you mean H2V? Because this doesn't make sense: H2 Xbox shield > H2 Shield

Actually I think he (and I) assumed that the first image was an example of the Halo 2 shield, and the last image was your attempt at re-creating it.

Hm,makes sense. New H1 Shield > H2 Shield

Well i was but now i think i am close to it

Looks... awesome... It's just something about the visor that doesn't really make it look h3... The rest is good...

Yeah i know my main focus was the armor

dat assault rifle...


it looks just like the one in halo 3! gotta love OS *o*
Edited by Delicon20 on Aug 4, 2012 at 10:59 AM

Thanks

WIP Arch skin. Having some issues rendering a normal map and AO, but I'll figure it out.

Yeah, just need to fix the texture or what ever around the top edges of the rubber area. Unless that is how it is suppose to look like.

I had a design for a map floating around for 2 years, figured i'd finish it for CE3, but that didn't work out. *Note* I haven't touched max for a year, haha. Thoughts?

Reminds me a little bit of "Halo" from Halo 3. I like it though.

Is that going to go ingame? D: If so. What's the polly count? :O

That's a really nice bsp. :O

And KingFisher, your arch looks nice as well. What map is it going into?

I'm practicing a workflow for the new version of Ancient Sanctuary. These were going to be the doorways to the different rooms in the bases.

I'm just trying to practice some custom texture skinning.

looks like Revelations. Lol.

Pretty close, I got some inspiration for the bases from Selentic's structure on that map.




edit: It's 19k polies so far. (with turbo smooth) Although none of the bases are attached, those will have portals. I hope i can finish under 25k.
Edited by Newbkilla on Aug 5, 2012 at 11:14 PM

The map or the structure is 19k? and why are you using turbosmooth? from what i can see there is no use for it.

Ladies and gentlemen, may I present our FIRST GOLD OLYMPIC BIPED IN HALO CE... ALY RAISMAN!



In this picture, she is very nervous, getting ready to perform an amazing jump off the CE3 stage.

AND SHE WINS THE GOLD!



What an amazing performance this young woman put on for us tonight.


Edited by ODST_Nick on Aug 6, 2012 at 03:28 AM

Wtf
anyway new visor please comment

Its using halo2s chief visor cubemap,which is halo3s since they did not change it
Edited by The_Arbiter on Aug 6, 2012 at 03:29 AM
Edited by The_Arbiter on Aug 6, 2012 at 03:31 AM

Looking very nice dude

Thanks. Took me FOREVER to model the head & attatch it thorougly. Not to mention that gold medal... PHEW!

i reckon that'll be the turbosmooth on them cliffs here maniac.


looks great.

Turbosmooth for the map, the structures are normal.

There's no point in turbosmoothing your map, it adds unnecessary detail. It also makes cliffs look "soft", which is completely unnatural. Cliffs are generally rocky hard surfaces with cracks and fragments broken off. Even the ground can still be very smooth without turbo smooth just by using the cut tool and adding vertices and smoothing it out manually.

I somehow missed that picture.
You can use turbosmooth to make cliffs but you should only use it at 1 iteration and only on very low poly objects.
This can also be done or adjusted the way Higuy said.
Also i like the map so far.

Just got bored :)






I know it's bad, crappy render, i think stupid model etc...I need to chamfrain some part and a custom texture for that. It's the first render i have made :( It's the halo reach military box.
Edited by darksoldier on Aug 6, 2012 at 03:59 PM
Edited by darksoldier on Aug 6, 2012 at 04:15 PM

People should make maps in a more modern way. Stick them in sculpting programs to add all fine details, which allows you to make extremely realistic cliffs ect... then bake normals ect in max...

I would import it into ZBrush if all I did was sit at my computer all day, lol.

I'm thinking of this, making à very HD bloodgulch, but I'm busy and I hardly suck at texturing...
One day