I have a tablet :D I'll try to get random tutorials, but I'm using mudbox to texture hard objects, that might be why it doesnt looks nice, I'm sure it interferes with the smoothing groups and I have to make my model looks nice with only 1 SG. quadrify mesh modifier helped me a lot

ive been working on modeling very little (not that i ever worked on it much anyway so im not exactly a good modeler) for several months. but ive been working on this a little bit every now in then, and although its not saiyng much, its probably the best model ive ever made. first attempt at full organic modeling and any sort of texturing, although only the chest is done. IT IS WISE to notice that these are screenies of vray in actual viewport, not renders, as i cant actually setup vray renders properly. the main chest texture is much darker normally AND the back blue thing is much better looking. but the appearence of the model (with the shadows and such) looks much nicer with vray (high kb warning maybe ID remember if halomaps scales). oh and the fingers and toes are meh but i didnt spend much time as I AM making gloves and shoes. without the excessive polies for the not visible bare torso and legs, and if i low polied the pants (there are polies coating the inside as i have a shell modifier) i would guess 2.5k polies. finally, i consider the wrapparound metal/blue thing a PSG (personal shield generator) as this model is just something for an idea i had for a game which most likely will never happen.


closer view of the textures which the main one, as mentioned, is brighter than usual. and it does look strange because gimp distorted it to make seamless, as i have 0 patience to sit there and figure out how to make it seamless without doing it automatically.

and this one looks MUCH MUCH better without the other vray lights because its transparent and self illuminated, which the vraylights disabled in the view for some reason


regardless of how good it looks to compared to everything else people model here (and on the unity3d forums) im pretty proud of myself from coming so far from this (my first model several years ago)


So, um, what do you guys think?
Edited by abkarch on Sep 30, 2012 at 04:17 PM

Nice.Mr.Stark traveled through time AND space.Into a whole new universe.

No wonder it was overpowered, damn you iron man.

Well,if Jesse ever finishes H3 Foundry,it will be one of the best H3 maps.
Edited by Dumb AI on Sep 30, 2012 at 11:34 PM

When he's done.

Can I haz MC anims :D

How does smoothing groups take forever? Select with element in editable mesh BEFORE you weld the vertex, first assign the smoothing groups before welding. Monitor took me 1 minute for smoothing groups but masterchief took a little bit longer (still not THAT long.)

For the Monitor,you can simply give it a Sentinel Beam as a weapon and give it 0 for offset(in projectiles section) and 0 error.I think that could work as a placeholder. :3

Rig what? He doesn't need to rig. It's all prerigged.

There's no rigging involved in anyway at all. It's all welding verts and smoothing basically.

Turn your resolution up then.

Lens flare overload!

Plastic wrap!

Ew.I HATE lens flare and bloom.

Hey, it's like Halo 4! xD

So.... you hate how things look in real life or you by you"hate" it you mean you are still on a windows 2000 computer?

I prefer to not have them in video games.In real life,there are no graphics settings so I have to coexist with it,whether I like it or not.
I have a computer that can handle those things but they use too much processing power and I just can't really have them get in my way of demolishing enemies.
Also,lens flare and bloom wouldn't normally be as "strong" as they're usually set in video games (unless you live in a sunny place with tons of reflective materials).

Edited by Dumb AI on Oct 4, 2012 at 08:54 PM

LOL! I'm on a six core 3.4 GHz 8GB ddr3 1600 with a 550 ti.
I could give two craps about anything that takes processing power. My view still says 60 FPS.
Wish I had better internet though. That's the only way my gameplay could get better.

Wait... have you got exactly the same roundabout computer I'm getting? (Six core 3.4Ghz(FX 6100), 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz, 550 Ti)

But anyway, I agree. People should just get better computers. My computer I have atm probably couldn't handle crazy lens effects either. That's why I'm getting a new mid-end computer, that's only costing me a little over £300. You could spend £100 less to get a slightly less powerful computer that can handle just as many effects on an old game like Halo, spending about as much as you would on a 360 or PS3.

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Edited by Jaz on Oct 5, 2012 at 06:26 PM

Can't tell if eliteslasher was being hurtful and ignorant or he was just bragging.

Neither. He was merely pointing out that if your computer isn't powerful enough to run effects like that, that's your problem.
The only way it can be solved is buy upgrading. It's a good option even if it can cost a little bit of money. But as I mentioned, a set of powerful components is about the same price as a current-gen console, and boasts more power and higher fps in most games.

oh that game me a legit laugh. Having that good of a computer and having slow internet XD

It's like, irony or something.

So much irony I think I'm overdosing in iron.
Anyway,that is ironic.My connection is better than most according to Youtube.

I didn't really mean to be hurtful or anything in my comment, all I'm saying Halo is a 2000 game and it's almost 2013. More of a "omg come on people almost 13 years later come on!" So if you take that as hurtful or more of a wake up call or that I'm saying most lower-middle grade computers today should be able to handle it, that's just how you take it.

Been working on UVing the Foundry BSP.


and whoa waffles, nice work. shaders and functions are usually a bit tricky for me.
Edited by Jesse on Oct 5, 2012 at 10:19 PM

I thought the Foundry project was dead? Guess I'm wrong.

Sort of, DSalimander will help me out. I've been applying materials\proper IDs and unwrapping most of the day.
Probably going to stick with the H3 textures.



Some IDs are wrong or UVs still not done so don't point out any mistakes.

Also does anyone know how to animate scenery? The fans need to spin...
Edited by Jesse on Oct 6, 2012 at 01:22 AM

Scenery animation is very simple. For fans you would need to make 4 frames (or 5) animation with it spinning and export with animation exporter. Its pretty much same as vehicle animations. Then i guess you would need to set up function orso.. i dont remember. Just look how trees are animated.

They look pretty good. :,

Like anyone cares.

*You're
>inb4learntoenglish

The AR looks half decent, the rest look like total garbage. Does your covenant battery actually explode?
Oh god that Brute and that BR looks TERRIBLE.

your battle rifle and FP arms need some more work, I just hope that they aren't direct ports because damn, halo 3, you ugly

Also, thanks for FINALLY making a Halo 3 assault rifle that isn't plastered with UgLy, uLtRa lOw-ReS battle scars, or looks like it was made out of poorly forged aluminum.
Edited by OrangeJuice on Oct 6, 2012 at 12:28 PM

Still working on MCRD for my campaign. It's been a while.