Well, decided I might as well take part.
(removed previous concept, it was a fairly generic heavy trooper if you haven't already seen it)
i have decided to can the heavy trooper concept, and finalised on a robot entry (did this a while ago just didn't update), this render is a bit old as i have done some more work on him and started to texture but it shows the basic model. any crits/comments are welcome. currently at 3334 tris [img]http://www.sumea.com.au/forum/attached/bluexcess/200562611281_robot.jpg…]
well... the texture is coming along, a bit hard when you've never used photoshop before apart from a bit of photo resizing, anyways here is my current state of progress. please crit/comment
[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/forum/attached/bluexcess/20057185613_perspectiv…]
[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/forum/attached/bluexcess/20057185531_front.jpg[…]
finished... sigh... as a first model it took a bit longer than i expected, had to do a few very late nights but got it done in the end, so here it is.
[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/forum/attached/bluexcess/20057375920_models_wir…]
[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/forum/attached/bluexcess/2005738130_textured_mo…]
[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/forum/attached/bluexcess/200573824_wire.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/forum/attached/bluexcess/200573847_texture.jpg[…]
[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/forum/attached/bluexcess/200573144151_money_sho…]
yes, i also agree about the texture work, the main reason i didn't change it was that this is the first time i have used photoshop and I didn't have the time to go back through and change things. I also had my computer (a laptop) crashing at regular intervals from overloading with both photoshop and 3dsmax running, i think it crashed about 5 times in 30 mins at one stage, factor in re-boot time and there you have it.
(Thats why the money shot was late Souri, sorry)
I assume your going for the heavy then? Concept looks good; my only crit is that with all that heavy armour, it does look a little weird having the head so exposed. Maybe turn that mouthpiece into a helmet? You could still leave the eyes open, I just think it?s a bit odd giving a soldier all that armour but not covering his melon.
Just a suggestion, anyway. Nice concept, and good luck with the challenge. [:)]