40K Dreadnought[Hexagon/Carrara] - Polyloop

Grendel · 8th April 2007, 21:14

While weeding out my laptop from all the 3d "stuff" I seem to accumulate every couple of months I happened upon part of an old video tutorial. It was the Dreadnought model in 3dsMax by 3dPalace. I remember doing this and the LOTR Troll in Max6 and just though I would give it another shot after deleting it.

I also went back to 3dpalace, had not been there for several years, and they have "alot" of video tutorials for modeling. So here is the bottom half of a dreadnought from Warhammer 40K modeled in Hex and a quick render in Carrara.

I've got to add quite a bit to the legs but I need to block out the upper body before I get to far along.

crazy wabbit · 9th April 2007, 00:25

It is beautiful, please tell me I will not come across that in my back yard?

Pete Exxtreme · 9th April 2007, 01:01

It's seems very good so far. I say "seems" because i know nothing to WarHammer

mayito7777 · 9th April 2007, 19:17

Very nice indeed.

Grendel · 11th April 2007, 20:42

Thanks guys, I used to play 40K when I was younger all the time. A little more progress and I've got most of the upper torso done. Now I just need to figure out what weapons will be on the arm pods.

Thomas · 11th April 2007, 22:50

Grendel: can you change the black background? it makes your beautiful work hard to watch

Grendel · 11th April 2007, 23:18

No problem, my desktop is black so I don't think about it too much since I use my stuff as wallpaper, how about polyloop blue

An odd thing the manage attachements button only shows up once every ten or so times I post, the photo gallery works fine but is there something I need to do? I've emptied my history, cookies but nothing has helped.

I am posting this at 3d-palace as well and they wanted to know how to match the shader, to funny when I told them it was Carrara

I think I am the only person there to use it.

Hugo · 12th April 2007, 01:36

Wow great modeling Grendel !

Nate Owens · 12th April 2007, 02:53

Before it grew a body, I thought it might make a nifty electric generator... save some $ on the bills

o-yeah.... great work, Mr. G

mayito7777 · 12th April 2007, 19:01

I like better the gold color you can see the small details better.

HAPPY · 12th April 2007, 21:33

hé hé ... wonderfull job

... but why a Chaos dreadnought ?

Grendel · 12th April 2007, 23:03

Thanks everyone, it's been alot of fun.

Mayito - That was true when close up on the legs, but as I moved the camera further away to frame everything up it blended together quite a bit. I could fix it with an AO pass and lyer it up in PS but I gave this a shot.

Happy - Everyone else has done an imperial dreadnought and they all kind of look the same, as they should really. I had not seen another chaos one until yesterday but it's very different from mine. I went with an ancient chaos unit so I could explore a little more, chaos would lend itself to more individual look and less developed/maintained than imperial units.

I intended him to be more of an individual champion than just another dreadnought.

Grendel · 15th April 2007, 21:00

Here is another update, managed to get the arms on there, and started working on the back engine area. Now it's down to some more wear and tear and nitpicky things.

Pete Exxtreme · 15th April 2007, 21:21

Nicely done.. good textures and rendering

Grendel · 15th April 2007, 21:50

Thanks Pete, it's funny I am working on a shader tree in XSI that mimic's what i did here in Carrara in three click's and it's a hell of alot more work. At 3dpalace they have the same problem translating it into 3dsMax shader system because theres alot of interest in the particular look.. Sometimes the grass just seems greener.

Have you been using the nodal system in lightwave or the regular shader system. If so what kind of luck have you had with it?

Noviski · 15th April 2007, 22:01

Fantastic! Do you considering animate it?

Pete Exxtreme · 15th April 2007, 22:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grendel

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Have you been using the nodal system in lightwave or the regular shader system. If so what kind of luck have you had with it?

Regular shader at the moment. There is a LOT of things vs. Carrara, which makes things more complicated but richer. In the other hand, there are good books and resources available for LW, which helps a lot

Grendel · 15th April 2007, 22:58

Thanks Noviski, if I had a day or two to work it out, alot of cylinders and gimbals on the lower torso to be controlled. I don't have any plans to animate it right now but it's possible to do in carrara.

HAPPY · 26th April 2007, 00:57

Great work Grendel ... this is a real dreadnought

...

Start3d · 10th May 2007, 17:26

good work

i like it

8th April 2007, 21:14	#1 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,272	40K Dreadnought[Hexagon/Carrara] While weeding out my laptop from all the 3d "stuff" I seem to accumulate every couple of months I happened upon part of an old video tutorial. It was the Dreadnought model in 3dsMax by 3dPalace. I remember doing this and the LOTR Troll in Max6 and just though I would give it another shot after deleting it. I also went back to 3dpalace, had not been there for several years, and they have "alot" of video tutorials for modeling. So here is the bottom half of a dreadnought from Warhammer 40K modeled in Hex and a quick render in Carrara. I've got to add quite a bit to the legs but I need to block out the upper body before I get to far along. Attached Thumbnails

9th April 2007, 01:01	#3 (permalink)
Pete Exxtreme Lick it up Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Thonon/France Posts: 4,649	It's seems very good so far. I say "seems" because i know nothing to WarHammer __________________ Toute faute de frappe ou erreur de syntaxe sont dues a un clavier rebelle à toute forme d'autorité. LightWave 9 \| Hexagon 2 My gallery

9th April 2007, 19:17	#4 (permalink)
mayito7777 Hexagoner Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Saint Cloud, Florida Posts: 751	Very nice indeed. __________________ Seek and ye shall find. JESUS Hexagon 2\|Carrara 6 Pro\|Photoshop CS2\| Painter X http://richchurchtoday.blogspot.com/

11th April 2007, 20:42	#5 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,272	Thanks guys, I used to play 40K when I was younger all the time. A little more progress and I've got most of the upper torso done. Now I just need to figure out what weapons will be on the arm pods. Last edited by Grendel; 11th April 2007 at 23:08.

11th April 2007, 22:50	#6 (permalink)
Thomas Always learning new stuff Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Merignac, France Posts: 11,383	Grendel: can you change the black background? it makes your beautiful work hard to watch __________________ Polyloop owner & Administrator - no support by PM or email. Polyloop [EN/FR] - Meuuh [FR +16 ans] - Lecaramel.fr [FR - Hélico RC] - Totyo [FR] - Pixologic [JOB] - Le ZBlog [JOB] - La3dpourlesnuls [FR]

9th April 2007, 00:25	#2 (permalink)
crazy wabbit Now, I learn animation Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,381	It is beautiful, please tell me I will not come across that in my back yard?

11th April 2007, 23:18	#7 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,272	No problem, my desktop is black so I don't think about it too much since I use my stuff as wallpaper, how about polyloop blue An odd thing the manage attachements button only shows up once every ten or so times I post, the photo gallery works fine but is there something I need to do? I've emptied my history, cookies but nothing has helped. I am posting this at 3d-palace as well and they wanted to know how to match the shader, to funny when I told them it was Carrara I think I am the only person there to use it.

12th April 2007, 01:36	#8 (permalink)
Hugo Rhymes with Hell. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: France Posts: 3,015	Wow great modeling Grendel ! __________________ WARNING: The following posts contain explicit content. By viewing them, you are making the following statement: I am viewing explicit content.

12th April 2007, 02:53	#9 (permalink)
Nate Owens Doodlin' Dude Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Carolina, USA Posts: 1,058	Before it grew a body, I thought it might make a nifty electric generator... save some $ on the bills o-yeah.... great work, Mr. G __________________ Shirts, MousePads, Stuff / The Gallery / Videos / Blog

12th April 2007, 19:01	#10 (permalink)
mayito7777 Hexagoner Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Saint Cloud, Florida Posts: 751	I like better the gold color you can see the small details better. __________________ Seek and ye shall find. JESUS Hexagon 2\|Carrara 6 Pro\|Photoshop CS2\| Painter X http://richchurchtoday.blogspot.com/

12th April 2007, 21:33	#11 (permalink)
HAPPY Buffy's addict !!!! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ardennes, dans l'est, là ou il fait froid ! Posts: 392	hé hé ... wonderfull job ... but why a Chaos dreadnought ? __________________ P4 2.6 ghz - 1go ram - ATI X1300 / 256 mo - win XP/ SP2 Carrara 6pro. Hexagon 2.1 . Amapi 7 ... et pi blender 2.43 Indesign & co ...

12th April 2007, 23:03	#12 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,272	Thanks everyone, it's been alot of fun. Mayito - That was true when close up on the legs, but as I moved the camera further away to frame everything up it blended together quite a bit. I could fix it with an AO pass and lyer it up in PS but I gave this a shot. Happy - Everyone else has done an imperial dreadnought and they all kind of look the same, as they should really. I had not seen another chaos one until yesterday but it's very different from mine. I went with an ancient chaos unit so I could explore a little more, chaos would lend itself to more individual look and less developed/maintained than imperial units. I intended him to be more of an individual champion than just another dreadnought.

15th April 2007, 21:00	#13 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,272	Here is another update, managed to get the arms on there, and started working on the back engine area. Now it's down to some more wear and tear and nitpicky things. Attached Thumbnails

15th April 2007, 21:21	#14 (permalink)
Pete Exxtreme Lick it up Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Thonon/France Posts: 4,649	Nicely done.. good textures and rendering __________________ Toute faute de frappe ou erreur de syntaxe sont dues a un clavier rebelle à toute forme d'autorité. LightWave 9 \| Hexagon 2 My gallery

15th April 2007, 21:50	#15 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,272	Thanks Pete, it's funny I am working on a shader tree in XSI that mimic's what i did here in Carrara in three click's and it's a hell of alot more work. At 3dpalace they have the same problem translating it into 3dsMax shader system because theres alot of interest in the particular look.. Sometimes the grass just seems greener. Have you been using the nodal system in lightwave or the regular shader system. If so what kind of luck have you had with it?

15th April 2007, 22:01	#16 (permalink)
Noviski I didn't do it Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Curitiba - PR - Brazil Posts: 133	Fantastic! Do you considering animate it? __________________ -Noviski-

15th April 2007, 22:58	#18 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,272	Thanks Noviski, if I had a day or two to work it out, alot of cylinders and gimbals on the lower torso to be controlled. I don't have any plans to animate it right now but it's possible to do in carrara.

26th April 2007, 00:57	#19 (permalink)
HAPPY Buffy's addict !!!! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ardennes, dans l'est, là ou il fait froid ! Posts: 392	Great work Grendel ... this is a real dreadnought ... __________________ P4 2.6 ghz - 1go ram - ATI X1300 / 256 mo - win XP/ SP2 Carrara 6pro. Hexagon 2.1 . Amapi 7 ... et pi blender 2.43 Indesign & co ...

10th May 2007, 17:26	#20 (permalink)
Start3d Vertex Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2	good work i like it

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