Scorponok[Amapi 8] - Polyloop

Grendel · 2nd August 2007, 11:54

Here is something I started last night, the scorpion bot from the Transformers movie. I am going to say it is only inspired by the movie version as I am only going to devote a couple of days in tinkering to the whole thing. It should have enough detail in it to look a little better than haff-ass at least

. Started the turbine and tail sections.

tonytrout · 2nd August 2007, 12:09

Cool movie, hot scorpion, im surprised you managed to find some decent references for it, nice to see A8 in action, sure you are allowed to?

Grendel · 2nd August 2007, 12:18

I asked previously and the screenshot on the public blog shows more that this one so I think it's alright

tonytrout · 2nd August 2007, 12:28

Hope so, I think I wait until dust settle. Nice modelling on the scorpion too.

Thomas · 2nd August 2007, 12:52

No problems Grendel. I didn't have the time to accounce to the betatesters it was ok, but it is if I'm not wrong, even now...

Grendel · 2nd August 2007, 19:09

A little more progress with a few spare moments.

mayito7777 · 2nd August 2007, 19:17

What render mechanism are you using, this is awesome!!!

Grendel · 3rd August 2007, 09:12

Carrara is the renderer, a little more progress. I'll beef up the spiral fingers as they look a little fragile and not deadly enough. Did a render a little more Appleseed-ish, cel outline with semi real material.

Pete Exxtreme · 3rd August 2007, 09:41

i don't know the movie so the object you're modeling, but it's a nice mechanical work

Grendel · 4th August 2007, 17:45

Well, I'm pretty much done with the modeling. Decided to put a BFG in the right arm to break the symmetry in the model a little bit, the movie version had blades on both arms. I may fiddle with it a little more but nothing changing, just little tweeks that seem huge to me

tonytrout · 4th August 2007, 19:25

Can never have enough BFGs

. The modeling is bloody impressive. Are you using creased edges at all on the geometry or is it all hard modelled with lots of edge loops?

Grendel · 4th August 2007, 19:35

All hard modeling, but some pieces are subdivided and not smoothed. Crease edge function I never took to for some reason, i'll use for little simple things but I work faster with just looping it. Tomorrow I'll post an as rendered wire.

tonytrout · 4th August 2007, 22:42

Thanks, yes I look at the bit of wireframe in yr first post but couldnt work out if you were smoothing. I never really trust the crease tool as its got to work in conjunction with yr renderer, and also I not tried it out much either.

Kool · 5th August 2007, 01:27

Great job !

JakalDesign · 5th August 2007, 01:56

wow Grendal, top notch stuff you got going on. So much detail put into it.

LUKO · 5th August 2007, 05:26

GENIUS !

Grendel · 5th August 2007, 10:44

Thanks all, it was a good practice piece and I'm happy the way it turned.

tonytrout - I agree with the crease and render engines. I jump between packages allot(Car, XSI, C4D, Lightwave) and it's a pain in the ass to have to alter the obj/adjust geometry approximation/phong shading angles depending on the package after importing because of creasing. If it's all looped it's all the same

You do get a higher poly count but it's saves me time jumping.

Here are the render wires, while the tail segements and turbine look like their is allot going on they are actually the smaller polycount items. Some sections are subdivided and some are subdivided/smoothed.

mon_stdnt · 5th August 2007, 15:59

Great attention to details Grendel, very impressive.

Grendel · 5th August 2007, 17:00

Here is a little advert image that I could'nt help but make.

Piem · 6th August 2007, 12:57

You rock !

(but the text and the "A" are not very smoothed)

2nd August 2007, 11:54	#1 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,272	Scorponok[Amapi 8] Here is something I started last night, the scorpion bot from the Transformers movie. I am going to say it is only inspired by the movie version as I am only going to devote a couple of days in tinkering to the whole thing. It should have enough detail in it to look a little better than haff-ass at least . Started the turbine and tail sections. Attached Thumbnails

2nd August 2007, 12:52	#5 (permalink)
Thomas Always learning new stuff Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Merignac, France Posts: 11,383	No problems Grendel. I didn't have the time to accounce to the betatesters it was ok, but it is if I'm not wrong, even now... __________________ 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]

2nd August 2007, 19:09	#6 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,272	A little more progress with a few spare moments. Attached Thumbnails

2nd August 2007, 19:17	#7 (permalink)
mayito7777 Hexagoner Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Saint Cloud, Florida Posts: 751	What render mechanism are you using, this is awesome!!! __________________ Seek and ye shall find. JESUS Hexagon 2\|Carrara 6 Pro\|Photoshop CS2\| Painter X http://richchurchtoday.blogspot.com/

3rd August 2007, 09:12	#8 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,272	Carrara is the renderer, a little more progress. I'll beef up the spiral fingers as they look a little fragile and not deadly enough. Did a render a little more Appleseed-ish, cel outline with semi real material. Attached Thumbnails

2nd August 2007, 12:09	#2 (permalink)
tonytrout Pixar want to hire me! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aotearoa Land of the long white cloud. Posts: 581	Cool movie, hot scorpion, im surprised you managed to find some decent references for it, nice to see A8 in action, sure you are allowed to?

2nd August 2007, 12:18	#3 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,272	I asked previously and the screenshot on the public blog shows more that this one so I think it's alright

2nd August 2007, 12:28	#4 (permalink)
tonytrout Pixar want to hire me! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aotearoa Land of the long white cloud. Posts: 581	Hope so, I think I wait until dust settle. Nice modelling on the scorpion too.

3rd August 2007, 09:41	#9 (permalink)
Pete Exxtreme Lick it up Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Thonon/France Posts: 4,649	i don't know the movie so the object you're modeling, but it's a nice mechanical work __________________ 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

4th August 2007, 17:45	#10 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,272	Well, I'm pretty much done with the modeling. Decided to put a BFG in the right arm to break the symmetry in the model a little bit, the movie version had blades on both arms. I may fiddle with it a little more but nothing changing, just little tweeks that seem huge to me Attached Thumbnails

4th August 2007, 19:25	#11 (permalink)
tonytrout Pixar want to hire me! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aotearoa Land of the long white cloud. Posts: 581	Can never have enough BFGs . The modeling is bloody impressive. Are you using creased edges at all on the geometry or is it all hard modelled with lots of edge loops?

4th August 2007, 19:35	#12 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,272	All hard modeling, but some pieces are subdivided and not smoothed. Crease edge function I never took to for some reason, i'll use for little simple things but I work faster with just looping it. Tomorrow I'll post an as rendered wire.

4th August 2007, 22:42	#13 (permalink)
tonytrout Pixar want to hire me! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aotearoa Land of the long white cloud. Posts: 581	Thanks, yes I look at the bit of wireframe in yr first post but couldnt work out if you were smoothing. I never really trust the crease tool as its got to work in conjunction with yr renderer, and also I not tried it out much either.

5th August 2007, 01:27	#14 (permalink)
Kool 3D bible Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Perpignan - FRANCE Posts: 2,396	Great job ! __________________ Core2Quad Q6600 - 2Go Ge-Force 6600GT 128Mo Windows XP Carrara - Hexagon - Vue 6 - C4D

5th August 2007, 01:56	#15 (permalink)
JakalDesign Extrusion Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Idaho Falls, ID Posts: 180	wow Grendal, top notch stuff you got going on. So much detail put into it.

5th August 2007, 05:26	#16 (permalink)
LUKO Débutant Join Date: May 2004 Location: Saguenay, Québec, Canada. Posts: 1,962	GENIUS ! __________________ Dans cet univers provisoire, nos axiomes n'ont qu'une valeur de faits divers : Cioran. MacOS X Version 10.4.11. Processeur 2 x 2.3 GHz PowerPC G5. 1.5Go DDR2 SDRAM. Carrara 6 Pro, Amapi Pro 7.52, Hexagon 2.2, Cheetah 4.6, Blender 2.48a. http://blog.iquebec.com/luko-3d

5th August 2007, 10:44	#17 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,272	Thanks all, it was a good practice piece and I'm happy the way it turned. tonytrout - I agree with the crease and render engines. I jump between packages allot(Car, XSI, C4D, Lightwave) and it's a pain in the ass to have to alter the obj/adjust geometry approximation/phong shading angles depending on the package after importing because of creasing. If it's all looped it's all the same You do get a higher poly count but it's saves me time jumping. Here are the render wires, while the tail segements and turbine look like their is allot going on they are actually the smaller polycount items. Some sections are subdivided and some are subdivided/smoothed. Attached Thumbnails

5th August 2007, 15:59	#18 (permalink)
mon_stdnt Always learning Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York Posts: 453	Great attention to details Grendel, very impressive. __________________ www.rgamarra.com

5th August 2007, 17:00	#19 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,272	Here is a little advert image that I could'nt help but make. Attached Thumbnails

6th August 2007, 12:57	#20 (permalink)
Piem Booh! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Rennes/fr Posts: 6,657	You rock ! (but the text and the "A" are not very smoothed)

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