WZA Contest : IMT Tractor

[Dr. Feelgood]

Ha, sweet.

[Prykie]

Lol looks cool!!
you know you could have just edited the 1st post with the wheel in it, but I spose you get more points posting twice

[fskpzns]

Belive me mate.... I even don't know what this points mean. I never look in FAQ section and never try this CHECK button :-)))

What this point mean ? LOL

Here is just one more picture. Rear tire attached to tractor....

[tom120934]

It looks really good. You should try to round a bit the tires details, because as it's a straight line now, the depth of thread is lower at the middle of the tire, and higher on sides.

[Dr. Feelgood]

Personally Tom, I like the bulky look of the rear tyres being square!! I know that's not what they really look like, but these ones look like they could really maul a zombie or two!!

[fskpzns]

maybe is tire just stretched little bit. I will try to make more narrowed rear tire.

THX Tom and Dr Feelgood

[fskpzns]

Seams to me that my mental ray render in Max have some serious bug or maybe just whole Max is bugged but i have same problem like with LSV. GOD !!!

OK now i have backup but what to do if i have same problem when i finish my model and need to render final pictures ? Well lets try with default scanline render. GOD !!!

[fskpzns]

Nothing big...

[Prykie]

Heh its looking really cool!! what are you gonna mount on the big rear wheel guards?

[Cold As Ice10129]

nothing like plowing your field and blowing things to pieces! great model

[fskpzns]

I will see Prykie...... i have idea, for protection, to mount some little spikes but for attack i not decide yet. In this moment i make some big changes in front. I unmount big tractors hand becouse i don't like this hands and i will remodel my minigun and probably put only one on top of tractor nose.

[caribcanuk]

you might consider a regular front end loader attachment with some wacked out attachment instead of a bucket.

[fskpzns]

Here is 1st change. Less extreme and i think more realistic than two hand with so many roto blades that probably centrifugal force move whole tractor :-)

Still have some tiny things to do at front.

[tom120934]

The thin blades at the front are too thin, IMHO. And the front tires are still way too large.

I miss the arms on the front. I don't if you threw them away for ever. I hope they'll come back.

Keep us updated !

[fskpzns]

Tom can you tell me... you think that front tires are to broadly or you think on whole diameter of front tires ?

I enlarge front spikes (make them less thin) and slightly tighten front tires

[fskpzns]

I add minigun. Its not yet finished....

[Prykie]

Mini gun is looking really cool, I reckon you should make a trailer with a heap of turning blades like on the front, pretty much what they have to churn up the lucern on a real tractor. Can you imagine the carnage when zombies gets chopped up by it!

[Dr. Feelgood]

Weren't the mini-guns originally on the side?? I liked 'em better there...

[tom120934]

What I meant about the front tires being too large is that their width is too important. They look almost wider than dragster ones !

[fskpzns]

At the beginning of my LSV project i decide to make ultra high poly model. When i must start IMT project i say that i will not go deep in details like with my LSV but i go. Why i tell you this guys ? Well i nearly reach number of 3 mill polys but with old roto blades and tractor arms, 2 minigun i reach 5 mill and i have so much ideas that i not yet implement in my project so i must make compromise. I'm not doubt about tractor arms because i really don't like them but with miniguns yes i delete old to make only one NEW. Anyway this is compromise. I save polys on one place to make another nice ideas i have.

I think to make trailer but i already say.... i'm in zone when i must think on polycount.

Yes i have 4 Gb Ram and Quad proc. but i have a lot of process running in background and i need them so can't turn them off and when i put all ideas i have in scene i will, i'm sure, reach number of... hmmm around 6 mill polys i think (I aim on that number)

All this is good exercise for me.