WZA Contest: The Jester

[tinpau]

Changed the wheel and fender opening size... I think it looks better. Thanx

Also I agree the green is nice, but like I said tooooo much like Batman's Joker. So I changed it to blue. I do a render and then post it.

Tinpau

[Cold As Ice10129]

in regards to the paint...i would leave the bottom reflective but make the top(hat) more of a flat paint color. In my opinion that would look cooler. More Jester like.

[crazy 989]

I was not referring to making every nut and bolt, but the top part of the car, instead of sticking tapered boxes with a bend modifier for the spikes is really simple, and I mean you could have joined the spikes to the top - and if you find this harsh, then tough I'm just being honest with you, I mean there is nothing which shows a good technical excetion they are all standard primitives in max with a little modifier, and then use splines for the bars and such, I mean you could make it much better with better modelling - thats all I was trying to get across the first time.

[Dr. Feelgood]

Guys, c'mon. Settle down a bit, eh?

I think it's quite good, and especially different, for someone that is newish to 3D. It's always encouraged to think outside the box, especially in a contest like this.

Personally, if you make a really cool texture with this, with some awesome blood and dirt splattered up the sides, ect, it's gonna look quite tops!!

[tinpau]

Crazy -
I understand you perfectly. I understand you are trying to help. I am not at all upset. I am NOT using max. I am using Lightwave. Like I said I am going for the smooth cartoony look... so splines are not going to work well for me. I want the booms to look like they are part of the roof, not bolted on or attached. Again, the smooth cartoony look. No real sharp edges... Like the cars in any cartoon or childrens book.

I understand if you think that shows a lack of modeling skill, but sometimes it is harder to make something look simple than to make it look complicated. Anybody can throw 25 more pieces onto some piece of machinery and make it look more technical or complicated. But can they make it simple with few parts and get across the essence and purpose of the machine ?? That's what I am trying to accomplish.

Thanx for the input and comments from everyone

Tinpau

[fskpzns]

Keep working mate and we have one more nice member of anti zombie fleet !!!

[tinpau]

Well, still working on the Jester... changed colors again, and like it better. This time it is a golden yellow bottom and a ruby red top, very regal looking

Still working on the textures... getting a UV texturing DVD in the next week. Hope that can straighten out the problems I'm having with it. This contest is a great excuse to learn more texturing tricks.


Tinpau

[tinpau]

Here is the latest render with the new colors and a few mods. I changed the mounts for the cables and tried to see if I could get the lights to work.

Comments and Crits welcome.

Next step ..... Texturing!!!!

Tinpau

[fskpzns]

Very nice man ! But still wheels are to small.

[Dr. Feelgood]

There is just something about this design that I absolutely love!! I wanna see some wicked blood/scratch textures of over this baby!!