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# 61 16-03-2007 , 02:34 AM

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How important is polycount? i mean you said that lowpoly is better, but not necessary.. i work on some game models now, so lowpoly isn't a problem, but i prefer highpoly models...

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# 62 16-03-2007 , 02:36 AM

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I think, i will try to do something....
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# 63 16-03-2007 , 03:18 AM

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Originally posted by Weyu
It is steampunk, duh! I think you are pretty free to make it sci fi oriented or fantasy oriented as long as you got that feeling of engines and such.

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dude... ive never even heard the word steampunkk before this comp i thought at first look that he meant a punk guy running on a steam engine or something man...

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# 64 16-03-2007 , 04:08 AM

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whatever polycount you want is fine. I just have a thing for game stuff user added image

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# 65 17-03-2007 , 05:41 AM

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I'm completely new to Maya(been playing around with it for a week and have a few tutorials) and I want in I suppose, I guess I don't have to finish but this is the kinda stuff I wanna start learning to do for a living so It'd be a good start. I was thinking of doing a star trek ship, one that was already created in an enterprise episode, "Aziati Prime", but could I make it into a 3d model? Or does the entire concept have to be our own?

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# 66 18-03-2007 , 03:09 PM

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I would prefer that you stick with concepts that are either of your own, or you could get permission of the concepts' artist. Due to the "steampunk" theme, I wouldn't really think a Star Trek ship would fit the challenge's specifications.

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# 67 18-03-2007 , 04:04 PM

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I asked this once but I never saw a reply. Just out of curiosity are blinns or phongs or any hypershades allowed for transparency or reflection?

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# 68 18-03-2007 , 04:16 PM

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No Texturing Dude...

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# 69 18-03-2007 , 04:21 PM

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Originally posted by R@nSiD
No Texturing Dude...

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I wasn't sure that hypershades were considered texturing. thanks for the quick reply on that though.

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# 70 18-03-2007 , 04:49 PM

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Ok. I'll have to see if I can come up with something quick, cause I'm behind the cuff already so, I'll see what I can do.

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# 71 19-03-2007 , 03:25 AM

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Originally posted by Rhetoric Camel:
I wasn't sure that hypershades were considered texturing. thanks for the quick reply on that though.

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I am using a blin shader on my Wips.

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# 72 19-03-2007 , 03:56 AM

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It has to have a material of some sort be it lambert or blin, I don't think a material counts as texturing if you don't map a texture file to it an it's one flat color, maybe Mike will clarify this.

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# 73 19-03-2007 , 04:13 AM

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materials are fine. Just no UV mapping and making any textures or anything, guys.

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# 74 19-03-2007 , 04:21 AM

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Materials don't count as far as texturing goes. All models in maya have a default lambert material shader applied to them. Just don't start getting creative with them or Mike could take that as texturing. But I agree with you jsprogg, I would like to hear mikes take on this.

Edit: That was a fast reply Mike!

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