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# 1 02-07-2003 , 07:11 PM

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Armor rush - the first encounter

Hello all.
This is my first post and my first try at subd-modelling. Those of you who are on IRC may have seen me as 'santa' there.

Anyway, since I like learning new things and starting overambitious projects I decided to try model an M1A1 Abrams MBT. Using mostly polys and subd's. I got a hold of some excellent blueprints from a 1:35 Tamiya model which my good friend Stefan scanned for me (in 3000dpi... producing a 275 mb large tiff... well all the details are there user added image

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I am not the best, nor the fastest modeler around so this may take a while. I started out getting the main chassi (or whatever its called on a tank) and the sidearmor roughed out. Then I went on to make the roadwheels. I am having problems getting mental ray to render my subd's, the documentation says something about triangles not being good, I'll try to fix that. For now I convert everything back to polys, a bit inefficient.

C&C aswell as tips are welcome.

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# 2 02-07-2003 , 07:13 PM

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Abrams WIP image1.

This is what I currently got.

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# 3 02-07-2003 , 07:16 PM

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This is a closeup of the roadwheels (not textured)

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# 4 02-07-2003 , 07:19 PM

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It's a nice start. Keep up the good work!

And welcome to the forum as well...

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# 5 02-07-2003 , 11:32 PM

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Here is the sprocket
poly->subd->poly = high poly user added image

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# 6 03-07-2003 , 01:24 AM

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wow when you posted the green frame i was thinking you were lackin ideas and detail, but man.. that sprocket and roadwheels are nice! Keep up the great work!

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the sprocket looks fantastic, really nice detail on it. I'm not 100% on the body of the tank... seems a bit odd to have all that detail in the sprocket (which I guess may not even been seen very much due to the tracks) and not so much on the actual body of the vehicle. Mite be better off re-doing the body.

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# 8 03-07-2003 , 09:37 AM

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No worries, the body is far from done. I just wanted to get the main mass in there so I get a feel for the other parts.

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# 9 03-07-2003 , 03:45 PM

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Thanks for the encouragement :bow:
Been working on the treads today. Having trouble lining up the springs with the tracks, will probably have to do it manually.

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# 10 05-07-2003 , 12:53 AM

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More stuff, new armorpanels and the tracks are remade to line up with the sprocket (by hand, took forever user added image

). I think its shaping up. Feel free to criticize.

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# 11 08-07-2003 , 01:15 AM

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Here comes another update, working on the main chassi now. Alot of things to do and fix, but It's getting there. Havent even begun working on the turret.

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# 12 08-07-2003 , 01:36 AM

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this is looking sick man! Bet it gonna be a really heavy mesh when you're done.

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# 13 08-07-2003 , 02:00 AM

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Umm, sick?
The mesh is pretty heavy as it is, but it's not a problem for me, Im not going to animate it (I think). It's more of a way to learn really detailed modeling, which I know nothing about. What I am worrying about is texturing it, It will probably be a pain. I'm having loads of fun doing this, I just hope I will be able to finish it. Brian Ellebracht has been a great source of inspiration. user added image