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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.

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# 1 14-05-2007 , 02:54 AM

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It's been forever since I've decided to play in one of these challenges...so I think I'll take a crack at a model that I haven't seen used yet...the toon gun. Wish me luck, I'm not a happy camper when it comes to texturing.

(btw does anyone know a good "dumbed down" version of how to do normal mapping?)

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# 2 14-05-2007 , 10:49 AM

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Normal mapping theory (if you have the time to read and learn user added image

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https://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutori...uring/229.html

Tutorials:

https://www.drone.org/tutorials/normal_maps.html

https://tutorials.moddb.com/93/normal-mapping-video/

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# 3 14-05-2007 , 03:05 PM

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Best of luck, and tons of fun.
Any questions and I have to direct you to the pro's above hehe.

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# 4 14-05-2007 , 05:06 PM

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well the tutorials are nice, unfortunately the vid-tut is for maya 6.5 lol but I think I can figure out how to apply it to v8.0 lol. I have another friend in the field who gave me his personal tut on how to do normal mapping (I'll be asking him about making it public as well).

I will probably not be using normal mapping on this, seeing as it's so new to me, but I'll give my best shot at making this look unique.

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# 5 15-05-2007 , 10:57 PM

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Progress is going rather well, unwrapping it was rather interesting lol.

Unwrapped:
https://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3...showet6.th.jpg

What I have so far:
https://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2298/startmp2.th.jpg

Don't mind the transparency, I'm using a .png for the color map for some of the effect.

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# 6 17-05-2007 , 05:33 PM

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Well, I've got the most of it figured out, now it's up to the fine tuning...

https://img410.imageshack.us/img410/7...viewse1.th.jpg

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# 7 17-05-2007 , 05:40 PM

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Hi Therverian,
Pretty fast work there dude and very creative.

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# 8 18-05-2007 , 04:44 AM

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Thanks, perfecto, like I said in my first post: "I'm not a happy camper when it comes to texturing" so I tend to do it as quick as I can lol. Generally it takes me a fwe tries to get it right due to this method, but the first run on this model seems to be going well. *crosses fingers*

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