Mech (similar to a star-wars walker)

# 1 24-06-2008 , 06:06 AM

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Ok, first of all, please don't be too hard on me (I do not mind crits that are helpful, just not someting like: "NOOB! U suck!")...I started with maya a 2 weeks ago...

Please, if you know a better way of moddeling this then I do, correct me. Any help/comments/crits are appreciated.

I moddeld the leg so far. Just one question: Is it better to satrt with making the whole body and adding detail later, or starting out makink somehthing ddetailed staright away?
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# 2 24-06-2008 , 06:12 AM

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not too bad of a start man kutgw, NOOB!:p

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# 3 24-06-2008 , 06:52 AM

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Looks good so far and lol nah, I don't think anyone here will seriously be a prick like that and say you suck, I've just never really seen that kind of attitude here. And yeah starting off with dense geometry early in the modeling stage isn't a good thing, since tweaking that will quickly become a pain.

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# 4 24-06-2008 , 09:28 AM

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Thanks for the advice, gecT. I will try and get the basic shape of the mech now, before working on the detail.
Glad to see that this place is very friendly and helpfull.
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EDIT: I decided to model the legs first. I will take your advice gecT, it's just that I allready started moddeling it that way so I just keep going. For this project only though. user added image

Anything I did wrong with the leg/looks weird so far?
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# 5 24-06-2008 , 09:42 AM

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it's looking good so far, but I would also recomend you block out the whole thing first before moving on to detail as tempting as it is and heres why.
Once you have the body built you might decide that the legs need reshaping because lets say they can't hold the wieght/balance of the machine, it would be harder or more time consuming if the legs were detailed because of the increased vert count.The follows for any part of the model so it follows that getting the shape down first is the most productive way to go.
Saying all that if you design is locked down completely then detailing as you go is fine and as I said above so far so good .

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# 6 24-06-2008 , 06:46 PM

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its looking pretty good! i suggest that you bulk up the "thigh" a bit, because it looks like it would snap under the weight of a mech user added image

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# 7 25-06-2008 , 06:52 AM

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Ok, did some more stuff, ad bulked up the thigh. I will probably bulk it up a little more. And I will probably change the gun aswell. Ideas for the gun are hghly appreciated (mainly on how to give it a "Sci-Fi" feel)

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# 8 25-06-2008 , 07:55 AM

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I really like it, partially because one of the first mechs I made looked very similar, but here's a few things:

The thigh should be bigger than the lower leg, just a little bit, but enough so that you can notice it, and make the gun on the front a little bit smaller, it looks unbalanced.

Looking good though! Love the furnace thingy in the head.

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# 9 25-06-2008 , 08:41 AM

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Thanks for the positive replys everyone!
Really boosts enthusiasm... user added image

Anyway, I tried rigging my mech (never did it before) and managed it. And I couldn't resist to see if my mech made a good gymnast... user added image

(PS: I'll work on improving the mech now. :attn: )

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# 10 25-06-2008 , 10:12 AM

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Looking good, realising that you've only started using maya 2 weeks ago.
Perhaps you can change the shape of the main body a little bit, because right now it looks like a big heap of metal. Getting some shape in the body might make it look al little more mech-like

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# 11 26-06-2008 , 07:30 AM

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it's not a bad start at all, but after looking at your model for a few seconds, i realized that all it can do is walk straight... it can't turn.

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# 12 26-06-2008 , 07:44 AM

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^hmm...you are right. Ill fix that up as son as possible!
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# 13 27-06-2008 , 01:09 AM

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Ok, im remodelling te body, I just can't stand the last-ones one.
It's not finished, yet, but It will give you an idea on how it looks like.
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