lowpoly horse

[enzodiac]

ok here we go
I made this on a couple of hours

http://hem.bredband.net/sivfou/horse1.jpg

[Jboy]

looking good so far. Show a pic of the wireframe...that's often the most important part if you're going for low-poly.

[Eman597]

definitly keep this up, if you are going where i think you are going (with the style and such) then this will be beautiful!!! :scream:

[enzodiac]

here is a wire, i will do the rest of the horse later on today i guess

http://hem.bredband.net/sivfou/hest3-wire.gif

[enzodiac]

and now with a tail !

http://hem.bredband.net/sivfou/hest4.gif

at the moment 1098 polys (triangles yes)

[enzodiac]

here is the latest. 1292 triangles

http://hem.bredband.net/sivfou/hest6.gif

[lacaci]

very nice...working on a horse myself.. yours sure is looking great :)

[enzodiac]

ok the horse went to the gym for a couple of hours

http://hem.bredband.net/sivfou/hest8.gif

[Eman597]

cant wait to see it with the textures, if they are as good as teh model then this will look niiiiice!:thumbsup:

[A MacVey]

your model looks good! though your hoofs look a little out of proportion to me

[Carina]

I think what needs work is the reference picture, in that the proportions are not quite right.

The neck is too short and the general shape of the head doesn't look quite right. Also the area where the front legs meet the body needs some work.

Some references that might help, although of course need to be adapted to suit the more built horse you are working on:
http://www.smallwhitefurballs.co.uk/new/images/wip/amorexbettina.jpg
http://www.smallwhitefurballs.co.uk/new/images/wip/lippizan.jpg

Hope that helps!

[enzodiac]

Ok thanks for the pictures, but that is not what im going after. Have you guys seen the horses in world of warcraft ?.
Mine is kinda like those. Not very real and not very cartoonish.
You will see why the hoves are so big when i add the textures.

thx for your replies.

[enzodiac]

Ok made the uvwmap for the horse today. I think i have erased most of the shrinks.

http://hem.bredband.net/sivfou/horse4.jpg

[peachstapler]

This is beginning to look like a draft horse to me. You'll find them running around in Budweiser commercials. So sure, the proportions will look odd to some people. The hoof and ankle area of these animals are very large since they are a stocky creature. Looking good.

[enzodiac]

hooves are done. Dont want the thread to die so im posting as i work :D

http://hem.bredband.net/sivfou/horse8.jpg

[enzodiac]

skin almost done. Wondering if i should add something else.

http://hem.bredband.net/sivfou/horse9.jpg

[wasted weasel]

Clydesdale horses have a big blonde shaggy strip of hair running down from the top of the head to the back of the neck. Not sure if it’s something you might want to try and model of a flat plane, faking it with a texture might not look right….just a thought

Just looks a little odd without it. Otherwise very good low poly model.
:thumbsup:

[enzodiac]

yeah i have thought of that. And i am going to try modelling it with a plane. And then apply a transparancy map to that. Thx for the tip anyway :D

[enzodiac]

and here it is. Still under 1500 triangles.

http://hem.bredband.net/sivfou/horse10.jpg

For the moment i have used a 1024*1024 map for the skin. Dont know if i will keep it like that. We'll see about that...

[phoenix2k]

wow that last pic looks great... keep up the good work! :thumbsup:

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