HMC #17 - Star Wars Steampunk - Imperial AT-ST Walker

[FourThirtyFive]

Prepare for the weekend flood!

Been doing a lot of work on this, but I've been parting things out and I've been unsure on how to proceed in the posting process.

Anyway. Concept art is here (http://www.4-thirty-5.com/cgsociety/ATST.jpg). My focus has changed a little, instead going with a more iron and lead feel. The overall feel is more United States Civil War than Victorian... Given that the Empire is all about the disposability of their soldiers, it seems fitting.

Anyway. To the first part of the head.

http://www.4-thirty-5.com/cgsociety/HCMC17/1.jpg

The gun that attached to the "chin" is a derivative of a seaside mortar from the USCWar. They were big, fat and stocky. Just like me!

http://www.4-thirty-5.com/cgsociety/HCMC17/2.jpg

[FourThirtyFive]

All together now.

http://www.4-thirty-5.com/cgsociety/HCMC17/3.jpg

[ColinC]

Not too bad of a start, but you got lots to do, and not a lot of time.

Modeling looks good so far, but the concept could use a bit of a tweak, the way the feet are shown supporting the body doesn't agree with physics, not that steam punk does to begin with, but the center of gravity looks way too far back. Adding some sort of back support to the foot would solve the problem, and not require to much extra modeling.


thanks to mspaint here's a quick little idea.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y22/TheJawsofDeath/3DCG/fix2.jpg


go, go, go, work, work, work! :bounce:

[FourThirtyFive]

I'm kinda deviating from my original concept work in the first place (sometimes the art pass doesn't hold up to the modeling pass). I've pulled the legs back a bit to give room for some of the design elements which have been tweaked, bringing the pivot closer to the center of gravity. Hopefully it'll look less out of whack than the sketchwork when it's done!

Thanks, broddah!

[FourThirtyFive]

And now, with side turrets.

http://www.4-thirty-5.com/cgsociety/HCMC17/4.jpg

http://www.4-thirty-5.com/cgsociety/HCMC17/5.jpg

[FourThirtyFive]

Personal little cannon thing, hatch and handbar.

http://www.4-thirty-5.com/cgsociety/HCMC17/6.jpg

[RobertoOrtiz]

Hurry up!


You can do this...
-R

[FourThirtyFive]

You can do this...

Darn right I can!

Here's the backside, with all the fun piping and stuff.

http://www.4-thirty-5.com/cgsociety/HCMC17/7.jpg

[FourThirtyFive]

Stupid level of detail on some of this.

http://www.4-thirty-5.com/cgsociety/HCMC17/8.jpg

[FourThirtyFive]

Sleep is my worst enemy. Damn my circadian rhythm!

Alright, continuing on. Dropped to the bottom of things to the foot (which is actually where I started, but I got frustrated). Building up from there.

First, the base plate.

http://www.4-thirty-5.com/cgsociety/HCMC17/9.jpg

And now, with the toe (cattle catcher) attached.

http://www.4-thirty-5.com/cgsociety/HCMC17/10.jpg

Toe light inspired by both locomotives and vacuum cleaners. :]

[FourThirtyFive]

http://www.4-thirty-5.com/cgsociety/HCMC17/11.jpg

Padded area for the rear tip bit to hit when this thing is walking. Don't wanna scratch that metal too much, after all.

http://www.4-thirty-5.com/cgsociety/HCMC17/12.jpg

And now, here's the lowest section of the leg attached.

http://www.4-thirty-5.com/cgsociety/HCMC17/13.jpg

And here's how it all gets stabilized. Chain cha-cha-chain chain.

[FourThirtyFive]

There is deep shame in my failure to finish within the allotted time. However, there were pressing matters I needed to attend to (other classwork) and thus was unable to complete this within the boundries of the challenge.

I am continuing to work on it. I rather like how it's turned out, and intend to still finish it quickly.

Still, in case anyone cares. The main body of the dang thing

http://www.4-thirty-5.com/cgsociety/HCMC17/14.jpg

And put together with the head.

http://www.4-thirty-5.com/cgsociety/HCMC17/15.jpg

[WyattHarris]

http://www.4-thirty-5.com/cgsociety/HCMC17/12.jpg



I really like the cow catcher for a foot.

There's no shame in not finishing. Part of the challenge is the difficult time constraints and there's always next time.

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