ALIENWARE Challenge Entry: Chris Mendoza

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Decided to try out my hand at this contest... though somehow i feel sort of out of my league ;)

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began modelling the first structure, just as a test to experiment how i was going to go about it, ended up finding box modelling being the easiest method

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think i found a base texture for the globes, ah the wonders of cheap fast raytracing

[Cullen]

Nice work... where all your cliff faces are, instead of being rocky I envision a stretch gooy material there.

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its a bit late, and i havent had much time but im gonna try and get this thing done :)

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took me about 5 hours to make this, figure i ought to go to bed before i throw my machine out the window. comments are very welcome

[rickycox]

Yeah I know that feeling, sometimes it's more productive to take a break and come back to it.

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most recent update, did a bit of work with particle arrays, which id never done before but hey, i figure ill learn something while im workin!

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trackball died... had to get new one... :banghead:

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just a small update, putting in some of the "plant life"

[freka01]

I know you're not done, but the model looks plain. Maybe make som bumps and cracks in the geometry, or are you going to use a lot of bumpmaps and/or displacementmaps?
I think it looks very interesting. Good concept art as well.

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/fred

[Cullen]

shapes are looking nice - currently looking friendly and inviting... but yeah... interested to see what you do with the textures.

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cullen & freka, thanks for the comments, yes i plan on adding a pretty heavy bump map for the texturing to give the shapes a more complex feel.

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quick update, added another building, also trying to get a feel for how i wanted the shadows to look, nowhere near correct but its a start

[eska]

It's realy looking nice now.
Just keep on going. Even if it is so little time,
believe me, this is more than enough to finish it.
Best luck:thumbsup: :wavey:

[dreamer3dchic]

I love these models. I can't wait to see more. Good luck beat'n the clock (as I too am trying to do).

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well front buildings, with exception to a few tweeks are done modeling.

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texture work starting... its down to the wire

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mostly done, just got a few more hours

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light map for the overlay (mostly just for the milestone

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