Liam I’m so sorry. My daily schedule was packed and I didn’t have the time to go around and checking others’ progress.
I definitely like your 3-pigs-story concept. My only suggestion is even if you make them steampunkish, try to keep the silhouette of the characters. meaning, a metal wolf is a wolf, right now it’s going far into ww2 tank in my humble opinion. Anyway, it’s just my rusty two cents.
Good luck!
Mellbrix: thanks man. good luck too you too if i havent posted that in my comment on your thread already
JulianRio: thanks
JackZhang: Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Always nice to get response from people who are actually in the industry.
Your point is right and this shows the disadvantage of not posting a complete concept at start.
I will definitly get some concept ready tomorow or so.
Till then ill just give you a written response.
My plan is a warmachine.
But it wont be a wolf looking machine that just goes on its own.
It will more be a tool for the wolves to use.
Its going to get a wolfs head like front piece that more looks like a theater prop or so.
From the mouth there will be an exhaust for air compressed by their tank.
Behind that there will be a driver stance and wolves actually operating their machine!
So with this steam punk time tool theill huff and theill puff and theill blow everything away!
Without knowing this your comment wasnt two rusty cents it was spot on!
Hey Liam,
Your idea sounds cool 
And your work is looking really good, like a lot the model of the tank track. I want to see the wolf with that great weapon, that should be great for sure!! Wating for more updates on your concept! Cheers !! 
so heres a go at building the boiler kettle and its base. theres exhaust pipes attached to the fire chamber just so that the smoke doesnt get out on the wrong side. c&c appreciated as always
iDrift: thanks a lot mate
landim: thanks a lot good luck to you too
Ferx: thanks man!
Im also pretty pleased especially as i have never done a tank track before.
Infact these are all still my first steps at hard surface modeling.
Zbrush was the first 3d program ive ever used and ive played with that alot.
Its a rather weird approach at the world of 3d but im happy to learn more every day.
I guess ill have to either redo those tracks or get a new computer i guess ill do both.
The polycount is just to high for my 2 year old laptop. I tried getting the tracks in symmetry and it crashed my comp a few times :hmm: Anyways ill get a concept update soon for today its just a little modeling fun 
Fun idea, looking good so far. The tank threads looks so vicious in a cool way. Gears and boilers, great, nothing to complain about 
Man I have a huge catalog of model trains that I’m using for reference that would be useful for you. I got it for free at a Train model show last year… maybe you can get one from their site, but apparently the company got bought out so you may have to dig a little for it.
This seems to be the current owner
http://silvergatedistributors.com/
EDIT
These are the new owners but it seems they aren’t making LGB sets anymore. Maybe they have some other catalogs that you might find useful
they do have a catalog but costs 5 bucks… haven’t seen it inside so I have no idea if it is worth the effort.
http://www.shopatron.com/product/part_number=17162/161.0.31974.0.0.0.0
I’m really liking your sense of design. It all looks perfectly steam-punk, but there is a real elegance about it too. It’s an intriguing idea to have the wolf driving the machine too. I’m looking forward to see what you come up with next
Hallo Liam,
die drei kleinen Schweinchen, schöne Idee!
Good start with the modeling too, what is exactly the concept, will we see the wolf and the pigs here or is the focus more on the tank? Anyways good idea and I’m looking forward to see what you make of it!
Ich sehe gerade, daß Du aus Herdecke kommst, cool, ich habe während des Studiums da gewohnt, schönes Städtchen!
Have a nice weekend,
-sabrina
lol cool and funny idea…I like what Iam seeing here so far so keep going...... cant wait to see more ( " my reply is unconstructive too I guess ")
Hey wow that’s really good modeling, especially the tank track
And the wolf head is a good steampunkish Idea
Good Luck in the Challenge, DiscoStu!!!
heres a texture wip for the boiler.
the wood material is the only thing i consider final the rest is just placeholders and way to golden till now.
heres the new tanks tracks as i said before they were to many polys so here are the new ones redid the gears and also added some wood
Daxtor: Thanks a lot dude
SNoWs: Thanks for the links. Marklin was a german producer but i believe its now being built in some eastern country. My friens still has a lot of train models and i had some looks at them and found some great inspirations.
mdavid: thank you very much
daWinky: thanks i love your works especially your 2d paitings. what did u study in herdecke?
keraj37: thanks
thebest: ^^ ty
fourBai: gracias! it wont get too disney but i might get some influence for the base characters i think theil also go into a more toon direction.
johnstrieder: thanks look at them now! theyre pimped out ^^
Hey!
You got some great modeling technique and super nice Occlusion ender!
This is going to be an excellent entry, I’m sure!
Keep up the great work!
