( WIP )Mars Bound Updated 1-22-09 Rocks!

[Viscosity086]

Here is a pic, I said i would throw up, and let you criticize.. So lets begin :)
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu52/Viscosity86/Shot0000-1.jpg

NO, its not Halo, (trying to stay as FAR away from that as possible) its gonna be Mars..

[alex 05]

Looks great nice start:)

what else can we expect from this set?

[Viscosity086]

I dont know, its Mars, not much in the real world to go off of.. Gonna be a while yet before its ever thought of being released. I got some great textures, about 5000 to be exact to go through WAY to many options.. And about the only thing I dont have is good window textures..Thats the stop right now.

[Old-Spice]

Hm, and how, may I ask, you came across 5000 textures?

And it looks nice.

[rctmore]

Nice textures. I wouldn't mind looking through some 5000 textures either. No really those look good. Keep it up! :D

[Viscosity086]

Yeah Old spice. you want some? you may have to resize them
there not all square

[fenrakk101]

Nice work.
May I suggest Mars rocks and alien structures?

[Viscosity086]

I think i can come up with some rocks, but alien structures what kind? explain

[fenrakk101]

These structures come to mind.

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/00/19/1971_supreme-commander-20070322025255650_normal.jpg
http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/5462/2h/images.gamezone.com/screens/32/9/66/s32966_pc_15.jpg
http://i4.tinypic.com/8bhqnw7.jpg

If you've played Supreme Commander, these will be very familiar to you.
Of course, you can always come up with your own.

[Viscosity086]

So basicly round, and pointy metal of somesort alien objects..ill try..

EDIT: This is what ive made- Yes its a little high poly 410 but it covers 4 tiles, and i smoothed it out and tryied my best, dont know if i can re work it more or not, but here what it looks like..
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu52/Viscosity86/Shot0001-1.jpg

[RedOctoberRCT3]

Ohhhh! Perhaps that little mars buggy that NASA sent up?

[Viscosity086]

Okay heres some more pics, one is the HIVE where the Aliens live, yea kinda riped that idea from the jetsons then the other is just what i have thus far the Black walls...lots more to come.
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu52/Viscosity86/Shot0002-1.jpg

http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu52/Viscosity86/Shot0003-1.jpg

They look solid black, but closer there textured nicely.

[sr3d]

You NEED less segments on those corners, follow the tutorials...again.

[Viscosity086]

on what? the pentagons? they only have like 12 faces apeice
If yer talking about the other one the black Alien Center, i took it out..to many polys
and YES i have went over that tutorial a hundred times...Seems like i dont have certian tools..i dunno.

[rctmore]

No you do it is there. This is what I do I create the circle/half circle and then immediately right click the circle/half circle, then go to entity info and segment is 3 down change 24 to a lower number and you're good to go. It saved me for my amps set it really shaves a lot off. For that center piece Just fix that. Now if I were you , I'd make the center two pieces; the base, and the middle thing. Looks good so far. But in the very 1st picture, the top left piece doesn't look seamless try moving the texture around a bit in SU.

[Viscosity086]

ok, Im re doing the supports, with less segments/ I fixed the wall texture. Anything else you see or think needs done? I will be moving on later on tonight to the next set of walls for this.

[fenrakk101]

Coming along nicely Viscosity086!
Ah, the good ol' days... :D
Also, perhaps there should be some sort of raised platform in the middle of that structure, and the ramps inbetween the indents on either side?

[Viscosity086]

which structure? explain, id like to make what your talking about. Im just not sure what you mean

[fenrakk101]

The first attempt at an alien structure. Raise the open area in the middle and in the entryways on either side make a ramp.
Oh, and if you make a few other buildings, can you make seperate sets of scenery for the conduits, like in the second pic?

[Viscosity086]

Ok here is some Catwalks for you to peek at.
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu52/Viscosity86/Shot0004.jpg

Oh, and yes I may make seperate peices for the structures.

[fenrakk101]

Nice work, man!

[sr3d]

Nice :) great textures to. I'm guessing each floor type is seperate and each fence to.

[Viscosity086]

The middle floor and railing are 1, but the side 2 floors are seperate, and so are the railings, did one for easy placement, and one for those who want to customize it..

[fenrakk101]

Cool.

[Viscosity086]

Well, Ive got some bad news, I Just got my computer back up (it crashed hard) I Had to reformat it..Very bad. So I lost all of the work on the Mars project :( I don't know if im going to re make them or not I had alot of work into it and now its gone, Just depressing.

[TheChicosAStar]

Thats Horrible:eek2::cry:

[fenrakk101]

Awwwww..... :(:(:(

[Viscosity086]

Ok, After the HORRIABLE loss, I', going to start remaking some models..This time i think ill actually make them better..Maybe.. But non-the-less its back on.

[fenrakk101]

Yay!
BTW, if you're going to work with me, you'll need to find textures or something because I can't get any in my SketchUp.

[RedOctoberRCT3]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I was soo looking foward to this! :cry:

[fenrakk101]

^As was I, but he said he was rebuilding

[Viscosity086]

Here is some rocks, Maybe more to come. But wanted to see what you thought.
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu52/Viscosity86/Shot0000-2.jpg

EDIT- I added more Rocks, and a Bio hazard Box, and a Rusty barrel. Pic soon

[fenrakk101]

The rocks look pretty good, but there should be different sizes so they don't look repetitive. That should be easy if you're using Google SketchUp, just use the Scale tool.