Where oh where has the little boy gone?

[mel_danes]

Well boys we all start new things. And I have decided to plung into this thing full steam. I have a Max7 class at uni and I am finally getting to the good parts.

I present to you todays efforts, approx: 3 Hr's. I will be able to reduce the time it takes once I get the shortcuts and hotkeys down. I am still learning the interface at the moment. 100% original no pushed vertex's.






I'm hoping to add a little flavor and firepower to the Denizens of the Warp mod. This based on an Alpha Legion resin dred I have.
Comments are welcome.

[IBBoard]

Alpha Legion dread? So expect a helmet/face in that little gap then

Looking good - I spent several hours playing around with 3DSMax (granted it wasn't in a lesson, it was me on my own trying to do things) and could just about manage to get it to export a new strat point with a cloned banner, although I ended up losing the textures on it! I've abandoned that idea now

[MadMaffMan]

Hey.....looking very good indeed. Thats not a bad 3 hours work i'd say, it would have been more like 3 weeks work if it had been me.
When i get home later i'll have to have a look through my fluff to see what the models look like.

[mel_danes]

Well two more days and here we are...




It's still all original, no vertex pushing. I want to go back and redo some thing to get the proportions where I want them.

[mel_danes]

One version complete...



Now for more weapons.

[IBBoard]

Very impressive What's the right arm weapon - twin-linked Autocannons?

I definately like the little helmet head - that style of sarcophagous is definately Chaos

How many polys/triangles does it end up as? And when do we get to see it skinned?

[MadMaffMan]

Phwoaarrr

Very nice work indeed. I may have to switch to Chaos if thats an example of the models coming up.

[mel_danes]

Yeap, that is the Twin -linked Autocannon. Currently it is just over 2000 tri's. Which is well within my budget. I need to do a few weapon options, and I have some head requests.

I'm glad you guys like it. I hope to start skinning it soon after it is done, wepons and tweaking. I have to rig it as well.

[MadMaffMan]

Anymore screenies of the Alpha dread yet?

I cann't wait to see that bad boy in action.

[mel_danes]

I have started work on adapting it to Iron Warriors use. New head and weapon option.

Beauty Render...








The back side, for detail.



Yes the IW head and the Assault Drill are now about 50%, just need to name them up and attach all the parts.

[MadMaffMan]

Wow that looks real great.

I love the close combat weapon, is an Assault drill fluffy? If its not then you had a moment of shear inspiration.....it looks like it'll go through those weakling Imperial Dreads with no problem.

Is it me or is the body also more bulky? It may just be the angle of the shot.

[IBBoard]

Very impressive on the detail As for whether it's fluffy, I don't think it's TT fluffy, but I get the feeling that it'll have been mentioned in one of the Iron Warriors stories, what with them being seige specialists.

Can't wait to see it rigged, animated, textured and in-game

[mel_danes]

Well I appreciate the praise.

As for the "Fluffyness" of the Assault Drill...

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/sdread.htm

I just thought it would be cool for Iron Warriors as well.

And we now present the main attraction...Weighing in at 3157 tri's for all the pictured parts.

Regular/Generic Build...




And the Iron Warriors version...



Realistically either version can use any of the equipment the mod wants. The Multi-Melta was kind of a pain. I only have one picture of the Dred version. I think it turned out ok.
I think I want to do a Twin Linked Lascannon and another Close combat arm, some kind of Claw thing.

[IBBoard]

Very nice Major close combat/short-range monster with the drill and melta!. The melta looks good though - all it is missing is the little oblongs in the barrels and it'd be perfect, and they'll just be waiting for being done in the texture

The dreadnought with a claw was always good, though. The dreadnought with whip-talon-things looked quite good as well, although I don't think it'd be as easy to model and animate

[MadMaffMan]

Top work mate.

I like the look of the head, its similar to the pics in the Horus Heresy art books. More like the ancient suits of armour shown in those books, its all very archaic. I just wish there was a way to make the Chaos troops look like their wearing the old armour as well.

Keep up the sterling work.