W40k Macharius super heavy tank

[TonTon]

Hi folks!

I'm new in this forum and here is my second 3ds model since I've discovered max. Before going further, meet the beast:

Macharius

The Macharius tank is a super-heavy battle tank used by the Imperial Guard, most notably the Death Korps of Krieg. Developed from the same hull as the Gorgon (in much the same way as the Chimera and Basilisk share a hull), the Macharius is smaller and lighter than the more common Baneblade, but it is becoming increasingly common as it is easier to produce quickly in quantity. The design was originally discovered as a partial fragment in the archives of Lucius Forgeworld by one Magos Nalax who painstakingly reconstructed the original design using the materials available to him. There are several variations on the Macharius, principally distinguished by their main armament.

* The basic Macharius mounts twin battle cannons in its main turret, supplemented by a hull-mounted twin-linked heavy stubber and sponson mounted heavy stubbers, which may be replaced by heavy flamers or heavy bolters.
* The Vanquisher variant replaces the twin battle cannons with twin Vanquisher cannons, which can optionally use the armour-piercing vanquisher shell instead of the standard high explosive version.
* The Vulcan variant replaces the twin battle cannons with a single Vulcan Mega Bolter, a weapon more commonly found on Titans, to give the tank truly devastating anti-infantry power at close range.

I've completed the battle cannon and the vanquisher versions modelling but i'm stuck with the mapping and texturing so if you've some advices or good tutorial link to share, I'll be gratefull.

Ps: sorry for my poor english, I'm french

[Meph]

Nice job man! That's some decent modeling.

[Lord Ravensburg]

Welcome! That is some very nice modeling indeed. As far as the mapping and textures go... I would check the member tutorial and learning areas... there might be some stuff in there.

[Tinukedaya]

that is some awesome 2nd max model... you sure you ain't genius? Really impresive work.

and welcome to the forums.

[Kadaeux]

Nice, but the inner of the Heavy Bolters looks too wide. Other than that great work.

[Quiarcus]

I have to agree with everyone else, that's an awesome 3DS model! As Kadaeux said, I feel that the heavy bolters interior diameter is a little on the large side but other than that the model is spot on. Very impressive work.

Oh, and welcome to the forums

[TonTon]

Thanks for your comments, it's really encouraging. I've had a look on the references I used and you're right. The bolters canon inner is too wide. I'll fix it and post some more renders. I'll try to post some texturing tests too.

[Kadaeux]

Sweet thanks! (I wasn't joking either, other than that one little problem it is PERFECT.)

[Armondikov]

So much 40K stuff popping up these days, it makes me happy

A very good model and a very impressive SFM debut too. Hope to see more soon.