Challenge #9 - RewiredMonkey - Workman's Tear

[RewiredMonkey]

Forgive the crappy sketch. I dusted off my Wacom after not touching it for about two years. I'm a little wonky with the plastic pen.

This is a worker/repair pod. It can be used in vertical or horizontal orientation. I man crew, two if need be. Don't know much else. Will just have to see where this goes...

[CrimsonLine]

I'll be disappointed if there's no "dude" inside. Even if it's just a "guy" in there, and not a "dude," I'll be sad. :)

[RewiredMonkey]

lol. could be 'chap', 'fella', or bloke as well. we'll see.

I'll do up some renders without the scribbles here soon.

[RewiredMonkey]

Here's an update. Now with more rivety goodness.

[fluxfire]

coo i think it will be wicked once its done.

[RewiredMonkey]

a little update...

added some intake things. i think i need to scoot them toward the aft a little.

[fluxfire]

yeah i would agree on that they do need to go back just a tad more intake that way :D

[Sphynx]

Information regarding Challenge #10 (http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/challenge-wips/54880-sensei-challenge-10-primitives-motion.html) has now been released.

[grexx]

Nice panelling.

[RewiredMonkey]

thx for comments!:D

Here's a bigger update. Added a bunch of details.

I'm going to make the rivets on the main body smaller to balance out the scale of the aft portion.

I will be working on the manipulator arms next. Never modeled something like them, so they might look a little wonky. We'll see.

I'll be adding a some more renders in a short bit.

[RewiredMonkey]

a couple more renders

[fluxfire]

Very nice. i like the look of the engines and the rivets :D

[Ozylot]

Cool design! It's starting to look very functional.

[RewiredMonkey]

Thanks! Mongo needs hands now. I don't care too much for the arms, but they'll do. Need to get to finishing this thing. Textures...ugh.

[RewiredMonkey]

I've added a entry hatch to the control pod. I'm gonna close up the seams on the dome. I think they are too wide. Hopefully I can finish some few minor details soon, so I can start to texture this guy. That's my weak point. I've never really sat down and textured a model, but this should be some good practice.

[Ozylot]

My first impression on those last pics was that it's R2D2's evil cousin! :D

Cool!

[RewiredMonkey]

My first impression on those last pics was that it's R2D2's evil cousin! :D

Cool!

LOL!:lol: That is an interesting idea for a model. Artoo with a goatee!

[RewiredMonkey]

Happy Holidays all! I've started to tackle textures. I've never painted textures before and it's gonna show, but what the hell, I'm having fun with it...

[fluxfire]

well i feel ya on the textureing part i haven't done that before either but from what i can see here looks good to me...

[BEMEUP]

This is looking really cool! I'm liking those crazy nice details, especially the rivets...

[RewiredMonkey]

Thanks guys.

I've repainted this body portion 1.7 million times and am going to settle and move ahead. Wore down my Wacom pen down to a nub.:lol:

[Ozylot]

Evil R2 is looking great! ;) :thumb:

[RewiredMonkey]

I don't care for the black parts...needs a little more definition. maybe someday i will get back to detailing, but i'm just gonna keep truckin' for now.

[RewiredMonkey]

I am in the process of reworking the textures. That set me back a bit. Ah, the folly of being a texturing noob-tard.

Here is my entry with simple toon/placeholder textures. It's as final as it's gonna get for the moment. :D

[Tinukedaya]

Well It really does look R2'ish.. Which is not a bad thing. I like it.

[Dann-O]

Nice work and looks like a practical vehicle.