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    • romboutR Offline
      rombout
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      @shareck said:

      Thanks for all the comments.
      The lowest poly model here would be the T-34 with 290175 edges and 113783 faces. I was aiming at small file size which is only 2,8mb. The king tiger so far has 850214 edges and 338435 faces.
      It's not difficult to make these track links. Each link is quite simple in shape and than you just need to copy it along a path.
      I only use standard SU tools. Only plugins i have installed are Sketchyphysics and Kerkythea exporter. The only plugin i'd wish to use is subdivide&smooth by smustard.
      All these models are done by me just as a hobby. I'm not a military enthusiast, i was just learning sketchup and i couldn't find an interesting topic. I came across some tank model in the 3d warehouse and wanted to do a tank myself. Before i finished my first one i already knew that i'll be doing another one. I find some strange joy in these machines.
      If anyone wants to use these models for rendering, animations, texturing or anything they're in the 3d warehouse (all except KV1 and King Tiger). Just search for the tag "shareck".
      There is only one pic of Abrams in the first post so i'm posting some more below:
      [attachment=5:1ap85rzk]<!-- ia5 -->abram1.jpg<!-- ia5 -->[/attachment:1ap85rzk]
      [attachment=4:1ap85rzk]<!-- ia4 -->abram2.jpg<!-- ia4 -->[/attachment:1ap85rzk]
      [attachment=3:1ap85rzk]<!-- ia3 -->abram3.jpg<!-- ia3 -->[/attachment:1ap85rzk]
      [attachment=2:1ap85rzk]<!-- ia2 -->abram4.jpg<!-- ia2 -->[/attachment:1ap85rzk]
      [attachment=1:1ap85rzk]<!-- ia1 -->abram5.jpg<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:1ap85rzk]
      [attachment=0:1ap85rzk]<!-- ia0 -->abram6.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1ap85rzk]

      how in gods name did you made those surfaces without any plugin... thats hardly undo able

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        tomislavm
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        What computer did You have for that big model?

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          shareck
          last edited by

          Well. The only surfaces that are hard to make without any plugin would be the shapes of the cast turrets (t-34, t-62, sherman). Those are kinda organic shapes that cannot be done with the follow me tool and this is why they're either low poly or non accurate. Everything else is quite easy to achieve. It's mostly straight lines and "follow me".
          I'm not working in design studio or anything like that so my computer at work is a simple, dated office pc - P4, integrated video card, 480mb RAM πŸ˜„. So you can see that i must have some patience. At home it's not much better. Still pentium4, 2gb ram and a proper graphic card. But i'm ok with that as long as i hide the layers i'm not working on.

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            silver_shadow
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            looks like i'm back in the production line of comments again (been a bit busy). First things first, great job on the models (10 stars), you really got a sharp eye for detail. Seems like you are starting your own virtual war hee hee. I always wanted to build a tank, even if it was only a plastic model.Now one can be inspired by these models if they want to build a tank one day and use these as reference images. This is truly inspiring to those who think Sketchup is still a light weight box building tool only to be used for Google earth. I see more and more heavy duty artists creep out of their shell and show off the capabilities of Sketchup. IDEA: You should build a scene, where a tank stands in the debris, ruined buildings and lots of loose and blown up stuff lying around. Could be really fun. But again, well done, it is truly something beautiful to look at.

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            • K Offline
              kilgo
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              Jagpanzer? 1I did these renders a while back, I got the SKP model from the warehouse, did you make this or was it someone else?

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                kilgo
                last edited by

                Jagpanzer? 2Heres the other one.

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                  tgb57781
                  last edited by

                  Great job!
                  Amazing
                  It must be perfect after been rendered. πŸ‘
                  I am Chinese. I am Richen. πŸ˜‰

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                    shareck
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                    @kilgo said:

                    [attachment=0:17u1qora]<!-- ia0 -->JAGDPAN.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:17u1qora]I did these renders a while back, I got the SKP model from the warehouse, did you make this or was it someone else?

                    It's a Jagdpanther and it's not mine.

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                      shareck
                      last edited by

                      I've been trying to render some of these tanks. I'm using Kerkythea and still have a lot to learn. Have a look at some renders of KV-1 in a warehouse i've made. I'm still not happy about the light and shadows. Also the warehouse needs some dirtied textures, the current ones are from sketchup.
                      kv3.jpg
                      kv4.jpg
                      kv5.jpg
                      Any tips on kerkythea settings?

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                      • MarianM Offline
                        Marian
                        last edited by

                        AWESOME tanks dude, AWESOME

                        http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                          shareck
                          last edited by

                          Some renders from last months. Still learning Kerkythea and texturing.
                          Challenger II late sunset render.
                          chal1.jpg
                          King Tiger.
                          king of steel.jpg
                          King tiger textured (metropolis light transport, not more than 6 passes)
                          kingerser.jpg
                          kingingi.jpg
                          kingiskokolek.jpg
                          kingokokokoser.jpg
                          kingoskok.jpg
                          kingtigrys.jpg
                          kingusiernia.jpg
                          King Tiger - photon map
                          kingphotonmap.jpg

                          KV-1
                          kv111.jpg
                          kv12.jpg
                          kv342.jpg
                          kvdsds.jpg
                          kvnoise.jpg
                          T-34 scene WIP. this is a scene with 2 t34 tanks. the tanks are low poly SKETCHYPHYSICS tanks i've done some time ago. I got them to ride over some bricks and then i started modeling the destroyed buildings.t34.jpg
                          t34 s.jpg
                          t34single.jpg

                          Panther tank
                          panzer5river.jpg
                          Panzer 4
                          p4small.jpg

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                            Sir
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                            i like the black and white graney render the best! good work

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                              Simon B
                              last edited by

                              The panther render is most effective. If you squint at the picture, the camoflage pattern merges into the background extremely well.

                              Great modeling too!

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                                Pg09
                                last edited by

                                I love the Panther pic!!!
                                But it looks to me that the background picture's scale is off and that makes the tank look smaller as it is...

                                Still 9/10 render! 😍

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                                  dolphus
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                                  Awesome you set a very high standard of modeling and rendering well done πŸ‘

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                                    ysvry
                                    last edited by

                                    fantastic modeling, asx stated before amazing level of detail. Did you use just the standard sketchup tools or also any plugins? if so can you please tell me wich ones and for what tasks.

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                                      tomislavm
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                                      Amazing,Great job!

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                                      • KrisidiousK Offline
                                        Krisidious
                                        last edited by

                                        wow... fantastic detail... makes me want a game to put them in, like Battlefield 2...

                                        By: Kristoff Rand
                                        Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                        • axeonaliasA Offline
                                          axeonalias
                                          last edited by

                                          After having a look at one of these tanks and trying out a render,I am very impressed with the level of detail here,perfect for renders,Although some have incorrect normal alignment wich needs to be adjusted πŸ˜„

                                          https://sketchfab.com/Axeonalias

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                                            systematic_mechanic
                                            last edited by

                                            Very nice models. I always wanted to try making one on
                                            the computer as I do build the plastic model kits sometimes.

                                            One thing tho about the Tiger II is the
                                            Red Rrown you used looks like German ww2 red primer.
                                            It's possible that they used that for camo in 44/45.

                                            What references are you using for colors?

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