Sentry (Renders)

[Crankston Shnord]

Hey guys,
I have been working on an open source game called Bio-Soldier recently, and have been doing some of the basic modeling in Sketchup. Below are some Kerkythea renders of the 'sentry' a robotic turret. I am looking for feedback, what are your suggestions on how I can improve the model to look more realistic? The model can be downloaded below.

Thanks a bunch,

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The Sentry File

[fabrice de lyon]

Hello
Your model is perfect, but there is a problem with your textures I think.
your texture is too low resolution.
And you must add bump or normal, specular and reflect layers, and soft shadows.
Finally, I advise you to add a sky and change the ground perhaps.
Use the render 19 in Kerkythea.
The result will be better.

[Crankston Shnord]

Hmmmm....I am avoiding using textures that are to high quality because that will in turn sacrifice speed in the game engine. Also, what is "Render 19 in Kerkythea"? Thanks.

Cheers,

[fabrice de lyon]

Ah ok, if it's for a game, it's différent.
19 is the preset's number in kerkythea for rendering.
In settings, 19 is the MLT method. But if it's for a game, you don't have to do photorealism.

[Crankston Shnord]

Okay, I see, thanks.

[designerstuart]

yes, it looks pretty good to me - will it be animated?

[Crankston Shnord]

Eventually.......I need to fix some bugs first, but maybe I'll post a video when I'm done.

Cheers,