Metal Gear Rex

liam887

This one is inside the garage
AAHHH!!-my-brother-is-an-evil-genius!
By Dacad (SU)

Haha this is great!

solo

This is coming along fantastic, cannot wait for the final image, all the dirtmaps and all.

sh00ks

Thx solo!

(Good) texturing is something I still have to learn, so I hope to I can produce some quality dirtmaps and other textures

@ Pilou/Dacad: Amazing piece of machinery!! Just brilliant! Also loving the render, great setting!

I'm also thinking about a good environment for Rex, but haven't come up with anything yet... Maybe you guys have any ideas?

liam887

@sh00ks said:

Thx solo!

(Good) texturing is something I still have to learn, so I hope to I can produce some quality dirtmaps and other textures

@ Pilou/Dacad: Amazing piece of machinery!! Just brilliant! Also loving the render, great setting!

I'm also thinking about a good environment for Rex, but haven't come up with anything yet... Maybe you guys have any ideas?

The hanger from MGS1? Or maybe an exterior of shadow moses? I like the idea below if you can realise that? I would be happy to help create the scene in a month if you can wait that long! Always wanted to to Rex in an illustration.

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iichiversii

Thats an idea, id like to see a battle render, that would be sweet

liam887

@iichiversii said:

Thats an idea, id like to see a battle render, that would be sweet

Rex is a stealth unit built to launch 'stealth' nukes via a railgun so would never be in direct combat unless it was self defence.

Sorry had to be a geek and chip in

'Ray' the 2nd gen has more of an assault capability, not only was it a naval unit so can travel underwater but also had a huge magazine of general purpose missiles not just nuclear. That gives it the capability to strike against ships and land targets etc.

solo

How about in a place you'd least expect such a monster like a tulip field or peaceful meadow.

iichiversii

@solo said:

How about in a place you'd least expect such a monster like a tulip field or peaceful meadow.

and paint the Rex pink and have flower power logos stencilled on the body

sh00ks

@ Liam: you know your MGS-stuff Have thouht of making a MG Ray one day, so maybe someday a nice MG stand off render will be reality.

As for your setting proposal: I'm game! The hangar has crossed my mind and already looked up some examples of weapons storage/launching facilities.
An exterior part of Shadow Moses also is a great idea, but I think Rex would look better in an enclosed envrioment...

As for your offer to help me: that would be great! And I can wait a month After all, I'm not in a hurry with this project and wan't to make it a masterpiece. What better then to collaborate with a master
Just let me know when you're up for it.

@ Solo: Never thought of that, but the huge contrast between object and enviroment in your proposal could work out epic! I will keep it in mind, maybe it would be a good starting point for me to learn instancing in TheaRender. Thx for your input!

@ iichiversii:
You never know, it could look absurdly awesome

olishea

@sh00ks said:

maybe it would be a good starting point for me to learn instancing in TheaRender.)

I can't tell you how easy it is. Just a couple of clicks and it's done!!

sh00ks

@ Oli: Gave it a try the other day and it's fairly easy indeed!

Finaly round up the fine lining and rounding corners
Spent some times applying materials in TR and come to discover that I had to properly set the UV's to use the more detailed textures.

So made some renders with basic/even materials

Still looking for the right textures and learning texture-techniquse to get them applied correctly with the help of SketchUV and Roadkill.

Also started working on the enviroment a bit already, starting of with an interior scene,kinda of a large military storage/resupply room. Have some nice ideas on this one

What you think?

Bryan K

Incredible!

I noticed you are showing pivot points and sliders. Are you creating this with SU Physics or something like it?

sh00ks

Thx dude!

As for the pivotpoints:
I made them with the intention to make this model a dynamic one.

I played with SketchyPhysics some time ago, but found it realy unstable, cause it crashed on me a lot. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or it's just real buggy.

But I don't realy know if there is another program that could do the same trick. When the time arrives, I'll have to dig into that.

It could take up to a year before making it dynamic, though. I started this model with the intention to learn stuff I didn't use/know yet, like (static) animation, detailed texturing/material use and, in the end, making it dynamic