UE3 - UT3 Custom Character - War Cow / Atomic Cow

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JohnnySix

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Here is the WIP so far...

1. I really, REALLY loved the style/detail of the original unreal Nali-cow, so I'm aiming to reproduce this reasonably faithfully, while bridging the gap to UT3, with all the bells and normal-mapped whistles that that entails.

That said, I'm trying to avoid the mistakes made on the vapourware 2k4 model, and have detail where needed, and not simply shove polygons in to make some kind of 'limit'.

As you can see from below, from the Unreal cow, to the War/Atomic cow in UT, the skin colour and eyes/nose positioning changed. The mesh for the cow is the same as the one from UT, but the texture detail was reduced considerably.

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2. The concepts.

I finally scanned and coloured these in so it makes a bit more sense when you see the final model..

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Wires

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JohnnySix

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Tonight's progress on the high-poly for the Atomic Cow - Going to build him in separate parts and normal map them independently , then reassemble for animating.


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Does anyone know if it's possible to have rigid parts like a vehicle? I'd like his carapace/head to be rigidly attached to the underlying bones, and only to have the sections between the segments 'soft' like normal models.
 
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JohnnySix

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Any crits? I was thinking ( in terms of saving time and getting the chance to use a cool special effect ) I could make his neck/tail/leg attacments the necris darkwalker style energy beams?

Do the UTIII robots have parts that bend? I remember Xan looked like rubber when he ragdolled, ruining the illusion of him being metal.

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Kantham

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I don't have any cons at the moment, maybe at the final product.
WarCow's head is their gun.
 

WaitForTheRain

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I'm assuming the war cow your making is a robot one, but are you going to make various kinds of war cow then? Looks great.