Low-poly soldier

So, after I had the last test this week I decided to model something to get out of the hectic school-stuff for a day.

Since I've got some idea's running through my head about troopers and
such (I draw a lot of soldiers during classes) I decided to go for a
low-poly soldier. I haven't really made human characters a lot before,
maybe once or twice, but I think the results are just fine for 300
poly's:



The weapon alone is 50 poly's already, the trooper is 250. I've used a
32x64 skin for the weapon and a 64x128 for the soldier, made in Paint
for now since it's just for fun and a temporary skin anyway.

Some comments about this? Tips for altering the shape or cutting down
on poly's without loosing the look? I'm glad to hear them. :smile:

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it's hard to see where there might be some poly wastage when there's no backfaces being drawn.

maybe drop the vertices under the armpits a little. that shirt looks tight enough to stop the circulation to the poor guys hands. :smile:

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Looks pretty good man... reminds me of the soldier quality from Ground Control 1.

Hmm, yeah, it's supposed to be a thick armored vest so that's a good one, fishy. Backface-drawn wireframe shot coming up, too:



I've now also started work on an APC that accompanies those troops:





It's 370 poly's, with the trooper in it it's 510. Could use a little
optimization on the trooper part because right now it's just a quick
copy from the trooper I already did. Could use some driver's outfit too.

I think the skin, 128x128, is too low-res for it compared to the troopers skin, don't you think?

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I'm curious, are you just doing this for the artistic value? Or
are you planning on using these models some how? If so, I was
just wondering how close up you'd get to these models.

The APC and stuff looks really good. If you have any army micro
machines lying around you could use those for inspiration... if you
were so inclined.

If you don't know what I'm talking about.. here are a few (sorry they're blurry, this is the best I could find online...).

I'm modelling them with RTS usage in mind though no RTS specific, I
might use them later on or such. So I can't really decide yet on how
close you can get to those units but something like Ground Control is
what I'm thinking of. Think of these models as the highest detail you
can get in a serie of LODded unit models.

And yeah, I've got several plastic 1:72 vehicle models in my room. The
APC is somewhat based on the SpPz 2 "Luchs", very roughly. Those
provice some inspiration but more so inspiration for details on
vehicles. There's lots of small things to them that are usefull to fill
up large boring surfaces.

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Put 'em into Rome Total War :smile:

Make a Source RTS mod :razz:

Make a cross between Mashed, micro machines, Red alert 2, and a few other aspects. Kinda like a tank commander game from quite far away- massive landscapes but quite simple looking. Or better yet, a simple 3rd person shooter game where all the people are far away looking.

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Actually, if you want to know what's brewing in my brain and why I
actually made these models, take a look at this (long) thread on
gamedev:
Base-building
in RTS - or not?, or specifically
this
post if you don't want to read it all (which you won't if you
haven't got an hour or so :wink: ).

It's an idea, and while I'm working out some details it's not really a
feasible plan yet. I'll be spending some time on the various aspects of
this, at the moment I'm writing a pathfinding algorithm and I've got a
very basic terrain 'engine' lying around somewhere so maybe... maybe...
:wink:

In the meantime, it's a nice way to spend my free time when I'm not mapping, and to learn some new things along the way.

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