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Caterpillar Drive Wallpaperby ~kheng

Customization / Wallpaper / 3 Dimensional

Ok, so i think the snow turned out okay(imo). at first i was hesitant to try create some sort of "tracks" for the vehicle but ended up just using a standard box with 30 divisions X/Y then extruding the length of track along the caterpillar drives and then manually tweaking the mesh and using a turbo smooth (new 3dsmax7 modifier

). The texture is some snow texture i found, with a smoke bump map to create a kinda dirty look in the areas where the holes for the two drives went through.
Overall im pretty happy to be able to make a "scene" for this vehicle because i initially wanted to use just the model for the final version.

I couldnt quite get the "bits of snow in the teeth" or piled up in the front of the shovel, but oh well

Some stats:

Render time: 9mins45sec (Mental ray, no GI, no Caustics, no FG)
Scene Polygons: 47k (snow ground 22k)

Photoshop touchup gaussian blur layer (im addicted to using gaussian blur layers to enrich colours, plus i thought the whole snow scene thing could use abit of a softness to it)

On a side note, ive never seen real snow before u_u!
And thanks to

for the idea of adding teeth to the caterpillar wheels.

enjoy~

EDIT: Ok, so i went abit overboard with the glow. i turned it down a notch and did some level adjustments. so the vehicle isnt so dark in contrast
EDIT2: Lol that was easy. i just went into acdsee (well i wanted to make it just monochrome) but i accidentally used auto colour and it seemed to make it alot more snow-like so heres the update

~prdgy Dec 21, 2004

Cool concept - reminds me of the Magrider tank from PlanetSide.

~techstudio Nov 19, 2004 Interface Designer

Wow, awesome render. :]

~kheng Nov 19, 2004 Hobbyist Digital Artist

thanks man

~Rattusaureus Nov 11, 2004

I have a new wallpaper. Sweet gods, man. If you don't already have one, get a job with a game design studio (hopefully petroglyph). They need you. Wow...

~kheng Nov 12, 2004 Hobbyist Digital Artist

im currently studying my ass off for Uni finals XD!

~Jaaku-Monkey Nov 2, 2004 Digital Artist

very nice, i have 3ds max 6 and it just flew over my head

keep it up

Jaaku

~kheng Nov 2, 2004 Hobbyist Digital Artist

thankyou man

~vozzz Nov 1, 2004 Professional Filmographer

WOW amazing!

~kheng Nov 1, 2004 Hobbyist Digital Artist

thanks man~

~DriedUp Oct 31, 2004 Photographer

looks better with colour

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