My 3d StarCraft Fan Art

[SgtHK]

All of this can be found on StarCraft.Org. But it's currently messed up right now and I think posting them here is a better option to get more feedback.

These are three of my most recent renders. Sorry if I specialize in Terran heavy machinery. All of these were modelled and rendered in 3DS Max 7 and edited, one way or another, in Photoshop CS2.

So tell me what you think of them

[Zeltaris]

:O
:O
:O

Those are fucking win, mate... just... wow. How long did they take to make?
:O

Oh, and welcome to CC. Have a cookie :D

[SgtHK]

The Battlecruiser took me about 3 nights to complete while the Goliath took more than a week. And they both took around 45 - 60 minutes to render.

I'm currently part of the Sons of War 3d graphics team and were planning to use those models on various hero units to add some much needed diversity and variation.

I also uploaded a video on YouTube about 2 weeks ago. I was experimenting wtih the different possibilities of a cutscene cinematic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvnhea_DG50

[Zeltaris]

Heh, that explains your custom title.

Well, nice work. I look forward to seeing it in the final version of the mod <3

[U-238]

Not bad. Tell me, did you make all the textures yourself? How long have you been modeling?

[SgtHK]

Yeah, I assembled the textures by myself, although the JPEG metal-plating photo came along with 3ds Max. The face on the Goliath was pretty hard to make, though. I used Photoshop on it before UV mapping it on the head.

I've been modelling for about 8 months now.

[Ktan]

Awesome work. A little rough around the edges, but they are stupidly close to the Blizzard cinematics. GJ.

[Basan]

Excellent work. Keep it up. :tup: Hopefully we'll see those and many more when the mod arrives to the 'shelves'. :)

[p3ngu!n]

Wow, very good work. The shapes could use a bit more polishing, but overall you're excellent. Learn texturing and bump mapping and make them ships look more real than real!

[Sirion]

O.O

Wow. I mean, wow. I've tried to do things like that in the past, but my attempts usually phail, hard. I'm more of a photoshop kinda guy :P

But yeah, good work. The ships themselves are excellent, though in certain areas they look a little...polished? Like, overly shiny. Not that shiny is bad or anything >.> If you want realism though, grime them up a bit more. Other than that, keep at it.

[Mattimeeleo]

3ds max 7? Isn't that like $4000+?

omg... you need to help me on my digital modeling homework soon.

[U-238]

Technicly, you can't get max7 anymore. The latest version is 9 which costs a grand ol total of $3,495. (unless you get the shotty student version which is like $300)

[SeriousGamer104]

Ummm one thing, the goliath's cock pit is supposed to be over to one side more than the other. And his left leg should face you a little more.
The cockpit is also flat.

So hows stuff going sgtHK?

[markymark]

well its just freaking great work. I m glad ur on the Sons Of War project.

[SgtHK]

This is the first SC render I've made that's featured in broad daylight.

3ds max 7? Isn't that like $4000+?
Actually, 3ds Max 7 costs the same as 9.

Ummm one thing, the goliath's cock pit is supposed to be over to one side more than the other. And his left leg should face you a little more.
The cockpit is also flat.
And where did you get that info? If the Goliath's cockpit was placed a little to the left or right, how would it balance itself when walking?

I based my Goliath on these two pics:
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4083/goliathandzealotjs1.jpg
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/8192/goliathpd6.png
They were the ORIGINAL Blizzard renders and the exact same models used for the sprites. And you'll notice that the cockpit isn't flat.

Hey, Markymark, are you on the SoW project, too?

How's stuff going, SgtHK?
ValValiant :D I thought you were someone else. Torrasque told me that I should practice modelling humans so I put my Valkie model on hold for a while.

[Kawagata]

the shots the wraith fired came from a different angle from which the wraith flew in after...

[Sirion]

God...honestly this stuff is amazing. How'd you learn? School? Tutorials? Hours of staring at a blank screen? The best I've ever done is, well, crap by comparison.

If you could point me in the right direction for learning I'd really appreciate it. I have Maya, but wherever you got your stuff I'm sure they'll have maya too.

[SgtHK]

3ds Max has a whole set of awsome tutorials. But I also learned things from various websites, like how to make that realistic terrain. I don't know about Maya, sorry. But there are lots of Maya tutorials out there.

[ITSTORRASQUE4U]

I know about Maya, I could tell you some stuff :)

And once I texture my reaver, it will have it's place here in WB as well. I'll make a new thread about it and make CC's corpse twitch ;)

[SgtHK]

There's another Sons of War modeller, MasterOfHobbiton (or Masterofhobbito :D ) who did a great job. He'll also post his Vanguard WIP here in WarBoards

[Mr.Bad]

Wow. I'll just leave it at that. Wow.

[Zerg_eater]

like zelty said, THOSE are FUCKING AWESOME

[masterofhobbiton]

Cool, free advertising! Wait, what am I doing, Sarge? :D

[SgtHK]

An artist knows how to "reveal" and "share" his works to others :pwn:

[Galiant]

Those Pics Are 100% Filipino Made!

Yup! 100%

GLORY TO THE PHILIPPINES!!!!

En Taro Philippines!!!!!

Lolz!

[SgtHK]

Those Pics Are 100% Filipino Made!

Yup! 100%

GLORY TO THE PHILIPPINES!!!!

En Taro Philippines!!!!!

Lolz!


You bet they are!

[SunshineDust]

Very nice! Wish I knew how to use 3DSM :(


(that is so close from being BDSM it's not funny :p)

[ITSTORRASQUE4U]

BDSM?

Oh BTW people, we're probably gonna abandon this topic and make a new one where we will condense and update the whole SOW gallery, in case you're too lazy to browse the site periodically (most likely >.>).

[SgtHK]

LoL. But the gallery's still the same since I last visited o_O

[ITSTORRASQUE4U]

That's because UZ is away from the rest of the team.

[jediman]

Very excellent work Sgt!! Truly some of the best 3d art I have ever seen! Keep going :)

[apostolos]

ppl like you make SOW a great TC(which means that all ppl that work there are good at something)

[SgtHK]

OK. After a long wait, I've finally come up with some fresh work for you all. I present to you the Siege Tank that will be used in the StarCraft: Sons of War cinematic cutscenes. Enjoy!

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/4764/siegetankwallpapersiegetg5.jpg
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/9902/siegetankwallpapertankmzi7.jpg

And here's a Sons of War wallpaper also made by me.

http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/7701/sowwallpapersiegetankfizs2.jpg

[SgtHK]

And here's a video showing how the tank deploys into siege mode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOq0Tbe2_EY

[U-238]

Eh, you've done better imo.

The siege mode convert was nicely done so kudo's for that. (lucky bastard. animated tank tracks in blender are nearly impossible. :P) However that seems to be about the only place where you really focused on detailed geometry. And the tank over all seems extraordinarily "boxy". The SC unit sprites aren't even that square.

However if you painted all those textures on your own then I'd really like to know where you're learning that.

[SgtHK]

Yeah. I have to admit that the tank is quite boxy. But it was really a challenge trying to make the conversion as realistic as possible without straying away from the in-game tank.

However if you painted all those textures on your own then I'd really like to know where you're learning that.
The only parts of the textures that I've actually done in an image editing program is the dominion logo, which isn't even made by me (it was done by Jake48.2), and the yellow and black warning colors on the plasma cannon. 3ds Max came with alot of texture JPEGs that I just mixed up to create what you see right now. But I needed to set the shader to METAL to make it look metallic.

However, the Terrain is a different story. I learned that from here:
http://freespacefilms.wordpress.com/tutorials/smartterrain/

[SgtHK]

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1209/sowwallpapertomahawktg2.jpg

[U-238]

Nice job on the TH. The only thing I don't like is the "hunter killer" decal. IMO, it should be on each side and made smaller. You need to remember the scale of those things. Such a big decal like that makes the ship itself seem smaller than it actually may be.

And now that I look at it a little bit more, the cockpit glass would look a little better if it was either darkened (like a dark grey) or, even better, had a goldish tint to it. (not too strong on the gold though)

The rest of it looks great though.

[SgtHK]

Damn, I was going for a gold windshield. But I didn't think it would fit in a blue sky environment. Oh well..

Here's the unit info:
http://www.warboards.org/showthread.php?p=505632#post505632

[U-238]

You'd be surprised. Gold RayMirror/EvMap can look pretty amazing on a blue sky background. So long as you keep the effect subtle.

[SgtHK]

This is my latest creation. It took me about 2 days to make.

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/7086/theghosttm7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[ZeratulStukov]

the one submitted on sc.org right???
very nice

500x Exceptional

[SgtHK]

Yes, but with much improvement. The C10 Canister rifle is still WIP.

[ZeratulStukov]

"wip" ????

[SgtHK]

Work-In-Progress. It hasn't been finished yet

[Stonehand]

"wip" ????

God... ZeratulStukov, if you don't know what the anagram is, look it up on Google. you're being off-topic here. If you don't have anything to say about the work, don't say anything. :mad: WIP means Work In Process.

EDIT: Oh.... Sgt beat me to it...

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Oh god, that looks great, Sgt. Can't wait for the weapon. :P My question is, are you going to animate it like the Wraiths and Seige Tanks? Or just make kickass poses?

[Sento]

awesome.. and i have a question for you, SgtHK.. i just realised something looking at the tomahawk, does the HK stand for Hunter Killer? and was that your B.net account about 4 or 5 years ago?

[SgtHK]

Oh god, that looks great, Sgt. Can't wait for the weapon. My question is, are you going to animate it like the Wraiths and Seige Tanks? Or just make kickass poses?
This model is rigged up and is fully animatable so I can make him do whatever I want him to do. :P :D

awesome.. and i have a question for you, SgtHK.. i just realised something looking at the tomahawk, does the HK stand for Hunter Killer? and was that your B.net account about 4 or 5 years ago?

Yes, HK stands for Hunter/Killer. And, no, my BN account has always been "SgtHK"

[ZeratulStukov]

the ghost?

[SgtHK]

the ghost?

?????

[Sento]

heh, well i knew an awesome modder with the screen name Hunter_Killer or somethin like that; thought that might be you, anyway, i love your battlecruisers :)

[ZeratulStukov]

This model is rigged up and is fully animatable so I can make him do whatever I want him to do

the ghost?

[SgtHK]

Yes :) We're making a new animation for the Sons of War campaign selection screen. And the Terran unit of choice is the Ghost holding his rifle.

[SgtHK]

Here's that animation I've been talking about XD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsvnMWdzU74

[ZeratulStukov]

nice
how much time this took ?

[SgtHK]

The animation? Only an hour.

[ZeratulStukov]

holy crap!!!!!
i was thinking at most 20 minutes....
:P
If it's possible, add me to your youtube friends
the name is kreig550

[SgtHK]

.Ok :)

[ZeratulStukov]

can the animation be maybe a little longer ?
can you make it?

[SgtHK]

Of course. But not right now. I'm rendering something for someone. But once that rifle is finished, I'll post the video here :)

[ZeratulStukov]

ok...

[SgtHK]

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/889/c10canisterriflejpeguf3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Well... this isn't exactly 3d. But I'm making a model of this. Soon I'll give it to the Ghost :)

[Sento]

you know alot about that.... it's disturbing

[SgtHK]

you know alot about that.... it's disturbing

And you will never know why >=)

[Sento]

special forces? ;)

[SgtHK]

Mmmm...maybe ;) ....maybe not ;)

[Sento]

right.. i think you should update the gallery of your SoW website

[SgtHK]

Yeah. But the member who handles the sight is away right now :/

[Sento]

right, well, what program do you use for the 3d modeling?

[Biohazard]

SgtHK all I gotta say is two words:

Go Pro

GJ man, sorry I have no feeback other than you rock. The hands on the ghost looked a little weird but I think those are just his gloves. Nice my friend.

[SgtHK]

right, well, what program do you use for the 3d modeling?

I use 3ds max 9 for modelling the armor and equipment. And Mudbox v1.0 for modelling the male body.

3ds max is simply the best 3d program ever IMO. It's what Blizzard uses in their cimenatics.

[ZeratulStukov]

in how much time you made the ghost?

[SgtHK]

This is my latest creation. It took me about 2 days to make.

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/7086/theghosttm7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

There we go

[Thedutchjelle]

Imo this ghost of yours beats the one of SC2 by far.

It's awesome man, GJ.

[U-238]

I like the design. Simple, elegant, stealthy. Great Job. One of these days I'll get a machine that can handle a better 3d app. Blender's great but modeling things like really fine lines and details is a chore.

And I'm guessing you designed the rifle in ImageReady? (looks really vector)

[SgtHK]

And I'm guessing you designed the rifle in ImageReady? (looks really vector)
Nope. I drew that with pencil on paper first, then traced it on tracing paper with a drawing pen.

[Stonehand]

Like the animation man! Was it you who created that C-10 Concept? 'Cause That's pretty awesome work you got there! :)

[SgtHK]

Ok the rifle is done. The C10 he's holding was modelled by ITSTORRASQUE4U and then refined by me.

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/1279/ghostwithbombqm3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[apostolos]

You rox

[U-238]

The rifle looks great. But the current scene setup shows that the face isn't really too great. Obviously you're not going to see it in game. However if you plan to feature this guy in any cinematics then you're going to need to refine the face a little more. I suggest either making a complete face or actually make it look like he's wearing a mask. (right now he just looks like a velvet mannequin)

[TitanWing]

Sarge, you are teh renda gosu!

[Thedutchjelle]

I also disliked the face from this position. The rifle and the nuke rox though.

[Fiendwurm]

hmm shouldn't the ghost have a resperator like thing on his mouth

[SgtHK]

Don't worry. All of those problems are gonna be fixed soon.

[Sento]

i say leave the resperator thing out, the current looks better than the SC version ;)