Posted by: Corey
« on: March 01, 2017, 03:54:22 AM »If you're able to, it's better to start with 3DS Max
Posted by: Rohan Kurup
« on: February 28, 2017, 04:11:38 PM »Which would you recommend as a starting point, Blender or 3Ds max?
Posted by: Corey
« on: February 23, 2017, 05:54:41 PM »This is a good place to start even though it's not necessarily program specific, as far as topology goes:
http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/how-create-low-poly-3d-models-121310159
The 3DS Max userguide has some decent tutorials, too.
http://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-C99064E7-7E14-4F98-9A41-796BFC5613EF
http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/how-create-low-poly-3d-models-121310159
The 3DS Max userguide has some decent tutorials, too.
http://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-C99064E7-7E14-4F98-9A41-796BFC5613EF
Posted by: Rohan Kurup
« on: February 23, 2017, 05:27:06 PM »I just realized that my brother has a college email, and he is willing to let me use it to sign up for 3ds max. Where could I find tutorials for that?
Posted by: rohan kurup
« on: February 23, 2017, 03:14:07 PM »Thanks!
If I make anything good, I might put it here
If I make anything good, I might put it here
Posted by: Corey
« on: February 23, 2017, 02:40:58 AM »In that case, Blender is probably a good option for now. There's some similarity to 3DS Max/Maya there, and a ton of tutorials: https://www.blender.org/support/tutorials/
The biggest thing I'd say is start small. Pick something pretty simple, give yourself a limit on the number of polygons to use (say, 1500) and try to make a fighter.
The biggest thing I'd say is start small. Pick something pretty simple, give yourself a limit on the number of polygons to use (say, 1500) and try to make a fighter.
Posted by: rohan kurup
« on: February 22, 2017, 07:27:27 PM »i am a high school student
Posted by: Corey
« on: February 22, 2017, 05:29:47 PM »Do you have any sort of student email?
Posted by: rohan kurup
« on: February 22, 2017, 04:14:38 PM »3ds max if I can find it.
otherwise blender
otherwise blender
Posted by: Corey
« on: February 22, 2017, 02:15:17 AM »Do you know which program you intend to use? New versions of Maya and Max (which can't rig for EaW, but the process is similar) are available for anyone with a student email on the Autodesk website, and there's also things like Wings 3D and Blender which are a lot more basic freeware. Wings is probably the simplest, but Maya/Max are industry standard and offer more tools once you know how to take advantage of them.
Posted by: Rohan Kurup
« on: February 21, 2017, 05:43:50 PM »so how do you actually nake the models. I want to learn but have no experience
Posted by: Helix345
« on: February 21, 2017, 12:09:55 PM »out of curiosity, where would one find a copy of 3ds max
Posted by: Slornie
« on: February 21, 2017, 10:01:32 AM »You can model in Blender but to get that finished model into EAW it needs to be rigged in 3DS Max and then exported using a special converter for the games' proprietary model format.
Posted by: Rohan Kurup
« on: February 21, 2017, 05:45:31 AM »Wait, I can't use blender?
Posted by: Corey
« on: February 20, 2017, 09:21:20 PM »First thing would be making sure you can get a copy of 3DS MAx 6,7,8 or 9. They've stopped selling the program, and it's the only thing that can rig for EaW.