3d armour

spaceknight · Post by **spaceknight** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:31 pm

i am starting a school project where i will be modeling a suit of armour in 3d (think Pixar) and then importing it into a game engine (unreal tournament)

but i need some help getting reference photos for the project. my suit of armour is not very pretty so i was wondering if anyone would take some photos of themselves in full armour.

here are the requirements
-all metal plate armour (no leather or chain)

-closed face helm (i dont want to model a face because i'm going for a low polygon count)

-preferebly 15th century or later

i need four pictures. one from both the front and back with the arms spread and two from one side with arms both spread and at the sides. any pictures of the armour in action would also be helpfull

they need to be taken from waist hight to avoid foreshortining

the pictures can be scanned or digital but they must be a high enough resolution that i can destinguish small details.

if anyone can help me out with this i would be greatly apreciative. i will gladly make a custom avatar out of the 3d model and send you tons of pictures of the character when i am done.

just post if you have any questions

thanks

Josh W · Post by **Josh W** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:59 pm

While I don't have precisely what you're looking for online, see if you can use any of this:

http://www.mediumaevum.com/josh/Picture%20019.jpg

http://www.mediumaevum.com/josh/Picture%20021.jpg

http://www.mediumaevum.com/josh/Picture%20039.jpg

http://www.mediumaevum.com/josh/Picture%20008.jpg

Feel free to go through the directory and see if anything else there serves your purposes.

http://www.mediumaevum.com/josh/

spaceknight · Post by **spaceknight** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:09 pm

the first picture is pretty good

it's a perfect suit of armour to model but i would be building the 3d model right over the pictures so if the camera isn't right on the final piece can look wierd

if no one has anything else i will try and use it

the hand stand is a nice trick too

thanks alot

Josh W · Post by **Josh W** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:21 pm

If it will help you, here is a video of the armour in use:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm11yAXeegg

If nobody else has been able to provide you with anything better suited to your needs, I will take some more photos this weekend, trying to stay within your parameters.

spaceknight · Post by **spaceknight** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:27 pm

that would be great.

some tips on taking orthographic photos is to have the camera operator stand farter away and zoom in, this helps flatten the image and get rid of some foreshortining of the feet and head

your suit is just what i was looking for and i'm really in no hurry. i am getting a degree in video game design and i plan on using a suit of armour model in a class i will be taking next quarter.

thanks alot for helping me out

Destichado · Post by **Destichado** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:39 am

Why don't you just get someone to draw it for you?

I want to do exactly the same thing, but export into Oblivion. What modeling program are you using?

spaceknight · Post by **spaceknight** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:44 pm

I'm using Maya

i could draw it myself but i would like to use a real suit as a reference

it helps to get a sence of depth even in the orthographic veiws

this is a project i did using photos rather than drawings
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/ ... closup.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/ ... drums1.jpg

Destichado · Post by **Destichado** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:15 am

Okay, I'm impressed. :shock:

spaceknight · Post by **spaceknight** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:58 pm

is anyone else interested in getting their suit made into a custom 3d model?