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Originally Posted by Saffy
I have a copy of 3d max and, I think I said this before, I’m interested in modeling for FC. Trouble is, I am a complete noob with graphic design. I mean, I don’t know even the most basic elements of building models for FC.
What I’m looking for is a somewhat comprehesive guide, be it online or even a bit of mentoring from a more experienced designer … something that pertains as closely as possible to modeling for FC. I’m also looking for the tutorial files for 3d max, i.e. building a chess set, since I can’t seem to locate them anywhere. Thanks. |
heh, don’t worry, everyone has to start somewhere. i’ve only built about 6-7 models myself. i didn’t really have any sort of training, just one day figured it’d be fun to do – so i bugged one of more knowledgeable friends to death with questions, and looked up lots of tutorials on the net – they’re not hard to find, just google. it’s hard to find one that describes how to build a ship, plane or something really close to what you want to build, but that really shouldn’t matter – as long as you can understand how 3dsmax (and modeling) works, you can build anything you want.
when i was getting the hang of 3ds, i was building aircraft – this tutorial helped me out pretty well:
http://www.mdalgleish.clara.net/tut…uilder-tut1.htm
though the terminolgy may seem a bit advanced, it covers a lot of the basics (like welding, shaping, mirroring, etc.) fairly well, and has lots of images and animated .gifs to help you.
start on building something basic (a squarish building or a flat-deck aircraft carrier, for example) to get used to everything. usually the first few models wont be good (i still need to work on my first ones to get them to a running FC standard) but once you get the hang of things, it’s pretty easy. just remember to stick within the guidelines that are in the documents on the forum, and just go with it.
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