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[Piconjo's sword]

I Like What You Have Going Here

the pattern of the edge of the blade, which makes up the blade itself. It gives the feel of a crude and rough weapon. Something that I would think Piconjo would use.
Although I like the model over all I was hoping that that roughness from the blade would carry a little farther in to the rest of the weapon.
I see you have bolts and screws, adding more to the style, and a mold forge style of hand guard all adding to the style of this which I like.
Also be careful of that second screw from the right, it's sunk in too far and the blade is starting to cover it.
The Practicality of this weapon is both good and bad. Although it looks like a heavy weapon, it also looks short. but those two thing do not bother me. What does is the hand guard.
I see these hand guards more commonly now due to the popularity of the Kingdom Hearts games. The down side is that the guards are some of the worst weapon design flaws I have seen, and in this day and age that is saying a lot.
With a guard like this forces one to hold the sword awkwardly and not naturally, increasing the risk of personal injury by simply using the blade. Also attacks with such a guard become clumsy and poorly aimed.
So please redesign the hilt. I know it might be in style, and it might look cool, but if you wanna give your animation a better appeal, change it up.
3/5
8/10

Manuel-Dangelo responds:

Thanks for the time you putted on this review and sory for taking me so long to give a response.

About the look, I baced my self a bit on the Piconjo you can see in NG Rumbles by MindChamber, I'll take care about that screw yet the handle guard is not just a guard but althought a handle itself, the the angle it gives when you hand the sword this like halps a lot for desending hits and staves.

any way, I'm using it for a music-video (not a fighting video) so I do not realy need a lot of practicallity on it.

[PanzerFaustWWII]

2 Parts Stand out

The shield on the bazooka is one of the best parts of this entire model. I'm not sure if you modeled the reinforcement or if it is just a bump map, but it really adds to the piece. The clips on the side of the rockets are very nice and working great.

Sadly though when it comes to the rest of the models, they are bland. I feel nothing for them than another model.

One of the reasons I feel such a way is due to the lack of a texture and lighting. with out the texture, as with most models the piece feels so clean that it just seems not right. Like it does not belong in this world.

The next thing that comes to mind as I look is this is lighting, or lack there of. Does this scene even have a light or did you just post a straight render?
you need to take these back and at least throw in a key light, a back light and a fill light. that alone will help out greatly
2/5
7/10

VidGameDude responds:

yeh i know.
but i cant texture though.

[Kenworth K-100]

pretty good

The fact that you drew a KW is worth some kudos.
Not many pay this kind of respect to the big rig.
Good Detail, looks right, nice quality.
Could use that piece off to the right cropped off though.

ElectronicFunk responds:

Heh, Thanks! This is actually a pretty old drawing of mine. I'll be uploading more now that I've been scouted.

[Minsc and Boo]

I like the feel of this...

This has a relaxed feel that I fine intriguing.
Here we have a swordsman, leaning back and enjoying both the daym the wild life and the field in which he roams.

The coloring and textureing is very nice, I think you have done a superb job on this.

Now for the down sides. The pose is off balance, if he is leaning back like that, then he needs some sort of prop. I admit you tried this with the sword, but that didn't quite follow threw. The sword being vertical doesn't give any support, it would simple fall over with the off balance man. And speaking of the sword, it should be stuck in the ground a little. Right now it is just setting on the ground. With the tip and the weight of not only the blade and the wielder, the blade would dig in to the ground. and since the tip is against the ground, the grass in the foreground should cover a little of the blade.

So Angle the blade to support the guy, get that tip stuck in to the ground, get some grass in toe foreground of the blade, clean up the line art a little more, add some lines where needed (Fingers?) and the picture should come out a lot better.

2/5
5/10

DieterTheuns responds:

Thank you for the review, but honestly, this was only a practice for my (obviously horrid) backgrounds and colouring. I did not have any particular pose in my head so I just went with it. Then I realized he actually needed to support on something... I quickly took a sword of Google, fiddled around with it in PS, and came up with this.

This was also my first drawing using a Wacom tablet.

[Reporter Dude]

SImple But Good

The style is something I would expect from an "The American Dream" kind of film. Although I also expect cherry pie, a white picket fence, and a Bel-Air setting in the drive. But, I guess a Ford Fairlane for you though, right?

The subtle stylization also seems to work with well with idea of the American dream. The suit and tie kind of make it. Speaking of that tie I think you can curve in that left side a little more, it really doesn't feel like it's snug against the neck.

Well I hope it has it's funny quarks, and is interesting to watch. I'll e expecting up up here after your class

Snowman responds:

Actually, my specific car of choice would be a Galaxie, but yhea

it will be on here after the things done

[Egoraptor Avatar 3D]

Congratulations On The Tribute

It's good to see you honoring your heroes like this and for that I give you big points, but the flaws really put it down.

This is definitely not your best work. I'll be honest right off the bat. You have done better with both materials and modeling.

The Thing could use some, character, more or less. although you have color it all looks like it is made out of a shiney plastic. It could really use some bump mapping.

Second I have to nail you on the stats 26,000 polys on this?! There is no reason this should be 26 k poly. 10,000 should be the top at most for something as simple. I think you should step back and try and reduce the poly count.

Also your work time, 2 weeks. This is pushing it. you should have been able to pull this off in just a couple hours. I understand you have other things going on in your life, we all do, but really you can do better.

I would like to see you retry this.
Try to get it under 10K poly and about the work time of a week.

VidGameDude responds:

i completely understand...

yes this took way to long but the thing is those other ones were just tutorials, and plus i cant find any good model making for teen characters even on youtube.

its a pain in the ass.

i...just (sigh) i know the poly count is way above my norm but i'm not good at humans yet. plus i need someones help enveloping characters.
but i appreciate you pointing this out and i always love reviews like this.
thank you for showing me my flaws

l8s

[Dodge viper SRT-10 coupe]

Very Nicely Done

5/5
9/10 great job,
the render is superb. and from the looks a well constructed model. I would love to see a few more angles, perhaps even some process shots and some technical data. Poly count?
I would also like to see some variance in in the finish, the decals should stick out a little more. perhaps a small bump map will cure that.
Perhaps some a second map of a rusted and beat up version would be cool.

Any plans of Animating it, or is it too high poly for practical use?

the only thing that is knocking that last point off is the skewing of the material on the background wall

oh and as a personal vendetta, Dodge sucks :P... .except for the Challenger and Charger.
Chevy is the way to go. :D

toshema responds:

Thanks, well I love to do an animation and I could do more angles it is just a matter of placing more cameras at different angles and then rendering. I also look up the tech stuff too, and then put them in ref sheet style and throw in a few meshes with a beat version or some thing ^_^. I'm not sure when that wil happen though, I'm a busy person since it is nearing finals week.