Tachikomatic Days

10-21-2009, 12:50 AM

A quick model I've been working on in between uni work and crunchy, DoE & AotZ-related goodies - one of the ridiculously adorable Tachikoma robots from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Currently sitting at 1108 polygons, only done the mesh so far.

Not sure about animations, Nerubian is the only thing even remotely close, but even that would stretch and deform it like crazy :<

Attached Images

Tachikoma_Mesh_WIP.jpg (222.7 KB)

10-21-2009, 01:04 AM	#2
Kwah	It's nice, but to my rather un-trained eye, I feel like the leg to torso joint has slightly messy topology. Can't wait to see it skinned, for one. Can't suggest much animation-wise, tho.

10-21-2009, 07:55 AM

AnemicRoyalty

Yeah, it's a little bit cramped, but honestly not as bad as it looks :)

Unwrapping done and basic colour overlay xD

Attached Images

Tachikoma_Unwrapped&Texture_WIP.jpg (139.8 KB)

10-21-2009, 01:42 PM	#4
Rising_Dusk	Not even google search makes those things look adorable.

10-21-2009, 01:53 PM

Anitarf

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rising_Dusk

Not even google search makes those things look adorable.

Then you clearly have no heart.

<3 Tachikomas.

10-21-2009, 09:05 PM

Mezzer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rising_Dusk

Not even google search makes those things look adorable.

Someone eated your soul!.. :'<

10-21-2009, 10:11 PM	#7
AnemicRoyalty	When google fails, YouTube saves the day :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJQYz...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr8Q8...eature=related

10-22-2009, 09:52 AM

2-P

Aaaaw Tachikoma-kun! Cute! <3

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rising_Dusk

Not even google search makes those things look adorable.

Go awai!

10-22-2009, 02:06 PM	#9
jigrael	whoa your awesome. <3 tachikomas

10-22-2009, 02:07 PM	#10
Rising_Dusk	Maybe I'm the only person here that hasn't watched this (or virtually any) anime.

10-22-2009, 02:15 PM	#11
Rao Dao Zao	The polycount worries me, but I suppose it's not a Warcraft model. :(

10-23-2009, 08:23 AM	#12
Nuclear Arbitor	even if it was the thing would be a hero. i think there's four of them total...

11-17-2009, 09:00 PM	#13
2-P	Bump in the hope for progress. >:

02-17-2010, 02:36 AM

#14

AnemicRoyalty

Update! RESET THE WORLD!

This is the 256*256 version of the texture, as you can see there's some blurriness. Gotta fix that somehow, might even have to change the UVmap again :/

The Bad News:
* I lost the .mdl and the original texture + .psd working file when my old computer died.
* I still don't have TFT installed yet, so that hampers testing and so on.

The Good News:
* Found the original Gmax scene, tinkered with the unwrap slightly and exported the mesh!
* Made a fresh start on the texture!

The Other News:
* Yep, this means soon I'll be back in action, so to everyone I promised work for, hang in there!

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Tachikoma_WIPnew.jpg (95.7 KB)

02-18-2010, 10:06 PM	#15
GoshujinSama	looking good ... ah i still remember the first playstation game where you could go mental with these things. good times