Foundations of Hope - The Special Forces

I was hoping to have more done for my second month post of the MyDreams contest, but life got more busier than usual. If anything, I must say this month has been educational. I had never modelled for Torque so I had to learn from scratch how to get models animated using .dsq files and exported properly for Torque. My modelling and texturing programs are Milkshape, fragMOTION, and Ultimate Unwrap3D. I do not know if there is an easier way, but for me, I had to learn a little dance and throw in a spin, in order to get everything to work properly. I do not know if there is a tutorial somewhere, but I have been asked to create one, so I will start working on that. I will post a link to that tutorial in my June blog update.

For now, I would like to introduce my first Torque models using the MoM material system.

Special Forces:




Some may recognize the models as being similar to Daz3d models. That is well, because they are very similar. Every chapter of The Foundations of Hope Trilogy is illustrated using Daz3d models and in order to keep a true crossover between books and game, the game models are being based off the Daz3d models. So a Special Forces or Paladin illustrated in the book will look very similar in the game. Of course the game models are not the actual Daz3d models(way too high poly). But I have been given special permission by Daz3d to make similar models and use rendered textures in order to achieve this goal.

I already have the Female Paladin completed and working on the male Paladin. So June I will post the Paladins and some Spiritual Warfare critters they will face as well as a link to my tutorial.