RED Wind Turbines

[NanoSquid]

The idea is that these turbines were built in the 50s and not maintained very well- the blades have many large holes and haphazard patches of metal. Where the larger gaps are wooden ribbing is visible.

I need each blade to be 128x512, and the total height to be near 1500. In hammer units, of course.

 

[ricardojvc6]

one day i thought i could make this, but i was wrong. Well you can ask somebody in TF2mappers who knows how to make models

 

[NanoSquid]

I remember there was a very simple model of this made for GMod's "spacebuild" gamemode a long time ago...

 

[God of Rock]

Make the post and the blades as a brush, and tie the blades to a func_rotating.

That should work.

Also the blades might have to be like a func_brush or something too.

 

[J4CK8]

You could make a basic and possibly ugly brushwork version by using a func_rotating workaround. There are around 3 tutorials to make a working rotator on tf2m.

It would probably look better as a model as well as being better animated, but it seems most of the modelers have disapeared to the artpass maps...

 

[NanoSquid]

I know about the func_rot workarounds, and I've even created my own giant fans before, but a model would look so much nicer...

 

[Freyja]

I could try. I have yet to make a model for someone else. It probably wouldn't be dro-dead gorgeous and I don't know how to animate it, but I could try.

 

[NanoSquid]

I went ahead and made this mockup in my map to get the idea of what I want. I tried to make a video but I suck at source recorder. Anyway, if it helps for animating, the speed for this one was 10 degrees per second (That's 36 seconds for a complete rotation)

Basically I want it to be as bulky and intimidating as possible

 

[Seba]

Have you any specific dimensions for this? Or just a general hooge size?

 

[NanoSquid]

Have you any specific dimensions for this? Or just a general hooge size?

Just generally huge. The blades for that one were about 512 units long each

 

[God of Rock]

I could try. I have yet to make a model for someone else. It probably wouldn't be dro-dead gorgeous and I don't know how to animate it, but I could try.

Make 2 models. One for the base/poll, and another one for the blades.

 

[Seba]

Sorry for the hooge image.

Need to bake AO, add some detail on the main body, and, of course, texture properly. The fan and base are two separate models until I learn how to animate.

Base (HU): 235x72x729
Turbine blade length: ~360 HU

 

[NanoSquid]

Awesome, thanks! Request for texturing: make it grey and red-painted metal, not bright white like modern ones.

 

[combine]

Create a neutral skin and a blue skin for people that want them.Make sure you include a skybox version and a nonskybox version.By the way, good job.Oh and i would like you to make them suzlon windmills for my map http://www.google.com/images?um=1&h...ind+mill&aq=3&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=suzlon&gs_rfai= .Suzlon has their logo on their windmills in red,blue,green and black.

 

[God of Rock]

Awesome, thanks! Request for texturing: make it grey and red-painted metal, not bright white like modern ones.

If I could get the texture files, I could try texturing it after artpass

 

[NanoSquid]

Bumpity bump. That turbine up there ever get done?

 

[NanoSquid]

Edited the OP. Please see my new request.

 

[NanoSquid]

Triple bump.

 

[UGLYdumpling]

a quick blocking ... nothing concrete yet.
I see that Seba started something but it's been a month and no forward movement i guess means he's shelved it?

Anyhoo, i'll take a stab at this, looks interesting.
You have a level built for this? How far along is it?

 

[NanoSquid]

The map is still in design phase.

I appreciate it UGLY but I've actually gotten a friend of mine to start working on this. I don't need someone to make it now after all, hah. If I don't like what my friend comes up with, though, I'll contact you-- I like your models.