[REQz] Piano for decoration

[DsoS]

Clutters Guild release is fine with me, if Don doesn't care about it either

Take your time Don, try not to finish it in a single day or two... Take your time and it will look fabulous afterwards

[donnato]

It`s not that I don`t care but yeah I`m fine with sharing this. It`d be nice if one of our very fine texture artists would like to help out though. So far I`ve got really good results with a very low poly. I spend alot of time deleting unnecessary edges and verts, then rebuilding the faces for just that reason.

[InsanitySorrow]

It`d be nice if one of our texture artists would like to help out though.

A single texture?, I'm sure I can handle that

[DsoS]

Thank you for helping IS

[donnato]

Ok folks, here`s what I`ve been up to.........

You can`t see it here but all the white keys are delineated in edit mode for texturing purposes. IS, there`s a bit more to it than just a simple wood tex. There are the keys and there will be some metal parts too...

Edited April 5, 2011 by donnato

[DsoS]

ah damn, you've out done yourself Don... :clap: Looks outstanding!!!

[donnato]

Not yet I haven`t Ds...my lute was pretty detailed too and the family heirloom rocking horse I recreated for MyrMaad was just amazing to do...this is far from done. I think this is a good time to dupe a copy for the collision mesh........

Thank you.

Edited April 5, 2011 by donnato

[donnato]

Ok folks...here`s the semifinal results...thanks for all your encouragment...

[DsoS]

Damn that's nice Don. Keep ip the good work

[Metallicow]

Ok folks, here`s what I`ve been up to.........

You can`t see it here but all the white keys are delineated in edit mode for texturing purposes. IS, there`s a bit more to it than just a simple wood tex. There are the keys and there will be some metal parts too...

Looking good for a untextured mesh.. Beinging a string player , but also knowing keys, you have done a pretty decent job so far. I notice the empty at the bottom for the foot keys. Reminds me of grandmas organ(not piano).

Yea, it's a bar playtoy of the past.... Don't see many like em anymore.

[donnato]

Thanks folks. Metallicow...check the semi final shot...pedals are there. Nothing fancy...sorta like a honky tonk box youd see at a waterfront inn,no?.

[Meo]

Great job don! This piano will be a nice addition.

[donnato]

Thanks Meo. This one`s for DsoS but he`s already said he`d share, and I`d be honored as well if folks wanted it.

[greenwarden]

Ok folks...here`s the semifinal results...thanks for all your encouragment...

Donn, you have Skillz. This looks wonderful.

[donnato]

Thank you Greenie...alot of work but worth it methinks. I`m pretty happy with it.

[washington]

Don... We are all still learning so here's a trick: next time make one key or one octave and use modifier array.

[donnato]

Right o Washington thanks. I tried to stay away from modifiers as much as possible on this because the polys can skyrocket and decimate can make texturing difficult. I did however make one , placed it then duped and moved on axis. Only the 36 black keys are individual. The 52 white ones are just loop cut but not seperated so that can be unwrapped as one rectangular unit. If someone wanted to aimate it it would be easy to go back and free them up.

I`m always listening for new ideas,hints and tips, and learn things everyday, so I appreciate your input here.

[InsanitySorrow]

IS, there`s a bit more to it than just a simple wood tex. There are the keys and there will be some metal parts too...

I never said it was a simple wooden texture , I expect it to have multiple materials for me to texture.

[washington]

I find out those things somewhere and then I think how stupid I was doing everything manually. Stairs for example. I can make spiral stairs in no time now that I know of that array modifier. I just make two steps, UV them, collision, and then with that command make copies.

[donnato]

Oh holy schmokles IS...so you`ll help with this..? Let me know if so, and what I need to do to get it ready for ya. Yup Washington I`ve been using array for grid works and such for awile now, with deform and shrinkwrap.

[InsanitySorrow]

Oh holy schmokles IS...so you`ll help with this..? Let me know if so, and what I need to do to get it ready for ya.

Yup , I did say on teh previous page, err here actually

A single texture?, I'm sure I can handle that

[donnato]

Oh man..how`d I miss that. Thank you very much IS. Tell me what you need.

[InsanitySorrow]

Just need the finished model Don

[donnato]

Okey Dokey, let me just clean house a bit. I don`t think I`ll add any more detail to the mesh. I think the rest can be done with the tex. I do have an 88 key keyboard ,dds all made up if you want it. Thanks again IS.

[DsoS]

just wondering this, but how hard would it be to make one havok'd? (I have a evil plan for a havok'd piano )