Bradley Fighting Vehicle

Nice, but your grass needs to be shorter and denser in the foreground, as well as having a slightly darker shade. Looks good otherwise.

Thanks for the comments, but I would like to focus your attention on the vehicle itself - grass was just a simple test, its the vehicle that I worry about

About the tracks, you can use an array mod and curve mod to form them. This was my test.

Attachments


Track Test.blend (679 KB)

Thanks for that, I tried it and my tracks got sorta screwed dunno why, but I think I can resolve that problem. I’ll keep you updated :wink:

Hey, its been 3 days, and I still dont get how to make those tracks using array and curve modifiers. Another thing that is a bit weird is that I cant seem to join up the end points of Bezier and Nurbs curves - F key doesn’t work “Error: cant make segment”.

Here’r the .blend http://www.turboupload.com/files/get/4wwjCsyPIG/errror.blend

Annoyingly, u need to use the “C” key for close curve instead of the “F” key in that scenario.

Okay thanks, but how do I actually make the tracks follow the curve? - every time I apply those modifiers the track sections just go all over the place… :S

Can you please explain to me in more detail, who did you get the track sections to follow the curve - I am using 2.48 btw

Well… ive worked through your .blend and I came up with the following tips:

  1. Start with a bezier circle and subdivide it and work from there.
  2. Make sure the track segment lies on the curve, and it’s centre has been recalculated (centre new).
  3. The curve’s centre has to be right on the track segments centre (I right click the track, go Shift-S: Cursor to selection, and then hit Centre Cursor with the curve selected)
  4. Subdivide the tracks so they can curve.
  5. Increase the curves resolution for a smoother curve. (DefResolU)

I think thats it; if you still cant get it to work, I’ll write a full tutorial.

THanks a lot mate, I FINALLY got it lol, I’ll upload a pic soon enough. Thanks again for wasting your time to help out a noob 8P

No prob, though I was meant to be revising for my english exam… I think I did okay though.

Lol, I feel bad now… anyway here’s an update, just noticed that I got a weird result and I cant get rid of it: look at the front armor plating on the right vehicle - I tried recalculating normals, flipping them but its still stuffed. Probably need to umm do something else lol…

http://img340.imageshack.us/my.php?image=14croppedwu5.jpg

I cant see a problem, unless you’re talking about the black stripes on the front.

Alright I think that I fixed it up - had to manually flip like 100 normals 8S. I’m not really sure what else can I do here - don’t wana go into too much detail. So unless anyone has any crits or suggestions I will call this my final.

http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=16prefinaldk1.jpg