This is an attempt at accurately modeling the famous ‘Mark IV’ series of tanks developed for the British army during the First World War. I initially intended to model the Mark 1 series but decided on the Mark 4 as a result of it having a greater amount of reference data. While relatively simple in its overall shape (compared to other models that I have made such as the F4F Wildcat or the A5M Claude), the purpose behind modeling this vehicle is (I hope) to polish various workflows such as UDIMS, efficient UV packing as well as somewhat minor things such as the use of the array and curve modifiers in tandem (as it is of great use in modeling the tank tracks and its associated components).
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Awesome!
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is it a low res model or beginning of a high res model ?
i don’t see the tracks as being high res
happy bl
Hello @RickyBlender. My idea is to produce a high-resolution model. I am at the early stages of the modeling process, but I am trying to match the appearance of the tank tracks to that of reference images. Currently, I am working on various items such as the forward viewports, ball mount for the machine guns, and sponson panels.
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how did you add the small black countours lines around ?
will follow this
this was the first tank ever if i remember well
happy bl
The lines are just the use of the ‘freestyle’ rendering with its default settings. I usually do this to clay renders in combination with the use of the material override function for hard surface models to distinguish the various panels and other pieces of the geometry. As for the history of this vehicle, its actually the 4th iteration of heavy tanks that were developed during the first world war. The Mark 1 would be the first mass produced heavy tank although they are quite similar in appearence at first glance.
i did not use this feature before for the black lines
is there some sort of video tut or tut that you followed ?
it might be another way to show things
i’d like to try it on some scene i have
even if it is not the best way to represent it - it is still interesting
thanks
happy bl
@RickyBlender I did not use a specific tutorial. I merely switched on the ‘Freestyle’ option in the render properties menu.
just found a small video tut will go over it
looks like there are like 100 of things that can be done with freestyle
thanks
happy bl
While the basic shape of the tank is coming together, I have redone the armament to better resemble the Lewis guns that were placed within the sponsons. As I have been reading up on these incredible machines, changes and improvements to existing geometry have been constant. In addition to this, I have begun with the addition of rivets and bolts to the hull of the tank. I am placing each of the bolts by referencing some diagrams as well as some close-up images. However, some details such as the additional clamp-like pieces that were provided near the sponsons were not provided in the reference diagrams. Instead, I found this rather old video ( (5127) Anatomy of the Mark IV - YouTube) produced by the Australian War Memorial that goes into the disassembly and restoration of a Mk IV Female tank. However, the biggest obstacle in terms of finding references has been the underside of the tank. While one might make some guesses as to how this would be riveted (or maybe bolted at certain locations) together, I have at least thus far not been able to find anything.
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Following some software and memory issues on my computer, I have completed the first pass of texturing of all the components on the tank.
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Wow. This is awesome.
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