Buarey's Game Dev

Elephant

2010-06-12T08:13:00.000-07:00

Hi. Me again. Few months ago I've started a project inspired by Mike V.
And I finally finished it.
Yeah, I know I suck in 3D arts.
Hope that Mike won't get pissed of.

Recently, I was thinking about it. The question was: Why an Elephant on his first pro model deck ? Maybe it was a coincidence ?
But I think that it's something more.
Why the Elephant is a reccuring theme on Mike's decks ?
Why not a Lion, why not a Tiger, or a Wolf ?
I don't want to bore You with my thoughts. No one even is reading this.
But here is my answer to the question.
There's something in the Elephants.
The Elephant resembles Mike V as a person.
Elephnats are calm and noble. But when the Elephant is in danger they can be dangerous and agressive.
So is Mike V. If You don't belive me. Watch how He skates, how He reacts on people.
There should be more people like him. Good people who help other.

Ok. Now the end result of my work.
Special Thanks to:
Konrad Kleine (kwk) from Blenderartists.org for the permission to use his Elephant Model.

1984

2010-04-06T04:14:00.000-07:00

It's another sakteboard. Yeah, yeah, boaring.
But It's my first model with an image texture.
Learned how to use the UV Unwrap function in Blender.
About the board and the image.
Found the motif on Larry Ransom Myspace page.
Hope he does not get mad about it.
Didn't ask his permission yet.
So here it is.

--EDIT--
The graphic is a Lance Mountain graphic that Craig Stecyk drew

I must Thank Larry Ransom, for the info.
So, Thanks Larry.

Zefir Pro model Buarey 3D Boards

2010-03-29T09:57:00.000-07:00

It's the second variation of the skateboard.
Need to change my machine.
Sculpt Mode does not work for me in Blender.
Renders will be added after Google will repair the Picasa Web Album problems

Od Buarey's Game Dev

Mike V themed skateboard in Blender

2010-03-29T08:21:00.000-07:00

I've finished the static project of teh skateboard.
This is the first of two themed skateboards.
Hope that Mike won't get pissed about this.

90% of the board.

2010-03-28T00:56:00.000-07:00

Almost finished the static model. Need to add some final details.

Truck with modified wheels

2010-03-25T12:37:00.000-07:00

Truck with bigger wheels

2010-03-25T12:33:00.001-07:00

The Truck with wheels

2010-03-25T09:12:00.000-07:00

The main modelling is over

2010-03-25T07:16:00.000-07:00

Now, I need to add some textures or colors. And assemble everything.

Bearing

2010-03-25T05:08:00.001-07:00

Quick render of the finished bearing.
Now I'm going to do the wheel :D

Bearing - almost finished

2010-03-25T03:12:00.000-07:00

The bearing is almost finished.
Need to add some color to the material.
Next - the wheel

Bushing

2010-03-24T13:57:00.000-07:00

Another quick update.
The truck is finished.
Also the bolts are ready.
Now I'm working on the bushing, bearings and wheels.
What the hell ? I'm almost done with the main model ?

90% of the truck is ready

2010-03-24T12:03:00.000-07:00

A quick update. Almost done with the truck. Maybe today I'll end the project ?

80 % of a skate board truck.

2010-03-23T11:27:00.000-07:00

Just a quick photo update.

Skateboard project part 2

2010-03-23T07:22:00.001-07:00

Part of this I did yesterday.
The base palate, the pivot cup, and riser pod.
The hanger and axel were made today.
The screw thread is just for the reallistic look. It isn't perfect. It's for the look only.
Need to end the modeling of the hanger, do a kingpin, truck rubbers, cups for the rubbers, nuts for the kingpin and the axels.
Maybe I'll add some fratctals to the hanger to make it look more used ...

A new little project.

2010-03-22T10:34:00.000-07:00

I've recently started a new project.
It's a model of a skateboard. There will be a lot of element's in this project.
And an animation in the end.
And there are some renders. It's only a deck.

Mike V Logo

2010-03-12T23:57:00.001-08:00

Hello again.

I was absent for a while.
So it rained yesterday and I couldn't practice ollies on my skateboard.
As You can see I am a Mike Vallely fan.
He's a kick-as skateboarder and a man with principles. Which he can defend.
I hope that if He sees this, he won't get mad and go Jason Voorhees on my ass like on that dude in Waikiki.

I also did an animation of this model.
It's on Youtube with the title:
"Mike V Logo in Blender"

What can I say.

Stand Strong and Never Give Up

Viking Shield

2010-01-20T08:57:00.000-08:00

I was absent for a long time.
There's no progres on the game.
But I've created a low poly model of a viking shield.
I know, it looks crapy.
Maybe I'll use it in the future.
Here are some renders.

Devastated walls

2009-12-03T10:47:00.000-08:00

Need a little break. And while I'm sitting around, I'll do a second quisck update today.

I've destroyed the walls a little bit :D
See for Yourselfs :D

The third pic shows the part of the wall preapred for another object. Maybe I'll do it today :D

New meshes

2009-12-03T08:46:00.000-08:00

First thing. I had two (or three) days of delay, becouse there was some work to do. Yeah, I know, lame excuse. But here's a new update on the map.

I'm currently working on the walls around the City. It's in the first stadium of evolution. Lokks like block, and it's red. Doesn't look like an old wall yet. But I'm working on it.

Here's a little photo shoot.

There will be a next update soon.

The Concept pt.1

2009-11-29T04:15:00.000-08:00

This entry will be about the main concept of "The Core".

The main idea of the game is to make it as flexible as possible.
It's a concept inspired by the open source Linux systems.

It came to me, that today's games are BIG. In the meaning that they need a lot of disk space.
And that there are game modes that we don't when we start to play a game.

The idea is that this game gives You the opportunity to decide what do You want to play.

And here's the plan. The thing You must do to play is to download the core of the game.
It will be a browser-like application which holds Your game settings and statistics. And has a build-in demo map. I want it to be a light weight program.

"I wanna play death match on more maps. This demo sucks, but the gameplay rocks. I want more !"

So, the next part of the concept is that if You only want to play the death match mod, You only download (through the core program) the death match plug-in.

So, if You don't want to play death match, and want to play in the story mode You know what to do.

It's only a concept. The game doesn't exist yet.

This was the main idea of the game. It's not everything, but let's keep a mystery :P

Hope that all of You could understand what's the concept about :)

See You in the next entry :D

New objects and modifications

2009-11-28T12:55:00.000-08:00

I've added a new mesh to the map.
I know, it's nothing spectacular. But I like it :D

Looks crapy, becouse it's a fresh idea and I'm working on it.

I've added the missing "walls" to the "blue boxes". Yay me :P

And added modifications one of the "boxes". Now it looks ore like a building. Has windows and an entrance :P I'm doing my best. Got to read a tutorial or something about architecture :P

One down, six more to go.
Next time, maybe I should do the walls ?

Here's an overview of my work.

And that's all for today's news flash :P

First update

2009-11-27T11:33:00.000-08:00

Ok. Here's my first update of my work.
The map (codemane : "Lost City") is in development.
The to screen shots show what was done until this day.

Today I've only modified a little bit the blue blocks (houses/buildings in the future).
I've extruded the faces to crate the walls. The next step will be to create the missing faces and then do some modelling in creating rooms.

The first one shows what was done and the second screen shot shows today's modifications.

I know that's not much. But I haven't enough time to do more.
Hope that You can magnify the pics.

There will be also:
- walls around the city (the red block are markers)
- a gate (the brown thing)
- two or four towers
- and other stuff

Want to help ?
Leave a comment.

Here are some helpful questions:
What do You think ?
What should I change ?
What should add ?

First time :D

2009-11-27T03:51:00.000-08:00

Hello.
I'm new with this, so forgive me my mistakes :P

Now, let's get to the point of origin.
The first thing. Who am I and why am I here.
I'm a guy, from Poland, a Linux user. I'm here to show You some of my work.
What work ? It's above top secret :P
I now, lame joke.
As an open source fan, and a gamer I've always wanted to create my own game.
I suck in programming, so I'm doing the visual part of the game.
I co-work on a GNU/GPL game with the working title "The Core"
The plan is to create a free First Person Shooter.
More about the plans in next entries.

And now, about my tools.
PC spec's:
Athlon XP 2000+ CPU
Asus A7V8X-X MotherBoard
1 GB DDR RAM
Ati Radeon 9800 SE

I know, that my PC is almost a piece of crap. But I'm happy that I have something to work on.

I use Ubuntu 8.04 an Blender 2.48.
I'm not a pro with Blender, I have a lot of things to learn in it.
So my modelling skills are low, and the map looks now like a pile of boxes.

I think that's all for now. Screen shots and renders in the next entry.