“TF2 Sentry Gun” UVMapping – Day 3

“TF2 Sentry Gun” UVMapping – Day 3

on Oct 25th 2011 with 9 comments
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Final Product What You'll Be Creating

This entry is part 9 of 11 in the series 'TF2 Sentry Gun'

Today we’ll continue to concentrate our efforts on uvmapping and work on completing the rear leg sections. This is without a doubt the most challenging part of the model to Uvmap (Yay!) So we’ll dive right in, and begin by manually optimizing our high-res meshes. This step will not only reduce the of amount geometry in the scene, but make the mapping process much more quick and efficient.

In this tutorial authored by Chris Tate, you will learn how to model, uvmap and texture a high poly version of the level one Sentry Gun from Team Fortress 2, using a combination of blueprints, images and video reference. This tutorial is aimed at intermediate to advanced artists, but any artist, regardless of skill level should easily be able to follow along.

Video 1

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Video 3

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A long time Cgtuts+ author, Chris has recently moved into the role of co-editor at Cgtuts+. Chris has nearly a decade of experience working with 3D studio Max and has authored many in depth tutorials for Cgtuts+ as well as other websites. A generalist by definition, Chris spends most of his time modeling, but has many years of experience in the area's of UVMapping, Texturing, Lighting and Rendering. On rare occasions when he's not wasting away in front of his computer, Chris enjoys playing hockey, skateboarding, watching movies and playing games. You can find more of his work over at christateonline.com.  

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Discussion 9 Comments

  1. Ghuddi says:
    October 26, 2011 at 1:10 am

    Awesome.

    Reply
  2. Max_3D says:
    October 26, 2011 at 4:22 pm

    Wonderffull lesson my friend, love your pipeline

    Reply
  3. Tioual Saeed says:
    October 26, 2011 at 8:45 pm

    Thanks for the TATE family.
    Bravo, I’ve learned manythings from you and your twin brother Ben.
    thank you so much.
    So what is next man??? I wisch if you could do some character modeling ;) :D

    Reply
    • ASHOOR says:
      October 29, 2011 at 2:01 am

      +1
      thanks Chris
      but i have broplem, I can not download videos
      I get the message :Sorry, Access Denied
      Is there a solution to the problem?

      “”I need tutorial Compositing in AE,photoshop,Composite using mental ray Passes in 3dmax
      Explanations have to be the latest version of software 3dmax2011,photoshop cs5,AE CS5,Composite 2011
      please !! Lessons and be a full and excellent
      thanks in advance”"
      Wait

      Reply
      • Chris Tate says:
        October 29, 2011 at 2:54 am
        Author

        Hi Ashoor,

        That’s really weird! I’ve actually never seen that happen before. Did you try “Right Clicking” on the “Video” link (above the each video) and choosing “Save Link As” or “Save Target As”? The videos are hosted on Blip.tv and are unprotected, so that should allow you save them to your hard drive. I just tried it myself and it seems to be working, so it might have just been some sort of weird glitch (Blip has a lot of those!) Could you maybe give it another try?

        Regarding the compositing tuts, we actually have one coming soon for Autodesk Composite, and of course there’s always our sister site, “Aetuts+” which has tons of good After Effects content :)

        Cheers!
        Chris

  4. ASHOOR says:
    October 29, 2011 at 5:24 am

    Hi Chris

    Yes, I have tried to save the video
    And also by downloading the download manager
    But to no avail I could not load all the way
    Thanks for the help and attention
    waiting the educational course

    Reply
  5. cryt3k89 says:
    December 10, 2011 at 7:28 pm

    “TF2 Sentry Gun” UVMapping – Day 3 (Link to Download Video 1 = offline)

    Forbidden

    You don’t have permission to access /12880009713158/Cgtuts-TF2_Sentry_Gun_UVMapping_Day3_Pt1404.m4v on this server.

    Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

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    • Chris Tate says:
      December 10, 2011 at 7:37 pm
      Author

      Hey cryt3k89,

      Sorry to hear that! I just checked it out and video 1 plays (and downloads) fine for me. The videos are hosted publicly on Blip.tv so you shouldn’t be receiving any permission errors. Could you give it another try?

      Reply
  6. cryt3k89 says:
    December 10, 2011 at 8:12 pm

    every time the same problem

    I have problem only with Video 1 of “TF2 Sentry Gun” UVMapping – Day 3

    Forbidden

    You don’t have permission to access /12880009713158/Cgtuts-TF2_Sentry_Gun_UVMapping_Day3_Pt1404.m4v on this server.

    Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

    all other links work fine

    Reply

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