Megatron II

[EmperorPete]

A reworking of the original Megatron from Transformers, for an animation I am working on.
This is the battle damaged version:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/delia.billingham/Battledamage/MegatronII/001.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/delia.billingham/Battledamage/MegatronII/002.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/delia.billingham/Battledamage/MegatronII/003.jpg

[Mugatu]

nice work! I can't wait to see it animated (I am genuinely excited) keep it up!

[[hjd_uk]]

One word...


Sweet!

He's a bit "busy" with all of the dirt, try to even it off a bit for some more definition.

[EmperorPete]

By the time he is in this condition, he's just been through one HELL of a one-on-one fight with Optimus Prime. And Prime comes off a LOT worse... ;)
For comparison, here are a couple of shots of him pre-damage:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/delia.billingham/Megatron_II/Megatron_II_WallpaperD_Prev.jpg

Tank mode:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/delia.billingham/Megatron_II/Tank_Mode001.jpg

Good old Photoshop:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/delia.billingham/Megatron_II/Megatron_II_WallpaperC_Prev.jpg

And a couple of untextured shots:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/delia.billingham/Megatron_II/untex/002.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/delia.billingham/Megatron_II/untex/004.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/delia.billingham/Megatron_II/untex/006.jpg

[[hjd_uk]]

Oh Yeah - I used to Love transformers. Nice work, cant wait to see the anim.

[WilliamVaughan]

Awesome!

This is truly amazing!

[jonny]

Beautiful work EmperorPete. I love the new designs for Armada so much more than the originals, and you've pulled it off so well.

I can't wait to see an anim of him transforming. Are you gonna create Optimus as well?

[policarpo]

Very cool looking model you have there EmperorPete.

Have you thought about lighting it better, cause right now the lighting setup makes it very distracting to look at your renders.

I really want to see this model in the best possible light cause there's a lot of beautiful detail in it that really could benefit from a proper lighting rig.

Email me if you have any questions. Keep up the good work...you have mad mad crazy modeling skills!!!!

[WilliamVaughan]

You should have Policarpo light that bad boy

[EmperorPete]

Proton, Policarpo - I'd love to. Lighting is where I always fall down; I just don't have a PC fast enough to experiment much, so that side of things has always suffered. My rigs always seem to end up way too complex for their own good :( Any advice you could give would be GREATLY appreciated.

Jonny - I have modeled Prime, yes; take a look at www.redemption.dabsol.co.uk
I badly need to update the site, but there are some old shots of him on there. I'll post newer ones tomorrow, in a separate thread :)

[mr_nebel]

Wow, it has a really nice look to it, almost as if its been hand painted.

Transformers are having such a huge revival, its awesome there actually showing some of the original episodes down here in NZ :D

[SolidServo]

Now this is some truley amazing work........MegaTron was always one of my favorite Transformer charchters.....Well the original anyway ;)

Are you modeling Optimus too?

[X PsychoTron X]

:eek: Very cool man!

[EmperorPete]

A few detail shots I finished today; this is a launcher built into his left lower arm:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/delia.billingham/Megatron_II/Trackers/001.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/delia.billingham/Megatron_II/Trackers/003.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/delia.billingham/Megatron_II/Trackers/004.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/delia.billingham/Megatron_II/Trackers/005.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/delia.billingham/Megatron_II/Trackers/002.jpg

The idea is basically that it fires 3 projectiles into an area (say a smoke-filled room, for example). Those projectiles then scan the romm constantly, and provide him with continuously updated information on the movements of anyone/thing in that area.

[SolidServo]

Good Gosh!!!!

Man I just can't get over the detail.....Fantastic modeling!!! :cool:

[Mugatu]

your one sick puppy how many poly's are there? how long did it take to create? and what system are you using to create this stunning work?

[EmperorPete]

So far he weighs in at:
105 Objects
140031 points
114826 polygons
335 surfaces

[trison]

That's a nice model but the original Megatron was a gun... It would be great to see that on the forums.

[Tinkertanker]

Excellent work! 110k polys seems quite efficient too, looks as if it could be made of many more.

[Ade]

Great work, hes looking more liek Metroplex though with all those guns..