Contributor Greg Posted June 18, 2010 Contributor Share Posted June 18, 2010 Hello, I've been learning 3D Coat, and have been recording myself working on a project. To date I have uploaded 6 videos to Vimeo. I'm doing this to help other beginners, and also to force myself to finish a project! The character I'm creating on the videos is going to be used in a Unity 3D game. The game will take place in an old western ghost town. The main nemesis in the game is the ghost I've modeled and retopologized in parts 1-6. When he is hit with a water balloon (this is going to be a kids game, no blood!), he'll vanish, his hat will drop and the player will find a prize, or clue under it. In upcoming videos I'll paint the ghost and then take him into lightwave for animation. Then to Unity! While I really doubt that experienced users will get anything out of my videos (other than a chuckle as I stumble through some parts), I hope beginners will find them useful, and interesting. I'm not calling them tutorials, but 'shared learning experience'. I'm really enjoying creating them, and constructive criticism/tips posted here are appreciated. AND, if you like them, please click the 'Like' button on the video! Part 1 can be found here: along with the rest of them. Thanks, and hope you enjoy them! Greg Link to comment https://3dcoat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5938-my-3d-coat-videos-on-vimeo/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor digman Posted June 18, 2010 Reputable Contributor Share Posted June 18, 2010 Thanks for sharing,I always pick up a few tips watching everyone's video including yours... Link to comment https://3dcoat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5938-my-3d-coat-videos-on-vimeo/#findComment-44559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Greg Posted June 18, 2010 Author Contributor Share Posted June 18, 2010 Thanks for sharing,I always pick up a few tips watching everyone's video including yours... Thanks Digman! I hope you enjoy them. I'm kind of a tutorial junkie myself. Greg Link to comment https://3dcoat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5938-my-3d-coat-videos-on-vimeo/#findComment-44560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted June 19, 2010 Reputable Contributor Share Posted June 19, 2010 Thanks for sharing,I always pick up a few tips watching everyone's video including yours... Yeah...I always discover some things/tips that come in handy, and think "I need to make a video showing these things," but I always seem pressed for time and forget to. If everyone who has enough experience to get around in the application, would chip in like you have, it would help the community immensely. I think it's one thing that helps ZBrush...the wealth of tutorials.I remember Fugazzi making a bunch of tutorials on the Paint Room...and that's pretty much how I learned to get around, as the Video manual doesn't cover the Paint Room as well as it does other areas. Link to comment https://3dcoat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5938-my-3d-coat-videos-on-vimeo/#findComment-44562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member pif Posted June 19, 2010 Member Share Posted June 19, 2010 Same here, thanks for sharing, always usefull to see other people at work. Link to comment https://3dcoat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5938-my-3d-coat-videos-on-vimeo/#findComment-44571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Greg Posted June 19, 2010 Author Contributor Share Posted June 19, 2010 I remember Fugazzi making a bunch of tutorials on the Paint Room...and that's pretty much how I learned to get around, as the Video manual doesn't cover the Paint Room as well as it does other areas. I need to go look for these. I don't remember ever seeing them. Link to comment https://3dcoat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5938-my-3d-coat-videos-on-vimeo/#findComment-44577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted June 19, 2010 Reputable Contributor Share Posted June 19, 2010 I need to go look for these. I don't remember ever seeing them. Here ya' go:http://www.youtube.com/user/Fugazi3D#p/u/14/cw1Xs5vqs0w Link to comment https://3dcoat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5938-my-3d-coat-videos-on-vimeo/#findComment-44593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Greg Posted June 19, 2010 Author Contributor Share Posted June 19, 2010 Thanks for the link! I'm enjoying watching them. Meanwhile I've finished the screen recording of part 7 - UV map the ghosts body and paint it in. I still have to add voice (not too much, don't worry!) and hope to upload it to Vimeo sometime tomorrow or Monday. I've brought the ghost into lightwave for a quick test render. It's about 750 polygons sans eyes and hat. Here's how it's looking so far... Thanks to Mary Hines for the sky image. Anyhow, back to working on it. Greg Link to comment https://3dcoat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5938-my-3d-coat-videos-on-vimeo/#findComment-44594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member dfp123 Posted June 24, 2010 Member Share Posted June 24, 2010 Hey Greg, I wanted to thank you for taking the time to make these tutorials.... er... shared learning experiences. I appreciate the time you put in and have enjoyed and learned much from them. It is nice to see a workflow from Voxels to Retopo to UV's and Painting for a single project. Nice work. I am definitely looking forward to the 7th movie. Link to comment https://3dcoat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5938-my-3d-coat-videos-on-vimeo/#findComment-44771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Greg Posted June 24, 2010 Author Contributor Share Posted June 24, 2010 Hey Greg, I wanted to thank you for taking the time to make these tutorials.... er... shared learning experiences. I appreciate the time you put in and have enjoyed and learned much from them. It is nice to see a workflow from Voxels to Retopo to UV's and Painting for a single project. Nice work. I am definitely looking forward to the 7th movie. Thanks! I'm enjoying creating them too. Part 7 will be out today or tomorrow I hope. Greg Link to comment https://3dcoat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5938-my-3d-coat-videos-on-vimeo/#findComment-44784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Greg Posted June 26, 2010 Author Contributor Share Posted June 26, 2010 Part 7 is up on Vimeo. http://vimeo.com/gregwhedon/videos In this part I create UV maps for the ghost and then into the paint room for color. Then the model, and maps are exported. The color/texture part is real basic, but enough to get beginners going. The thumbnail I'm showing on Vimeo is a test render from Lightwave. Thanks for watching, and I hope you all enjoy! Greg Link to comment https://3dcoat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5938-my-3d-coat-videos-on-vimeo/#findComment-44846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Greg Posted June 29, 2010 Author Contributor Share Posted June 29, 2010 Part 8 (final video in the series!) is up on Vimeo: In this video I take the ghost that was created and textured in 3D Coat into Lightwave, add the hat and eyes, create bones and a simple looping animation. So, no 3D Coat in this one, but the assets created in it are all used! The picture I've attached is a screen grab of the ghost in unity. While I don't show importing the fbx into unity, I do show the ghost inside unity interface at the end of the video. Hope you all enjoy. It's been fun, but more work (mainly editing my mess-ups) then I'd anticipated! Gonna start on another series soon. I'm a sucker for punishment I guess. lol Greg Link to comment https://3dcoat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5938-my-3d-coat-videos-on-vimeo/#findComment-45001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Calabi Posted June 29, 2010 Advanced Member Share Posted June 29, 2010 Cool stuff, thanks for the vids. Should be helpful to me as I'm looking to get assets into unity eventually. Link to comment https://3dcoat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5938-my-3d-coat-videos-on-vimeo/#findComment-45002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Greg Posted June 29, 2010 Author Contributor Share Posted June 29, 2010 Thanks Calabi! Hope you enjoy them. Greg Link to comment https://3dcoat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5938-my-3d-coat-videos-on-vimeo/#findComment-45005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor 3d_sculptress Posted July 11, 2010 Contributor Share Posted July 11, 2010 Thanks for the link! I'm enjoying watching them. Meanwhile I've finished the screen recording of part 7 - UV map the ghosts body and paint it in. I still have to add voice (not too much, don't worry!) and hope to upload it to Vimeo sometime tomorrow or Monday. I've brought the ghost into lightwave for a quick test render. It's about 750 polygons sans eyes and hat. Here's how it's looking so far... Thanks to Mary Hines for the sky image. Anyhow, back to working on it. Greg hi, Greg...glad to see you were able to get some use outta the sky pics...am fixin to post some more sky pics very shortly...wanted to ask if it'd be ok to post this pic of yours with my sky pic threads ?...also wanted to let you know I just finished your terrain tutorial and am fixin to go post a thread cause thanks to watching your tutorial, I just finished my first real retopo ...I've watched several tutorials, but yours was the only one that seemed to register for some reason . ...b sure n lmk if it's ok to post your pics in my sky threads (n will also post a linkback to you with your pic if that's ok, but will need to know which link you'd prefer),,just lmk. Link to comment https://3dcoat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5938-my-3d-coat-videos-on-vimeo/#findComment-45667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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