Will have to redo the first task as i needed to delete the images taken in order to take more pictures of the Construction vehicle. I will do it again, i just thought the vehicle took priority.

Blocking MA DIGGER!

Here I've started to choose which bits I will will model separately. I may split it up a little more, and merge some bits together. I think I will make the back section all as one thing and split the arm into two sections.

MORE OF MA DIGGER!

The vehicle was hard to get decent images of as round the back was a pile of steel rods, and on the other side was a crater so all the images from that side will be at an angle, as will the ones from behind. Jake asked Nick to stand next to it as size reference so I took a picture of it as well as it will be helpful when looking at how big certain things are. The more I look at it the more I see different shapes, which will make it much easier to model if I can do it in sections. Much of the main body can be flat panels with detailed textures so many of the polys used will be on the treads and the arm.

MA DIGGER!

So, for the assignment this semester we have to create a construction vehicle from all our own references for both look and texture. It was a pain in the arse because very few places are happy with uni students walking around a building site for all kinds of health and safety reasons. These pictures aren't great but with the quality of my camera it's a miracle they don't look like cave drawings, they're the best I could get with the camera I have. This was never going to be an easy task anyway but i'm confident to model this, i'm not great at modelling anyway, art being my strong point so, again, it'll be the best i can do. We looked around Derby and found this where the old court house was, the trips we'd tried to organise didn't work out.