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I post one more time today
It's been hectic today. Been modeling as fast as I can. Thankfully not burned out yet. I'm about 60% or so done with these models. I have about 3 fairly hard ones left like the AUG A2, AK Type, and the WA2000. I'm not worried about any other models besides those. A lot of the ones I've not started like the crossbow thing I can knock out in an hour or less. Someday soon I'm gonna make like 6 models in a day. That'll be a big weight off my shoulders when it happens and I'll be like 90% done with the pack by then.
I've been churning out at least 2 concept art pieces each day for about 4 days now. I hope to keep that up. It expands my concept art section on my website but also gives me more "concept art-to-3d model turn arounds" I can do. I like those closed-loop things were I don't have to get ref images from everywhere on the internet to get things accurately modeled. It' not like it's a pain to do things that way but I like to mix it up now and then and make something entirely of my own creation like the Determinator rifle. Also trying to do different kinds of concept art, like some architecture, props, etc.
And my madness extends further... the 30 pack is great and all that but now I can't add anything on to it or else seriously it would never get done. The more I model, when it's fun and it's nearly always fun, the more I want to model. Like I finished the American 180 SMG this morning. Then I cranked out the request Shredder Gauntlets, then I finished 3 swords from a paladin-inspired request. Then I made huge progress on the auto pistol. Tomorrow, like the past few days, I will get a minimum of 2 models done. That's what I average, every day for the last few days now. It's faster than I usually make models but I've never had such a big release party like this 30 package is.
One last thing,
I keep calling it a 30 pack or package or party or whatever my diseased mind wants to call it. In reality when it's done and will be released in combination with my re-vamped website, it won't be "pack" at all. I just call it a pack because all the models are contained with sub-folders inside of my Maya folder in my windows directory. When they're all done they will all be seperate download packages. As soon as I get a model done I take images of it, and export to maya [.mb] and to object [.obj]. Sometimes I need to export twice if the model has an animation-ready part like a magazine [ie the top magazine on the American 180 SMG is a seperate model]. So when all 30 models are done it'll be at least 60 files. 1 model = 1 exported format of .mb and 1 exported format of .obj in respective .rar folders. And if the gun model happens to have a magazine that means 1 more .rar with an .obj and a .mb for the magazine. Which means, basically, 1 model that I take an image of could in reality be 4 .rar packages. I'm not trying to say it's hard or make excuses, I just want to explain to you guys HOW I WORK.
Bed time.
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