WARNING : TWELFTH BLOG

FINALLY, A TANK

Now, then, let me explain how I got the tank. The textures and the floor are exactly the same as the rest, and are credited in the previous blog. They were all made by someone else that was not me, and the credits should totally go to that person who actually made it. I SUCK at making textures, so I took it from someone else's website.

Anyway, that is my tank model, which is actually very simple in shape. I made two kinds of tank, one is a light tank version, the other is the one you see, which is a bigger, thicker, and more heavily looking version of the two types. It is quite big if you compare it with the human models, but it’s a good size I think. It sort of looks like the German Tiger 2 tank of World War 2. In other words, it is a huge monstrous tank. And if you look carefully, you would see that the thing, the tank, is on wheels and not tracks. I initially wanted the tank to be a versatile vehicle, yet not so vulnerable, sort of like the modern day APC. But it would serve as a main battle tank, which has speed, versatility, and a lot of maneuverability. But since wheels are generally more vulnerable to fire, I made it look a little metallic. That is right, METAL WHEELS!

And with some lights, a floor, and even a crappy explosion thingy on the end of the barrel, you would get this.Not exactly high definition or high graphics, but you get the picture. Plus, I do this on my free time, so I am not that good. There are details to be eliminated, small areas that need retexturing and lighting, but it’s at least good enough to be out, I think.

Here is a simple picture of just using the few applications available on this program I used to make this. The tank is shooting yes. What I don't know, just shooting something. And it would look nice if I had the proper sky texture so that it would complete the picture or something.

Anyway, that is what I have done so far. My later project might include adding a sky to my things, or even just find the right sky texture first. Then I could try combining more of my soldiers and tank so that they look quite cool. I coul already imagine the picture right here now. A tank firing in an open grass field, with soldiers crawling and running, with some flashes of bullets whizzing past their heads, some maybing having an impact on the troops. And the tank, it must be full of battle marks, bullet holes, and around it would be artillery fire going up in smoke and dust. Now that would be a cool picture. Maybe that would be my next project, a picture. And to think, I am in the faculty of law, yet I do these sort of artistic things on my free time. Maybe I could get real good and do some animation movie or something, but thats a long, long while away, and I have more important things to think about and chase after. I guess what I'm saying is that perhaps I might not continue to do these sort of things, but if I do, I might make a career out of it, though its not my first choice of career.