2 questions about modeling for my mod

[crackhead]

1. the mod once written is hopefully going to be like a david lynch movie. so it will be more of a deep story and visualy apealing and completely insaine. so instead of lots of weapons there will mainly be objects and stuff like maybe a key or a piece of paper that you pick up. can i make a weapon model that when u change from the pistol to the piece of paper he will just hold it up. how would i change the script file so it didnt fire bullets when you click?

2. ok how do you charcter modelers go about making a character model? do you create a few primative shapes and then edit the shape? if so what shapes would you use for the different body parts?

 

[Some0ne]

well for your mod your going to have to make your own weapon scripts and you will need a coder for this. in this script he can set what weapon does - whether it fire bullets or whatever.

 

[crackhead]

ok as i dont want the model to do anything but just to be there when you select it i can probally figure out how to do it.

 

[Stormy]

I havent had much experance in modeling characters but from what i have seen i would say its best to start off with cylenders, mayb 6 or 8 sided. Once they are down go in and cut in more pollys and start to develope the character.

 

[archvilell]

I have video tutorials for making a head in 3DS MAX from a box, from splines, and from NURBS. I don't know where my friend got the tutorial, and it's on a cd. If you're interested, PM me and I could email it to you. It might be a rather big file; I'm not sure.

 

[pur3r4ge]

There are almost as many approaches to modelling a character as there are modellers. You should check out a few tutorials on the subject, and see if anything fits you well. You're bound to find a workflow that fits you eventually.

 

[crackhead]

yeh the thing is i use softimage xsi and am clueless at 3ds max and maya but all the tutorials are for them so it makes it a little hard to follow them on different software. im hopefully going to make my mod 3rd person so everythings gona be pretty low poly so i porbaly will get there eventualy.