[WIP] Neotokyo: Urban Tank

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Here's my work for the day, an urban tank loosely inspired by Masamune Shirow's Bonaparte. Obviously I went for spiky tires instead of single tracks to ease in animating. 2926 triangles so far. Comments and criticism desired.

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looks cool, but it phisically wouldn't work. it would, however, be really awsome is you could make it churn up dirt in when it moves....
 
looks pritty cartoony, I could imagine it in an anime flick?
Is it meant to me like that?
 
How wouldn't it work? I guess I don't understand what you mean. It'd be based on the same principle every other wheel'd vehicle is, except instead of rubber tires it has spike steel ones :). The angle of the spikes would assist forward grip. It'd obviously go slower backwards.
 
Yeap your right Stone. My mod is scifi-anime based.
 
Hve you ever ran a gear on concrete? with that much force on those gears, you have to replace them every 5 miles.
 
Ahh I see, well this is in the future any way, anime does't have to obey your laws ;).
 
There is already a material made from carbon nanotubes that is more than 50 times stronger than any metal... who knows what will happen in the future?
 
Guys i ask you. Are thier aliens here like in half life 2. NO so get off his back its just fantasy.
 
Invent some metal for the wheels, say its indistructable, lol.
 
oh god this is what ive always wanted. ur mod is going to be like Metal Slug, c if u can find some pics from it. its an old arcade 2D shooter. it was amazing, except this is going to b more diverse, and that was sort of present day ( when it was made. )
 
Originally posted by random.hero
oh god this is what ive always wanted. ur mod is going to be like Metal Slug, c if u can find some pics from it. its an old arcade 2D shooter. it was amazing, except this is going to b more diverse, and that was sort of present day ( when it was made. )
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I have every Metal Slug rom on my PC, I also planned and even did some concept art for a Metal Slug mod for the next serious sam game.
 
Originally posted by random.hero
oh god this is what ive always wanted. ur mod is going to be like Metal Slug, c if u can find some pics from it. its an old arcade 2D shooter. it was amazing, except this is going to b more diverse, and that was sort of present day ( when it was made. )
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Hehe. As much I love the Metal Slug games Neotokyo won't be a MS mod. Neotokyo is like Ghost in the Shell with the teenage angst of Akira thrown in.

Having said that, later on a single player MS minimod/level using assets from Neotokyo might be cool. Make it very linear like the MS levels.

Going back to the tank, I started to skin it, but decided to wait til I have more info on how Source is going to handle vehicles. Not sure on how many textures I should use etc. Right now I UV mapped it to a single 1024x1024 texture.

Also currently the hatches don't actually open, but it'd be cool to have the turret position person be able to stick out the hatch if they choose, to take out sappers for instance.
 
Looks at the site and the models of the mod look sweet :)
Could i suggest you making an extremely heavy sniper that is needed to be nailed to the ground before fired because of the massive force. Alot like in the first couple of Ghost in the shell : Stand alone complex episodes.
 
Thanks MapE :)

I haven't watched all the Stand Alone episodes. Do you remember which it was in?

I liked what I had watched, it just seemed each episode was over before it started =(.
 
That wasnt in any Stand Alone Episodes.

Its from Dominion Tank Police, Not ghost in the shell.
 
Mr.Magnetichead - you mean the sniper rifle MapE mentioned or Bonaparte? I know Bonaparte is from Tank Police...
 
Originally posted by Grey
Thanks MapE :)

I haven't watched all the Stand Alone episodes. Do you remember which it was in?

I liked what I had watched, it just seemed each episode was over before it started =(.
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Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex - 02
10min 3sec into the episode. They nail teh rifle to the ground and use a implant to aim ^_^. Would be great to have in a mod.
 
very nice stuff in this thread.

well i personaly think the tank shud have a nice big barrel .
anyways willl we be seeing asians wired to the insides of a spider?
 
Thanks MapE. Appreciate it.

mindless, you have a fetish for asians wired to spiders or something?
 
thats ghost in the shell rite ? i played the game and its all about spiders and women whoa re naked inside them ?
 
The PS 1 game? Yeah that's all that game is about. The manga/movie is another matter.
 
Originally posted by Grey
The PS 1 game? Yeah that's all that game is about. The manga/movie is another matter.
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Well you havnt read the manga then :rolleyes:

There are plenty of fuchicomas in the manga as well as the series.

But no, the movie doesnt have any.

Except the german super tank if you wanna count that.
 
hmm.. I think this tank looks to cartoony (DBZ-like) to fit in a universe that needs to resemble ghost in the shell and akira. (al had realistic tanks and vehicles)
 
Originally posted by Mr.Magnetichead
Well you havnt read the manga then :rolleyes:

There are plenty of fuchicomas in the manga as well as the series.

But no, the movie doesnt have any.

Except the german super tank if you wanna count that.
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Maybe you haven't read it. :P

It's about a whole lot more than that. I think you misunderstoood me though. The manga/movie is not about fuchikomas... There are fuchikomas in it though. You agree?
 
Originally posted by EVIL
hmm.. I think this tank looks to cartoony (DBZ-like) to fit in a universe that needs to resemble ghost in the shell and akira. (al had realistic tanks and vehicles)
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I agree that it wouldn't fit into the Akira universe. GITS is another matter though. The tank is inspired by a tank from Dominion Tank Police... Tank Police takes place in the same 'universe' as GITS. If you don't believe me turn to page 161 of the GITS trade paper back where you'll see a couple of familar faces :).

If you don't think the fuchikoma in GITS look cute you must not be a Masamune Shirow fan(especially in the trade paper back where they actually have personality). Or in Standalone Complex where the Tachikoma have the voices of children(kinda creeped me out hehe).

The mod is edging closer towards GITS and farther away from Akira every day. We just got a good concept artist too :)
 
the fukushima's are terribly cute, I love them, that cute voice. awsome.

and akira is the best anime ever imo (love one of the last scenes where akira destroice neotokio - stunning on how much detail that scene has)
 
Its very similar to this thing ive been admiering for quite some time.!
 
Thanks for posting that pic GOoch. I love stuff like that, gave me a few ideas :).

I don't think I've said it yet in this thread, yes I love Metal Slug too hehe. I've been playing the first two on the new xbox emu kawa-x :) Happy days.
 
Hah well I feel pretty vindicated - news on polycount:

Neotokyohq is looking for some artists to help them with their sci-fi anime inspired HL2 mod. They posted in the boards with more details but I just gotta point you to this really cute Shiro tank. J00 just wanna pinch it. It's sooo cute.
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Made my night, and perfect news to post for my 100th post on HL2.net :)
 
Originally posted by Grey
Maybe you haven't read it. :P

It's about a whole lot more than that. I think you misunderstoood me though. The manga/movie is not about fuchikomas... There are fuchikomas in it though. You agree?
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Oh.right.yeah.I.agree.

tachicomas.are.cuter
 
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