hi guys, this model is for the modelling compo, and i think it deserves its own topic, as i am not getting any feedback from the compo thread. It shoots the plugs of the controllers from the controller port as the grenades.

about 1000 polys atm

heres an old render of it, a new one coming up soon.

I dunno what a GC EXACTLY looks like, but this meets my rough imagination very good

The whole concept (GC=GL. WTH?) is freaky, and I dunno who it will be held to look good, but perhaps a better render would help

on this coming up render, it shows the back handle, where it will be held, and maybe a hand on the side to support it, as it will be held sideways. The open button (bottom right) will be the fire button (ill get a diagram in a sec)

How will reloading work and look like?

he will face the front of the gamecube towards himself and place the plugs in

Pic of the plugs please! I hope they are formed somehow special (bigger) so they are realisable when loaded...

roflmao

heres the plugs (ignore the colouring)

Won't it be difficult getting the firing and reloading animation to look right as you can't get Half-Life to do 4 different firing and reloading sequences?

Nicely abstract idea though and looks good too!

lol..... funny idea

Nice idee, but i want to shot with the cartridge from the Gameboy

I'll never look at my trusty GC with the same innocent eyes...

Hrmm, what about having wavebird transmitters (wavebird being wireless GC controllers) instead of those plugs. Have no idea how they look like but I'm sure you can find pics of them somewhere.

u gotta do a knife version as well so u can beat skulks with it as well as blow em up

I would so use this!

I hope there's going to be a Purple and Black version. Not forgetting Spice, Red and all those other crazy crazy colours they have now. Hell, make a 'Mario' themed one as well!

Nice model, whenever I decide to switch to fun models this is going to be the first one I look for. Anyone know any good GameCube games for an action enthusiast (read: Halo is my ideal console game)? I've kind of inherited a GC with Rouge Squadron, Resident Evil, and a rental of Twin Snakes from my friends closet (he only plays his Natural-Selection now that I've introduced him to it , all part of my plan to take all his stuff while he's obsessed with NS). Anyone have any ideas on games I would like? I'm looking for Metroid Prime but those retards at the local Blockbuster phased it out a long time ago, and I don't want to buy a game I don't know much about.

erm okaj?/
i aint a fan of GC i love xbox
but it loooks cool

Wavebird wireless controller = mines!

the reload/fire animations would be REALLY easy.simply have the marine turn the game cube sideways (to replace the rine opening up the tubes) then have him place the controllers in the slots then have him turn it back around. possible have him turn it on or off depending on if hes firing, or reloading..

Haha, awesome idea. I suggest it's held by the handle with the right hand, sideways, and the left hand supports the bottom.

Only thing I don't like about this model is the fact that I didn't think of it first!

The xbox would be a awsome knife model... CRUSH THE ONOS!!!!

lol thats just weird

i need a little bit of help with this guys, i need someone who can animate good, like the way i said the reloading, i need someone to be cabaple of doing that.

edit: I think ive finished the model now the nades are 114 polys each i think (dunno why so high) and the gamecube model is 1140 polys. Ill start skinmeshing and skinning this now.

edit2: for you who dont know what a gamecube looks like, heres what im gonna base my first skin off, i will probably do a black version too.

finally... someone finds a use for the gamecube

One little suggestion, you may want to make it a bit taller. You can't really tell from that source photo, but it really is a cube-shaped console.

I could TRY to animate it if you assigned bones nicely. IE one for each plug, one for the cube, and a set of normal NS hands.


I say TRY because work's hectic and I'm still trying to singlehandedly do a Predator pack for marines or fade...

I can also animate it for you, also im not sure what the gamecube looks like but if there's a piece of glass on the top of the opening cover remember to use addictive rendering for the glass.

swing it by its cables and u got knife model

don worry bout teh poor little GC its like bullet proof (/me does crash tests down teh stairs)

lol those shell casings are huge! Would cause a big big explosion, really is a sweet piece of art. I don't trust meh GC now though.

Bump!

heres the controller plug all skinned and ready

ill be skinning the rest of the model like this too (cartoony)

nice...

Nice and original.

Funny too lol

just about textured now, just gotta add a few minor details

Nice. Look just like a GC.

It's great, but the Indigo's to purple and the black plastic circle on the top's to small.

and u forgot the powered my ati sticker in the bottom right corner on the front face

the sides of the gamecube are way too rounded off at the edges.

its what my gamecube looks like. people are saying its out of proportion, it isnt, compared to my gamecube. yeah its too purple atm, i can change the whole colourscheme later (got the psd saved)

Hey C3 - any idea when I can be nubspamming skulks with that piece of art?

as soon as i get an animator (i should be done with the skin soon, just gotta add some more details and recolour)

ok, this is just an update/bump. i got the thing to animate for me, hes just about done and is fixing clipping errors. we will probably need to do custom player animations for this too, the thing is attempting this.

i see this going somewhere.. do a nintendo series if you have the time.. i wanna beat a skulk to death with one of them chunky grey brick gameboys.