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Rope Bridge Modeling - BusterWolF - 04-18-2008
Ive decided to take up the Rope bridge job, so i can help in this iteneray to make morrowind in oblivion
Firstly i started with concepts here.
![[Image: th_Bridge1.png]](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn233/3D_Moderator_/Bridge1.png)
![[Image: th_Bridge2.png]](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn233/3D_Moderator_/Bridge2.png)
![[Image: th_Bridge3.png]](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn233/3D_Moderator_/Bridge3.png)
Hope u like em. Ill eventually start on everything here
![[Image: th_THEBRIDGE.jpg]](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn233/3D_Moderator_/THEBRIDGE.jpg)
![[Image: th_thebridge3.jpg]](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn233/3D_Moderator_/thebridge3.jpg)
![[Image: th_thebridge4.jpg]](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn233/3D_Moderator_/thebridge4.jpg)
![[Image: th_thebridge2.jpg]](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn233/3D_Moderator_/thebridge2.jpg)
- Razorwing - 04-18-2008
It'll be great to have ropebridges! Thumbs-up for making them :goodjob:
I think the second one looks terrific, but it also looks very hi-poly. I think you can save a lot of polys in that part of the model by making the rope meshes smooth and instead let the threedimensional impression be conveyed by the texture's normalmap.
- BusterWolF - 04-18-2008
Thanx for the tip. Much appreciated =)
- Tobi the Dane - 04-18-2008
ooh, spline work
nice.
- BusterWolF - 04-21-2008
Is this what u have in mind?
![[Image: th_Bridge1Made.jpg]](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn233/3D_Moderator_/Bridge1Made.jpg)
![[Image: th_Bridge2-1.jpg]](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn233/3D_Moderator_/Bridge2-1.jpg)
![[Image: th_saved2.jpg]](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn233/3D_Moderator_/saved2.jpg)
![[Image: th_sidebridge.jpg]](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn233/3D_Moderator_/sidebridge.jpg)
- Razorwing - 04-21-2008
Quote:Originally posted by BusterWolF
Is this what u have in mind?
[...]
5678 polys.
It depends on how much of it is a work-in-progress.
- The posts on each side look very blocky; perhaps you could chamfer them some, to break the corner's sharpness?
- The vertical ropes stick out outside the bounds of the top horisontal ropes, showing their top polygon. Try reducing the vertical ropes width and/or move the vertices in place so that the top polygon isn't visible (delete the top polygon afterwards).
- I think it would look more realistic if the horisontal block that is attached to the twin posts on either side was made of wood.
- The model needs to be uvw-mapped properly.
- BusterWolF - 04-21-2008
Quote:Originally posted by Razorwing
Quote:Originally posted by BusterWolF
Is this what u have in mind?
[...]
5678 polys.
It depends on how much of it is a work-in-progress.
- The posts on each side look very blocky; perhaps you could chamfer them some, to break the corner's sharpness?
- The vertical ropes stick out outside the bounds of the top horisontal ropes, showing their top polygon. Try reducing the vertical ropes width and/or move the vertices in place so that the top polygon isn't visible (delete the top polygon afterwards).
- I think it would look more realistic if the horisontal block that is attached to the twin posts on either side was made of wood.
- The model needs to be uvw-mapped properly.
Thank you, this was a small update but ill surely work on what u suggested.
Thanks again, i mean it =) =)
- Rickious - 04-21-2008
Im emigrating somewhere which still use a lot of rope bridges and similar. For smaller spans of up to about 5 metres they just use logs placed side by side with the tops shaved to become flat, or a woven bamboo bridge. The rope bridges tend to be 10+ metres.
Googles these similar examples. Will take a lot of structural photos in july when we visit.
This is from travelpod.com
![[Image: overland05112683324020-bamboobridge.jpg]](http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i112/arachnidzone/Elder%20Scrolls%20Forum/overland05112683324020-bamboobridge.jpg)
this one from molon.de
![[Image: 03BamboobridgetotheBidayuhouse.jpg]](http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i112/arachnidzone/Elder%20Scrolls%20Forum/03BamboobridgetotheBidayuhouse.jpg)
- BusterWolF - 04-21-2008
Oh yeah i really like this one. I never tryed to google it because its just a rope bridge that everyone sees. So i tried to make my on unique one but... uhh considering what i made i dunno. I may have to consider google perhaps.
Thanks for the info rikious :goodjob:
- Rickious - 04-21-2008
google's great, but these are based on the more unusual ones i saw in Malaysian Borneo. They have some brilliant suspension bridges as well, all rope, vine, and wood.
I do like yours though, i would personally just have the log posts but tilt them away from the bride to counterbalance the weight of the bridge itself.