The document describes the 3D modeling process for a mechanical battlemech. The modeler wanted to create a chunky but sleek mech based on sketches and mood board references. Separate components like the body, legs, and arms were modeled individually and imported together. The mech was given polished chrome and dark metal textures to look freshly built. Multiple renders were produced to showcase the detailed mech from different angles with weapons and armor plating.

1. 2026446 Curtis Hulbert
Task is to create a
believable, mechanical, digital 3D model to
be used as a worthwhile asset in a computer
game

2. Mood Board
For this mood board I
wanted to combine a
number of different type
of mechs to show the
number of different ideas
and types that I could
possibly combine with my
own mech.
I wanted to have a
battlemech that would
have a chunky but sleek
look.

3. Sketch 1
When it came to my sketch I
wanted it to look like an actual
mech so I made sure that I drew in
plenty of pistons, cables and
servos, I based my sketch a little of
the Warhammer dreadnaught, it’s
quite easy to see in the chunkiness
and the especially the legs.

4. Sketch 2 & 3
I wanted to focus on
possible components for
the Mech itself, these
sketches show weapons
and helmets designs
primarily, the weapons are
a difference of long ranged
and close quarter, the
helmets on the other hand
show how the Mech could
act as different ways and
support.

5. Textures
For my Mech I wanted to make it look clean and
fresh off the production line, full to the brim with
ammunition and freshly painted.
For this the textures had to be shiny and futuristic
looking, I decided using a chrome texture along with
some black coloured metals. The belt feed had to
stand out from the actual model though so I decided
to put a rubber texture on that so that it could be
instantly destinctable from the rest of the mech.
The eyes for the mech will glow with the material
editor.

6. Colour
The colour scheme I wanted to have was to make the Mech look as if it were
just off the production line, the steel would have to be polished and pistons
and servos would have to stick out amongst the other body work on the
Mech, the armour plating and the main body would be covered with the
polished chrome the give it a nice shinny effect , the pistons and servos would
have a more darker colour to make them stand out amongst the body, the red
glow would be put onto the eyes to make the Mech look like it’s alive and
would also give an intimidating look to the mech.

7. Mech arms
The mech arms are designed to primarily be
weapons, the other designs I had planned did include
other weapons and may have also had other things
attached to them which could have related to the
different types of mech that relates to the different helmet
types.

8. Mech body
The Mech body is big and
bulky and represents the type
of Mech I wanted to have
which was to have a tanky
Mech which could withstand a
lot of firepower but at the
same time deal a large punch
back thus have the two large
ammunition barrels at the
back along with the belt
feeds, the armour plating on
the front gives the ability to
meet enemy forces up front
and built for face to face
combat.
Creating the body was done
using mostly the cube tool and
using the editable poly tool to
edit the body and it’s
components to the shape and
way I wanted it to be.

9. Mech Legs
When I was first starting the
mech the legs were one of
the first things I started to
model after the main body, I
wanted the legs to look as
though it was separated by
different sections and
connected by pistons and
servos.
I wanted the legs to be
connected to a
platform on which the
body would sit on top
of, the platform would
be very bulky and
armour plated in order
to support the body
and to distribute the
weight of the body
evenly
In the end I mirrored the left
leg and then put it on the
right to save me work and
extra time it also mirrors the
look and gives the feel and
look to overall mech design.

10. Screenshots
I have doing different parts
of the mech in different
saves and importing them
into the main scene when
done
Making the legs turned out to be a
pretty easy thing to do, it consisted of
me using mostly cubes and from
there adjusting them to the correct
position and shape, I morphed the
shape by mainly scaling the shape
first to fit how I wanted, then I
converted them into editable polys
from then I changed the shape as
needed
I then imported the
legs into the main
scene with the rest of
the body when I had
done making it look
realistic and then
deciding to add further
detail such as armour
plating, pistons and
cables
I continued adding detail and platting to the
mech , this included armour platting as well
as cables lasers and generally scaling areas
of the mech to make it seem plausible.
The look of the entire mech with
all the components added to the
body giving it a imposing figure
along with the armour plating
and small details that will be
added

11. Textures 1.2
I decided that I wanted my
Mech to look clean and
fresh of the production
line, so I decided that I
wanted to focus mainly on
the shinier textures and
the polished ones, the
result was that the metal
chrome polished texture I
added on the Mech gives it
a shiny and reflective
look, the result looks pretty
cool and with the other
effects added on such as a
galvanised metal for the
joints and main
components of the mech it
makes them stand out
amongst the main body
and give them a tougher
look as if they were
hardier.
Next I wanted to focus on
the smaller areas and
more detailed parts of the
Mech such as the rivets
pipes pistons and cables
, I would also add a self
illumination to a texture to
put a glow onto the
eyes, I did this to give it a
eerie glow but also to
make it look alive and
working.
Some of the textures here
also are used for the
armour plating

12. Texture exploration
The first new texture I
did was apply a black
matte colour to the
base and then used a
blue matte steel to give
a bright look to the
mech and highlight the
armour
I used the same
matte colour as the
bottom layer and
then used a shiny
anodized metal red
as it gave a nice
shiny effect and
makes it look as if it
has just come off
the
Next I wanted to
change the
bottom layer of
the texture, I
wanted it to be a
shinier more
newer looking
version than the
others.
This is another
variation of the
one above
except with a
different colour, I
wanted to see
the difference of
colour between
the mechs

13. Render 1

14. Render 2

15. Render 3

16. Final render

17. Ethics and copyright
Although during this assignment the entire point of making this wasn’t to infringe or in any way there may be
some things that could offend or could be linked to existing ideas or model already.
One thing that could be a problem is that the mech is equipped with guns and could therefore be linked to
violence and could offend some people, such as people who have been involved with war or they may
somehow feel intimidated by the mech.
Another problem is that my mech idea, although not copied, was taken from the dreadnaught from war
hammer 40k and thus could be seen as a copyright infringement or as a copy, although the modelling was all
done by myself

18. Summery
To summarise this assignment I would say it has been pretty successful as a whole, the modelling was
very successful and I managed to model the Mech almost exactly the way I wanted to, I think was
because the last 3D model I did I learnt a lot in terms in texturing and editing the model, I managed to
create some pretty nice components for the mech.
I learnt some valuable things from my last modelling project and from there learnt to constantly save
and back up the files, I also Created different components of the Mech in different saves and then
imported them into the main scene.
When I was doing this it helped me greatly as I was able to put more detail into all the components and
thus meaning I had less to worry from the file crashing if they were separated, I also found that this
helped me to concentrate better on the individual components themselves without the distraction of the
whole Mech it was also beneficial in the long term as it made it less difficult to add the minor detail as I
wouldn’t have to scale them down to a small size so that I could see what I was working with.
Texturing the Mech was reasonably easy, Seeing as a lot of the texture I wanted my Mech to have
where already in the Mental ray section of the materiel editor I decided that using the materials from
there would be more beneficial and would cut down the amount of time it take to texture the Mech and
thus would allot me more time to sort out any major or minor issues with the Mech.
The problems I occurred during this assignment was that some of textures did not look the way I
wanted them too on the Mech and unfortunately I didn’t really have anytime left to get the textures I
really wanted from the internet.