My very-very first model

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for a first attempt, its a very good one. better than some of the others ive seen. however, in terms of being a model for freelancer, you've still got a bit of a way to go. i do suggest trying to get your hands on 3ds max, since its a very good program for both 3d modelling and texturing.

when you do designs for freelancer, remember to keep the vanilla elements in mind while designing stuff. for example, kusari = wings. liberty = axe head, big engine, rheinland = armoured turtles, bretonia = seafood. ofcourse, deviations are allowed in order to come up with new bright ideas, but those are like the basic elements to keep in mind.

i highly suggest not using milkshape for doing any 3d modelling of any sort, since its a very, very... pathetic program to do any 3d modelling in (when i designed the kusari battlecruiser model first, i made it in milkshape, exported it to 3ds, found just tonnes of errors everywhere, so rebuilt it from scratch in 3ds, and also used less polys). the only time you would need milkshape if you use 3ds/maya/etc. would be to doing the importing and exporting of models and hitboxes (though there is a method to texture in milkshape as well which is used by a few people if im not mistaken, it works if you know how to do it well ofcourse. im not familiar with it since i do all my texturing in 3ds.). one thing alot of new modellers (even me) have problems with, is hidden/duplicate faces. these faces cause unecessary increase of poly/vert count in the model, and they are not even seen, since they are probably inside the model, so you can delete them to both reduce poly count and save yourself a headache. as i've seen, you're already using the mirrorring method, so thats a good thing.

i believe this thread will be of use to you, and any other upcoming modder.

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