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[Sir Irk]

One of my first 3d models. I got sidetracked from working on it as I'm trying to figure out how to get the translucent glass texture to render in-game(works fine in model viewer and hammer). I plan to redo the hinges and detail the extinguisher more. I also don't like the texture on the handles and plan to change it to a chrome texture. This was my first successful attempt at getting specularity to work with the normal maps. Now if only I wasn't such an idiot about smoothing groups(I get the concept but can't apply it very well to even semi-complex geometry). 




The crates off to the side are a project I did before this. I haven't worked any further on those as they were intended for practice but I may improve them and actually use them.

[wallworm]

Great Job! Thanks for sharing.

Smoothing Groups (SGs) might seem a little odd at first. But after a little practice they are easy. Just think of it like this: If I want this group of faces to smooth into each other, select them all and apply a smoothing group. But instead of going into too much detail, I'll just refer you to the docs as it demonstrates best how it works: 3ds Max Smoothing Groups.

An alternative way of controlling smoothing is to edit the normal directly with an Edit Normals modifier. This gives you granular control. I recommend you use smoothing groups all the time and then use Edit Normals only when you have a specific effect that is hard to create with SGs.

Keep up the good work and keep sharing.

[Sir Irk]

Thanks for the info. And thanks for the wmmt and you're ongoing support on these forums. Seeing my own 3d model in-game is the part that puts a big smile on my face. I'll definitely be posting more.