Hi everybody!

I'm very happy to post my first WIP!

3D modeller, I've allways wanted to create a tank.. Not that i "love" tank, but I was feeling like making one! I never found the time.. and a few month ago, I discovered Pixel Art!

After a few tries, lots of research, I started this "project".

So here is the beast:



The main problem was the track, especially the non horizontal/vertical parts.
Then I've tried to do my best with the suspensions.
Oh yes and the shovel, which is a bit crooked :P
The main problem I've encountered through my differents "works", was the color...
I would like a "winter camo style", but it's a real pain to find the 3 bases colors, and then the ones for the highlight... That's why there is only one color actually. But it's more or less what i expect to be the main colour: a kind of blue grey.

I'm now waiting for your comments, ideas, critics :)

Thank you!

You can do a winter camo with what you've got.




Here's a typical generic winter camo.

Green raven was wrong any way, as if you used the colours you already had, it would of taken allot of contrast and most things wouldn't look as defined as they are in the first picture shown.

You have an obvious problem with colour selection, in a way that you can't get what you want. But from what your second version shows, I think that you understand the fine basics of choosing colours and how they contrast.

I am an avarage pixel artist. And will help you out as much as possible. Though do you have a reference? As I'd like to see the actual picture to help with colour selection.

Hey my bro's a 3D modeller Spikes15 or Spikes16.
So yeah a Reference would be kwl.

EDIT:
OK SO I KNOW WHERE YOU GOT YOUR REFERENCE FROM.
You could of least said that you didn't do the line art!



I don't know if you broke the rules! As this isn't really your work.
And you must of had permission from the artist to use his work.

I will take action and look to make sure you haven't though. As I am kind.

Anyways toodools: off to read rules.

Edited by Jim16 - 03 December 2008 at 9:02am

Hi Jim16! Yes, I have troubles with the colors.. I always try to work with a cube, to find the good ones! But it's hard :p
Yes i used a blueprint to copy this tank, I found it here: http://www.the-blueprints.com/index.php?blueprints/tanks/tanks-a/14556/view/41_m_turan_ii__hungary_/
But unfortunately, the name George R. Bradford was not mentioned... and the homage of the website says the blueprints are free. Anyway, I only used the basic shape, and tried to make my way through it using archive pictures of the TURAN II Tank, as the original blueprint was quiet blurred... But as it seems to be the property of someone else, I can remove my work. I didn't managed to "cheat3 or to steal someone else work.

For the winter camo reference, I looked through the net to find some pictures or photos from other tanks, as the Turan II doesn't seem to have any winter camouflage.

Hi NotlikeTheOther! Thanks for the comment. Maybe I should try to "spray" more light dots so it looks like more like snow.

I'm now working on the durt around the tracks.

OK here is soon the end!

I've tried my best with the colors, maybe there are too many...



I don't really like the way I've colored the suspension... But I don't know how to avoid "highlighting" them... I'm afraid to use one or 2 more colors to do something with it...