Gadget's Items

Wow, I haven't posted in this thread for more than two years! Well, now that I have finally released my very first model to the Steam workshop I thought I'd blow off the dust and show you what I have been working on. Unfortunately mapping takes so much time which I don't have so that I have switched to creating models. I hope you can forgive me for never actually finishing one of my maps. Now here's my list of new items:


Bonk! Sugar Slushie



The Snitch



The Haunted Lantern



Jack's Ol' Lantern




OLD STUFF FROM 2010 IS BELOW:
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Here's a list of ideas for hats and other items. I'm going to update it every once in a while with my prototypes:

* Scout - The Bellhop Beanie
* Soldier - Copstash, The Airborne Cap
* Pyro - wip
* Demoman - Demo's Mutton Chops
* Heavy - Short Boxed Beard
* Engineer - Friendly Mutton Chops
* Medic - Chin Curtain
* Sniper - Winnfield
* Spy - The Killer Kepi, The Beret, Handlebar

SCREENSHOTS:

I decided to start with something simple to get to know the whole workflow of getting a prop into TF2. Here's the result:


Here's one for the Spy:


And another one for the Spy:


A hat for the Soldier:

The moustache collection:

If you want to try out the beards in game... here's a download. (Replaces the Ghastly Gibus).

More downloads:
Bellhop Beanie (replaces Ghastly Gibus for Scout)
Beret (replaces Ghastly Gibus for Spy)
Killer Kepi (replaces Ghastly Gibus for Spy)


I'm going to use this thread to present all the items I'm working on.
Thanks to Daimao and Acumen for their help with the workflow.

[umbratile]

Nice! I'd use it rather than most of the other Scout hats.

[Sel]

Post a wireframe, there's no way that should be using that many polies.

[Lancey]

May I check your coat... with my knife?

[Sel]

That's better.

Now first off.



The edge loops indicated in red should not exist. The variation in the shape is unnecessary detail that will never ever be noticed on such a small object, on a character that is always moving.

There is also a vertex on the top that should be removed. Finally, the hat should be altered to fit the class, instead of having the underside, visible, not only is this increasing the poly count on rarely seen polygons, it also makes the hat look lose, like it would have trouble staying on the player in the first place.

Additionally you could probably get away with a few less sides on your cylinder.

[Mr. P. Kiwi]

Good job!
You can send it to valve so that all of us could get hats like that!
Can't wait!

[gamemaster1996]

I agree with the kiwi on this one.

[Nutomic]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. P. Kiwi

Good job!
You can send it to valve so that all of us could get hats like that!
Can't wait!

What do you think why he made that?

He just wants to get another hat, as if 9 were not enough

€: gamemaster, just learn reading...

[gamemaster1996]

Quote:

He justwants to get another hat, as if 9 were not enough

Urr it's not 9 hats dude. Unless you mean he's got 9 hats.

[Gadget]

I didn't just make this hat to "get it" ...it's because I like to create maps & models - that's why I'm here at all.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Selentic

That's better.

Now first off.

The edge loops indicated in red should not exist. The variation in the shape is unnecessary detail that will never ever be noticed on such a small object, on a character that is always moving.

There is also a vertex on the top that should be removed. Finally, the hat should be altered to fit the class, instead of having the underside, visible, not only is this increasing the poly count on rarely seen polygons, it also makes the hat look lose, like it would have trouble staying on the player in the first place.

Additionally you could probably get away with a few less sides on your cylinder.

Agreed, I could get away with less polygons but I simply chose not to. I'm still under the limit of 800 and most of valve's hats use more than 1000 polygons. I also agree that the proportions of the hat may not be perfect to fit the scout's head but I don't have a model of the hatless scout to create one that's fitting exactly.

The inside of the hat has to be created because it won't stay on the player's head when he dies (it falls off and rolls around).