🧵 Warcraft 3 model rips
Anonymous at Thu, 10 Nov 2022 16:03:30 UTC No. 925427
Well, I looked everywhere and didn't find rips of Warcraft 3 models. Not only that, but I want to 3D print them, and I knew the models would be super optimized and wonky (I was right).
I'm starting with the Moonwell, my question on this one specifically is about those little shrubs on the front. they're done with billboarding on the original... Any suggestions for simple approaches here?
I'm planning on doing the ziggurat next! Let me know which one's yall are interested in, or if anyone's done this before..
Anonymous at Thu, 10 Nov 2022 16:05:54 UTC No. 925429
wow, just noticed that I got the little side gates wrong... it's just one stick, not two... whoops
Anonymous at Thu, 10 Nov 2022 16:43:16 UTC No. 925440
Without extensive remodelling i don’t see how you could print anything decent out of this.
Anonymous at Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:05:20 UTC No. 925443
>>925427
>Any suggestions for simple approaches here?
ignore the shrubs as far as the 3d model goes, print out on paper and glue to cardboard or very thin plastic? i have no experience in 3d printing, but wc3 is pretty based.
Anonymous at Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:10:34 UTC No. 925444
>>925427
>y'all
LOL what a stupid retard
Anonymous at Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:45:27 UTC No. 925451
>>925440
I'm thinking the gates will print flat, and insert into holes in the base
>>925443
yeah! physical billboarding might be a cute idea...
Anonymous at Thu, 10 Nov 2022 20:41:00 UTC No. 925494
>>925427
I mean, you could print this but... why? The geometrical detail is almost nonexistent, the texturing is what's carrying everything.
Anonymous at Thu, 10 Nov 2022 20:51:10 UTC No. 925496
>>925427
This brings me back.
There are no rips because you can rip them yourself easily. Go to https://www.hiveworkshop.com/ there's a script to import the models into 3dsmax including animations.
Anonymous at Thu, 10 Nov 2022 23:22:05 UTC No. 925512
>>925427
I'm sure none of the in-game models can be suitable for 3-d printing, where you need sculpted details and not textures that fake them. Time to learn Blender and make everything from scratch.
Anonymous at Fri, 11 Nov 2022 04:19:19 UTC No. 925555
>>925427
>he can't sculpt his own moonwell
fucking kek
Anonymous at Fri, 11 Nov 2022 04:29:22 UTC No. 925558
>>925512
You can use sobel filters etc. to generate some normal and displacement maps from the existing textures.
Then use those to drive displacement in Blender geometry nodes and you've got yourself a 3d model with the original 2d detail baked in.
Anonymous at Fri, 11 Nov 2022 04:45:10 UTC No. 925560
>>925558
I admit don't know the technology, but won't it be a lot of work for a worse result? Just from the point of view that the image on the left is a cardboard scene prop, so even if you have an algorithm that generates the best possible 3d model that looks exactly like the picture from the given angle, it will be a very good cardboard scene prop. While OP wants to use the left image as the concept art and create 3d bushes in place of the carboard bushes, 3d stones around the well in place of cardboard stones and so on.
Anonymous at Fri, 11 Nov 2022 05:08:04 UTC No. 925562
>>925560
>won't it be a lot of work
No, you could do all that and tweak the results within 20 minutes - well, okay, it would take some time to learn/understand how all those tools work.
>Worse result
Possibly. Certainly a worse result than carefully recreating everything by hand.
But in general, the technique could be handy to keep in mind. It could at least give him a starting point for many of the assets, especially the parts that are true 3d and not billboards.
Anonymous at Fri, 11 Nov 2022 14:00:29 UTC No. 925606
>>925512
>>925558
I'm appreciating all the suggestions, I'll definitely be looking into this stuff.
But I do want to point out that A) these screenshots already took significant manual work in blender, and B) I find low-poly 3D prints pretty nifty, actually!
Anonymous at Fri, 11 Nov 2022 14:02:28 UTC No. 925607
>>925496
I see! Well, as you can see in the thread, I've already figured out the rip part, I'm using NinjaRipper
Anonymous at Sun, 13 Nov 2022 16:36:04 UTC No. 925844
>>925606
Make sure you don't leave any planes in the model. Everything needs to have a minimum thickness for printing. Those roofs and flags for example.