Whipped these up last night for some trench based stuff I'm experimenting with. Basically it's like a fence, but you'll place it along the side walls of trenches. The "body" of the trench is done with displacement surfaces.

http://www.orst.edu/~holtt/foxgreen0007.jpg

http://www.orst.edu/~holtt/foxgreen0008.jpg

Ultimately I want a full set that can be used to create trenches of different types, so I'll need to make a few new variants on it like solid boards, stacked logs, corugated metal, etc.

I'll plan on releasing them to the "pool" for anyone to use when I'm done.

/me watches Band of Brothers "Day of Days" trench scene again...

i think its looks odd but the rest sound good

AWSOME KEEP IT UP MAN !!!

changed my mind i like it

changed my mind i like it

Yeah, after you saw who he was ;)

Looks good. A bit pale though.

also think about having some imperfections so it doesn't look so uniform to give it a more realistic feel.

Haha SID ;)

They look great, probably even much better ingame. Those models and Watchtower's trench texture will bring some nice diversity to all the beach/forest maps we will see.

May I ask for the poly count per fence?

Originally posted by Gellyfishh
Yeah, after you saw who he was ;)

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i knew it was waldo i just think the banks look odd

Looks very cool, make it wood colored?

lookin good waldo. in the set you should have some models for the floorboards and firing steps too :-P.

also, you should try to put a bit of a displacement thingy of mud on the inside of the trench wall (in the actual model)

My only gripe is the colour of it, give it that kinda dark brown look and i'll be sure to use it, maybe make it a little less straight as well?

Good work, anyhow.

Well, he did mention that it was something he was experimenting with so you guys shouldn't expect a perfect finished product... I mean, why waste time making an intricately detailed model for a "proof of concept" idea when you might end up scrapping the whole project anyway...

I think he was trying to ignite the troops to the idea of trench warfare, and fishing for inspirational feedback... Perhaps even a call to arms to the custom modelers to start churning out variations on the theme?

Help the man make his vision a reality! ;)

I never said I expected a finished product.

The concept is very good, just PLEASE make sure the models are split into 32/64/128 lengths :D

Originally posted by Scooty Puff Senior
I never said I expected a finished product.

The concept is very good, just PLEASE make sure the models are split into 32/64/128 lengths :D

Agreed.

At the risk of sounding like a 5 year old...

"GIMME GIMME!"

Looks cool, the less straight lines the better imo.

Looks good, the only thing (im guessing its part of the map) is the earth wall part of the Trench, its just a straight line like it was made of concrete, if the earth part of the trench was rounded slightly it would be perfect.

Are these still on the way?

I believe Waldo is still working on these, but he is making a modular system of for example 512*512 blocks so mappers can just drop them into maps and have them all align perfectly.