Creating the Level 1 Sentry Gun from Team Fortress 2

In this intermediate to advanced 3ds Max series. You'll learn how to model, UVMap and texture a high poly version of the level one Sentry Gun from the extremely popular video game Team Fortress 2, using a combination of blueprints, images and video reference.

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"TF2 Sentry Gun" Modeling - Day 1
Valve's 'Team Fortress 2' is one hell of an awesome game, so we're excited to launch a brand new tutorial series covering the creation of a high-res Sentry...
Chris Tate
21 May 2011
Design & Illustration
"TF2 Sentry Gun" Modeling - Day 2
Valve's 'Team Fortress 2' is one hell of an awesome game, so we're excited to launch a brand new tutorial series covering the creation of a high-res Sentry...
Chris Tate
28 May 2011
Design & Illustration
"TF2 Sentry Gun" Modeling - Day 3
Valve's 'Team Fortress 2' is one hell of an awesome game, so we're excited to launch a brand new tutorial series covering the creation of a high-res Sentry...
Chris Tate
9 Jun 2011
Design & Illustration
"TF2 Sentry Gun" Modeling - Day 4
Valve's 'Team Fortress 2' is one hell of an awesome game. In this tutorial authored by Cgtuts+'s own Chris Tate, you will learn how to model, uvmap and...
Chris Tate
7 Jul 2011
Design & Illustration
"TF2 Sentry Gun" Modeling - Day 5
Valve's 'Team Fortress 2' is one hell of an awesome game. In this tutorial authored by Cgtuts+'s own Chris Tate, you will learn how to model, uvmap and...
Chris Tate
19 Jul 2011
Design & Illustration
"TF2 Sentry Gun" Modeling - Day 6
In this tutorial authored by Chris Tate, you will learn how to model, uvmap and texture a high poly version of the level one Sentry Gun from Team Fortress 2,...
Chris Tate
6 Aug 2011
Design & Illustration
"TF2 Sentry Gun" Modeling - Day 7
We've finally come to the end of the modeling section for the TF2 Sentry Gun project. In the seventh and final day, we'll finalized the model by building in...
Chris Tate
20 Aug 2011
Design & Illustration
"TF2 Sentry Gun" UVMapping - Day 1
Today we'll pick up from where we left off, and start laying down some UV's for the Sentry Gun model. We'll be unwrapping the entire model inside Max using...
Chris Tate
19 Sep 2011
Design & Illustration
"TF2 Sentry Gun" UVMapping - Day 2
Today we're going to be concentrating on mapping a few of the more challenging pieces of the Sentry Gun model. We'll discuss how to approach mapping complex...
Chris Tate
28 Sep 2011
Design & Illustration
"TF2 Sentry Gun" UVMapping - Day 3
Today we'll continue to concentrate our efforts on uvmapping and work on completing the rear leg sections. This is without a doubt the most challenging part...
Chris Tate
25 Oct 2011
Design & Illustration
"TF2 Sentry Gun" UVMapping - Day 4
With the lower sections of the model now complete, we'll begin uvmapping the upper half of the model in 3D Studio Max using the UnwrapUVW modifier. In...
Chris Tate
22 Nov 2011
Design & Illustration