Skin Mesh Help?

ZeroByte

<div class="IPBDescription">For a lightsaber</div> So I'm working on a lightsaber model and I really wanted to do most of it by myself. Unfortunately, 3ds max is being a wanghead and it crashes everytime I try to do vertex select. I'm wondering if anybody would be so kind as to help me skin mesh my model? It's supposed to use the transparency DLL's so there's an outer blade and an inner blade on the model.

Here's some crappy renders of my model:
<a href='http://zerobyte.servebeer.com/m00/models/lightsaber_full.png' target='_blank'>http://zerobyte.servebeer.com/m00/models/l...tsaber_full.png</a>
<a href='http://zerobyte.servebeer.com/m00/models/lightsaber_sidedetail.png' target='_blank'>http://zerobyte.servebeer.com/m00/models/l..._sidedetail.png</a>
<a href='http://zerobyte.servebeer.com/m00/models/lightsaber_whee.png' target='_blank'>http://zerobyte.servebeer.com/m00/models/l...tsaber_whee.png</a>

And here's the .max file:
<a href='http://zerobyte.servebeer.com/m00/models/Lightsaber.max' target='_blank'>http://zerobyte.servebeer.com/m00/models/L.../Lightsaber.max</a>
Und heres ze .3ds file:
<a href='http://zerobyte.servebeer.com/m00/models/Lightsaber.3ds' target='_blank'>http://zerobyte.servebeer.com/m00/models/L.../Lightsaber.3ds</a>

Bassed off <a href='http://www.blister.jp/shop/item_html/pic/540000077699.jpg' target='_blank'>this</a> lightsaber

Visual_Mirage

Lovely model, using this for NS? <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->

Sorry though....i can't skin mesh well, heh

ZeroByte

Thanks. I was thinking of releasing it for NS and as a general HL crowbar. The idea came to me cause a starwars map was released for svencoop <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

Daza4

Yes, Up with svencoop XD. There is already a light saber model but it really sucks! I mean it it looks like a couple cylinders no deatil a all.

Chackle

Make the future police baton from FUTURAMA that the little robot police dudes use to wack people.

ZeroByte

Noone can help me? Here's the mesh in .3ds format btw: <a href='http://zerobyte.servebeer.com/m00/models/lightsaber.3ds' target='_blank'>http://zerobyte.servebeer.com/m00/models/l.../lightsaber.3ds</a>

<img src='http://zerobyte.servebeer.com/m00/models/lightsaber_full.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

def_one

if no one has done it for you, ill do it on saturday. ill be kind of busy on the 4th <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

xexe

not good for ns thow well thats my opinion to big maybe u should make a lightsaber dagger lol could be good i would download it

CrouchingHamster

I don't have max so I can't help, sorry.

btw, I assume you'll be needing custom sounds so I'd suggest ripping the saber noises from Jedi Outcast. Far easier than trying to get samples from the movies.

ZeroByte

Uhm, I added a .3ds file up there, for people without 3ds max.