*edit: throwing the latest update here too i guess*


wakka wakka.
saw this concept by hethe over at cghub and really wanted to try it out, crazy proportions ftw (tho mine still need heaps more pushing i think)

http://cghub.com/images/view/38426/


anywhoos, got a rough anatomy blockin and started quickly sculpting out some clothes. I gotta go back and resculpt it all with more sense behind the folds and with symmetry off, but testing out shapes atm.
Comments and crits would be aws, especially on getting the proportions and junk looking right

Off to a really good start

At first i thought the character was going to be an elderly, but strong samurai or something, but this is cool as well .

So far so good, man.
It's a pretty slick concept, so I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out in 3D.
If you're planning on using this as a folio piece, I would strongly recommend you ask permission from the original concept artist.

cheers for the repliez guys =D

emil: agreed on the permission thing, just wanted to make sure i didn't give up after 5 min of crappy sculpting :P


redid the pants, still kinda messy (i should prolly grab some ref sometime >_>)... and threw a bunch of blocks in there. that helmet thing is gonna be crazy

and imma go get some sleep... got helmet block in and head sculpt to do tommorow

Ignoring the concept, it kinda looks like a stylized bruce willis from die hard.

I really like how this is coming out. I might grab one of Hethes concepts for my next sculpt too. Good find!

nice love the proportions

Nice! Perhaps the legs could taper more, they don't look as exaggerated as the illustration.

oooh- I'm doing this guy too! You're further into it than me, I've just started the base mesh about a week ago...wierd! It'll be really good to see how yours comes out- Based on your other work I strongly suspect it'll make mine look naff by comparsion good luck!


~P~

Nice!!!

jakelear: lol, i did just watch die hard 1-4 over the last 4 nights... could be a subconscious thing happening :P
ioster: cheers man. He's got some really cool stuff, love his style
Razorb: thanks man
Tim: cool point on the legs, been really hard fighting with zb perspective and maya perspective and how the final fov should look... hopefully got them lookin a little thinner ^^
praxedes: hehe, make sure you post prog pics so i can steal all your ideas... no clue how i'm gonna tackle some of the other block elements yet :P
pior: woo, cheers man ^__^

thanks for the replies everyone. Finally got a block helmet in to test the shapes and proportions, needs to be bulkier... and betterer :P
head still needs some tweaking, but i can't wait to do the final goggles, cube map over orange diffuse with increased spec power

thinking of going photosource texturing too, produces a weird realistic result which should look kinda cool over the the crazy stylized anatomy.

OOO my likey!
Your such a game art whore!! I like it

Looks awesome so far! Looking forward to the finished sculpt =D

Great choice of concept art! Love your work so far.
His gentlemen area looks scary tight.
But it fits this character.

butt: :P cheers manz (that's how i roll :P)
penrod: ty ^^
martinszeme: wouldn't want anything being loose now :P (tho i might be making the folds a bit too small, moreso in that 'area' )

mini update before i go play some vidya games or whatev. Not really diggin the pants, tried resculptin already and going over it a bunch of times. Think the folds might be too small and not big and baggy enough to indicate the right material, mebbe.

I'll see how i like em after shirt sculpting and replacing some of those block meshes.

fucking coooool

looking sweet.

As always, very impressed by your work ethic. Keep it up!

Wow. this is looking very nice so far! Definitely something worth keeping track of
As mentioned, you're making great progress too!

hehe nice one. im actaully using the same concept for reference for a model im working on.
if anything i would say the head is too big and helmet too small if your going to match the concept exactly. up to you really.

good work so far!

konstruct: thanks man ^^
aesir: cheers... just wait till i take my regular 2 month break between modelling and texturing :P (jk, gotta get this done before my photoshop trial ends)
OrganizedChaos: ty. Glad to hear things moving forward on this stuff ^^
warriah: cheers dude. Agree'd on the helmet head situation, tryin to get the rough shape/scale right in zb... make sure you post yours up some time, would be nice ot see how it's done (never saw how your comicon spiderman ended up actually, gotta go hunt that down now)

thanks for the nice comments all, still working this stuff out. nice to be doing some more things in maya again and just sculpting in detail. Sorry for the colour correction too, i kinda like it but might not be everyone's taste.

arg, hate when things go bad and you get completley demotivated
anyway, yesterday didn't go so well. Boots weren't shaping out nicley, sub d modelling the knees was lookin crap, then the pouches were a pain in the ass.

Anyway, i came back in today and just free sculpted these pouches out in zbrush and i'm heaps happier with them now. Gotta get some more easy stuff done before tackling the knees and boots again (still got helmet to go >_<).

Nizza looking will watch at end result...
Don't you think crotch area spread large.or is because standing pose...

looking totally awesome, dont let yourself feel blue, its shaping up so nicely!

he is looking great, will agree that legs need to tapper a bit more to fit with the concept a bit better.

love that belt though!