This could turn our nice. You'd might wanna check out that Jamaican dude from the Star Craft 2 campaign - forgot his name now. Either for things not todo or for things todo.
Also, sint the whole Hyena thing an african trend?
thanks lroy
thanks jgcount, ill take a look at the sc2 guy. and the hyena thing, i suppose? maybe hyena escaped the Jamaican zoo and bred with local wolves
thanks purplepaint!
thanks blvd nights ? i think ?:P
p442 i like the bow thing, i will figure out a spot for his arrows on his back.
i did some more to the hyena wolf!
edit:update below
Love the concept - definitely keep the bow. The hyena companion is looking really cool, too.
I guess the only thing I'm wondering is who this guy is, and where he got his gear. I'd like to see some more scavenged / home-made survival kit as opposed to pilfered military gear, but it still looks really cool. I'd push the Jamaican clothing a bit further, make him really look like a survivor as opposed to more of a soldier, but there's still loads of potential.
thnks p442~
thanks danshewan. i was thinking the jamaican military is intact and hes part of it. i did not want him to look TOO scavanged, just as a more relaxed military type force.
Seriously doubting my sanity, I was just thinking about a Jamaican last stand from the zombie apocalypse then saw this thread and was thinking wow what a coincidence. But then realised I'd already seen this thread and I just went a bit mental for about a day.
Anyway sweet idea! kinda feel like you should make him more scavenger like tho like danshewan said. I don't really associate Jamaica with the military.
haha, ive done that a few times myself.
and you dont associate today's jamaica with military BUT after the zombiepocalypse hits
and they are the last bastion of humanity, you will.
i am gona call this done and start modeling
edit:update below
Not feeling the colours it's like you've blended african cultural clothing with Jamaican. I think if your seriously going with the Jamaican theme go with it. Same goes for the head band and the wolf scarf. The armour and stuff is looking nice you could even enhance with some more Jamaican style trinketts, beads, chains and arm bands etc
Right now the wolf scarf and the headband say im African but the flag says no wait this characters Jamaican no wait err maybe umm ......
and thus your character looks like it's hovering between the two cultures.
So i think it's best to pick.
Lastly and sorry for going on but will your character trek the street or the hills will camouflage be needed is basically what im getting at.
If he was in the hills i'd change the trousers to camo maybe?
If he's street I'd probably keep as is but maybe make the tshirt white.
Take the street and hills comment lightly tho because I don't know enough about your characters background so just a suggestion.
Looking good tho keep working at it.
Hope this helps.
I kind of agree with Melonman but Jamaicans do wear those colours even if they aren't in their flag, Id try to put more yellow in the scarf's to say Jamaica instead of Africa.
Those aren't "Jamacian" colors as much as they are Rastafarian. Some quick googling should pull up great reference, just don't get reference from Haiti mixed in - very different societies.
being Jamaican myself(as if it wasn't appearant in my screen name jamaican-i-am), i can assure you we have no hyenas there...or anything native to Africa for that matter.
and also the colors are more African than Jamaican. with that said i'm digging the idea as i too have a very similar one. wi need some more jamaican heros pan di forums dem!!!
jgcount, thanks! he uses the scope as binoculars!
melonman, great points tried to adjust the colors to fit more jamaican. also id say he is in the city more often than hills.
thanks benjyshwa! good ref pic. hopefully i have incorporated the colors better
garagebay9, yeah i slowly realized this last night after reading the comments here, hopefully the adjustments i have made address the problem.
jocose, great idea! done.
jam i am, thats cool haha! i am aware there are no hyenas there but i want to give him a half hyena/wolf combo anyway, if there really were a zombiepocalypse where jamaica were the last remianing refuge of man i am sure some animals would be shiped to jamaica in efforts to preserve the species or just as someones pet. on a side note, checked out your blog, really really nice stuff sir
here is the update:
i have adjusted colors and proportions in efforst to make him slightly more heroic.
thanks jeremiah_bigley and roostermap! started the body
the anatomy is kinda rough, havent worked on arms or legs much and chest is rough cause he will be clothed.
thanks melonman and butt_sahib.
made some design changes while modeling. as many people on here mentioned, i am leaning toward a more rustic looking guy, nixing the cloth and going to damage up his stuff a bit more. also will be giving him a lower tech rifle and binocular combo.
Niiiice. Yeah this definately has that vibe. I'd watch the ripples on the right leg just before the boot as they seem to go a bit funny but the rest is sick. Really good job can't wait to see more.
The weapons awesome could definately picture tht 55joe really good job.
The way the scope is attached, looks a bit.. iffy, I cannot see it hold up that well in action. I would suggest using tie-wraps, duct tape, or atleast tie up the rope.
and the dents in the wooden stock makes the rifle look like clay., wood doesnt dent, wood cracks and chips
wow thanks guys~! very motivational for me. must work more!
to evil: they are suppose to be duct tape but i think right now they are too thin and failing in showing proper tension, i will revisit them after i revisit the pants. rope is a cool idea to throw on top of the tape too. i will do that if i have time. as far as wood denting goes, it does dent, but i need to sell it alot bettr than it is currently. thanks for the crits.
thanks adam! made my day, i will post more often to appease the pc gods.
thanks free_fall! and thanks irnublol, i did start them today but kinda not? cause i make so many maps already just from extracting displacement and normal and dirt so it makes texturing very easy
here is an update
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Also, sint the whole Hyena thing an african trend?
thanks jgcount, ill take a look at the sc2 guy. and the hyena thing, i suppose? maybe hyena escaped the Jamaican zoo and bred with local wolves
i like where this is starting
WHAT JAMAICAN???
thanks blvd nights ? i think ?:P
p442 i like the bow thing, i will figure out a spot for his arrows on his back.
i did some more to the hyena wolf!
edit:update below
I guess the only thing I'm wondering is who this guy is, and where he got his gear. I'd like to see some more scavenged / home-made survival kit as opposed to pilfered military gear, but it still looks really cool. I'd push the Jamaican clothing a bit further, make him really look like a survivor as opposed to more of a soldier, but there's still loads of potential.
Awesome. Can't wait to see some models.
thanks danshewan. i was thinking the jamaican military is intact and hes part of it. i did not want him to look TOO scavanged, just as a more relaxed military type force.
edit:update below
Anyway sweet idea! kinda feel like you should make him more scavenger like tho like danshewan said. I don't really associate Jamaica with the military.
and you dont associate today's jamaica with military BUT after the zombiepocalypse hits
and they are the last bastion of humanity, you will.
i am gona call this done and start modeling
edit:update below
Right now the wolf scarf and the headband say im African but the flag says no wait this characters Jamaican no wait err maybe umm ......
and thus your character looks like it's hovering between the two cultures.
So i think it's best to pick.
Lastly and sorry for going on but will your character trek the street or the hills will camouflage be needed is basically what im getting at.
If he was in the hills i'd change the trousers to camo maybe?
If he's street I'd probably keep as is but maybe make the tshirt white.
Take the street and hills comment lightly tho because I don't know enough about your characters background so just a suggestion.
Looking good tho keep working at it.
Hope this helps.
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and also the colors are more African than Jamaican. with that said i'm digging the idea as i too have a very similar one. wi need some more jamaican heros pan di forums dem!!!
melonman, great points tried to adjust the colors to fit more jamaican. also id say he is in the city more often than hills.
thanks benjyshwa! good ref pic. hopefully i have incorporated the colors better
garagebay9, yeah i slowly realized this last night after reading the comments here, hopefully the adjustments i have made address the problem.
jocose, great idea! done.
jam i am, thats cool haha! i am aware there are no hyenas there but i want to give him a half hyena/wolf combo anyway, if there really were a zombiepocalypse where jamaica were the last remianing refuge of man i am sure some animals would be shiped to jamaica in efforts to preserve the species or just as someones pet. on a side note, checked out your blog, really really nice stuff sir
here is the update:
i have adjusted colors and proportions in efforst to make him slightly more heroic.
the anatomy is kinda rough, havent worked on arms or legs much and chest is rough cause he will be clothed.
Good job looking good so far keep it up.
made some design changes while modeling. as many people on here mentioned, i am leaning toward a more rustic looking guy, nixing the cloth and going to damage up his stuff a bit more. also will be giving him a lower tech rifle and binocular combo.
going to be moving to weaps now
The weapons awesome could definately picture tht 55joe really good job.
melonman i agree, im going to pose him and resculpt the pants entirely
thanks jasonlavoie !
here is updated weapons,
+1
I love the improvized scope on that mosin-nagant..
and the dents in the wooden stock makes the rifle look like clay., wood doesnt dent, wood cracks and chips
to evil: they are suppose to be duct tape but i think right now they are too thin and failing in showing proper tension, i will revisit them after i revisit the pants. rope is a cool idea to throw on top of the tape too. i will do that if i have time. as far as wood denting goes, it does dent, but i need to sell it alot bettr than it is currently. thanks for the crits.
then start lower poly and texture ;o
http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/9099/jamaican3.jpg
Really love that taped on scope is well!
you started the textures today O_O
they look awesome
thanks free_fall! and thanks irnublol, i did start them today but kinda not? cause i make so many maps already just from extracting displacement and normal and dirt so it makes texturing very easy
here is an update