Kevs Dino
 

Ok ...I had better post this in wip as I will never ever finish it! This way hopefully you guys can nag me until its done!

right Bit of nurbs first to rough out the shape, then convert to polys and start pulling!!

OK... right -- decided now that I would like a body on me dino so same again, nurbs - convert polys - then added a little drool.

Smoothed out to see how it was going

Time for a leg... so nurbs cylinder and shape

stuck the leg on... now doing some editing

just done a smooth to get the look, leg not right at the back yet but im on it now :)

comment so far - crits more then welcome

awesome kev... i treid to model a dino too.... but the as usual "idea in the trash can".... and you are going to do a tutorial on this one right.. and cane you give me the ref pic.. as i wanted to try it out too...

Hey kev, nice start! Much more usable then my raptor. I spent alot of time on my raptor, but there is so many patches, so I am not sure how useable it will be if you know what i mean. So, as of right now i have scratched that project. Anyways, The head looks great.... one question, why did you decide to model that "line" from the top jaw to the bottom jaw, as part of the mesh?? Some thing that that would make it really difficult to rig for animation. Just wondering, can't wait to see more...
Brian

sure mate ...heres the ref pic... its not a great angle ..especially when you come to the leg but it works :)

http://www.forum.simplymaya.com/show...?threadid=3456

and how can you directly convert to polys... i have 4.5... but ican only convert: Poly > Sub div > Nurbs.... help!!!!

cheers mate!

yeah the drool will work fine, craig has this drool in the monster head tutorial ... All i did was added a face in and scale, Im going to take this one all the way so you will be able to see it animated.

Its about the only kind of project that I would finish as I have a facination for the t-rex :)

use the modify- convert nurbs to polygons option box and pick the following:

pick quads,

U type: last option and same for V type.

After I have the other bits done I will then convert to sub d to get some real detail in.

oh ok..i thought you converted it from polys to nurbs... silly me... and is there anyway to convert poly to nurbs except from Poly > Sub div > Nurbs??? sorry if this is the wrong place

Nice job, Kev! :D

Cool m8!

I've always wanted to make a dino, but never got around... Kudos to you! Looking great!