body
 

I started the upper body. I wish to make the character very high detailed by the end.

torso update
 

More work completed on the torso. A lot os using the split polygon tool, extrude, and merge edges.

i definitely recomend the use of as much anatomy references as possible if you're going for an accurate look.

Good luck and keep it up!

Anatomy
 

Yeah I'm using some anatomy references. It just looks crappy now. I have a lot to do, and many CVs to move around. I'm just getting the basic shape for now before I go into the detail. I want things in place and the right size before adding a lot of detail. So I'll continue showing the updates and process that was used to create the final.

Thanks for the crits.

hand
 

I drew out a sketch of how I would lie the hand to look. I will have to scan that in later. I started modeling it though. Here are some pictures of the finger joint creation.

Norman's left arm will be mechanical.

Another updated image...

Working on mechanical things reminds me of my high school days breaking into 3D using AutoCAD :)

What will be the finger.

A quick sketch of my idea for the mechanical hand.

I like your idea to use a mechanical hand - good start on it too :)

Very intresting take on the mech hand. I will have to keep a close eye on this project. Keep up the good work!

More work on the hand.

another image

a light test on the smoothed model.... not quite done

This is the mechanical finger, almost complete. This image has the wireframe, low polygon model on the bottom, and the twice-smoothed proxy model on the top.

A render test of the finger.