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!

damn good kevin. what is it you do in nurbs first help a brother out? ??

lookin good kev

nice kev going well :D should be feasting on mike by next saturday :D

Wow man, I love lookin at that wireframe.. great work so far, I cant want to see it animated! =]

Looks nice, looking forward to the updates.

Fascinating Kevin!

hey thanks guys!

hopefully I will get the leg in and the teeth done today so I will have a bit more that I can show.

I have kept it as low poly as possible aswell just so I can animate it easier! Theres a little to much on the head but Ill sort that out later.. Gotta start pulling it about now to get a better shape.



Basically mmate, make a nurbs cylinder rotate 90, give it between 6-12 spans (you can add more when needed) and pull out the verts to get a basic shape.

nice 1 m8 looking good.

ok! arm ready to go on

arm on :)

smooth so I can see.... starting to take shape now.... front arm looks bit wierd but soon to be sorted :)

going along nicely good thing it's blue if it was purple it would look awfurly close to barney :D

eyes popped!!!!!.... why dont you add the reptile shader(available at alias's website) to it???? would love to see a render with that shader!!!

Kevin, you better not give up on this one ;), or just not get around to finishing it. This is coming great! I love the drool and the model is smoother then my models when its rendered!

Thx!!

Im on the teeth now.. then ill stick some feet and hands on and then some SERIOUS tweaking!! Probably the best part of a day on it!

Then Textures.... then the best part!! - making it eat cartoon mike :D

Runs and hides... realizes palm tree it too small and keeps running!

Must...have...Update... :D
:beer:

ok... just adding a little detail to the face..

onto feet and teeth now :)

heres a wire:

and a non wire with smooth :)

He's really starting to take shape!

Darkon

and a little bit more on the body

Wow. Nice work! Can't wait to see it finished...

Comming along great kev=)........

looks fantastic kev - cant wait till uve texured it, is it gonna be part of an animation or maybe even a tutorial?

ooh i t-rex tut :D amazing kev :D