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

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

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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!

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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.

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.

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Another updated image...

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

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What will be the finger.

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A quick sketch of my idea for the mechanical hand.

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

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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.

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another image

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

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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.

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A render test of the finger.

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