my entry
 

Hello everybody

I am taking part in the CGTalk challenge as well, anyway this is what I am doing

it's nearing the end of the century and Earth has become to small, for the latter half of the century various governments have started creating large machines that convert uninhabitable planets to something a little bit more habitable, before sending out this new technology, the governments of Earth sets up a Council that will deal with issues this new venture shall bring, the Council creates a small but sizeable force that will land scout the targeted planet for any signs of life. This force made up of volunteers from every army around the glode, all ready to embark on this great event that will change mankind forever.

Dae:)

Nice m8 i like the glow behind the planet - i take it that the sun is going to appear from behind it.....looks like good detail on the planet as well as far as i can see - do you have any more pics?

thanks man, this is just my first concept (all photoshop and lunar cell)

yeah thats the sun behind the moon

Dae :)

Hey dae, looking good, I wish you the best of luck in the comp. :)

goodluch indeed! I know you are going to nail this one!

hello everybody

This is what I have got so far, still got loads to do.

Dae:)

Looking sweet, a gud environment is always the key to perfect scene. everything else is just detail. Nice one.

update
 

done most of the planet surface, added the rocks, still got loads more to add.

some of the rocks seem to be floating to me. Might just be me though. Could check the shadows maybe. Seem like they should have long thin shaddows coming towards the camera if the light if straight ahead right?

thanks twisted

i will check those shadows, dont want flying stones

Dae:)

i can see what he's sayign there too Dae.. thats pretty bad ass though man.. you're doing a nice job.. Heh wish i coudl turn somethign liek that out.. keep up the work man.. i been atchign this the last few days now.. liek how its progressing..

only thign i see so far is taht shadows bit that was already mentioned..

Legend

I think I figured it out, I think it is a problem with the light linking.

dae

hey dae, looks really good mate, im doing something really similar at the moment,not a competition thou.
Were the stars done with two layers of noise in photoshop?

there is a good link for eclipses just here

i'll keep and eye out for you in there.. :)


laters dude - Murph

in CG - not that link :)

hello
 

well I have decided to base my main character off one of my old sketches, more to come as soon as get my scanner going

thanks for the link Murph, the stars are a product of Flaming Pears' Glitterato plugin for photoshop

Dae:)

WOW Dae Looking really good man. Best of luck in the competition. Very nice stuff so far.

dropship V1
 

this is version one of my dropship, just trying to get the overall shape right.

Dae:)

update
 

started the helmet after a mental blank on the dropship,

just getting the shape going.

Dae:)

Hey Dae

Love it!!!! Just love some of those challenges on
CG Talk/Networks, they really do show off some great talent out there. Keep this coming, looks promising.

Oh if you need to make stars in Photoshop:

Create File, fill with noise (mono chromatic) at 999 then go to Filter>Stylize>diffuse and hit darken> apply, then repeat darken till happy..... Then add a sprinkling of , oops sorry thats Delia Smith!!!

Laters
_J

hey dae,

long time no see, looking good there mate, very halo combat evolved ;)

that drop ship?, is it your final shape? just a lead in to another question?

later mate - murph

Thanks Jango, I shall give that a try, there are some really talented people like Kurt and many others,:)

hey Murph yeah long time no see, I like the shape of the ship so for now it will stay, I didnt intend for the helmet to be like a Halo one.

been adding some detail to the helmet, and started the head,

Dae:)

It kinda looks to me like with the head in there the angle that the helmet is pointing would obstuct a lot of his vision. and it kinda looks like it would be uncomfortable. But it is a great model and I can't wait to see it done.

update
 

Thanks brently I didn't see that, I will see I can amend that without disrupting the overall shape

Here is his torso, once the body is done I will start on the armour.

Dae:)

update
 

hello everybody

almost finished his chest and back, I must say thanks to SM and Kurt for that fantastic ninja tutorial anyway here it is

http://www.mvorster.co.uk/project_im...prespfront.jpg
http://www.mvorster.co.uk/project_im...acterfront.jpg http://www.mvorster.co.uk/project_im...rprespback.jpg

Dae:)

I agree, the ninja tutorial rocks :) Looking forward to the end result of this!

Looking good mate... your improving with every project keep it up...

I dont think I'll have time for my entry for that challenge..

Hey Dae.....Wow, looking really cool so far..I like the way it is coming out...Will be keeping an eye out for this one...Keep it up Dae. :) :)

thanks
 

Thanks very much guys and thanks for your support, it helps alot.:)

Thats sucks big time Kurt, I liked the theme you are working on, the old GOOD vs EVIL theme, cant realy get more iconic than that.

Dae:)

I'm impressed m8 - looking dam good - i couldn't get close to that if i wanted to - cant wait for the finished work...how much time have you spent on this so far, and how long have you been modelling for?

thanks Deathwish, I have spent pretty much every lunch hour since the 21st October modeling everything, cant really do much on the weekends as tend to work on those, anyway I started using Maya in January 2004 before that I used Lightwave (still do no and then) that started about July 25th, my first model can be found at SimplyLightwave:)

Dae:)

update
 

pretty much finished the arms.
http://www.mvorster.co.uk/project_im...er_03front.jpg
http://www.mvorster.co.uk/project_im...ter_03back.jpg
http://www.mvorster.co.uk/project_im...ter_03wire.jpg
off to bed now.

Dae:)

Whoa thats awsome. Keep up the good work.

update
 

added the legs.
http://www.mvorster.co.uk/project_images/body.jpg

Dae:)

Hey Dae

Overall its neat but I think you could improve the proportions on the body a bit, as its lower regions ( butt n bollock area) looks way too long. I would have a look at some reference or even yaself in a mirror.

Cheers dude

_J

will check that out, thought it looked a bit odd

Thanks

Dae:)

Nice, I love your progress so far :tup:
But whatever you do dont stand in the mirror naked checking out your proportions :p

I have had a quick tinker (hope you dont mind) but also the quads his legs are too sharp and square. If you want some good anatomy pics there a guy called Andrew Loomis ( I think thats right) He does anatomy studies, check him out on the web, I have stacks of pdfs of his, really useful, worth a look!!

_J

cool
 

thanks Jango for the help, thats cool I will make those alterations.

Thanks for the heads up

Dae

Hey Dae..Looking good man, keep it up..:) :)

fixed the stretched pelvis problem, going to start the hands soon, before that I might go over the chest area and make his abs and pecs a little bit softer:)
http://www.mvorster.co.uk/project_images/body2.jpg

dae:)