Some Guy- March/April
 

I have been thinking about ideas and i'm gonna do a charachter (Possible in a vehicle if time allows). He'll be a miner/digger sort of theme and he'll be either holding a massive flame thrower or a big drill. Here is my first quick concept.

Looks awsome Some Guy! Keep the wips comming!

Also, I'm really happy to know that your not making any giant spiders. :beer:

The sketch is roof but he is looing all right .


What is wrong with a giant mechanical spider
:confused:

I kinda like it, looks like a dwarf or my old teacher. :)

Hey
I did it really quickly and i am crap with proportions. This is just to get a feel for what it'll look like. I want it to be short. I'm taking a bit of inspiration from the Warhammer miniatures and, as bad as it makes me feel, from the disney (Shudders) film Atlantis.

sounds cool - I like your sketch.

I need to put on my thinking cap....

Hi all,
I am keeping this model low poly like mike suggested. I am starting by making a basic concept 3d model just to get a feel for what the final will be like. Ive made the head in a bout an hour.

Some more progress done

side veiw

Nice nice, I really like the head, looks like a character taken from one of the Zelda games. :)

Thanks,
Looking at it now though i think he looks a bit like Chopper Reid.
I am still blocking it out some more.

Yeah, reminds me of the carpenters in zelda (majoras mask or ocarina of time, cant remember witch of them)

looking like a good start!

Thanks

liddle bit more

Finished blocking out the body. Ive decided to make some sort of vehicle aswell. I'll get designing soon. I know he is disproportioned at the moment but i still need to fix it.

hehe, nice modelling some guy, he's really got that fun cartoony look :)

Si

yeah - nice work some guy.

It might be worth beefing up his backpack - it looks a little thin at the moment, but other than that, this is looking cool.
:beer:

coming along nicely. My only suggestion is doing something with the feet, they look a little too big.

Hey all, thanks for the comments :)

Rhetoric Camel-As ive said the proportions need to be fixed up.

Arran- Thanks, after i fix up the main character i was going to detail it more. atm it is just a temp to see where it'll go

Tick- I was going for the cartoony look so it's good to know iv'e done it right

Updates soon :)

And updates they came...
I am going to work on details such as cloth folds and asymetry.
Still keeping it low poly.

Iv'e basically finished the body. I have also made a start on the pack.

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Here is another version. I like this one better.

wire of the face

Looking cool! Let's see some more details in there! :)

Thanks :)
The detail will happen soon. I have made a start on the oversized drill.

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Here are a few occlusion renders. They really bring out some of the detail.
A question to mike- How low is low poly. So far this is 2500 faces (Unoptimised). Is that good or should i try to lose some?

C&C welcome

I would actually say you could go higher if you wanted. Unless this look is the style you're going for (it's a neat style!). I'd consider, for a character these days, low poly to be 8000 or less

Thanks.
I'm probably gonna add more detail to his hands then and some more edges to make the armour look sharper in places.

looking really good some guy - love the drill and this model has got a great feel to it - definitely an early favorite for me.
:beer:

Thanks arran :)
Iv'e rounded out the model a bit and added a few more edges to it. There are some wrinkles in the clothing now (hard to see) and the belt is alot thicker. still only at 2870 faces.

Ilike it but the one area I don`t like ( it was the same on your transformer) is your hands. They look out of scale with everything else. They are very small.

Thats one hell of a low poly count there well done. Love the tash.:nod:

Hey, i think you have the transformer model confused with me cause i made the alien for the last challenge...

I'll make the hands bigger and see what they look like though.
Cheers :)

Big Hands now

man i`m so sorry

of cause your right
I loved your last model ( it got my vote)

feeling very bloody silly now
:shakehead :shakehead :shakehead

they do look alot better

Thats ok :)

Looking good man :) I'd suggest beefing up the polycount a little at least though, his miner suit just looks a little too sharp for me at the moment. Very cool head, lots of character, the moustache makes the model :)