Medevil Age Kurt... Mythical beast
 

Hi guys, my entry for this comp, Is going to be a beast of some sort. I'll be trying to model this in nurbs (yeah right) Its my first attempt at a patch modeling. So most likely will end up as a POLY....

what are the diffrences in modelling in nurbs and poly?

What are the differencesmight be easier to ask what are the similarities rather than the differences.? lol
Brian
BTW Kurt, thats a really good start, only think I would say (I know it is way early on, but I would just point out the chin. Keep up with the updates.

Just a small update about 4 hours into it. Started to align patches on the neck and chin. Still have to work on the eye and nose area. But its my first patch model ever.

closer

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Iv'e not tried patch modeling myself, so I'll be watching with interest to see your progress.

nice bro. it feels goo to try something. diff. i mean everybody is doing the hobbit way. so im trying some new stuff. great work,

i think this could turn into a great vreature kurt! keep it up brother moderator :)

Ok about 9 hours into it, Got a little upset at the nurbs patches not aligning right so I just turned it into my first love POLYS. Good thing is it still kept most, if not all the detail I had in the patch model.

LOL. Poly's are just so EASY to work with!!

Nice progress for only 9 hours!!! I look forward to seeing more.

10 in a half hours, we have ears.....

Looks cool, man!

Thanks mike!!!!!!!! Having a Blast with him....

Holy cow, Kurt! That rocks! If I had the means, I would definitely hire you as a modeler for my projects. Keep up the great work. :)

Danny I wish you could hire me I need a job is your school hireing hehhehehe=)... I'm waiting to here back from a company hopefully it will work out.

Nice work Kurt! Keep it up!

The models is looking WAY great Kurt!

Excellent model with good detail Kurt. He looks like Cardinal Wolsey (NOT CARDINAL FANG from Monty Python) with pointy ears so very Tudorish.

Nurbs can be tricky to model with, you have to get your mind around them. Although most sources say that there are better for modelling non-character types and that polys and Sub-Ds are better for this.

The only thing that puts me off of NURBS is texturing them - it's seems like a right pain in the *rse! Are you going to texture this model Kurt?

Thanks guys... gazzamztaz im going to try to texture him, but that my weak point still....

Attached the ears. still pulling out detail on the top of the head. Than off to the body=)

Kurt is this model two separate halves instanced across the ZY axis or are you duplicating the side just for rendering?

Just duplcated the side for a render. I only work on 1 half at a time....

eaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh.. holly cow!!

that gave me a heart attack!!!. now thats what i call REAL modeling. great detail. dont ever stop. boys got a future.

Raul.

wow. some major improvemets!! Very Very nice!

Raul... I need a job before I can have a future =)

Just a update started the body. Still thinking what kind of feet he should have. Im playing with the idea of a hoof on a horse or maybe a rhino's foot.....

or a big elephant foot! haha.

wow, that is freggen amazing :) how did you learn maya so good? just from constant practice, or from videos and tutorials, or a school?

Just keeps getting better and better.

dbirider... I took a 9 month course in maya, and learned the basics there. I've been out of school now for 9 months and all I do is practise and read as much as I can.

Kurt, that is awesome. wish i could model like that.

woah... where did you take that course? Also, how would you rate the place you went to?(good, bad, worth it, not worth it)

after i graduate from high school nexed year, i want to take some sort of course for maya(possibly on the opposite side of the country at gnomon).. so im just trying to figure out where alot of people go to take maya courses.
:wow: :bgreen:

I took my course at the Internatioanl Academy of Design in Toronto Canada I know there is a few Academy od design schools in the US also. Its was pretty good they teach all the aspects of animation and post production you would learn all the basics than its pretty much up to you to get good at what areas intrests you the most. I was worth it for me I love 3D animation Aaand MAYA. I was also a teachers assistant for a bit after I graduated.

That is looking awesome! You though about texture yet?

not quiet yet im thinking maybe brown skin tones...

:wow: wow :wow:

what about something more odd for colour - like a dirty blue or something.

sounds good i'll have to play around with it once i get to that point...

Just an update....

looks amazing kurt, like yoda's older (uglier!) brother! :) Can't wait to see this finished!

Ps. If you can't get a job what hope is there for the rest of us!!!! ;)

kurt.... Im looking for a great model like that for the cd tutorials that are going in our shop soon, I have a dummy model for testing.... I would like to use him as a rigging tutorial

How about we come to some arrangment on it?

Let me know mate :)

very nice modeling kurt.. :)