Skullcrusher
 

Hello all! This is my first WIP thread ever so bear with me here.
Here's the bear:
http://www.americanbear.org/shared/i...black-bear.jpg
Arharharhar I'm so funny that sometimes I forget how funny a guy I am. Ok now that we have all laughed our asses of at that hilarious pun induced picture we can get to the boring stuff below.
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Basically this is a thread to keep me motivated to finish my final project for my animation (I am going to try and make it as good as possible since it is my last year of highschool.)

Skullcrusher is a character I thought up while lying in bed one night listening to AC/DC. I got the name (finally) today, while stocking some shelves at my work. There were some Skullcandy headphones and one type was called the Skull Crushers. Yeah, I know, I'm so creative. Think of a mix between Iron Monger, Megatron and the Terminator. Yeah, downright badass. It will be a very complex model filled with pistons, gears, exhaust pipes, smoke stacks, armour plating, a plethora of different weapons and other mechanical bits.

History: After a nuclear holocaust caused by the Second World War, an alien race comes to Earth, taking advantage of the stupidity of the human race and claiming the planet as their own. A small team of scientists (deep underground, unnoticed by the invaders above and safe from the nuclear radiation) put together their last hope of keeping the human race intact by creating a war machine of massive proportions. This machine, or 'Skullcrusher', is made to annihilate any remaining Axis forces that may still be alive (once the mission is complete, the scientists will repopulate the world without the trouble of enemies). Unfortunatly, the scientists are unaware of the aliens above ground, and send out Skullcrusher. This is where the whole animation will begin...

Weapons and Accessories:
-Crushing hand
-Chainsaw attached to forearm
-Rocket packs attached to its calves/ ankles and back
-rocket launchers (on arms?)
-assorted guns...
-ammunition carriage under chest armour on rotating cylinders...
-A skull for a head.
-maybe some sort of ray shield on an arm for deflecting enemy attacks...


I don't exactly have the storyboard planned out yet...



So yeaaaah that was a very grueling read and way to long but I promise pictures in a couple of days! I have a few concept sketches made so far but they are at school...



The skull is almost complete as are the feet.



The thing I'm most worried about is the texturing.

Sorry for this horribly unorganized post. Any questions/comments/critisism strongly appreciated. I'm not sure if my story makes much sense so help is appreciated there as well :).

Here is a piece of concept I did up an hour ago ( side view of the body with two arm views)
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...ullcrusher.jpg

I didn't draw the legs but I do have some leg samples at school...

wow
 

Cool i'll be looking forward to this!
how much will a DVD copy cost! :attn:

Lol no DVD. Thanks though ;)

I want to see pics. because if your model is any thing like your art you got something to show off :alien:

Well I finished the toe:
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...ti217/toe1.jpg

More concepts to come tonight...

Foot is near completion. I'm at a stand still for the rest of the foot. I'm not sure how it will all interlock with the heel. Oh yah, it's all rigged as well so far...(pistons, levers, gears etc...)
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...i217/foot1.jpg

I'm at school right now so I can't post much without mine teacher kicking me me off...:P

Very cool
 

You seem to be moving along quickly!
I like it! I look forward to watching this project through.
Keep it up i really like your design;)

are you saying you're rigging the model at the same time you're modeling it?

and are you modeling the foot to perfect completion before going on to another part?

Yes, why?

Anyways, here some more concepts which I promised:
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...217/bot001.jpg

Oh and here's the skull. As you can tell, I don't have a proper attention span because I'm doing little bits here and there.
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...217/skull1.jpg

Oh yah, thanks Josh :)
Kepp in mind I had the foot done a few days ago, and the skull was completed more than two months ago. I kind of forgot about the skull and decided that I'd use it for this project.

So, me and afro_man are off to a Skills Canada for the provincial competition in 3D animation (we came 1st in regionals and if we win this we're off to the east coast!) . Wish us luck! And then we're going to Hawaii on a band trip...

So no updates for about a week. Sorry Josh :P

Ill wait
 

thats to bad for me buy GREAT for you. Have good time;)

Just to let you know, I havn't died...The bottom half of the leg is near completion. I decided I'm going to rig this all at once when it's finished.

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...ti217/leg1.jpg

Aloha
 

Aloha and mahalo for visiting our beautiful islands!
(I live in Hawaii).

well i like your leg but its kinda short?
O never mind its only the bottom half LOL.

Are you using Maya?

Aloha! Which island are you on? We went to the Kona Coast and Waikiki Beach. Both were very nice.

Yep, it's only the bottom half. I have some leg orthographics I still need to upload...

I might make the toes bigger too.

Thanks for taking an interest ;)

I live on The "Big Island" as its called,so if you were in Kona you were must have also visited our island :attn:

In your story is there only one skullcrusher or many clones?


:confused:

Originally there is only one Skullcrusher...But you gave me an idea...

I might make a duplicate copy, maybe with different armour colour, and it could be like... his arch nemesis lol.

This is looking really good so far. Looking forward to seeing more.:beer:

I thought it might take more than one skullcrusher to crush the invading :alien: s LOL

You could create an Army of them!
Or you could make just a few, depending on how dangerous these things are.

Different armor colors is good idea,but an arch nemesis would change you story,but it is your story.

thumbs up :attn:

Heres the leg so far (I repositioned the toes for easier rigging.)

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...ti217/leg3.jpg

Hey so some more work on this. I've changed the angle of the leg and it almost completely 'clean.'

back:
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...ti217/leg4.jpg


front:
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...ti217/leg5.jpg

nice! you start on the upper part of the leg.

but the other angles does bring it justice.


:attn: keep goin.

Here is the lower torso/pelvis(?)...

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...217/torso2.jpg

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...217/torso2.jpg


Yes, it is rigged, so when I rotate the sphere in the middle, the pistons and pipe-y things move as well (bendy straw style for the pipes :)

Next up on the agenda is the actual pelvis and some armour coverings for those tender insides.

A rough outline of what I have so far.
Gunna add some more detail to the torso armour obviously, and I need to add intricate gears and pipes and I need to add the 'backbone' (see concepts).
Arms are next on the plate as well as rocket packs.

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...ghoutline1.jpg

well good to see some progress.
looking very cool.

but those legs need to be fitted better.:attn:

Ohhhh yah.

They are much too spread out. I will fix taht as soon as I get the pelvis underway...

Hey so if anyone is still interested, here is the rough outline so far;


http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...ghoutline3.jpg


Still need to do pelvis, upper arms, innards, and figure out how to make the legs less fatty.

hey how is going! is this project still runnig??