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# 1 01-01-2007 , 03:42 AM

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My latest project (it remains to be seen if I can push a project through to completion - but hope springs eternal):

Here is a short, rendered clip (high poly) to give a view of the whole thing.

LowPoly Front
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LowPoly Side
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LowPoly Perspective
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Smoothed Perspective
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# 2 02-01-2007 , 03:44 AM

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Can you post an unwired smoothed view? cant really see all the details with wires user added image

looks good though

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# 3 02-01-2007 , 04:03 AM

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In the side view, below the knee looks slightly too far back... apart from that it looks like very neat work, well done!

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# 4 02-01-2007 , 04:04 AM

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To me it looks awsome, like the incredibles, but im a very big noob to maya haha wish i had a tutor to teach me to make that type of stuff :O lol

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# 5 02-01-2007 , 06:02 AM

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yeah, let's see an unsmoothed wire

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# 6 02-01-2007 , 10:20 PM

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Sorry, I get a couple hours a week to work on this. Haven't touched it since I posted. I'll try to get a couple smoothed renders up tomorrow.

Originally posted by petrol
In the side view, below the knee looks slightly too far back... apart from that it looks like very neat work, well done!

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Yeah, I've been told about the knee from another friend of mine. I'm not sure if I should change it or not. Perhaps I'll test moving it forward and see if I like it that way. I'm not exactly going for realism so I'm not sure if it will matter. My biggest concern is if it will make rigging harder.

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# 7 02-01-2007 , 10:24 PM

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Originally posted by MattTheMan
yeah, let's see an unsmoothed wire

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Are the top 3 pictures unsmoothed wires???

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# 8 02-01-2007 , 10:28 PM

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Yes sir.

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# 9 03-01-2007 , 02:42 AM

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I'm quite sure they meant to say unwired smooth

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# 10 03-01-2007 , 03:27 PM

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Smoothed - Without Armor
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Smoothed - With Armor
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Closeups of head
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# 11 03-01-2007 , 04:30 PM

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Really cool model! I really like the overall style of it. It does have sort of a Mr. Incredible feel to it. IMHO, I would try and move that part of the leg slightly forward, though. It just seems a bit too far back, even for a cartoony style. But, overall, I think it's awesome, and I can't wait to see the progress!

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# 12 03-01-2007 , 07:00 PM

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I'll try moving the lower leg this weekend.

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# 13 08-01-2007 , 12:17 PM

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I moved the lower leg. Didn't have time to do much else this weekend.

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# 14 11-01-2007 , 07:23 AM

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Did a little more work on him. Added a belt and sheath for a sword I had created as part of a personal NURBS learning project (which has since been converted to polys because I wasn't aware of the nastiness of nurbs texturing).

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