Recreating Tony Stark's suitcase armor

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# 1 11-02-2013 , 05:44 AM

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As the title says...

Trying to recreate the suitcase armor scene in Iron Man 2 with a dash of home video styled filming to it.
Here's what I have so far: render5 - YouTube

I need some critiques. I know there's a lot I can improve on. Check it out.

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# 2 11-02-2013 , 02:37 PM

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are you using an hdri image for reflectivity? I think that's the biggest standout for me

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# 3 11-02-2013 , 02:39 PM

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I'm using it to light the scene, so the answer is yes... it does have some influence on the reflectivity.

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# 4 11-02-2013 , 09:19 PM

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Are you using te mip rayswitch? Would help get better hdri results if not. Looks good though. Nice keyframing.

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# 5 11-02-2013 , 10:21 PM

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Looks promising - but way too early for me to crit at the mo - well done, love the moving dirt.

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# 6 12-02-2013 , 08:38 AM

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Oh I wasn't looking for a crit (yet)... I was more wondering what direction would you guys take to make things look better.

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# 7 12-02-2013 , 08:55 AM

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Are you using te mip rayswitch? Would help get better hdri results if not. Looks good though. Nice keyframing.

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No I'm not using this... but I'll look into it. I am right now actually.

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# 8 22-05-2013 , 04:34 AM

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It's been a while, but here's an update.

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No roto done yet, it's been kind of a pain getting the shaders right. As well as the animations aren't final. All renders are straight from Maya, no compositing has been done yet.
Any comments are welcome... preferably the kind I can use to make this thing better. user added image

Last edited by s1acker; 22-05-2013 at 08:14 AM.

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# 9 25-05-2013 , 07:56 PM

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Bump. Anyone? Anyone? Anyone?

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# 10 25-05-2013 , 09:10 PM

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Your second video does not work for me............dave

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# 11 26-05-2013 , 12:05 AM

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Does not work? As in... you can't play it? Or you just don't like how it is?

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# 12 26-05-2013 , 05:00 AM

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Did not play for me...........dave

Edit:it plays now about 2 seconds

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# 13 26-05-2013 , 08:10 AM

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Strange, because it works on my end... not sure what I can do about that.

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# 14 27-05-2013 , 01:31 AM

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Render a turn table so I can see the materials. Its the best way to check if they are too shiney or weird in some way. Then render a grey sphere and a chrome sphere. To check your environment and lighting. looks pretty cloudy which means there isnt much key lighting. might look better on a sunny evening.
To make it better I'd work on the materials and lighting. Try grading what you have but the shoulders stand out to me right now.

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