Beast of Burden - Character - wgeddes

[hypercube]

Heh, that should be fun..makes me think of a dark flintstones universe :)

Maybe padme could end up in the minecar somehow..wouldn't be any more ludicrous a setup than that factory sequence. :D

[wedge]

Originally posted by hypercube
Heh, that should be fun..makes me think of a dark flintstones universe :)

that's what i was afraid of =(

[hypercube]

hmm, maybe for a more serious tone it could be hooked up to a pulley system or some other machinery, and making it function? like it moves the elevators or pumps the bellows, but there's nothing balanced on its head..or maybe some kind of underslung headgear that carries the stuff..

May even be as simple as a stance change, once you get to the modeling phase I'm sure it'll clear up..

anyway, no offense, that is what springs to mind tho. :hmm:

[wedge]

here's another concept... this is a creature that is bred to haul boulders up sheer cliff faces.... he has claws that stab into the rocks... i have no idea what kind of legs he would have, so i hid them behind boxes with boulders in them.

the gray part is a sheer cliff face.

[stereo]

nice idea !

[erilaz]

Great concept!! I can't wait to see where this one's headed!

[Kulu_Kulu]

grrrrrrrr :)

kulu

[hypercube]

Ah, very cool, like that one a lot..what if he didn't have any legs? or they were all totally adapted to climbing? 6 legged monkey stance? Should be cool at any rate..

[wedge]

UPDATE:

I've decided his legs will be shriveled up because he doesn't use them anymore.

[wedge]

Another angle... He's really ripped up top, but he's got some fat around his belly (even though there's DEFINATELY muscle underneath) and his legs will be little and shriveled... sort of like the legs on WATTO from Episode I and II

[erilaz]

Nice definition! Images of Mortal Kombat come to mind for some reason, but I'm sure that will change!:p
I'll be definately watching the progress on this one!

[wedge]

and a thumbnail ;)

[hypercube]

Looking good! Dig the atrophied leg idea as well..should make for a funky balance. Rock on..



On a side note, have I mentioned enough how frustrating it is that any char with 4 arms gets branded mortal kombat? Maybe it's a generational thing, but keerist! Why isn't it ever 'hey, that looks like clash of the titans' or any of the other 4 armed chars that have been done? or just 'hey, that's a cool 4 armed character'.. argh!

Anyway, sorry, rant off. :rolleyes:

[wedge]

i have to agree with you on that one, although i'm only 18, so Mortal Kombat is really my generation ;)

workin on the little legs now!

[erilaz]

Sorry... next time I'll kurb my ninties slurs. :hmm:
I probably say "It sort of looks like a..." a lot on these forums. I'll refrain in future! Thanks for the dig.

[hypercube]

Bah, didn't mean to be -that- harsh, don't curb anything, just one of those 'niagra falls' kind of things, in the moment..I'm definitely an 'it looks like..' kind of guy.

Hell I grew up with MK too, am just a huge nerd and have all the other references on the brain :)

Sorry for the thread pollution for the pet peeve..

[wedge]

still workin on the legs :bounce:

:thumbsup: here's a wireframe/smoothshade/control mesh for you to feast your eyes on.... DRINK UP! :beer:

[Grey]

Nice work...

But just out of coriosity, isn't this a bit close to a humanoid?

rule 5) can't be humanoid

I don't mean to sound like an ass, or anything... but... :D

[ZrO-1]

wgeddes, that looks pretty awesome! I like the clif-climber idea. and the atrophied legs are an awesome touch. The model kinda reminds me of the big guy from Mortal Combat ( ;) ;) @ 'cube) LOL.

[wedge]

Originally posted by Grey
Nice work...

But just out of coriosity, isn't this a bit close to a humanoid?

rule 5) can't be humanoid

I don't mean to sound like an ass, or anything... but... :D

eh :shrug: if i get disqualified, I get disqualified, I don't really care :D i came up with a concept that I like and I'm gonna see what I can do with it... It's not about winning or losing, because (after looking at some other works) i can pretty much guarantee I won't win anyways! Might as well crank out something worth-while though!

[erilaz]

Hey wgeddes! I was sleeping on the tram to work and had a dream about your creature attacking me with fireballs! Freaky.

Hypercube, no probs. I guess no one wants their work related to an under-developed character in a popular game-franchise. Sorry to you too wgeddes. I just saw four arms, and bammo! Gorro.
:hmm:

This in no way to say that your work doesn't look spectacular! quite the contrary. The dream should suffice to say it had an effect!

[wedge]

Wow. The fact that I gave you a nightmare is a huge compliment! Thanks! :beer:

Oh yeah, and if Lildragon or anyone else who runs this challenge could tell me if I should start over before too long, that'd be great :thumbsup:

[hypercube]

I'm sure you'll get word from on high, but for my .02 I think you're nowhere near infringing on the humanoid part..there are a lot of 'gorilla like' or fully bipedal creatures in here that are much closer to being a human than yours.

Besides, I just wanna see this guy finished :D


Oh and again sorry for the other thing. :hmm:

[wedge]

UPDATE:

I mosaiced out the face because I hate it. Any suggestions for the head?

[iC4]

looks cool, and definitely not like a human :thumbsup:

[dmonk]

It's looking really good so far.
I'm doing a climber too, but I haven't decided how I'm gonna tackle the harness thing.

Is your harness gonna be like in your sketch?

Good work!:thumbsup:

[wedge]

he's going to be carrying several contiainers of large rocks, or something... and they're going to be painfully attacked to him =) my emotion is ANGER

[wedge]

UPDATE:

[wedge]

MORE :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[wedge]

STILL MORE!!! MUA HA HA HA!!!!:buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock:

[wedge]

:annoyed: i am the ABSOULTE angirest man alive right now. A brief storm blew by my house. Not long enough to do a damned thing except FLASH THE POWER IN MY HOUSE, making my computer, as well as Maya, reboot. Out-friggin-standing. I just lost huge changes in my model, including reshaping the lips and eyes, as well as addition of a NOSE, TONGUE, and TEETH.

GGGGGRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHGGGGRAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vfx]

Nice idea, look forward to the final result:thumbsup:

[Joril]

Originally posted by wgeddes
:annoyed: i am the ABSOULTE angirest man alive right now. A brief storm blew by my house. Not long enough to do a damned thing except FLASH THE POWER IN MY HOUSE, making my computer, as well as Maya, reboot. Out-friggin-standing. I just lost huge changes in my model, including reshaping the lips and eyes, as well as addition of a NOSE, TONGUE, and TEETH.

GGGGGRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHGGGGRAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's Maya for ya ....
:rolleyes:

[wedge]

what are you talking about? I said my POWER went out.

[OrestesMantra]

That sucks man.Ive had that happen on many an occasion.

[wedge]

Sorry for the lack of recent updates...

I've become addicted to this game called Dungeon Siege, and I can hardly pull myself away from it to sleep, let alone model :D

hopefully i'll just beat the damned thing and move on so i can make this dude start climbing! :thumbsup:

[wedge]

okay, i beat dungeon siege this mornig :)

here you go :thumbsup:

[wedge]

Oh how i'd love to finish this, but other things have come up, so I'm dropping out of the challenge this month. Maybe next month I'll do one!

i hope to finish this model eventually, but, alas, not right now. Plus, there are so many really good entries that i don't stnad a chance!!

bye all!

[ZrO-1]

I'm sorry to hear you have to drop out of the challenge. I hope it's not 'cause of anything bad. We definetly need to get intouch with eachother being so close. Give me an e-mail (mgilbert@optonline.net) and we'll see what we can do about maybe meeting.

[wedge]

you have optimum online too? weird we have the same ISP...

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