Beast of Burden - Character - samartin

[samartin]

another hour and half spent, I have no experience of rigging so I dunno if this is the right way 2 go in setting up the model ??? I do wish 2 rig it at some point as I can put it down 2 experience (good or bad)... anyways my night version...

http://www.samartin.co.uk/jpg's/beast/body.jpg

A little description, this is 1 mother of a creature with a defense mechanism which is the tail, dunno wot dinosuar I thought of but I think it may b a stegosaurus tail ??? there will b a rear toe so he can sleep upside down if he so wished, he's gonna b ribbed on the belly like a dragon-esque style... the arms I am a lil' undecided at the mo', my current thoughts r fairly long weedy and nimble hands as he ain't gonna b a fast mover on foot...

The head I have no idea yet... prob. raptor stylee... then again...

[samartin]

latest ver :-

http://www.samartin.co.uk/jpg's/beast/body2.jpg

wanting a bit of advice from any LW'ers out there, I want 2 rig this thing at some point but was wondering if I have got it in a decent state 2 rig it ??? I tried with a model of homer simpson I did but when I moved 1 leg the other moved aswell but distorted big time and this is wot confuses me, why would 1 set of bones influence another set ??? :shrug:

and I don't wanna model all this with all tonnes of details 2 find out it's not gonna work...

:beer: in advance

[samartin]

http://www.samartin.co.uk/jpg's/beast/body3.jpg

This BoB is an undiscovered creature from the egyptian times, man, alien or wotever didn't lug them rocks around... it was this poor overworked creature...

I haven't figured the scale thing out yet as I don't have experience of seeing these magnificent structures...

I think I should shut up and crack on with details, please feel free 2 crit or sl@g...

[samartin]

compression is pretty cr@ppy but this is due 2 my host only allowing 250mb of hits a month and I wasn't that far of it last month so :-

http://www.samartin.co.uk/jpg's/beast/body4.jpg

I think it is 2 dinosaury now, so I need 2 modify certain things... kinda thinking big flappy jaws so tonnes of saliva can drip from them... the arms I still haven't decided yet ???

[samartin]

http://www.samartin.co.uk/jpg's/beast/body5.jpg

Modified feet quite a bit from the last as it wouldn't be able 2 walk properly... defense mechanism is now a scoprion type tail...

[ZrO-1]

that's coming along really well. I like the overall design. One crit though: I don't think it would drag it's tail on the ground. Dino's didn't and scorpions don't much either. Just my opinion. :shrug:

[samartin]

Thanx ZrO-1 :- consider u're point taken on board, the tail will go back 2 normal status like the lil' piccie shows...

I do plan 2 rig this at some point as I have never been successful in doing so and this forum helps me drive big time 2 do things I would normally give up on...

http://www.samartin.co.uk/jpg's/beast/body6.jpg

the last update 4 2day I think...

:thumbsup: 2 cgtalk !!!

[samartin]

Latest ver :-

http://www.samartin.co.uk/jpg's/beast/body7.jpg

I think now this is fitting in2 the BoB category now... I am a little unsure about the arms, I did want 2 make the quite weedy but I think he'd end up a bit T-Rex...

Please feel free 2 crit as I am now gonna lay him 2 rest 4 2day anyway... 2 many DVD's 2 watch...

[samartin]

I am nearing completion of the hands now, some crits/suggestions would b nice so I have supplied the main views... I am gonna start designing the rider and all the gear associated with the BoB... in keeping with the theme it'll b egyptian type characters and ornaments...

:beer: cheers

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