Beast of Burden - Character/Contraption - stereo

[stereo]

first rough

[stereo]

still working .....

[prayas]

Like your concept - it's different from the others ideas. thought about a flying beast myself. What will it be carrying?

[stereo]

there should be a wooden platform hanging under its stomac :)

[stereo]

some vertices later....

[stereo]

one more with plateforme rough

[ZrO-1]

very cool. I like the flying BoB idea a lot.

[stereo]

IK setup very basic.
this animal has been captured and equiped as a cargo beast by a very intelligent insect race.
one thing still to choose : how to drive the fly maybe with hooks planted in the fly s face or maybe a special hellmet with spikes inside to make the beast obbey... don t know yet
i will begin the insect "driver"


and more ...... a precison about the links around the wings that are tied, it is an exclusive technology for long cargo flys.
they always do that while cargo is being loaded for security reasons.then they move the node so that the beast could take off

:deal:

[stereo]

the driver::D

[eirenicon]

I'm really loving the look of this one :applause:

Is the driver going to steer by smacking the bob upside the head?

[Carl]

That's really nice. I like the aesthetic of the driver, and the 'hands' of the BoB.

[stereo]

nice to me...
verticesdreamstime zZZ²zzZz²ZZ²z²Z²

[stereo]

forgot image ://







:hmm:
:argh:



:deal: :xtreme:




the end.

[stereo]

quick skin for the driver and quick pose too ......
i ll now model some HEAVY houses that the fly ll carry ....

...... few comments ? do i smell ? :P
or maybe something is wrong i translated again the challenge ,iall looks ok and i seem to be awaken...

so ............ GIMME COMMENTS !!
it s so help full and it makes my ideas travel so far !
:wavey:

[samartin]

not much 2 crit really, love that pose the drivers in... but where is that driver gonna sit ??? he's gonna get spikes up it's @rse...

the BoB seems 2 have excessive eyes in my mind but apart from that and maybe 2 small a head...

nice style :thumbsup:, loved u're last works btw...

[stereo]

thanks all for your comments.

this is a quiky composition(out of challenge) to have an idea about the flyind dock, and i didn t choose yet the flying command system..

i modeled some wooden nidacore containers that are carried by the cargo.

[prayas]

like your work. nice idea on that platform. looks like there is a small house on this. can we get a closeup.

only crit for now is that this rope around his wings is kinda ugly and boxystyle. knowwhatimean?

p::.

[stereo]

SURE !
i will make a new system that can release wings i mean a mecanical one.(probably soft hooksand wood system)

thanks again i go now for ur closeup render :)

cheers

[stereo]

oh i forgot , what u see is not a house but one of the nidacore containers like this one

[stereo]

- closeup -

[Grey]

now THAT took some forethought!

Fabulous concept!

[pit]

:eek: :eek:
FANTASTIC!
This is going to be a stunning piece when finished!!

[ZrO-1]

I LOVE the scale you have for this. I just really dig humongous(sp?) beasts. This is really looking awesome.

[hypercube]

This is looking kickass. Love the degree of detail and staging of the platform. The little handler/worker guy is great too. :thumbsup:

Only things I can think of to mention at the moment are, are those wings big enough? Even with the bumblebee theory, it just doesn't seem like they'd get him airborne. Also, how does he hold his legs while flying, and would that do severe damage to the platform?

With the degree of planning and thought going into this, I figure you've got that covered, just thought I'd ask :)

[stereo]

hummm well :)

i wil add a launching ramp like space shuttles that can open wings links, this ramp will be fixed on the ground landing base.
for the arms a sliding bar will be added but the BOB is advised if it touche the platform it ll be punished by a neurotic poison injection that is contained in the driver weapon.. :]
sorry for this but the fact is that the wings seems to small maybe i should add another couple ..i will change this.


"la nuit porte conseil"

thanks again for helping me,

:airguitar

[Grey]

it just looks like there's a whole big long saga behind it :D

[stereo]

changed the beast head for a better fly looking..
started also the wings releaser and also a new skin.

[stereo]

other one.

[stereo]

other more.

[stereo]

if U want to see this skin test :
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/stereographik/bonesbob.avi




avi/divx

[Roman]

Cool, nice addition of the launching ramp! My only "crit" could be that the head could use some more definition.(so does the body also I believe)

[ZrO-1]

I like the change to the head. I think you should also add in that tube-like sucker mouth piece that flys have. You could have the BoB use it to load smaller cargo onto the platform. :)

The scafolding around the beast looks awesome.

[stereo]

ok

thanks roman zro-1
i will add some more muscle definition and head details (but my graphic card is getting hot yet)

concerning the sucking tube i made it first but i have to keep a really small head and so i deleted it .

i will render a mouth closeup and u will see that in fact the mouth interior is full a theeves .


thnaks again for critics.

[thjazi]

la tête est plus sympa comme ça STEREO, sinon perso je détaillerais plus les articulations,

bon courage aussi

a+

[stereo]

i started to add some muscle details and finished head.
i think it s looking rather good like this.
now i have to make a choice about the driving control system:

1/ hooks planted in bob s head
2/hellmet with spikes inside also on the bob s head

[derwolpertinger]

really frightening stuff! very good modelling but i feel kinda strange 'bout the feet and the wings. the feet look very static and that they aren't connected to the ground. and the wings should be more seperated from the body-like a fly's one.
i'd love to see this one textured and animated. :thumbsup:

[stereo]

i rebuilt once again the bones setup:
flash player requiered--animation for beast of burden -- cgtalk challenge (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/stereographik/beast.html)

[stereo]

added wings detailed.
wire view

[stereo]

another compositing test and still adding details......
i deleted a tower cause it catched to much attention...

i think it is getting good this way, so i will now model an acces ramp for the platform.

[stereo]

wings rather finished..

[stereo]

oups ..image ...
:beer: :wavey: :shrug:

[stereo]

another test for fun (many problems about pivots) :/



i will have time to work today

let me know if u think this is bad ..or rather badjump test flash plugin needed (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/stereographik/tests/jump.html)

[AroundTheFur]

i think u need a little prep for the jump, it kinda of looks like hes being thrown, just a little leg bend as if hes gettin ready to jump. COOL STUFF.:buttrock:

[stereo]

thank u AroundTheFur

i took notes about your comment and will do my best to improve this on next moves :D

---i started to build the dock base station----

[ZrO-1]

This is turning out really really great.
I love the flash page you are doing for your test anmations. It is a great idea to do it like that.

The various loading platforms and scaffolding next to and beneath the BoB are incredable. Awesome work so far. :applause:

[stereo]

i improved my animation test and changed url :
HERE IT MOVES :) (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/stereographik/tests/jump.html)

thank u for comments again for those who took time to write .

:beer:

[Cgkoko]

:buttrock: The last update is really great!Go on bugman!:xtreme: :drumrock:

[minus]

Very nice! --- Good to see the the new Flash MX video compressions being used too.... :thumbsup:

[stereo]

thank u !
in fact it is not the sorenson encoder from flash mx
it is my own process a bit more clean but quiet more heavy to download....
will make a tutorial soon..:p

if you are interested with flash renders visit this cartoon test :




now i let the animation and back to modeling, adding details and more objects .

:wavey: --------------cartoon render tests----------------- (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/stereographik/tests/360.html)

[stereo]

hi
i added a small tower control and made a bumpmap for the base dock.

[JJ3d]

!!! that looks really good !!! :thumbsup:

[AroundTheFur]

are we allowed to make environments as well?

[stereo]

i don t know....
maybe i will have to remove it

[ZrO-1]

I really love this. I like the enviroment you have your BoB in. I think it really works because everything in the enviroment has to do with the BoB. Only crit would be to work on that bump for the loading dock.

[stereo]

do you like this one ? :wip:

[ZrO-1]

yeah, much better. :thumbsup:

[stereo]

another view with some details arounf plateform..
will continue on sunday :]
:beer:

[3DZukini]

wow, that's an awesome original idea!! Only comment, I think the cloth on top of the tower needs to be tied down, and maybe the ladders could be "in motion" effected by the wind. Great one, can't wait for the finshed version!:cool:

[pascal_blanche]

one of the most original concept of this challenge.. keep it up!!

[stereo]

thank u for comments 3dzukini and Mr blanché.
i m adding details and i will give motion effects and improve cloth .

PLease help me now i would have add some characters that work around , insects too ,small and unbrained.
do you think it would pertube image reading and challenge rules ?

i m going back to work!!

[hypercube]

Wow, I missed a bunch of stuff! That's awesome. I love all the structures and etc. etc. can never have enough. :thumbsup:

It doesn't sound like anything rule breaking..I don't know that they ever said anything you can't have extra, once you have the beast and things required..handlers, sub beasts..I dunno. Wing it. I just want to see more of this stuff. :D

[stereo]

ok !!:beer:

take this as an order so !?:p

let 's go !!!

[erilaz]

Wow, where have I been the last few pages? This has really gone off!
Serves me right for not paying attention in forum class! Really nice work Stereo!

[ZrO-1]

The only crit I can give you is this:
Right now there is no reason for the scaffolding to be so tall. I see the crane device you have, but it's connected quite low on the scaffolding. I would suggest you give it a reason for being so tall. Don't get me wrong, I like it tall, I think it fits well in the piece like that. It just needs a reason for being that way, even if all you do is place a couple of guys up there with binoculars who are on look out duty.

[stereo]

the scaffolding is a tower control in fact so it must be quiet tall :)))

that is my idea:
the guys (beast and pilots) are mercenaries in long cargo flies.
this is the base and the flying dock in particular (for take off).
i m now modelling small scarabs not much inteligent that ll work around so i have to skin and to give 5/7 generic positions.

and zero1 -- > sure there ll be a scarab on top looking around !!

[stereo]

oh ! and thank you erilaz but one tooth really had to be calmed :shrug:

so i was at the dentist :)))
next update probably tonight



AND CHEERS ALL
:beer:

[stereo]

here a quick render of a worker scarab..

[JJ3d]

Good work Stereo! :buttrock:

I think that the beast need some bumps or modeled details in the arms and hands, that is going to give him sensasion of biger

Keep up working ! :applause:

[stereo]

jj3d i precise : that beast is not the main character
it is just one of the workers who load the cargo plateform

littl update

[JJ3d]

Stereo.. I was talking about the "Giant Fly.."
I think that the arms are too smooth

sorry if I sound a little direct, is my poor english.. :D

[BrainFaucet]

Oh no! a crazy guy in a bug suit is chasing us!!!:scream:

I really Like it!

Keep up the good work!:thumbsup:

[ZrO-1]

LOL w/BrainFaucet. hahaha I was thinking the same thing! It's like "A Bug's Life" on ice. LMAO

Stereo, please don't take that the wrong way. I wasn't laughing at your work. I really LOVE that worker character. I think he's great. It's just that in that pose and in that render it really looks like a guy in a bug suit. LOL :D

[stereo]

LOL

i already changed him ...

[3DZukini]

LOL, if you have time...you could animate some outtakes, maybe one where one of the "bug suit guys" has his mask on backwards and he runs around knocking over parts of the "set" until he falls down...okay, I'll leave know before someone kicks me in the head.:D

[stereo]

little update...
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/stereographik/tests/montage.jpg

:beer:

[stereo]

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/stereographik/tests/montage.jpg

[Daxx]

Oh God, Amazing Work!! But the Beast I think that is too Human shape ^_^ :scream:

[CGTalk Moderation]

This thread has been automatically closed as it remained inactive for 12 months. If you wish to continue the discussion, please create a new thread in the appropriate forum.