Beast Of Burden - Character - dmcgrath

[dmcgrath]

Man I gotta tell ya that this is one busy challenge. I had to go through like 6 pages just to find where my post was. Heres the first update. I'm starting out very rough and should have the whole thing fleshed out in a couple of days. Gotta work faster and post more. Or I'll get lost in this thing. Oh, yeah the red cirlce is a place where there is a junction of 7 different polys. I just highlited it to remind myself.

[dmcgrath]

Ive only had time to draw lately, so here are a couple more pics, mainly of the hitch that is used to tow the boat contraption. I have been busy with school and havent had any time for new updates yet. Hope I can finish.

[dmcgrath]

and...

[ZrO-1]

The BoB's look kinda cool. Are you going to be putting hair on them?
I like the idea of using two beasts instead of one. I don't think there are any other 3D entries that do that.
So far so good. Keep it up :thumbsup:

[Fetus23]

ya 2 beasts is a very cool idea. I seem to like these ones that hug the ground...running like a crocidile.hurry hard!!

fetus

[dmcgrath]

to ZRo: Yes hopefully he'll have fur on the final process. Of course it isnt really modeled so I cant count it. I just got a new plug in called Shave for MAYA. I really want to try that out. But I will probably stick with the regular fur plug in.
Ill give you a couple of quick updates here. Trying to maintain an all quad polygon geometry takes some time to do right. This little bit has taken me a few hours...

[dmcgrath]

armdetails...

[hypercube]

Hey, coming along..I like the idea of the low slung critters..looks like they have a lot to pull, too.

I'm still pretty good about maintaining quads too, partially because when LW first got realtime sub-d, you could ONLY use quads..now sometimes just gotta let go with a tri or two to keep things going..though tris are still considered 'messy' by purists. :shrug:

btw, is that leg really that dense BEFORE sub-d? Jiminy christmas!

Only other thing I'd say is I like the more ram-like horn on the sketch vs. the lengthwise ridges on the rough..but that's just as it is now, have to see more.

Keep rolling..

[dmcgrath]

I spent alot of time on that horn, just messing and tweaking to see if I like it. That is a problem of mine (loss of focus sometimes). It looks a little like a star pattern on the x-section now, but twisted a little. here is a quick smooth out. But I will probably go back to the twisted lumpy ram's horn.

[dmcgrath]

just a new horn design for now... I will post more product tomorrow

[dmcgrath]

its been a long time coming for updates, too busy doing homework, but heres a head shot

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and a little detail of the eye, just in case you asked for it :)

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I got on a roll and heres another postie

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Now that my schoolwork is done (Ill be posting that soon, it came out pretty good)

Some more work has been done in teh last couple of hours here.

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and a smoothed version, I dont think Ill have hair on him for a while yet. Time to start working on the rigging and the contraption.

[dmcgrath]

heres the other hard part, the harness

[dmcgrath]

another of the harness. with the towbar HURRY HURRY!!!!!!!!

[dmcgrath]

how about a team of them!? My linkage is capable of attaching bar, to bar, to bar, to bar, etc...

[dmcgrath]

heres a test render (it's actually a cloud texture) sheep like

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This has to be my final image submitted, a quick render, no time left. Its been fun :wavey:

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cleaned up a bit

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