Above and Beyond - vehicle/character - tascitus

[tascitus]

ok, had some time to do some work. here is the start of my a&b's motor.

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/above1.jpg

[tascitus]

another view.

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/above2.jpg

[otacon]

Nice.:thumbsup:

[tascitus]

quick little update.
http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/above3.jpg

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/above4.jpg

[mebamonster]

Beautiful start. Now you have me curious...What's your concept? Right now, it's looking a bit factory-made...but you may have some home-made ideas that have not been built yet. Keep us posted on your progress:beer:

[tascitus]

the motor will get some damage and repair work done on it before its done. it is the most mechanized part in the design im working on, a personal flying machine.

[Montparnasse]

...did you need to model that motor? Do you have a wireframe?

you make everything without any concepts or scribbles...?

Greetings
Montparnasse, who does not see the goal of that project at that early stage...

[fellah]

wow, really great start! alot of work in there. that's really all I wanted to say, keep it up :)

[tascitus]

Montparnasse: yes i modeled the motor. i scoured the net for small engines to see various motor layouts, the picked and pulled parts to build this one. the motor took me about 5 hours to model, so far.

fellah: thanks for the encouragement.:wavey:

[tascitus]

i dinged up the components a bit, and spent way too long modelling the weld between the wing mounts and the motor body.

the wings are extremely rough, just wanted to give an idea of where its going.

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/above5.jpg

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/above6.jpg

[WiltedEnds]

:buttrock: really kick ass!!!im loving it so far!

[mebamonster]

Wow! darn cool. Keep us posted!

[Fex]

wow a homemade batmobile
very nice semi organic style:thumbsup:

[pit]

I´m impressed :eek:

[dmcgrath]

very cool man, i love the flapping wing concept. It looks like it would really hurt you to wear it (but thats why we fly inside machines in the real world)
Are you going for a character too??
Any sketches???

:thumbsup:

[Montparnasse]

...no the concept is clear, too.......WOW, like it...

And hey tascitus, dont get me wrong, because I really did never ever have any doubt about it, that you did the motor yourself...but on the wireframe I can see, how you made it (so fast) with booleans or not, where are more polys, where less ...things like that....

Because I always model Chars the whole year, I have absolutely no plan about modelling a thing like that...

So again, sorry for my asking about a wireframe, without mentionning the reason....

Greetings
Montparnasse

[Elf]

nice work:thumbsup: , keep going

[Ragnakim]

:love: :love: :love: I think this smilies speak for them selfs. :D

[freemind77]

Yup , i hope bounces speak to self too :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :thumbsup:

[tascitus]

yay, its the weekend! time for an update.
thanks for your comments all. keep them comming.:)

Montparnasse: no problem.

dmcgrath: there will absolutly be a pilot.

some wing work
http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/above8.jpg

and a wireframe
http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/above9.jpg

[Russo]

hmm.. love it, keep it coming!

[paconavarro]

GREAT love the container of the flapping mechanism :)

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[mv]

:thumbsup:

[rizob]

yea man this is really shapin up, if its a back pack you might want to make some supports to keep it off the body, it might hurt like dmcgrath said. just a thought, keep rockin man

[tascitus]

rizob: yeah, i started work on the engine mount about 30 mins ago. i doubt i'll do much more on it at this time though, i want to get the pilot in there first.

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/above10.jpg

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/above11.jpg

[dmcgrath]

man you are amazing, you even modeled the welds??? That take dedication, patience, and low sanity :insane:

Just kidding, really amazing stuff cant wait to see the pilot.



-dan

[mebamonster]

looking splendid! go! go! go!:buttrock:

[freemind77]

Fantasic! what about to add some stretched cloth on wings , like seen on for example Ragnarok's robo ?

[tascitus]

general wing cleanup. i wasnt really happy with some of the wing elements, seemed to mushy if ya know what i mean.

dmcgrath: thanks alot, i spent a little too long modeling those welds. :)

mebamonster : :airguitar

freemind77: thanks for the input.


http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/above12.jpg

[.overflowed]

Great.

:applause:

[tascitus]

time for work on the pilot to begin. so heres his footwear.


http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/boot1.jpg

[dark_lotus]

Thats looking really sensational, I'd like to see a bump map on the cloth, just to give it that little bit more detail.

[CactusJack]

very cool...nice detail...
i've been stuck in low poly land for so long,
the thought of modeling with detail just scares me....

[tascitus]

thanks guys.:p

did some work on the pilots pants today. got the shape and some of the wrinkles in but have lots of details to add.

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/pilot5.jpg

[CactusJack]

I hope your pilot is a woman cuz I am really diggin those legs:applause: ....

please, please let it be a woman....

[tascitus]

thats all for today, more tomorrow. :)

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/pilot6.jpg

[CactusJack]

Woohoo...evil woman...love where you are going with her:thumbsup:

[Zardoz]

Holy Sh*T!!! This is very, very good! I think I'm going to quit! sniff

:bounce: :buttrock:

[tascitus]

thanks for the encouragement guys.

zardoz: never give up! never surrender! ;)

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/pilot8.jpg

[tascitus]

heres a wireframe.

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/pilotwire.gif

[the_jonas]

ohhhooooho hight polycount i think :)

[Lukashi]

great modeling, my only critique is legs look a little too big for the rest of the body

[tascitus]

the_jonas: 130,000 polys
lukashi: thanks for the heads up.

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/pilot12.jpg

[tascitus]

did the arms but im not sure if im going to keep hem or rebuild them. im leaning towards rebuilding them. the forearms will be covered in long gloves so theyer not important, but im not fully satisfied with the upper arms either.

added the wings to give an idea of how its going to be.

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/pilot14.jpg

[termlimit]

Wow man. That is a killer creation. The Wing concept is very sleak. And the woman if she finishes off anything like she started. You should be doing good. How long you been doing 3d? I am still aiming for your level.. keep pushing so that us not as gifted have something to strive for.

[Draxiv]

If you decide to redo the arms. I really think you should make them more muscular. Everything else makes her seem big and bad, her arms should show it too.

[Figure2]

Nice job on the modeling. I haven't checked every entry but so far you are the only other modeler that is using a strap-on wing harness.

Hasn't the challenge done a thumbnail page for easy browsing in the past?

Check out my Above & Beyond entry. (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18701)

[CactusJack]

the detail is absolutely wonderful...hey, i think the legs are great!:applause:

[DimitrisLiatsos]

:bounce: Hi ...i just now saw you wip ...superb:thumbsup:

Can u post a back view?

[tascitus]

Dravix: those arms had to go. i had modeled those arms useing the available polys and edges from the torso and it caused me some problems. so today i built brand new arms as a completely independent model and grafted them into place.

DimitrisLiatsos: i'll get you a back view soon.

Cactus: thanks onec again.:)

Termlimit: ive been playing with 3d for about four years using the web and barnes and noble as my guide. i came upon this site one day and my jaw dropped :drool: at the amount of raw talent that roams here. i thought i should stick around.



http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/pilot15.jpg

[OZ]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!ur wings are better than mine!GRRRR:D ....amazing job!:thumbsup:

[CactusJack]

Looking great....still...hehe.

I've been wonderin' as I've watched this progress...
When you model characters, is it normal (for you...hehe),
to start at the feet and work your way up?

I usually go the other way...

So is there like some universal inspiration that caused you to go the route you did, or is it one of those things that...oh...just felt good at the time so you went with it?

:buttrock:

Cant wait to see the head!

:applause:

Keep tearin' it up! :thumbsup:

[tascitus]

i read once that a good way to ensure that you finish a character is to start with the less important areas and work "up" from there. the reasoning is, with characters, people tend to put the most care, and and time on the head to ensure that it captures the feel of the original concept, and once completed the rest of the character would get less attention and in some cases none at all. so i thought i would give this method a shot.

oz::beer:

[CactusJack]

Well...tascitus...I believe you nailed this one right on the knoggin':thumbsup: !

Makes me all giddy just wondering what the heads gonna look like:applause: .

I think I'll give my next character a shot using that method...

Thx for the info...:buttrock:

[road]

Wow great stuff....
love the concept your going with here and your modelling is top notch....!!
great work can't wait to see more...!!

[tascitus]

just did a few tweaks today, added her gloves. i'll knock out the head in the next couple of days. then it will be time to rig her and the wings and build some scenery to place her on.



http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/pilot16.jpg

[CactusJack]

Lookin awsome, cant wait to see more...:applause:

[gidgit]

hey hey...looking very fine... gee, I hope they take your design and make a flying IT from it... would be fun to zoom around town with this rig...haha, I just got a mental picture of buzzing the neighborhood for the first time...

4 years eh? you be doing good.... When I grow up I wanna be this good ( I am over 40 :D )

thanx for sharing... can hardly wait to see this project complete...

:applause:

[CHRiTTeR]

AMAZING!!

I've got a crit though, ... those legs and that but ... they look male to me. But still amazing :eek:

[CactusJack]

CHRiTTeR, but just think, if a woman had legs like that?...Oh man!:applause:

[tascitus]

started the head today and also adjusted the leg proportions a bit.

chritter: thanks for the crits. let em fly of ya got em. the only way to improve is to get honest opinions.

cactus: wasnt there a james bond movie where the enemy female agent used her legs for evil? or were you thinking of something else?:twisted: :twisted:

gidgit: thanks. of btw, "I dont wanna grow up, im a toys are us kid"..


http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/pilot18.jpg

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/wirepilot2.gif

[termlimit]

tascitus wow really looking good.. is she going to be a bald biker chic? pony tail? i am really interested! hehe... looking amazing really keep it up.

[tascitus]

closing in on the end for the pilot model herself.

termlimit: she has short hair under her helm. her early trials of the wing rig ended in a painful lesson on why long hair and running motors should not be in close proximity.


http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/pilot20.jpg

[tascitus]

ok, the pilot is pretty much done. i'll do minor tweaking when i have time. my focus now is to incorporate the wings and pose her.

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/pilot24.jpg

[dmcgrath]

she has short hair under her helm. her early trials of the wing rig ended in a painful lesson on why long hair and running motors should not be in close proximity.


That probably explains why the has no armpit hair either, eh?






hehehehehehehehehe

[tascitus]

Originally posted by dmcgrath
That probably explains why the has no armpit hair either, eh?






hehehehehehehehehe

NO!! she shaves her pits. shes not french.:p

[DimitrisLiatsos]

:scream: LOL :beer:

[tascitus]

:beer:

yay! a shot of complete models.

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/pilot25.jpg

135k large version. (http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/pilot25large.jpg)

[dmcgrath]

Score to Date:

tascitus: 1
the French: 0



:)

[CactusJack]

hurray :applause: this has turned out to be an awsome piece of work! can't wait to see the pose! well done :thumbsup: .

[tascitus]

update time. anyone know if i can leave the sky background in? i guess it can be seen as a texture.

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/pilot27.jpg

a little larger (http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/pilot27large.jpg)

[CactusJack]

Leave the sky background in...I won't say anything...hehe...

Wow! This turned out fantastic! Is it "final" or should we expect more?

Nice Job on the modeling! Excellent detail! I salute you for just taking part in the challenge...unlike me...the loser...:hmm:

I really enjoyed watching this one "grow".

I'll have one in your honor...:beer: ....blurp....wait, I meant I'll have another...hehe.

Looking forward to seeing what you dish out next month my friend....

I applaud you...:applause:

Well done....:thumbsup:

Can I see her fly now....I :love:her!

[tascitus]

thanks jack.
no, its not final yet. have some reflection things to fix as well as improving the lighting.

[CactusJack]

Well, I look forward to seeing your next update then...:thumbsup:

Did I say already that, I :love:her?

Hehe...:applause:

[tascitus]

ok heres final. hope ya like.

http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/pilotfinalsmall.jpg

BIGGER (http://home.dc.rr.com/foilfenser/images/pilotfinal.jpg)

[motion_82]

Very CREATIVE!!! :bounce:

Absolutely Astonishing

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