Above & Beyond - Vehicle & Character - Rot

[Clanger]

Looking cool, better start modeling really soon.
I'm hoping for a very detailed and accurate umbrella, quite a tricky thing to do.

[Rot]

You 're right !
I guess I'm going to start modeling tomorrow...

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/AcePilot01.jpg

[otacon]

That first sketch looks really cool. Now lets see some modeling already!:D

[Rot]

Thanks... Now I'm starting ...
But... Why my other posts are disappeared?
I really don't understend: have I violete rules?

:sad:

[road]

No the server crashed and they lost 12 hours of posts.... repost your stuff....

[Rot]

ah.. Ok

My yesterday's images:

-first 3d attempt !

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/AcePilot03b.jpg

- two more sketches

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/apparecchi01.jpg

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/apparecchi00.jpg

More soon, hoping I'm fast enough ;)
Thanks for supporting me !

[Aearon]

hey Rot this looks like another great entry coming up

i like your sketches, and the modeling is very good so far

hope you can make it before the deadline :thumbsup:

[Rot]

Fist, I'm glad you like my flying guy !
I'll do my best to finish this challenge entry...

Just two more pieces: a super battey and a powerful fan !

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/apparecchi02.jpg

[otacon]

Great modeling! But that deadline is coming up fast!:D

[Rot]

Aaaah...
You scare me !
Yep, this deadline is really close. But I want to be optimistic, I want to belive: I can do it !

I WANT TO BELIEVE !

http://www.nso.lt/tomas/I%20want%20to%20believe.jpg

[Rot]

Ok, it's time for a new (tiny) update.
I started working on the body: I'm not sure what kind of physique my flying man has...

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/AcePilot05.jpg

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/apparecchi03.jpg

Ah, my lucky slogan ;)

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/AcePilot04b.jpg

[otacon]

Looks good. Right now i think his body makes him look kind of old. I liked how he looked in the sketch, a little bigger and stronger.:D

[Rot]

Yes, you're right...
I guess the problem is about the neck: it looks too much thin and a little bit flabby.
I'll arrange proportion with whole body completed.

Thanks for your suggestions, Otacon !

[Rot]

ta-dah: daily update !!!

Unfortunately I wasn't able to make everything I want to modeling today... so there's a lot of things I have to fix tomorrow :annoyed:

Here is a couple of renders...

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/AcePilot06.jpg

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/AcePilot07.jpg

[otacon]

Looks very cool!:applause:

[Rot]

Hi Otacon, I'm glad you're here :)

...Oterwhise I should reply my own posts !
Well, this is a strange update: I worked a lot on every kind of details, but the result is still the same !
And this terrible daedline is damn close :eek:

C U

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/AcePilot08.jpg

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/AcePilot09.jpg

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/Detail00.jpg

[otacon]

I can see differences. The little details add a little something to it which makes it look even better.:thumbsup: I dont know why no one else is responding.....this is some great modeling and concept. I hope you can find enough time and finish this up.:D

[Baal]

Very nice work, hope you can make it before the diabolic deadline shows up! :)

[Rot]

I'm hoping to finish too: the goal is finish the charcter and define material color. Obviusly texture and a fine tuning of shaders are out of my possibilities... I've no time to UVmapping suitably ( and, telling the truth, I'm a real shame with Photoshop :P )

Now I'm still undecided on some details: the strange pair of glasses and the baloons attacched to his boots...

Thanks for your support !

[Fetus23]

oh ya!..Just caught up with this late entrie. Love the character and the machine!!...keep going!!! more more:wip:

[Rot]

Update !!!

I worked on some detail, and I finally rig my character.
Now there aren't strange protuberances on the boots, there are more crease on clothes...
For his glasses I decided to put them on his forehead, if time for me is enough to do it, otherwise I'm still undecided about the "stabilizer baloons".

Unfotunatly during skinning I forgot some pieces like the flying zip of his boots and his eyes :rolleyes:
I'd like to show you more renders, but setup Maya renderer takes me a long time and I've to concentrate on other problems.

Now I've to refine a lot of things, and I guess modeling his navigation map is for me an hard task :annoyed:

Thanks for the compliments :)

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/AcePilot10.jpg

[Rot]

It slowly grows :eek:

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/AcePilot11.jpg

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/AcePilot12.jpg

[otacon]

Looks great! Dont have much to crit....but one of the jumper cables looks a little blocky...its the one on the left side of the pic. Other than that it looks real good.:thumbsup: Are you planning on adding any color?

[Phugative]

Excellent Work!
Can we see a wireframe? Not much to crit, except the connection between the umbrella and the chain doesn't look very convincing. What process and perhaps plugins did you use to achieve that kind of render in Maya, just curious.

:thumbsup: Great Job!!!!!!!!!

[Rot]

I fixed last details. I'm sorry I haven't time enogh to add some gagets I thought...

Otacon Thanks Otacon :blush:
About the cable yiu're right... I set nurbs tesselation to highest quality, I guess I need to rebuilt this tube...
Now I'm going to try a very simple shade color, but my time is short...

Phugative Yes, the connection was weird... So I choose for an easier solution. It's Maya render, without any strange trick: only two lights ( a directional with shadow mapping and an ambient)... It's not the best solution, but It's quite fast and IMHO the results are accetable.
Also thnk you for your response.

This is a close-up of my wireframe

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/Wireframe01.jpg

[Rot]

Ok, that's my character in the splendour of color ;)
... but I guess that for my final image is better a colouring similar to my first sketch...

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/AcePilot13.jpg

[otacon]

Nice. Colors look good.:thumbsup:

[Rot]

... Otacon :D
Without your support I really don't know how I could take a part in this awsome challenge !!!

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/Detail01.jpg

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/Detail02.jpg

[Rot]

Last update !!!

- Phugative: Master of the Flying Guillotine :eek:
Who's he?

Here is a light version of my final image...

http://www.greydot.it/ForumDepot/mini-final.jpg

I'm not sure this is the best camera angle for my flying man... I guess a view from bottom is better, but it's too late to change my render now... :annoyed:

[otacon]

....:blush: .....I wish i could be of more help, but i just cant find anything else to crit. That last render looks good...it looks very similar to the sketch.:thumbsup:

[eFDay]

superb

[Zardoz]

I can only say: VERY, very impressive!:buttrock:

The concept is very good, the modelling it's even better! You were really fast!! wow don't you have a life??

I'm glad you did it! well done!

[Rot]

- OtaconI hope to have time to take a part in the next challenge... If so I wish to be helpful for other participant. Even if I guess my english is weak :annoyed:
See you space cowboy !

- eFDay :blush: I'm glad you appreciate my flying man

- Zardoz No, I'm not fast. Simply I really don't have a life :p
Also thanks a lot

[Aearon]

cool final piece rot, you really managed to execute this cool idea very well =)

mh the image looks a bit unsharp though, you might wanna try an unsharp filter in photoshop, i think that would make it look even better

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