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bale
03-07-2005, 01:35 AM
I thought i'd model and eventually animate a ninja turtle for my first project with softimage xsi 4.2 foundation...kind of a learning project. I used refernce planes for the head and looked at a turtle toy and some pics for the body. So far i've been working on it around 5 to 6 hrs. Just switched from Maya and so far so good...except my fingers sometimes get tangled with the hotkeys...any comment and crits are welcome
TheAlienGus
03-07-2005, 03:54 AM
Well I have no Idea about XSI compared to Maya, thought about it. How is it?

Anyways off subject question out of the way. I felt that i needed to reply becuase when i was a child i loved the characters/comics. Such a shame noone else has said anything, yet. Keep pushing, lets see how far you can take it. Likeing it so far.
Master Of Sweep Picking
03-07-2005, 04:20 AM
The head looks very real, ehh but can you post a back view image?
bale
03-07-2005, 10:53 PM
I feel that maya and xsi are kinda the same...modeling wise...but i do miss my marking menus and the hotbox. But the split edge tool and make parrallel edge, and edge loop tools i love. What I really want to try out is the rigging and texturing parts. Some xsi rigs look confusing. The main reason i switched is because of the price point of xsi foundation...bought without even trying the demo, but no regrets!

Yeah I loved turtles too especially the first cartoon series with Krang and Rocksteady....maybe cheesy now but hey it was my fav kids show
Master of sweep picking- I' working on the shell right now and the belt. once i get a little further i'll post some images.

O yeah the green is just for reference I'm not even close to texturing it.
Anybody else have any comments or crits??
GuilleV
03-08-2005, 12:03 AM
Just wonderin which "generation" of Turtles you modeled? The old school 80's version or the new series on that Fox Box?

Either way does matter I like it very much, BUT..lol here goes.
To me at least it seems that the head looks a bit squiched, like it's being compacted.
And I think he needs more muscle in the arms and legs.

But the underbelly shell plating looks great and the eyes look nice.

Very cool, I look forward to seeing it as your progress.
bale
03-08-2005, 02:03 AM
im going with the eighties toon..well actually that's the one i know. I don't really watch much tv anymore. I'm also adding a bit of my own style into it to
Akoa
03-08-2005, 05:12 PM
Lookin really good so far, but from what I remeber of the turtles I think the legs should be a bit longer and the shell abit shorter. I could be remebering wrong though.
bale
03-20-2005, 10:05 PM
I've barely had anytime to work on the model in the last couple weeks...but managed to get some tweaks in here and there. hopefully i will finish modeling it soon since i wanna animate it more then model...
this (http://samtran.ca/wip_in_progress_ninja_turtle.htm) one has wireshttp://www.samtran.ca/http://www.samtran.ca/twire.jpg
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