The Final Battle, Max Kor (3D)

[Adam Gur]

this is just incredibly impressive, congratulations. However, the symetry hurts it, it throws this unnatural vibe about it. And really man, you came this far, raising the bar for the rest of us and all.... looking forward to seeing more of your work,

sach'ten,

Adam

[tinitus]

woooohoooooooooooooo

yeh...please hurry up with your tutorial ... can't wait to inhale it !!!

[caro]

oh...

S U P E R B ! ! !

[msouza]

INCREDIBLE piece of work. Trully impressive.

I have only little crits. Very little ones. :)

1- The skin looks GREAT, but looks real like a human made of was. Something is missing, something VERY SUBTLE. Maybe, its the enviroment, and the VERY, VERY, VERY CLEAN look of the skin. It's too clean. It's not unrealistic, but this little ans subtle touch, maybe could be to put subtle and "visible" imperfections on the tone of the skin, little blood vases on the nose, or something like that. Just to wipe out the wax look.

2- The Theme is... The Final Battle... And we only know it's related to a "battle", because of the War Cloths (Very well done...), and the title. The're nothing more to say us that is a "battle" enviroment. Maybe this thinking go against the Clean look of the guy... A guy on an Final Battle, with a so clean skin and so shaped hair... This is not a rule, but the more you sugest the realism thru subtle aspects of the image, the more is the realist you will archieve...This is only a sugestion, NOT A CRIT... To dirty up his skin a little bit, and try to put a mask for the intensity of the bump, mainly under the hair strands...The bump looks a bit blurried there...

The blurried backgroung is very nice for me, i don't expect it less blurried... I like it this way. :)

The hair looks very nice too. The white strands and the "not too perfect" strands, gives it a real look. Really nice !

Don't get me wrong, but his lips looks real ! hehehe... :) Very nice texture and unwrap man !

Take Care.

[Naseem]

i was so amaized i looked on the pictures for a good time!! damn thats sooo good ^_^

:P.

defently a 5

[polybuilder]

This is just amazing work:applause:

[Barf_cg]

:applause: Wowza. Maya and Mental Ray? jeez... I've only got Zbruzh 2. Hopefully I can meazure up to j00.

[sumawut]

oh! it cool. i love it very good work.very amazing CG.

[shy-guy]

any words i could possibly say about this piece would only act as the biggest understatement in the history of the world :drool:

it looks a lot like liam nesson imo

[highsk8]

HHHot!
I have nothing to remark on this.
I hope to see it in action one day!

[JimRayden]

Looks great, indeed. Looks like a photo. But it looks like a photo of a wax figure. Great hair, nice bumpmaps, amazing render. But no life, it looks too plastic to me. A bit of dirt and a facial expression would go a long way. Then again, never mind the dirt. Give the face an expression to match the title. Some fury, aversion maybe.

I love it as a very high quality rendering of a great 3D model. But you're on halfway to creating art. :P


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Jimbo

[tbone2000in]

This is way BEYOND my imagination. I hav just started learning MAYA in INDIA. I'll be showing this work in my CLASS , I bett OUR SIR cannot do this too. If u could send me some tutorials on how to learn MAYA or some good BOOKS it would be very generous of you.
THANKS.

[Romis]

!Wow!

Nice photography!...

Duh, this is not a photo?????

Jeeeez!!! :applause:

[dihe]

cool, great lighting

[bondok]

wow


good and great work :applause:

[OTO-ACP]

Yop!!! :thumbsup: Ppppppfiiiiiiiioooooouuuuuuuuuu!!! It's very realistic!!! Cheer, very pretty work, good road!!!... :bounce:

[shivmoo]

aaaaw inspiring.... :eek:

simply incredible..... ime still learning zbrush and i am yet to make anything worth much at all... but this is awesomeness to the greatest extent.... + love the hair :thumbsup:

[Slipstream3d]

Go home check your monitor settings herbert. Disfunctional liver.. omg, havent heard something that ridiculous for a while now.

Actually, I thought the same thing. His eyes do look sort of yellow, and I'm running a sRGB calibrated monitor... also, the extreme depth of field kinda takes away from it a bit... usually you can see an entire person in focus when you're looking at them lol.

That said, there's nothing else wrong with this. It is definately the nicest render I've ever seen of a face! An animation of this guy would be bloody amazing. Finish that rigging and get some emotion into him!

[Morlockis]

the upper lip and the tip of the nose look a little fake, but very minor. what can be said that hasn't already, truly amazing work. i can't believe how well you use the fur tool.

[Aimes]

..Wow, simply amazing. Im speechless.

[DigitalDemigod]

Fantastic work!

Maybe his skin could do with a little bit of dirt to make him more authentic for his time. At the moment it looks as though he's wearing a lot of make up. Apart from that this is really an excellent piece :applause:

[Bao2]

Hollywood actors are shuddering now.

hervertV399 (post #182) is envy. He can't make anything like this and all in Sony know.:rolleyes:

Max Kor: only one critic I spend many hours to find :-) is that the ears have
an incorrect red I think look unreal, also the nostrils are very dark at the
sides.

This is the best work in 3D ever. Can you post your URL if you have a webpage, I can't
wait for viewing all your work (and Hollywood directors also!!!).

5 stars from me, of course.:)

Adam was created in a day. So Max Kor, god of 3D, now is Eve turn...

[Agiv3D]

מ - טו - רף

(crazy

[Wembley]

Wow! That really is hyper-realistic. The texture and details on his skin are just perfect. Amazing work!

[Pentagramma]

Hey, why did you disapear??

It would be nice to see other images of your creation, like a side view, or maybe a bump-displacement view only, without the color texture...http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[xzorby]

Wow! Absolutely amazing! Best I´ve seen up till now! The chainmail is really great, I make chainmail myself and I thought it was real! You´ve used just the right aspect ratio for the rings, too! Love the shoulder thingies! I can´t describe this with words! And I´d love to see the full armour suit, by the way!

[IceFlame]

Thats fantastic NiCe JoB witch maya version have you use for this ?

[Nekura]

Wow.. such amazing realism! Awesome job.. very well done. :drool: :beer:

[ffourier]

i don't now if it is real or not :) hairs are amazing.
Excellent job !!
I remain without voice in front of your work...

[sabusomu]

i am feeling really really very frustrated after seeing this. Damn good work. I am taking it as a gr8 ref for me. It will help me a lot in the future as i am really new to the world of 3D. :)

[gui_mends]

Wow!!
it looks so real! INSANE nice job..
congrats..
bye

[KelvinChen]

If the man's face can be dirty,he will looks much more perfect

[mikelly321]

The skin looks a wee bit wax museum-ish, almost too translucent. The eyes, beard, hair, chain mail, etc., are extraordinary.

[devailo]

I have no mouth but i must scream

[burtward]

just wooooow

[F1Racer]

Well, what can be said that hasnt already ?

Just unbelievable. If this is the the benchmark then I should sell my Lightwave and try another hobby :)

Really superb work and some amazing talent there to create such a thing.

[adamfrancuzik]

Jesus... this is what it should look like! Very well done! :bounce:

[glennyP]

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Jaw dropping beautiful!! I've seen things that come kind of close but this is honestly the best I have ever seen, thanx

[WhItE CoFfEe]

This is so real, dude! The bump map for the skin is well done. The hairs look great.

[meathead]

It's so perfect it a fool to critisize... But I wish it just had that last detail of some shine, in the oilly parts of the face. OTher thatn that, its probably the best photoreal, fool the eyes human I have seen on a forum

[Edwardo]

I m sick and tired of people saying skin is too clean, eyes should be whitish...
I m sure u r doing something about this and a tutorial during yur free time..

It is not yur work that truly impress me(ok part of it)
but what truly impress and inspire me is that u r willing to share yur technique and knowledge
to us.

unlimited stars for u!!

Cheers!!^^

[mayavi22]

u cheat, showing us a picture of ur friend in medieval garb.

lol, amazing job, like everyone said.thats the closest anyone has ever reached.:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[Aule]

Althrough the contest is over, I post here:
Very amazing work!!!
Just look at the details like the old scar under his eye. IMHO the skin is not to clear, maybe the battle has just begun.

Superb!
Aule

[Shaggy]

5 stars
awsome work:thumbsup:

[KLS-Aarhus]

Simply amazing....!

[Theman2k]

וואוו מפוצץ לגמרי !!

מדהים פשוט , איך זה שאתה ישראלי ועדיין לא שמעת עלייך :\

פשוט מדהים , איזה רמה , פשוט גאווה

Amazing mind blowing !!
אם תוכל צור איתי קשר בפרטי

smans@zahav.net.il

[Solidus_xii]

hello everyone,
this is my first post here :) i just want to know why i can't see pics here?
thank you.

[HESHAN]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/gallerycrits/148983/148983_1110764412_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/gallerycrits/148983/148983_1110764412.jpg)

Title: The Final Battle
Name: Max Kor
Country: Israel
Software: Maya, mental ray

I used misss_fast_skin (thanks to Master Zap),
mix8bump (thanks to francescaluce) and
waterblue_vector_displacement (thanks to Jonson_lee).

Crits are welcome.

:thumbsup:

[Amon-Ra]

Not fair this image not be 5 stars.. I really never saw an image better then this one, if someone saw show it here, and this one gets 4 stars.. but I sure that doesnt have


congrats ;)

[gra7]

A M A Z I N G ! ! ! :buttrock:

10 stars for u !!! great work !!

[graphical]

This is undoubtebly one of the best pieces I've ever seen on CGTalk. The realism is incredible. Great work!nothing to say about your work there are no words for it you blast my mind

[vipermesh]

That is realy realy great stuff, do you have a website up with your previous work? And any advice on who your mentor? I cannt get over how well you have captured his look. Very cool Heshan.

Cheers
Ged






Ged Vernardakis
3D Animator \ Film Maker
www.huhus.com
www.gedvernardakis.cjb.net

[MrGrinch]

A truly inspiring piece of work, you've really managed to capture realism in this picture. And although perhaps as people have pointed out, the lack of depth to the skin colouring makes him look rather like a waxwork doll, there are some things that I really love and add life to the model. The way you've handled the hair is particularly impressive, the eyebrows are amazingly real and soft and the scattering of gray in his beard adds a lot of realism.
Some people have pointed out that the eyes are quite yellow, while this is true, it's also quite real. I find that perfectly white eyes seem very unreal, just like 'toothpaste commercial' white teeth. They appear slightly blurry, like they're filled with tears, whether this was intentional or not, it lends a lot of emotion to the face that might not otherwise be there because of the blank expression.
I really look forward to the tutorial for this model, your work continues to amaze me.

[kharondroid]

Nice work,very realistic...

[abeld3dg]

that looks so real

[gyfcg]

Amazing work! However I think fur is a bit clean.

Good Luck!

[akin]

great work woouuuuu

[The Savage]

Thats incredible, I think its time you write a nice tutorial......
Any animation soon?

[rAta]

Excellent work... the eyes are perfect...

Five stars!!!

[tinitus]

waiting for the tutorial...!:D

[painkiller]

hey !

great job !
good to know that thare is telented people like u in israel .
keep up the great job ....

haim.

[kitarolivier]

It is forbidden to post photo as 3D work. It is not fair ! :thumbsup:

[BoneCollector]

man!!! good job looks a bit like Liam Neeson doesn't he???

http://www.addens.net/images/Liam%20Neeson.jpghttp://www.scopemag.com/storypix/1999_05_19/film_neeson.jpg:deal:

[Milivoj-Lemonade3D]

all i can say is WWOOOOWWW!!! I would kill for a tutorial! Ok, maybe not kill, but pay good money! :)

[carlosvk]

Congratulations,

Very professional work. I specially like the attention on the hair and the modeling. I would like to know how long did the render took and with what hardware?

Keep Working,

Carlos.

[MKor]

thank you all again

I dont have a website yet ..
Im a self-learner so I cant recommend you any books or a teacher
(I kinda like solving technical problems by myself http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)

I've already sent a tutorial to be published on CGNetworks,
but you are welcome to ask me specific questions here or send me pm

PS

I didnt try to model anyone in particular (but I like that some people
see a resemblance to Liam Neeson, sad eyes, beard.. http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/shrug.gif)

[JaredPemberton]

Amazing work...the hair is perfect! I really dig the eyes and skin shader as well.

-Jared

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[Lazlo]

Personally, I think this is a photo, re-touched in Photoshop...it's too good! :applause:

[lotaH]

Exist anything that I can still talk about that work??

I didn't like the third hair thread above the ear ...hehehe

Congratulations..

The only thing that I found finds strange (but not wrong) it is the iris of his eye. But you must have studied that more than me.

Does it show more of the work for us ...ok??

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[beton99]

I have seen photos of real human beings which looked fake comparing to this one.
This is sick, man. Congratulations.
Keep up the good work.

[blackdragoncg]

Dat is WICKED! Seriously good work mate :thumbsup: Send the man a ... :deal:

Enspiring work this is.....he looks like I feel .....Thank you for showing the artwork.... you have created

Wicked

[Sozzne]

very impressive, only crit, his eyes look glazed, asif he's been drinking, it does look like he is wearing makeup, perhaps his skin needs to have more tones in it, and slightly shinier

[Rhaucan]

Incredible. Missed the expression on my first glance. The emotion is amazing, partly because of its subtlty.

[Trep]

hey thats really amazing. great skin. muck him up a bit:D

good job

[argyre]

The realism is fully harnessed in this piece. Very good touch on the eyes - thats what sold me.

[Sheriffer]

Very very realistic model! It is the most realistic i have ever seen! Exellent! I don't even see any flaws!

[revor]

Bro, really... Your work.... "Astig!"
It is so real. The eyes most of all. Really great.

[woldi]

WOW. Amazing :thumbsup:

[jocko]

Incredible model my friend. How did you work the Mental Ray render in with the hair? Was it composition? I have had no luck rending hair and other particle models with Mental Ray.

Thanks

[Cygnus-X]

WOW this is absolutly perfect

[pippik]

All i can say is: WOW

[tinitus]

ahhhh ... are they rewriting it ... I wanna read it ... can't wait ... please cgnetworks guys hurry up a bit! :D

thx mkor! :thumbsup:

[powerACE]

GEEEE WEEZZ WOOOO SO VERY REALISTIC COOL MEN!!!:bounce:

[Cararan]

Amazing the detail in that is just truly amazing. Speechless.

[aus_bayonet]

One word... Faultless.

[3Demi]

This is sooo real, i couldn't believe when i saw. I read the post before the pic appeared, and my mouth stayed open. No way, man, u are the BEST!!! :eek: :eek: :drool:

[Stixxel]

this is one of the most photorealistic renders i've ever seen. this is just breath-taking! awesome work!! :buttrock:

[Gaoguang]

wow? I didn't think PuYi was a so nice boy!
thank you ,,,

[<Marat (kz)>]

insane! its just perfect. i wondering how could you get to this? :O

[myeyes71]

amazing work!!!

[iguana007]

HOOOLY SH*T AWESOME ... :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::applause:

[Texamosix]

Possibly the best rendered human I've ever seen... amazing. :eek:

[goktugg]

excellent work... mate!:thumbsup: really so real...especially eyes*lips:) very well *3d head

[MKor]

ahhhh ... are they rewriting it ... I wanna read it ... can't wait ... please cgnetworks guys hurry up a bit! :D

In the meantime...

To setup the shader in Maya read the Jozvec tutorial here ...
http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=163360&page=3&pp=15
(and some corrections from Francescaluce and Master Zap himself ;)

and read the pdf from :
http://www.lamrug.org/resources/skintips.html

If you have any problems after that here are some tips:

Make sure there are no flipped normals on your object,
if you have any light setups and/or FG/GI in your scene
- turn them off temporarily and make just one "key" spot
with raytrace "hard" shadows, so you can properly set
the amount of the global sss effect :

look at the "self - shadow" on your object (if it's a head - under the chin for ex.)
and play with the Scale Conversion parameter in the Algorithm control
- the shadow must be completely black except for the edges, were you should see a very slight "color bleeding".

Add additional lights and play with all the subsurface scattering effects..
(after determining the colors you want, use them as the "base" colors
in your textures afterwards).
To make the color variations in your textures show up more on your material
- map the Subdermal Scatter Color with the same texture you used in Epidermal Scatter or/and Diffuse Color, but with the appropriate change in Hue, Saturation and Value..

Then you'll have to decide whether you want your material to have real reflections of the environment (with or without surrounding objects) or
you can use the two build-in fake specular colors
(that will work only if you have any regular lights in your scene), or ..
you can use both, so your material will work nice in any condition :

- real reflections will work with just FG on,
- reflections and fake speculars with lights and FG/GI,
- just fake speculars with lights only..

In addition to real reflection (Reflect Weight) there is also fresnel effect build-in
- use the Edge Factor and Reflect Edge Weight to control it.
Blur your reflections with Reflect Shininess and increase the sampling
quality in the global mental ray settings to get rid of the noise
(you can also use "fine" bump map that will make the noise less noticeable)
and to speed up render times you can make already blurred environment map or
blurred Environment Shader (material's local environment).

[Osaires]

Realy nice image :)

ok if i got some questions?

I realy wonder how you made that chain mail
did you manualy rotate an place all the chains?
and how did you copy the chains, looks only like small locators inn the wireframe image, is it some kind of placeholders?

[tinitus]

thank you so much!

[foleypro]

Thanks for the Tuts...


Awesome...

[DigiDe]

that is n incredible render the facial hair is dead on!

[hadimoom]

great character & Texture...:thumbsup:

[SUN]

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....................Hi MKor
...............Your work it is Fantastic (and very popular)

..........U must create one DVD tutorial for your work.
..............Modeling , texturing , hair ,scripting ... (maybe with Gnomon)

...................I am sure :deal: u sale many many many copys

..just one idea :D


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[ChanceXUAN]

GREAT work!good model and texture,especially the armor!well,maybe it will be better if the character has a tough look

[madgemini]

God!!Fantastic work~~~nearly a real man!!

[coochaki]

Great work,awesome texture.:thumbsup:
thanks alot man!!!:scream:
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no joy without alloy !!!

[ramiro3d]

Wow, congratulations, i haven´t seen anything more realistic than your creation, i just...admire you jeje.
PLEASEEEEE PROMISSE ME THAT YOU WILL WRITE A TUTORIAL FOR THIS, PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE.

Can you post the entire texture map and the bump file?. I really like to know how is the set up for the skin. I use 3d Max for working, but i´d love to experiment about the set up you used for it. I also like very much the wire you did. If i´ll write you mi email, could you send me the basic mesh for seeing under 3d Max, please?

Very good work man! im looking foward to see a tutorial of all this.


Wow ! thank you very very much all of you !; didn't expect that much attention :surprised

I love your crits ! after working on this model for some time i cant see all the wrong things .
I kinda get used to it - if you know what i mean, so i need your opinions to improve it.

My goal was to create a simple "default" head
that you can rig and than with a switch of some maps
make many different faces (theoretically you could also use same blendshapes for different faces and use the same technic for bodies)

I used the waterblue_vector_displacement shader instead of maya's, because it dosnt need any approximation editors and I think it renders faster somehow..

I didnt have time to rig him yet, so his face is in it's default expression..
I just tried to cover it up with the title.. did work for some people ;)

Will work on his asymmetry (using displacement)

I know he looks too clean, will work on that (though you can see that the texture I posted earlier does have color variations and veins - it simply doesn't show up yet)
to BillSpradlin - I did use the diffuse on the misss shader (I mapped almost everything) and it has nothing to do with the waxy look, but thank you.

I guess i'll just have to increase the contrast of the maps, make it less reflective, work on bump map and change the hdri.. (I used FG for the light setup, so there is no "specular" on the shader just reflections from the environment)

All the hair (including eyelashes and eyebrows) is maya's fur - it renders in mental ray.

I didn't model the chain mail (that would be an unpleasant experience I suppose :)
The rings are instances that are distributed , randomly rotated and constrained to another temporary objects that are "buttons" on a cloth object ...
with a script I had to write myself :sad:
but there is more than just the script, so I'll have to write a tutorial someday.

[Jimal]

wow wow~ amezing!@~~

[HanTao2]

wonderful nice good

[xLonewolfx]

MADHIM! :eek:

one of the most realistic faces i have ever seen!

[AWaqas]

nice to see so many israeli's.

be'emet sof ha derech. yafe me'od.

shimon

Oo yeah? Arent u guys good at this 3D things? U shouldnt be surprise dude!! lol. The ppl of the books rulez!!

[jo_3d]

To quote a legend

"Impressive.......most impressive"

You've done a great job, hats off to you but what's the guy thinking? You've done a great job on the model, texturing, lighting and all, now give him some thoughts. He's in armour is he going to battle? is he leaving behind loved ones, or facing a nemisis? Be brave and breath life into him, a mind and soul not just a body.

[Aids]

lOOK its obiwan

[Enlil]

I've just followed a link on a different forum to this image,and i have just registered to say that this is the most realistic CG image i have ever seen.

I know it has been said before,but there is something not quite right about the eyes.It must be sooooo hard to give them live though.

[shreyshahi]

Is this not a photograph!!!

Great work, this is the best CG face I have ever seen.

[Parky]

My god!!!

This work is in a different league, mind blowing!!!

[ilber]

:eek: wowwww!! perfect realism. I think the skin need some wet. Don't use reflectivity map? If i want, i can make it too:buttrock: Don't worry i'm just a joke. :thumbsup:

[The B5 Fan]

holy.................





that is great!!!

[ppgui]

It's very good

[kmest]

wow...:eek: :eek:

:applause: :applause: one of the bests i've ever seen.......nothing more to say:thumbsup:

[xric7]

wow..
absolutely stunning!!

[fiftyfive]

i am no longer sane, good work.

[emilioG]

great job.

Crits:
Looks like the hair isn't casting shadows.
skin's a bit off. loks slightly plastic? I'm no texturer, I'm an animator, but that's what I'm feeling from the image.
and the image is too perfect. renderwise.

anyway, it's still great. Wicked man.

[MMuster]

Fascinating. What else can I say? :bounce:

[vfxworks]

thats amazing dude! where u rlive in israel, r u really in israel? i wanna met u man

A D

[thebuilder]

Superb!!! I emailed this to some friends and "all" of them swore it was a photo.

However its so dissapointing to see that no matter how could a piece of work is you always get the "I need to find a flaw in this artwork rabble", piping in with some idiotic comment.

Seriously criticism (constructive) is one thing........but the nit picking I see on these forums is a joke.
I dont think Ive ever saw a post where nobody piped in with some stupid comment about a flaw in the work that isnt even there, its merely in their mind.
Although I agree nothing is perfect I really cant see how this piece can be criticised in any negative way, and those that do pick flaws I'd love to see some of their work.

[Villian]

Was by any chance Leam Neeson an inspiration on this one.:)
Incredible!!!

[soundinnovation]

Maybe someone already asked this, but I was wondering about your motivation to create this?
Boredom, Commission, something else?
It's stunning.

[emilioG]

However its so dissapointing to see that no matter how could a piece of work is you always get the "I need to find a flaw in this artwork rabble", piping in with some idiotic comment...
...and those that do pick flaws I'd love to see some of their work.

I agree that there are some posts that are deconstructive to say the least. But this is how one learns. I work with some of the best animators in the world everyday, and trust me, they don't always say it looks great.

If there's a problem, I'd rather someone tell me than tell me it's great.
How else is one supposed to learn?

It is clear that this picture is mindblowing, but it does have flaws, and if the guy who created is happy with his artwork, then it is done. But if he's going for total realism, I'm sorry, but it doesn't look perfectly real and I'd rather tell him what I see to possibly spark something for him so that he gets better also.

He kicks ass, and he could kick even more ass. :scream:

[williamjazz]

That's really realistic , I can hardly tell he's a real man or not. Good Job!!

[williamjazz]

It's great work, but the color of the man's lips looks a little bit unnatural and a little bit sharper for the background may be more perfect.

[iseeu]

very very nice,keep your great work.

[alona]

I think it has not been mentioned yet - Max Kor's tutorial on The Making of The Final Battle is up on CGNetworks. Just thought you'd like to know...

http://www.cgnetworks.com/story_custom.php?story_id=2915&page=

Max - thanks for sharing, and yet another hats off from an admirer. This is an amazing piece of work.

- AA

[kajo]

wow!
if this kind of superior skill flourishes, live actors will be in deep trouble.
congrats, great job!
i'm a cg newcomer, and inspirations like this puts me in hyper mode to jumpstart my skill development and come up with something like this.
again, great great job !!!

[AaronATL]

holy shizzle that's! absolutely amazing. deceptively simple looking. i hope that you are very well paid. i've not read all the replies, but i hope a detailed tutorial is not out of the question. as an avid Max user, it is always nice to see people getting some realistic results from Maya (If I see enough of these I may be convinced to take the Alias dive).
Great work!!!

[tFighterPilot]

Wonderful indeed. And best of all, it was done by a fellow Israeli :D

I wish I will ever be able to make models half as good as this one.

[itsallgoode9]

However its so dissapointing to see that no matter how could a piece of work is you always get the "I need to find a flaw in this artwork rabble", piping in with some idiotic comment.

Seriously criticism (constructive) is one thing........but the nit picking I see on these forums is a joke.
I dont think Ive ever saw a post where nobody piped in with some stupid comment about a flaw in the work that isnt even there, its merely in their mind.
Although I agree nothing is perfect I really cant see how this piece can be criticised in any negative way, and those that do pick flaws I'd love to see some of their work.

are you kidding me? one sees an area that could be improved.....one tells the artist in case he wants to improve his work. What artist in thier right mind would not somebody to tell them ways to improve thier piece....no matter how small? Maybe i'll post an image and in the description say "C&C welcomed, just don't tell me the areas that are flawed" what a freakin' joke. It angers me so much to hear you make a statement like that. You have some major maturing to do in terms of critiquing. geez

and if you did notice those so called "nit picky areas" were commented on by the original artist and had said they were things that he did not notice and was going to work on them. You are entitled to your opinion but just because you don't have a well trained enough eye to see some of the things doesn't mean they don't exsist, so don't try and lower the validity of other artist critiques just because you can't see them.

[PO-8]

The most realistic cg knight i've ever seen! incredible! :eek:
congratulation, you are a damn good creator! i give you 5 stars!

[guriko]

Fanstic image! :bounce:

[tellckl]

Great work,feeled very really.You have a Godhand!Ahah!

[Frinsklen]

Superb modelling, texturing and lighting.
However, the lack of facial expression bugs me a little. With such an amazing model I'm sure you could have had a wide range of expressions, even very subtle ones. I encourage you to work on this guy's faces, it would really show off your abilities (in case they're not clear enough already!)

:applause:

[Blaine91555]

I just joined CGTalk today. This is the most photorealistic piece I've seen on any gallery!!!

[Snefer]

As an experienced armorer, I must say that the chainmaille is very nice, although it's wrong. It hangs in the wrong direction, which means that the material won't stretch and the chainmailleshirt would be impossible to move in correctly. And the rings should have tiny rivets that rivetet the ends of the rings together. Anyway, the rest of the picture is awesome, it's just me nitpicking ;-D

[xboxdynasty]

if i hadnt know it was 3d i would have thought it to be a photo

the only imperfection i see is the hair lines can be too uniform at times and
the skin texture is either to exagerated or something is just striking me as odd

but still the most realistic render i have ever seen

GOOD JOB

[Neejoh]

!!! Not bad at all! Looks great man. Keep up the work :)

[MuddDog]

im sure your getting tired of hearing wonderfull things about your work.. but im impressed by the eyes and the skin bump their crazy insaine good.. wow.. very impressive.

[joewang]

its a good work

[jov1]

:( nice job i like it 2

[ap3pilot]

Absolutely Marvelous!

[bobbo]

Yeah, this must be some of the most realistic faces ever. Looks a litte bit rubber (madam toussauds), but how people look varies too much to say that it is wrong.

[bokybokx]

:scream: :scream: Wowowoweee!

Your work is a great inspiration for us newbies............
Everything is perfect... especially the cracks and the tear ducts,
great texturing..........

[L.Rawlins]

What camera did you use for this shoot?

I hear good things about the new Nikon.

...

:D

[NeptuneImaging]

Hey Max, I have been looking at this render and that has to be the most wonderful model I have ever seen and you are using the lowest polygon cage possible... I can;t wait to see what you have up your sleeve next.

[KBOC]

I didn't see this in this thread originally... I thought I was going to be looking at a trailer, and thought for sure that was a photograph!

Good GRIEF that is the most fantastic photoreal head I've ever seen.

[Sargoth]

its fantastic picture. the only thing i dont like is that the skin looks a bit plastic :/

[tYSONj]

id have to agree with sargoth....the skin looks a bit plastic...or like a news reader with pounds of make up....maybe its because the skin is a little to dimply...thats my only crit..

BUT SIMPLY AMAZING...jaw still on the floor...:thumbsup:

great job, keep it up

[roomieunhappy]

First off awesome peice man. I had a few questions about your shading network if you dont mind. I Was wondering what you are doing with the grey spec map (I believe it is) and the facing ratio node and where is it connected in the SSS shader. Secondly what is the RGB to HSV node doing? Just curious what that does in the network. Anyways awesome work, cant wait to see whats next!!

roomie

[shibumenon]

WOW!! Amazing, awesome work ....... Definitely one of the best I've seen .

-shibu
PS: r u sure u didn't by mistake upload a photograph instead of the render? ..... ha ha ha
just kidding......

[Pharion]

Thankyou.... what more can I say


good work man

[Lazerouth]

It look fabolous!

Just one small thing;

You are using a narrow 'field of sharpness' which is good, but to me it seems his eyes have been put right outside the field of sharpness, and are a bit blurred. I would love to have his eyes crisp and sharp.

But still; terrific!

- Lazeroth

[sn rajpurohit]

Most realistic face I have ever seen.
Im a student and still learning maya ...this work didnt inspired me at all...I got expired after seeing this work.I cant imagine that one can do this......Really unbelievable.

Can you tell us how you did the texturing/mapping on the face. Its looking very realistic.
We(students) will be greatly thankful if you can give some time to make a video tutorial for us.

Hope you will not disappoint us.
thanks in advance.

SN RAJPUROHIT
A Maya lover from India
rajpurohit@nid.edu

[ktxed]

I first thought it was a photo or something...but the facial hair isn't that realistic :( maybe too straight.it looks too synthetic.
Anyways the skin shader is awesome indeed. :thumbsup:
Nice job! :D

[rocket3d]

My wife say's this is so real it's spooky.
Fantastic work.

Rocket

[VKarlsson]

It´s AWSOME man! Nice work!

[MDaglow]

Nice work! I work at Stormfront Studios and we're looking for highly talented modelers. Would you know of anyone who is looking?

Marta Daglow
Stormfront Studios
San Rafael, CA
mdaglow@stormfront.com

Creators of the award-winning hit title: The Lord of the Rings for the PS2 and Xbox for the PS2 and Xbox.

[Linweidong]

I like it:applause: Really great:applause: Really amazing:applause: Really strong !

[chibimarce23]

It's amazing, he reminds me a lot of Liam Neeson!:bounce:

[markoman]

It looks really grait, really really good. Don't take this as a bad comment, take it more as a tip or.... whatever, cause I think you can do even better. I don't know what shader you used.... I think bump map on the upper part of nose is maybe too "large", in other words it should be more detailed and smoother because skin on the nose is generaly streched and if any wrinkles apears they should be really really small... just like you made it on the part of the skin between eyes and nose; a bit smoother. Color on the top of the nose could be more red, depending on the "weather". If it's cold outside the nose is the first thing to turn red or purple, but it looks fearly good as it is. About the hair... well, it's so good on some parts that I can't say anything other than WOW... on the other hand, the folicles are too fat on some parts, not too much but if the bierd is longer and the character doesn't shave every third or fourth day (like your character) then the folicles get a bit softer on the ends. This is not a general rule but in your case maybe you can make white folicles on the bierd a bit thiner, just a liiiiitle bit. The thing is, depending on the film exposure and type of the film and lights the hair can get a bit blury. In your case I believe it's coudy, and to achieve this color saturation you should have have more blur on the folicles because of the exposure. That also brings up another thing about film - film grain, there should be film grane on your picture, but not standard "noise", there is a plugin for photoshop - Richard Rosenman Grain generator, but maybe you should combine it with some techniques in order to get a realistic film grain. I also think that maybe the shadow under the nose is lither than it sould be; it could be like 10% darker. If you take a good look at it a shadows under the eyebrows "looks" darker than the shadow under the nose. There are some things that I could mention but I think this fiew detailes are most important. On the other hand if you animate this character or just make a simple shot with a camera shaking, add some motion blur I think none of this comments I wrote could ever be captured.

Once again, grait job, really really reeeeealy good!

Marko

[LaHorde]

It's a faboulus work !
How do you make the mail skirt ? Ring by ring ?

[Frosty.cz]

wow!!excellent work

[Halfman]

therre is no word that I can explain this job.
only /i can say Perfect really reallllllllllllllly:applause:

[littleac]

Looks lifelike. Great skin - the bump mapping is just right. He looks a little clean though, but I guess he just showers well.

[King555]

Too true!
Let the person do not feel the belief!!

[djcraemer]

Very nice work! extremely believable textures on the armor, and the hair looks fantastic. I do wish the background was a little more in focus. The one thing I notice about the skin texture is that he appears almost too clean. No dirt or clogged pores of any kind. He must have some very good facial cream! :) But, VERY nice work.

[Ins0mniak]

If this is a 4-Star, what's a 5 ?!?!?!?

Do you guys ever give 5? Fantastic!

[horseshoe]

One of my faves ever, +++++

SUPERB QUALITY

Just, Max, try to moisten the beard alittle.

[shortysmonster]

grand jussss GRAND

[Ahmad elward]

hi i know we live in an enamys country so i can say it is very.................................................... nice work

[IPAKE]

I'm very like it! Because i feel very good. He's look like very quietude..
very http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon2.gif very http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon2.gif very http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon2.gif great!

[Odd-Job]

I'm sure your very proud of yourself,seeind images like these
just make your day,i love it but hate it too since it's so good!!!

[servant]

Thats crazy!

[Pixelbrush]

Just incredibly realistic.
I'm out of words, seriously.

[extravaganza]

very impressive skills mr kor :eek:

[floclau]

its amazing really real lookin and i love the mail armor wish i knew how u made it top of the line stuff

[kmurrie]

This is probably the most realistic animation i have ever seen :twisted: :beer:



The only thing i have to say is that the texture on the armor on his right shoulder is kinda grainy

[H3LI0S]

Honestly, I have never seen anything that realistic that was CG. Incredible period. I personally can't find one thing wrong...not one thing that looks off in the least. A few people I work with mentioned the neck seemed a bit reminiscient of CG, but I think they're crazy.
Way outta my league, best one in this category!

[harryb]

Hi Max,

It's great to meet you. Your work is sensational! I had to do a double-take to make sure this was a CG image. I'm working on creating CG people -- something that I've rarely done. You've really given me somethng to shoot for!

That said, the eyes look a little off. If you have such a strong reflection with direct light, the bottom lids should crest up a little. And if you see such strong highlights on the cornea, you'll pick up a little broken reflection on the whites too. If you want to maintain the same expression (which is beautifully haunting by the way) you might consider reducing the reflection a bit and putting in a shadow from the upper lid and lashes.

Just food for thought. Otherwise, this is one of the most believeable, incredible images I've seen in a long time! Congratulations!

[hemlock170374]

Incredible work...

just pure talent!

[Tal K]

This is absulotly amazing.

This pic got me to join the forum, and get back to CG.

Thank you.

[Sabi05]

עבודה מדהימה ! אני שמח שבחור מישראל עומד כאן בראש רשימת התגובות עם יותר מ-400 תגובות. הרבה כבוד לעם היהודי :-))
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[Sunsnail]

Absolutely amazing work of course, but I had a comment on the armor.
1. The armor is hanging the wrong way. Chain maille hangs a specific way so that the rings do not pull against eachother, which is how it is now. It should be rotated 90 degrees
2. Traditionally, maille was riveted, not butted like in the picture. sort of like this http://www.forth-armoury.com/Product_Catalog/competition/competition1.jpg

anyway, great work!

[rv_umesh]

wow.....truly amazing, thats masterpiece,gr8 work man

[BobbEr]

Greate work!!! I think it'll be in CG history forever :)!

[yanyunyong]

so real !
just pure talent!

[oceanbluesky]

Excellent work! Do you think a gobo light to break up the specular highlights on his armor, and cast varied shadows, might work? --Also, perhaps his hair could cast a bit more shadow across his forehead?

Great work!

[gaoang]

i like:thumbsup: good job !!!

[clark0102]

like a real person!!! that's so cool i love it

[Kitten Killer]

It's too blurry on the sides of the nose, and right under the hair at the forehead, and as mentioned earlier, he's a little too clean for a warrior, add some blood and dirt on his face.

[PabloG]

Wow, that is insane!!!

[Morph106]

aside from the fact that your work is AMAZING(i love the elf piece you've just finished), i just couldnt stop crackin up at the posts by that 'Herbert-such-n-such' guy on pg 13 i think it was. LMAOOL(laughing my ass off out loud) for too long!

Thankyou for the pearls of knowledge in your cgsociety tutorial and the last post you placed. Im sure they will really help me along to honing my art :-)

Best wishes from the south!

[thebuilder]

are you kidding me? one sees an area that could be improved.....one tells the artist in case he wants to improve his work. What artist in thier right mind would not somebody to tell them ways to improve thier piece....no matter how small? Maybe i'll post an image and in the description say "C&C welcomed, just don't tell me the areas that are flawed" what a freakin' joke. It angers me so much to hear you make a statement like that. You have some major maturing to do in terms of critiquing. geez

and if you did notice those so called "nit picky areas" were commented on by the original artist and had said they were things that he did not notice and was going to work on them. You are entitled to your opinion but just because you don't have a well trained enough eye to see some of the things doesn't mean they don't exsist, so don't try and lower the validity of other artist critiques just because you can't see them.

I clearly said constructive criticism is fine. What Im talking about is "Oh sthat shadow shouldnt be there, the blah blah looks blah blah. And on it goes. The kind of flaws that exist in real photographs. Like I said constructive crit is fine. I was merely pointing out people want to be the first to point to a flaw, they point out the bad, then say, yeah but its good. It shows a mindset when you point out the negative first. And I see it a lot here. You could post a photo, pass it off as your 3D work and there would be a multitude of people queuing up to tell you why its just not quite got that realism. Merely an oservation, Im not personally attacking anyone, so dont get so upset, take a few valium or something and go have a sit down, breathe....paper bag might help. And the maturing comments. Please! Youd think I just insulted your mother or something. Get off that high horse mate!!

[DigitalMechanic]

I'm just wondering... where do I get the tutorial! :bounce: Just kidding... This image is so amazing, I'm beside myself.


Great Work Max

-DM

[MayaV]

awesome stuff man.............

[ap3pilot]

........just one crit Max..........I noticed him breathing:eek:

[rajasekharan]

now .....where can i complain??????????????????????, umm....yeah......i got one...:)

1.its too too too realistic man...;), ....:-O,

perfect work mate......, someday , i might become one like u...:)

[Diabolos]

You did an excellent job, a very powerful image. thanks for sharing some of your workflow tips in your tutorial - a huge help.

To all of you making the comments on the chainmail: That is not completely correct about how chainmail is made - that is but "one" method of many. Chainmail is also made as Max Kor did it, with the slice in one part and bent back together after looping it in.

D,

[Pixeldragoon]

Someone stole this piece of artwork and used the clonestamp tool very horribly to desetroy the features, then posted it on Conceptart.org claiming it is his own original piece of work.
Just thought you might like to add your thoughts.

Here is the thread :D (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=93807)

Good luck!

[digitalinkmind]

Another great character...I´m stunned with your modeling skills again:thumbsup:

[HappyCalaveras]

Excellent work Max! Five stars just hasn't seemed like enough for your work. Both this and your Night Elf have been great inspiration to learn more about SSS and texturing and push myself towards this level of realism. Fantastic work, and honestly some of the very best quality I have ever seen on CGTalk - you should be very proud of yourself. Thank you very much for sharing your Final Battle and Night Elf work process with the community in your tutorials.

As for the haters and ridiculously arrogant non-believers, just ignore their posts - jealousy is an ugly, ugly thing :wise:

Keep up the great work, mate - I look forward to seeing what you produce next.

[adonis4uall]

you are next to the creator, incredible work

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