Spectacular 3D Entry: David Marsh

[madshooter]

Nice skin texture, I can see awesome results dude:thumbsup:

[ziriguidum]

beautyful blond girl! :drool:

nice job!!!

[pseudonympending]

Lemog, well I knew that the head wouldn't ever be seen at a higher res that roughly 800x400 pixels on a 3636x2657 canvas so decided to keep things managable - my PCs pretty crud when it comes to jumping bewtween Max and PS with heavily layered images. Cheers man.

suk-grigorij, agreed. I tend to use a dedicated specular only spotlight aimed right at the eyes. Forgot this time round so i'll add that. Cheers.

denverbz, SSS? I might do as she will be standing in front of a huge (and spectacular) expolsion so a bit of Sub Surface light on the ears will be required. Generally i try to avoid it as it is very tempting to over use it. Thanks man.

LAURO_MX, no worries man , glad you like her. :)

madshooter, cheers matey :thumbsup:

ziriguidum, thanks man!

[Lemog]

Lemog, well I knew that the head wouldn't ever be seen at a higher res that roughly 800x400 pixels on a 3636x2657 canvas so decided to keep things managable - my PCs pretty crud when it comes to jumping bewtween Max and PS with heavily layered images. Cheers man.
Sure David... I understand well, you're right...
I have too a very poor PC... and generally, in this case... I have 2 size of maps... low res (1024 or less) to work in the software... that I replace by the high res (2048 as minima) for final rendering...
I'm always impressioned by your characters... :thumbsup:

[DimitrisLiatsos]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1128586520_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1128586520_large.jpg)

Dave





Man u make it look so easy....gnarfff...i hate ya! :scream:

:thumbsup: ..Always a pleasure watching your characters evolve....

[Lemog]

You're totally right Dimi... the good word is "easy"... very easy... hahahaha :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[pseudonympending]

Dimi, Lemog, You guys... :thumbsup:

Lemog, regards texture size I find that displaying textures in the veiwports is not a prob as you can always configure the texture display size in the driver settings. It's actually building huge, multilayered buggers in Photoshop whilst running Max that slows me down... Grrrrrr!

I could upgrade my PC I guess but then i'll probably just want to do even bigger textures. :)

[pseudonympending]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1128682111_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1128682111_large.jpg)

I've started on the body of the girl.

I'm thinking some sort of leather/PVC outfit thing with loads of totally unecessary zips and straps.

As you can see it's going to be insanely tight fitting :)

[ihamid]

wow heheh she is umm ...er... nice!:surprised ...........good work man!
cheers!

[flaeticia]

Im always impressed by your organic modellings, very realistic , excepted the very prominent chest ! ;) :scream:

Keep up the good work ;)

[pseudonympending]

yunisirees, cheers for you continued support dude :thumbsup:

Flaeticia, Hahahaha! I got a lot of stick for doing insanely oversized breasts on the last challenge - can you believe I was actually trying to be a bit more reserved this time round!

It's true! :)

[dannyfalch]

Very good work so far,.

but the computergame silicone breasts are kind of taking the focus from the project.

it looks very nice tho, :) ,. nice t-shirt.

nice dynamics and composition in the sketch..

_edit_
ha ha ,. you made them larger in the last challange,....:surprised

[gpepper]

I really like your female modeling, each time !
She is... Nice...
:bounce: :banghead: :argh: :wip:

[SONIC-X]

Your work is amazing and so inspirational.Most exellent dude.

[DimitrisLiatsos]

.....
I'm thinking some sort of leather/PVC outfit thing with loads of totally unecessary zips and straps.

As you can see it's going to be insanely tight fitting :)


:drool: :drool: :drool:

[Lemog]

I could upgrade my PC I guess but then i'll probably just want to do even bigger textures. :)
It's normal... always like that... personaly... I have an another prob... in my job, I have a dual-Xeon 2.8 and at home, a bi-PIII800... :curious: too much difference... hahahahaha

...and whaouw for the body modeling... :drool: :beer:

[hindus]

Swamps u know thats crazy work man :) excelent modeling - but one question where can see some sketche how it will look - check 1 post and theres no any explosion ?

[AndyH]

Excellent modeling, but hmmm.... those boobs are waay to apparrent!

Tone them down a little or make her top a bit looser - shes looking like a page 3 model after a wet t-shirt competition at the moment!

Nice work, but calm down! Take a cold shower!


EDIT - i just read that its gonna be pvc or summat - that would explain the tight fit, but i think with skin tight pvc, the tits would be flattened and lifted quite a bit. Right now, they seem to be footloose, fancy free, and swaying in the wind :scream:

[alancamara]

good work with modeling. Congrats

[creatingreal]

hi David Marsh.
cool Model. Good luck .:thumbsup:

[creatingreal]

hi David Marsh.
cool Model. Good luck .:thumbsup:

[angel]

Hey swamps, just checking your progress. The woman is coming along nicely, that sking looks great. Keep it up.

-å

[Grorum]

Yes, nice work !:twisted:
She's not only sexy, she has a style, it's a really beautifull model.

[madshooter]

Awesome model dude:thumbsup: She is hot:bounce:, somehow I feel that the targets on her breast needs to be little bit more prominent, I guess you understand what I mean to say, or may be I am not correct:shrug: Just a suggestion:)

[HillbillyKing]

Really nice model. I like the flow of the shirt. I feel sorry for her. I wonder how she fits in that shirt....must be heck putting on. I like the mouth on her..has a lot of character

[(o)ne]

great modelling skills :thumbsup:

[Pooyag]

that's totally Awsome...very good:thumbsup:

[melkao]

Good shirt, it looks very nice at the moment, i'll be waiting to see it with the texture:scream:

[pseudonympending]

3d-empire, cheers dude. As for breast size - I'm trying man, I'm trying! :)

gpepper, cheers man

SONIC-X, very kind of you to say so. Thanks dude.

DimitrisLiatsos, I knew you'd like it :)

Lemog, it's always a killer when your work PC puts your home setup to shame. I'm in the same boat. Plus I don't have tech support on the end the phone :)

hindus, hi there. Yeah I changed my concept a bit. I gave a written description but it's got a bit lost in the thread somewhere. Once i've finshed the female model i'll mock the scene together with the assets i've already created. Thanks man.

Andy H

Excellent modeling, but hmmm.... those boobs are waay to apparrent!

Tone them down a little or make her top a bit looser - shes looking like a page 3 model after a wet t-shirt competition at the moment!


Exactamundo :thumbsup:

As for swaying versus supported i'll have a think about that. Comedy post, cheers mate.

denverbz, thanks man.

SNoWs, cheers dude.

Grorum, thanks very much :)

madshooter, yeah maybe a bit but I don't want the shirt to look too thin - just tight :)

HillbillyKing, it sure is! I'm planning some zips and stuff to make it look a bit more 'put on-able'. Thanks man.

(o)ne, cheers dude.

3rd user, thanks man

melkao, cheers mate, won't be long till textured hopefully.


Thanks everyone, loads of great posts. Good to know i'm on the right track.

[gardogg]

Great modeling. I would suggest changing the wrinkles on the shirt between the breasts. The wrinkles remind me of stretching clay.

[gu]

Hi swamps, this model is going fine!!! the cloth movement is perfect, especially between her breast! congrats

gus

[Fleury3D]

Very-very-very gooood!!:drool:

[Yevgeniy Shelukhin]

Why all allways make too big sizes???

[YasushAzush]

:bounce: nothing even to say insted of criting mennnn :bounce:
:bounce:

[eddieellis]

so mate when you going to do us all a nice tutorial for human modelling ?.... or where can i find one you have already done ?

[dannyfalch]

Ha ha,. yeah, I know it's hard to keep it down in size,.

it's the same thing with the car modelers, always big weels and exhaustpipes,..

I just think the attention is better put in your very good compotision and dynamics in the scene..
but, yeah it looks good,.:D

[alfy]

He swamps. Great tutorial, like andy said.. shame I ain't got brazil (though it's free to try isnt it?) You are really into skin hey... well can't say I'm not.. has to b the most difficult thing to texture. Wish I had a tutorial like this a year or so ago :P

[eddieellis]

Doh.... how silly am i for not reasy all your thread :banghead:

[eddieellis]

I do have another question for you though, once your have done the texture and unwrap the UV's, how do you attach to the rest of the model and add goem without having to re-do those uv's.

[pseudonympending]

Wow, cheers guys, so many great responses.

gardogg, but then don't they call grey, globally illuminated renders clay models? Check out my next post with some texture on the top and a zip through the middle - I think it looks a bit more natural now... Let me know what you think. Cheers mate.

Gus_clifton, cheers Gus. I've done plenty of research - about 27 years worth :)

DJ_Fleury, thanks man.

Yevgeniy Shelukhin, Hey man. Every time I model a breast people complain that they're either too small, too big, too saggy, too pert, etc... Boobs are such subjective shapes that you can never please everyone. To be honest I tend to just start modelling and go with whatever seems to develop. Provided they're well modelled and within the realms of possiblitlity I'm happy :) Cheers for your post.

visualact.com, I think I know what you're saying! Thanks mate.

eddieellis, haven't done one for modelling as such. The skin one is a few pages back, think you found it. AS for your UVs question the answers is I don't.

3d-empire,

Ha ha,. yeah, I know it's hard to keep it down in size,.

it's the same thing with the car modelers, always big weels and exhaustpipes,..
Great point. But hey, which one would you rather drive? :thumbsup:

alfy, sorry man, got round to it as quick as I could :) Skin is a tough thing to get right for sure, hope this helps. Dunno if you can trial Brazil, I asusme so... Check out splutterfish.com.


Thanks all, textured torso coming...

[pseudonympending]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1128772322_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1128772322_large.jpg)

I've proceedurally textured the top - no UV unwrapping, wayhey!

The zip has been created by path deforming the model to fit the exact shape of the top - bit of a nightmare to get right but ultimately worth while.

[CGAngel(3d)]

Nice texturing!!!

[pseudonympending]

eddieellis, hey man. Just realised I only worte half an answer to that last post of yours, sorry man, I got distracted. Anyhow, to continue where I started...

eddieellis, haven't done one for modelling as such. The skin one is a few pages back, think you found it. AS for your UVs question the answers is I don't.

...bacause I don't have to . As this model is for rendering there's no limit on texture sizes and numbers. I tend to keep things limited to a head texture, arm and hand, torso, leg and shoe just for simplicity's sake but you could have a hundred different textures if you like as long as they are included in a Multi-SubObject material and assigned to the indivdual element of your mesh via the relevant id.

Therefore it is possible to completely model and texture a head before even starting the rest of the model as you know it's going to have it's own unique UV co-ordinates. If I were making an in-game character I would finish the whole model first and spend a fair amount of time arranging the UV co-ordinates on one (or maybe two) t-pages to give an optimal texel resolution as obviously texture count and size is at a premium.

Hope this answers your question.

Cheers mate,
Dave.

[CGAngel(3d)]

Nice texturing!!!

But hair...

[AndyH]

Wow! That looks frickin ace! She is reeeeal purdy :love:

The hair and the pvc top go together so well - sorta like kill bill meets matrix.
I think your pvc shader could be smoother and more contrasty though - it looks halfway between leather and plastic at the mo. One other crit is that her hair could do with being integrated a bit better - there are some areas that make her look a bit bald around her temples and scalp.
Great work on the zipper - i bet that was a right pain in the arse. Is all that poly modeling? Id like to see some wires cos the creases are superb.

Ace work - youve got a pretty good chance of a prize from the looks of it :thumbsup:

[dannyfalch]

WOW! very nice:eek: ,a nice leather/plastic thing going on there

Ok, point taken..
i think the zipper would have some kind og metal stop thing at the ends of it, largest at the bottom, where it seams to be broken.
and you've got some hair going througt the jacket.

inpressive work.

[YasushAzush]

let seeeeeee ..... every thing is right exept the hair....it needs more work (my apinion)

[unwrap]

Nice job on the cloth. I think some specularity is missing on her face. Look how shiny her neck is, and how...not shiny her forehead.

[creatingreal]

Nice To See You In Challenge. Great Work. Good Luck. :thumbsup:

[gardogg]

This is an incredible model... but I'm having a hard time keeping my eyes focused on the head or the waistline ;)

[madshooter]

Awesome update dude:thumbsup: I dont see any problem with the hair, it looks cool, maybe you will be giving your artistic touchups later:) . Very nice way of texturing the jacket looks
real good:thumbsup: .

[Wytze]

Now that's some sweet textures you got there:thumbsup:

really like her jacket:)

My challenge entry (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=283168)

[beelow]

Thanks for the tutorial, swamp good hustle, now back to my model. Nice to see another max user that kicks ass, Nice stuff so far Swamp!:thumbsup:

[gpepper]

leather or polyester ? :argh:

[Lemog]

E.X.T.R.A. :thumbsup:

[ihamid]

hey man swamps thats great!... hehe u know funny thing i dont much care about the hair anymore! the eyes see other stuff ;) !

cheers! have fun mate!

[(o)ne]

S.U.P.E.R :scream:

[suk-grigorij]

Great update, David. Nothing to crit.

[Versiden]

very nice texturing mate.. it's looking good, one crit on the breasts tho - the clothes look very tight, but the way the breasts are falling suggest otherwise, I think they should be hugging the body more.

[arLutiK]

David amazing modeling and texturing, this is looking better and better everytime I see it

Keep up :thumbsup:

[pseudonympending]

CGAngel(3d), thanks man, hair is hopefully just a place holder now until I can get myself upgraded to Max7.5/8 and sort some decent stuff out.

AndyH, yeah the shader might need a bit of work and the hair needs a total overhall. And yes, zip was major pain top get right - Max seems to have a mind of it's own when it comes to global modifiers - and most other times :) I'll post a wire in the week. Cheers man.

3d-empire, the hair is not going to stay like that., At the very lest it'll be thicker and certainly avoiding the collar. Ideally it'll be scrapped and re-done altogether. Zip is WIP definately needs those stoppy bits, well spotted. :thumbsup:

visualact.com, i'm seeing some sort of a pattern here :) - hair's changing, cheers man.

sergage, well spotted. I have made the spec map darker in places to try and counter the shiny neck, at the end of the day its becasue the light is so high it's not catching the forehead like it is the neck, i'll move it for the final composition. Cheers man.

creatingreal, and you. Cheers dude.

gardogg, hehehe, cheers for you post :thumbsup:

madshooter, thanks man although I think it could do with changing.

Wytze, cheers man.

beelow, no worries for the tutorial, glad it seems to be helping some people. Cheer sfor you post.

gpepper, leathester...? :)

Lemog, T.H.A.N.K.S.M.A.N. :thumbsup:

yunisirees, yep, think you are right - the hairs days are numbered! Cheers.

(o)ne, C.H.E.E.R.S. :)

suk-grigorij, thanks man.

Versiden, that is a vailid point although i'm hopnig that once everything else it going on it's something that will get overlooked. I know what you mean but I don't reckon i've got the will power to go back in and fix it. Cheers mate.

ar LutiK, thanks very much :thumbsup:

[Lemog]

Finally, the only thing disappoint me a lot with your work, it certainly that I don't be able to have the same level of quality with my character... hahahaha :banghead: thanks to share your skill mate :thumbsup:

[MacAndre]

she looks so sexy. really good. :thumbsup: now it seems that the hear hair has the right color. ;)

[gpepper]

gpepper, leathester...? :)

Is it not Leicester ?

[makaron]

hope that the zipper is strong enough to keep her "puppies" in place :p

Like the texturs and the model... :) you make it look like real cloth.

[Lemog]

you make it look like real cloth.Real ??? you have the same Mona ? :eek: :drool:



sorry :blush: haha

[pseudonympending]

mac_andre, cheers, I think the blue helps with the hair colour.

gpepper, hahaha, ok then how about polyeather?

Makaron,

hope that the zipper is strong enough to keep her "puppies" in place :p
You'd be the only one!

Cheers for your post. :thumbsup:

Lemog, down boy!

[Tremoside]

This is the sweetest thread David! Eye catcher cuties factory. No words, my eyes are wet..hupphone number of her? url? where can i order a poster?

ok, seriously. You're a professional of human body models. Just drop my jaws again.
Now my day is fine!

Lock on this thread onto my screen :drool:

[aliasali]

yeahh,i like the cloth! nice Zip!

[Gunilla]

Yes - indeed some really skilled model and texture work here!
Since many others have commented on her cup size I wont... even if it's hard to avoid noticing. I suppose they're playing an important part of the scene apart from raising the drooling level? :D
No crits, since you obviously know what you're doing :thumbsup:

EDIT: Great skin tutorial - thanks!

[coCoKNIght]

Nice character work! Nothing to crit. And thanks a lot for the tutorial! Good work man! :thumbsup:

[ThierryS]

Stunning work man, she feels so real. Love her hair and her... hum.. well, great work!:thumbsup:

[pseudonympending]

Tremo, hey man, where you been? Cheers for the great post.

Madlight_1988, cheers fella. :thumbsup:

Gunilla, yep cup size is always the topic of much debate - even though hey're loads smaller this time round :) No worries for the tutorial.

coCoKNIght, my pleaseure. Cheers man.

thierry2005, I think the hair is likely to change altouhg the style will remian much the same. THnaks man.

[gpepper]

Real ??? you have the same Mona ? :eek: :drool:



sorry :blush: haha

ahahah ! that's what I was thinking about...

[JamesMK]

I really like your concept a lot (not sure though if it has changed since the description and scene blocking on page 1, but I certainly like what's proposed there)

As far as the modeling goes, I'm afraid I don't have any useful crits at all, mainly because it's pretty damn flawless :D And since you are swimming in well-known waters, considering your history of realistic humans, I fear that my impression will remain the same further down the road too.



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[IKIN]

Wow,top job so far.
you know what a spectacular girl looks like :thumbsup:

[Lovas]

The babe already looks great and ( strangely enough:)) it is getting better and better with "age"... Keep it up!

[pseudonympending]

gpepper, :thumbsup:

JamesMK, the concapt has changed since then but to be honest i'm swaying back towards it. Either way there's going to be plenty of zombies, one hot chick and stuff getting blown up! All good. Cheers man.

IKIN, thanks dude :thumbsup:

Big D, If only they all did that... :) Cheers for your post.

[pseudonympending]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129037259_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129037259_large.jpg)

I've been tweaking the explosion and it's looking better. There's still work to be done as a, it's a bit uniform, b, the edges are too fluffy and c, there are some weird artifacts.

I'll get this one right and then clone is several times and change the seed for one uber-explosion...

This ones had a bit of photoshopping in terms of an overlayed layer and a sharpen.

[madshooter]

I think you have already achieved rocking results with this expolsion, looks real cool dude:thumbsup:

[melkao]

Nice explosion, how you made it?(particles, effects....):thumbsup:

[gpepper]

nice!
is it the clipmap that we see on the right?
Do U use some plane with transparency ?

[pseudonympending]

madshooter, cheers man.

melkao, It's particles - 4 Max particle arrays to be precise, each a different colour representing a different phase of the explosion. The textures are all proceedural using fall-off maps to self illuminate and add transparency. The particles themsleves are spheres.

Further back in my thread you can see a wire of the it...

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=273652&page=15&pp=15

gpepper, clipmap? There are no planes in there - just particle spheres. I think you're refering to that weird artifact on the lower right - dunno what that is, possibly a bigger sphere that's not blending too well. There are other clearly apparent shpreres visible particularly when you look around hte edges. They'll all be sorted. Cheers.

[gpepper]

gpepper, clipmap? There are no planes in there - just particle spheres. I think you're refering to that weird artifact on the lower right - dunno what that is, possibly a bigger sphere that's not blending too well. There are other clearly apparent shpreres visible particularly when you look around hte edges. They'll all be sorted. Cheers.

So this is strange...

[pseudonympending]

Not that strange really, it's to be expected with this technique. Basically I need to use more particles and up the transparacy to get a better intergration between the spheres.


:thumbsup:

[darkjedi1929]

Dude...Great Explosion. :thumbsup:

[SONIC-X]

Great explosion and that female figure is awesome.

[EricCartman]

Awesome work!

[agou]

your woman texturing and modeling are soooo nice, I love her. And what beautiful hair:bounce: ! The explosion is cool too.


Keep it up!:)

[makaron]

I feel like call the fire-brigade... looks to me this is good start for an explosion.. :bounce:

[pseudonympending]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129192914_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129192914_large.jpg)

I've added legs as you can see. The wrinkles aren't quite as sucessful as the ones on the top but will do to start with.

I'm planning to add zips to the front and outside bottom legs. Any futher wrinkling will be done with displacement maps.

[AndyH]

Legs 11? Where are you from? Thats not far from where i work :) Tis a fine establishment! Birmingham, right?

Looking superb dave - i love the chunkiness and solid feel to the hips and thighs. I think the lower legs/ shins are a bit thin and straight in comparison though. The high heels, as cool as they are, seem a little out of context given the whole zombie destruction scenario... The midriff seems to be lacking something. Maybe she would benefit from a belt or something?

Really nice work so far.

[pseudonympending]

I must admit i've never been to Birmingham, I live further south - right under the flight path of Gatwick airport to be precise. I was just using an old bingo call - but then again i've never been to bingo either. God I haven't lived :)

I know what you mean about the legs, I wanted them to be quite curvy. I found some reference of girls wearing lycra, leather and PVC - under my dads bed (just joking mum) - and it just looks so much better when it's filled out - the really skinney birds seem to get lost in it. Her calves are quite pumped too but you can't really tell from this render. Hopefully the displacement mapping will sort them out, i'm planning to add a fair amount of detail this way.

That black thing at the top of her trousers is the start of a belt, I think i'll add a nice chunky buckle or something. I've also considered one of those belts that you see girls wearing purely for fashion - they're not even run through the belt loops and just hand there often to one side for effect. Might look cool.

Cheers Andy,
Dave

[ihamid]

hei swamps! ... the explosion is coming out cool! as Andy H pointed out the the lower legs are a bit straight .hmm might be the angle ... but love the great body modeling here!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

cheers man!

[gpepper]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129192914_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129192914_large.jpg)

Hi Queenie ! :bounce:

[Lemog]

Yeak... it's always very good... damned mate... but when will you do something of horrible ? :scream: hahahaha... what can I say of very constructive with you David... don't know... :cry:

hahaha continue man...



and stops supervising your father :twisted:

[flaeticia]

Excellent modelling !
I can say to you that I like her with this type of clothes :D !
They are brilliant !
Bravo ! :thumbsup:

[DimitrisLiatsos]

Hi Queenie ! :bounce:

:scream:....



Swamps...man..she is great...just a thought and not a crit...maybe knees should be a bit bigger...?...i am not sure though.

(Of all the model..the guy comes and crits the..knees ?:scream:...stupido Bubble)

She is great man...love her ..har har..thighs:twisted:.

[pseudonympending]

yunisirees, yeah they look a bit weird but some of it is down to angle, i'll definately be looking at them as well as adding a displacement map for those more intricate rubbery wrinkles. Cheers.

gpepper, :thumbsup:

Lemog,

but when will you do something of horrible ?

Probably when I put all this lot together! Lets hope it just works first time...

Cheers man :thumbsup:

flaeticia, the guys like her for two obvious reasons, glad to hear she is appealing to girls too. Thanks very much.

DimitrisLiatsos, hey man I trweaked the knees smaller last night and thought it looked better but maybe I iover did it... Thanks dude.

[Lemog]

Lemog,
Probably when I put all this lot together! Lets hope it just works first time...
Hahaha... you're right... I know well this step... very horrible and hard...

you work on incredibles details for many weeks... and the together result appear different with the first idea... hahaha... good continuation mate... I'm sure that the final comp will be awesome anyway... :thumbsup:

[gu]

Hi Mr Swamps! I was looking your girl and the first point that called my attention was her feet, for me they seems so small comparing to the body...maybe for the shape of her sandals.

So, as always very well done! You should make a virtual penthouse using your girls!:buttrock: haha , just kidding!

cheers
Gus

[melkao]

nice clothing:)

[eddieellis]

Dude... what else can i say ... awsome modelling and nothing to crit :thumbsup:

[Gunilla]

Very nice effects for the explosion! I think I will try something similar, thanks for the inspiration.
Your lady is beautiful - really cool outfit too... rubber?
I agree that it might be good to make the knees bigger - ah, these eternal size discussions :D

[radu3]

this is sweet... but i think that the feet it's too small like Gus_clifton said...

otherwise...keep the good work

[suk-grigorij]

One litle remark. Don't youthink that her breasts should be a bit closer to each other?

[madshooter]

Great update dude:thumbsup: I like the wrinkles on her pants, looks damn realistic:) Actually you have done a good job on wrinkles overall:) Some how I feel knees are fine, maybe it should be little more thicker.

Looks real cool dude:thumbsup:

[detached]

One litle remark. Don't youthink that her breasts should be a bit closer to each other?

I agree. One more thing I would do would be to taper how the material falls off the breast and continues down the torso. Just so her top doesn't look like its vacuum sealed.

Like This.....http://www.brian-nichols.com/example.jpg

I don't know, may look a bit more natural anyway.

Awesome Model.

[rattlesnake]

this is WOW, impressive mate!, no crits! this is amazing:scream::thumbsup:

[pseudonympending]

Lemog,

I'm sure that the final comp will be awesome anyway...
Hopefully it won;t be long before I can get something together. Should have this bird finished over the weekend than i'll get everything together with the explosion and the zombie (that feels like a different project now...). Fingers crossed :thumbsup:

Gus_clifton, hey man. I think you're probably right about the feet i'll have a look. Once i've got the arms in and correctly proportioned I can get the feet the perfect length by directly comparing them to the inner length of the forearm from elbow to wrist. Cheers man.

melkao, thank you.

eddieellis, cheers man :thumbsup:

Gunilla, hiya. Yeah rubber I think, although it was snakeskin(ish) for a while last night...

radu3, hi there. You could be right, see my respose to Gus above. Cheers for your post :thumbsup:

suk-grigorij, potentially but they're looking quite natural at the moment so i'm loathe to pplay with them (a first for me :)). I know what you mean but as she's braless I reckon i'll get away with it. Cheers man.

madshooter, well knees size makes a change from the eternal debate of breast size I guess. Cheers dude.

detached, hey there. Cheers for taking the time to do the diagram. I see what you mean but I'm not sure if I have the willpower to get stuck back in there and change things, particulalry now i've UV mapped the top. I realise they're not perfect but hopefully once she's posed i'll get away with it... Thanks man.

rattlesnake, cheers dude! :thumbsup:

[SONIC-X]

Nice going on the character-can't wait to see her finnished.

[pseudonympending]

Hey Sonic-X, i've got some tweaks to do to the body and then i'll be adding arms and hands. If things go totally to plan (but let's face it when do they?) i'll have her finished by Monday.

Cheers man.

[auroness]

Hey david, you´re done some great work here, very nice concept and modeling. I´ll be watching here =D
keep rocking

[Matt-Bortolino]

great stuff, nothing to add other than maybe you could think of some extra narrative/humourous details to add to the zombies, like uniforms or employee badges ('hi, i'm bob')

[unwrap]

You're doing great, I envy you :scream: .

[vampeta]

Hello David,

I was just sneeking arround a bit in your thread ;)
Awesome work dude! Your characters are realy THE BEST!

Keep it up... i love your work
Cheers :beer: Alex

[Spin99]

well knees size makes a change from the eternal debate of breast size I guessFirst of all, she looks great!
On the eternal debate, I think it would depend on where you live?
African women are usually larger and general European smaller...

I'd say she's on the big size? Nothing wrong with that either ;)
I do think female anatomy can be very attractive without being that large though.
But it's not as if a large cup makes anyone unattractive...
Any case I really like your entry.

Cheers.

[MadnesS]

Wires, Wires, Wires, Wires, Wires, Wires, Wires, Wires, Wires... :scream:

:thumbsup:

[pseudonympending]

auroness, cheers man!

'mb,

great stuff, nothing to add other than maybe you could think of some extra narrative/humourous details to add to the zombies, like uniforms or employee badges ('hi, i'm bob')
Great idea. :thumbsup:

sergage, thanks man!

vampeta, hey, cheers for the great comliment :thumbsup:

Spin99,

I do think female anatomy can be very attractive without being that large though.

I agree entirely, now that i've added somemore wrinkles and the rest of her body I think it takes the focus off them a bit and they seem smaller even though i've not changed anything.

Cheers.

Madness, on the way, on the way, on the way, on the way... :thumbsup:

[pseudonympending]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129388429_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129388429_large.jpg)

Ok, i've added a fair bit since the last post. Obviously she's now got arms and hands, there's also all the detail around the waist and i've also improved the shader for the suit.

I've added bump maps to the jacket and trousers although am not using displacement currently as it adds so long to the render time its not really parcticle - the bump map's doing 80% of the job anyway.

The 'Bad Girl' emblem on the belt is hinting at the idea that she's a bit of a super hero wannabee with the play on words suggesting that whilst she is a bad girl she is also Badgirl...

As requested i'll do a few wireframe renders so you can see exactly whats geometry and what's texture.

My next task is skinning and as soon as that's done i'll post the full scene showing my updated concept (i've had yet another idea) and all the models so far - all 2 of them :)

[AndyH]

Wowwww! I want one of those for christmas! :bounce:

Your best lady yet dave - bloody amazing work.

Not too keen on that belt buckle though - looks like something a teenager would buy from topshop.
Her legs look a lot better now. Her forearms and wrists seem a bit thin, but it might be the fact that she isnt posed yet. Arms always look strange on T-poses.

Keep up the aceness

[(o)ne]

very good progress ;)

[gpepper]

Wowwww! I want one of those for christmas! :bounce:

Me too ! Please Santa Claus, bring me Barbie big boobs !
oups, sorry ! :argh:

[coochaki]

nice character!:thumbsup:

[unwrap]

You could lower her pants to make her thong visible :deal: .

[alancamara]

The woman really is so good:bounce:. You've been a great work with the clothes, no crits. Could you post the wire her? :) Keep it up, i'm waiting to see her on your pose :applause:
Sorry my english

[gardogg]

The only thing that I can think of to crit is that the wrinkles, particularly in the arms, should not be so regularly placed throughout the arm. I guess there would be wrinkles near the shoulder and the elbow (where most of the bending occurs), however, you have wrinkles placed up and down the entire arm and it doesn't look natural to me. Sorry if that is nitpicking!

[yrd4snd]

Looking great, keep it up:and thank you

[overcontrast]

the female character is looking supurb!! but i donno if its the prespective, but i think the character is bit out of proportion. Spacially the arms are is looking very short. One way you could tell is the hight of the character is equal to the length between the two tip of the middle fingers while the arms are spread apart. and also note, while the hand is in the resting pose, its tip of the middle fingure should reach the center of the thigh.....
but, i think u did an amazing job with the textureing and style. You're always able to put waight into your character not to mention your female characters r really hot. :thumbsup: keep up the good works mate

[Digital_Rebellion]

Hi David, first time seeing your work and it's been a great experience. The concept, besides being a cool concept, is also a nice piece of literature to read :) I love the female model, her face kinda reminds me of someone I know. And it's already been said that she's hot! Wishing you all the best for the challenge.

[4saken]

I really like what you got so far. the zombie looks awesome. I liked the idea on how you did the hair. never heard about this before. I'll surely remember that for future projects.
and of course the girl looks super hot. awesome modelling and shading so far. I'm looking forward to new updates.

greets
joe

[pseudonympending]

Andy H, well you'll have to wait and see what Santa brings you!

Not too keen on that belt buckle though - looks like something a teenager would buy from topshop.
LOL! Yeah it is pretty crap isn't it! I think the wriats are ok though, i'll double check. Thanks a million, your support is appreciated. :thumbsup:

(o)ne, cheers man.

gpepper, no because you'll only make her and Ken do rude things! :scream:

coochaki, thank you.

sergage, now you're talking! :thumbsup:

denverbz, hey man. Pose shouldn't take long now although my planned Sunday skinning session was thwarted by beer :) I'll post a wireframe in a minute though. Cheers.

gardogg,

The only thing that I can think of to crit is that the wrinkles, particularly in the arms, should not be so regularly placed throughout the arm. I guess there would be wrinkles near the shoulder and the elbow (where most of the bending occurs), however, you have wrinkles placed up and down the entire arm and it doesn't look natural to me. Sorry if that is nitpicking!
No not nitpicking at all - it's all about getting the detail right. I agree with you, i'll look into it. Thanks very much.

yrd4snd, hiya. Cheers dude!

overcontrast, no it's not perspective you were absolutly right! I did the arms span vs body length test and she was way out - guess I forgot the whole Virtuvian Man thing. Cheers for the tip and thanks for your post!

Digital_Rebellion, hey man thanks for posting. Glad you like hte concept although it's changed a bit since the start. I need to post an update but keep getting sidetracked. I'm planning an 'image so far' thing soon as i've skinned and boned the girl. Cheers.

4saken, hiya. The hair trick works pretty well for short hair but has proved less successful for the long flowing hair of the girl. I'm going to use Shave and a Haircut as soon as I can get round to it. Thanks for your post.

[pseudonympending]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129536107_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129536107_large.jpg)

Hi all, here are those wires i've been promising...

[pseudonympending]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129536489_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129536489_large.jpg)

...and a close up of the torso.

I'm quite plesed with the way the zips worked. As i've mentioned before it's done with path deforming the zip model along a spline taken directly from the relevant edge loop of the top.

Only prob is the zip model doesn't need to be meshsmoothed but the rest of the body does so when I attach it I have a problem.

I am using different smoothing groups to keep the shape but the meshsmooth is still adding huge amounts of unecessary geometry to an already dense area of the model without actually changing the appearence.

Anyone got any ideas how to get round this problem?

Cheers,
Dave

[AndyH]

try adding a mesh select modifier. Select everything but the zip, then add a meshsmooth (while still in poly/element sub object mode), but turn off 'apply to whole mesh' - that should only subdivide the selected elements/ polys.
It makes your modifier stack a little bit more complex, but its the most efficient method.

Hope that helps

[dannyfalch]

and you do have to attach the zip?? not just group it ,.

maybe mechsmooth jacket, collaps, attach zip.. smoothing groups...

everything is looking very good, is she single or does she have a sister,. :D

[ihamid]

hiya Swamps

she is looking gorgeous day by day! the last rendered post look very nice there mate!
hmmm after smoothing and setting up the final poses maybe you could delete the faces that doesnt show in the camera or effect the shadows! also i use low res proxy to setup the scene then rendewr with the high!
cheers!

[pseudonympending]

Andy H, good good point, can't believe that hadn't crossed my mind :) Nice one :thumbsup:

3d-empire, yeah it has to be attached bacause it's going to be skinned, plus it's way preferable to skin the lower poly model and then add the meshsmooth above the skin modifier - means I can go back and tweak stuff later, plus there's massively less verts to weight.

She can have as many sisters as you like - shift+drag, number of copies... 5? (don't want to be greedy)!

Oh to live in a 3d world :)

yunisirees, cheers man. I tend to have the character at 0 or 1 meshsmooth iterations in the viewport and then at least 2, maybe 3 render iterations, much the same as your technique. I could go in and delete non-visible tris but it's a bit of a ball-ache, think i'll go with the mesh select option that Andy suggested. Cheers for your post :thumbsup:

[AndyH]

If you really wanted to keep the zipper seporate, maybe you could copy the skin modifier from the torso and paste instance it on to the zipper? Ive used that once or twice at work and it works pretty well. If it jumps when you paste the skin modifier, then use the 'always deform' tickbox on the advanced skin settings. It resets your model, and then when you turn it back on, it re-enables the envelopes, but in their current position. Be careful though, cos you cant undo this.

Hope that helps - if you dont understand it i can give you a step by step guide.

[pseudonympending]

Cheers Andy, I understand what you're saying but reckon the mesh select trick will do it. At the end of the day this is all just to save a few polys and makes no difference to how the model will look so it's not worth too much effort. Cheers man.

I've had a trademark change of heart on the concept front and am hoping the new idea will be considerably more 'Spectaular' than the last. I've just booked next week off work purely to work on it. As my boss said - loser!

I'll skin the girl tonight and get a blocked out image of it up asap... I'm actually excited about skining a character for once - yeah, he's right!

:thumbsup:

[dannyfalch]

good point,.

I'll just stick to the clone sisters in the 3d world then.:D

[ihamid]

heheh no problem mate!:) ... man whats this new concept? oh did i miss it in a previouse post! man me very curiouse!! :eek:!

[dern]

Hi David,

Your model is FANTASTIC! I will be keeping an eye on this thread for research, I will be doing some zippers soon as well, didn't really know how to start until now. Great job!

[AndyH]

I've just booked next week off work purely to work on it.
:thumbsup:

Whoa! Now thats commitment!

I wanna do something like that - im saving my holiday for an early finish over christmas though...

[JamesMK]

Very nice wires there, David - and I'm certainly looking forward to see the outcome of the reworked concept next week then :cool:



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[DimitrisLiatsos]

... I've just booked next week off work purely to work on it. ...
:thumbsup:



:eek:U wanna scare the sflit out of us ehh?....:p ...Total commitment...arghhh......I hate YA! :beer:


Awesome work man....the girl is just awesome....

[JamesMK]

wanna scare the sflit out of us ehh?
Oh noooooooo! Not the sflit! OMG omg....




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[pseudonympending]

3d-empire, :thumbsup:

yunisirees, no you haven't missed anything. I did talk a bit about a huge explosion going off as the bird walking nonchantly towards the camera but i've since moved on again - needed something more spectauclar. Shouldn't be too long until I can post an updated concept.

dern, hey man hope it helps, feel free to fire any zip related questions my way. :)

Andy, dedications what ya need... Or was it medication...?

JamesMK, cheers, concept shouldn't be too far off and hopefully uberspectacularish. Or something. :thumbsup:

Dimitris, Hahaha yeah, something like that :) Cheers man.

[Fleury3D]

Very good your work, especially the modeling! But I think that you I could improve the pants of the girl. In the part near to the pockets I think that this has a lot of folds what gives the impression of that pants is a little wide. I think that if you do it more tight, it will be better!
Good luck!!:thumbsup:

[pseudonympending]

DJFleury, hey man. I'm not quite sure what you mean about the pants, I went back and had a look at the model and to me that bit seems ok, in fact it's probably one of my fave bits :)

It'll probably be one of those things I look at it in six months time and see exactly what you mean. You know what it's like when your so close to something, that's why it's great to read everyones C&Cs. Cheers for yours :thumbsup:

[oldnick]

Wooww, amazing work, great model and texture

[pseudonympending]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129648458_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129648458_large.jpg)

Ok, here's the much hyped (by me) new concept.

It might be a bit hard to tell what going on from this but basically she is leaping from the front of an exploding big rig (a Peterbilt 359 to be precise) as it jack-knifes and explodes behind her.

If that wasn't enough to ruin anyones day there's an army of zombies on her arse too! One driving, one climbing on the hood and possibly a third (not shown) on the roof.

There's also a helicopter in the background either a) suggesting a source for the explosion (more baddies) or b) offering an escape route (goodies).

I'm liking this concept more as it means making less characters whilst not compromising 'spectacularness' - although I will of course have to model the truck, the chopper, the buildings, the second zombie, etc...

Let me know your thoughts.

[JamesMK]

Sheesh, jack-knifing big rig, zombies and explosions.... that's like.... couldn't be better, dude! :D

The only thing that hit me when looking at this 3D sketch, is that a slightly more elevated camera could work really well... just a bit more upwards, looking downwards just a little bit more than now. Like as if it was mounted on one of those really expensive camera rigs... thinking maybe the highway scene in that Matrix sequel kind of situation...



.

[madshooter]

New concept is real cool:thumbsup: This scene is gonna rock dude:)
Action, lot of action:)

[makaron]

with this new spectacular action :eek: there is no wonder your girl is slim. The army of zombies looks like a good idea.

[gpepper]

Cool !
So let's go ! :bounce:

[Lemog]

Let's play the spectacular action :thumbsup: a great program David :bounce:

[pseudonympending]

Cube.Inc, hey man, thanks a lot.

JamesMK, yeah i'll have a good play with the camera once i've got more assets built. Cool idea, cheers man.

madshooter, action is the word :thumbsup:

makaron, cheers man, she likes to stay fit by pissing off the undead whilst out truck surfing... Don't we all?

gpepper, i'm going! First stop Trucksville - this'll be my first ever attempt at a vehicle - it's just something i've never got round too. Should be interesting... :)

Lemog, cheers dude, hope I can pull it off...

[gardogg]

The pose of the main character looks like a basketball player throwing a pass under the legs. Maybe that should be changed.

[Lync]

The pose of the main character looks like a basketball player throwing a pass under the legs. Maybe that should be changed.

I hadn't seen it until gardogg said that, but yes, at this early stage, it does look a little like that...but I understand you have a long way to go yet :)

The concept is great and I like the angle of the action too. I would very much like to see more!

[SONIC-X]

The new concept will look great.Looking forward to seeing it come together.I want to see the rig.

[pseudonympending]

Gardogg,

The pose of the main character looks like a basketball player throwing a pass under the legs. Maybe that should be changed.
Perhaps it's basketball players that look like leather clad women leaping from the front of exploding petrol tankers...? No, you're right! :thumbsup:

Lync, as you say though, there's still so far to go yet. I'll no doubt have another 15 changes of heart before the end before going back and doing what I had in mind in the first place :)

Cheers guys.

[shakes]

hey Swamps, what an awesome thread! bit late here but looks like the fun has barely begun! fantastic modelling and texturing- love that zombie, and the girl is brilliant! and the concept..what a cracker! you're definitely bookmarked!
BTW I really appreciated and enjoyed your mini hair tut. I was going to use shave for mine but might give your method a go. keep up the top work!
http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/5996/smileyeye26vj0az.gif

[pseudonympending]

SONIC-X, hey man. I'll post the WIP so far of the rig soon. Cheers.

shakes, hi there. Thanks for your post, glad you liked the hair tutorial. It's a handy alternative to a hair plugin but since i've upgraded my Max to a version with Shave I think i'll be sticking to that in future.... Cheers man.

[Pooyag]

i like your Thought David, and to be honest,you are really brave to Change your Theme Now....and you must have a lot of free time:)...Cool...Motion Blur!!:thumbsup:

[ihamid]

yess swamps at last... the new idea is cool man! and some havey mechanic modeling to go!... hmm i think the angle can be improved .. now it seems a bit compact in the sketch! anyways its just the begining so rock on man!

[dannyfalch]

Swamps, you got a cool rocking concept going on.

BUT,.. i was looking at the challange guidelines, just to see how large final the image should be,
anyway, it says that the spectacular event must happen in real life,.
I havn't seen a lot of zoomies lately...

Just a hint..

You are doing a fantastic job, it would be a shame if the image was not acceptet because of zoombies,.

[pseudonympending]

3rd user, not that brave - my orignal concept had 10 zombies in it, this ones got 2/3! More decidedly cowardly :)

and you must have a lot of free time:)
Now this made me laugh! On top my standard 8 hour working day (plus 2 hour drive), I'm juggling 3 freelance jobs and helping out at my parents B&B whilst still trying to stay fit and have an iota of a social life. Oh yeah, then there's this challenge... :thumbsup:

However a year ago I was sleeping 10 hours a day and whiling away the evenings in front of the TV. Compared to that, this lifestyle rocks :buttrock:

Cheers dude.

yunisirees, yeah the angle needs work but the whole thing will get a total overhaul by the time I get the finished models in. Cheers man.

3d-empire, don't say things like that man, you had me worried! :)

I checked the rules out and i'm convinced my idea is within the brief (which let's face it is pretty vague). I think the zombies themsleves fit the brief really well...

The key theme of this challenge is the portrayal of something that is truly a spectacle - something both extraordinary, but within the realm of possibility. A once in a lifetime event.
The fact that they are real people that have been infected in some way makes them into something extraordinary, in this case zombies. And who's to say such an infection is not within the realms of possibilty...

Don't consider yourself limited to things that are around now - dinosaurs and space-cities can both be spectacular too!
I guess if dinosours and space stations are in then surely zombies are a go.

Cheers for your post, I don't mean to flame you in any way. I really appreciate you pointing this out, if anything i'm just convincing myself here. :thumbsup:

Cheers man.

[dannyfalch]

True,.

just making sure ,.

[pseudonympending]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129730330_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129730330_large.jpg)

This is my first attempt at a vehicle so no laughing! :)

Having said that, I feel it's gone quite well so far and makes a great change from characters - it's a very different discipline though and i'm excited about trying something different.

I want to model to bear a fair resemblence to the original although it really doesn't matter how accurate it is provided it looks believable.

[gpepper]

Nice start ! :thumbsup:

[madshooter]

Great start dude:thumbsup: this proves that you are good in vehicle modeling too:)

[Fleury3D]

I know... Your girl this very pretty :cool:, I only wanted to be a little rigorous in my analysis. ;)
New concept is very Cool!!

[gardogg]

Man, you are going to town on this project! Its hard to believe that you work too!

[AndyH]

Looking good - so is this your week off now?

I like the new concept - its certainly gonna be more action packed and dynamic, but it seems a tad cheesy to me, what with the truck-driving zombies and all. I think the girl sassily walking away from a massive explosion sending zombies flying around would look much cooler. You could do lots with her hair and lighting too.
But hey, its your choice and it looks like youre going with the new idea :)

Keep it up - youve cerainly given yourself a lot more work to do, but you have a week off, and we have 40-odd days left til the deadline!

Go, go go!

[Micro26]

Nice modeling with this track,great start:thumbsup:

[pseudonympending]

gpepper, thanks dude!

madshooter, well it's early days yet but thank you :thumbsup:

DJ_Fleury, no worries man, I always appreciate rigorous critique. The standard is so high in these challenges it's important to get the little things right. Glad you like the new concpet. Cheers.

gardogg, I'm trying to do a no holds barred image - In other words, if I think of it and decide it would work then I go for it regardless of effort. However yes, work does tend to get in the way of this technique somewhat :)

Andy H, hey mate. No, week off is next week. Hopefully i'll have the truck done before that week starts and you'll see some huge leaps forward in that time.

As for the concept, I just wasn't comfortable that the last concept was spectacular enough - to be honest the whole idea was spwaned from me copping out of involving her in the action. I agree that the new idea is considerably cheesier but it works better as a final image in my mind - although I will be actively trying to limit the hum of gorganzola emminating from the final thing :)

Mr Micro26, thanks man.

[hindus]

awesome work man - especially like the girl pose - if rest of work will have this same level you going 2 win ;)

[pseudonympending]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129832682_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1129832682_large.jpg)

The latest from the truck modeling front...

[alancamara]

Hhi David, Good start with the truck:bounce:. You have a lot work to detail this PerterBilt, no?:banghead: But i'm sure that will be good, mate, great work :applause:

[melkao]

wow man nice progress:thumbsup: good truck

[ihamid]

hiya Swamps

i see cool modeling on the rig!! :bounce: :bounce: ! no crits what so ever just rokk on dude!

cheers! and full frottle!:D

[shakes]

great stuff Swamps- really good truck for your first one! this is going to be awesome..gotta love big rigs+zombies!!http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2745/elvisbounce81cf.gif

[madshooter]

Truck modeling is getting better and better:thumbsup:

Nice Progress dude:thumbsup:

[Pooyag]

:hmm:

This is my first attempt at a vehicle so no laughing! :)
that's Totally amazing start there, you're good...if you had time -which i think you may not- take a look at my thread and see for yourself, if you could pass the vomiting stuff then you might laugh a little.(i dont mean the whole part though, just those group of people);)
3rd user, not that brave - my orignal concept had 10 zombies in it, this ones got 2/3! More decidedly cowardly :)
i Just wanted to make you feel better:D
..... Oh yeah, then there's this challenge... :thumbsup: Sorry David, i should have said you use your time Best
However a year ago I was sleeping 10 hours a day and whiling away the evenings in front of the TV. Compared to that, this lifestyle rocks :buttrock: Yeah....Guess what? i'm your last year's kinda dude,even worst...can't wait for your this years Style:) Wish me luck:thumbsup:
Keep it up

:hmm:

[pseudonympending]

denverbz,

You have a lot work to detail this PerterBilt, no?:banghead:
Oh yes! I'm looking forward to getting on with it though. Cheers.

melkao, Cheers man :thumbsup:

yunisirees, full frottle indeed, cheers dude.

madshooter, thanks dude.

3rd User, hey man, I was browsing your thread yesterday, some good stuff going on in there, - now stop dossing in front of the TV and do some work :thumbsup:

[dannyfalch]

Looks good, nice and clean modeling.

Keep on trucking,.:thumbsup:

[pseudonympending]

Cheers dude. I'm off home in a minute for a weeks holiday (woohoo), hopefully i'll get this sucker nailed within the day or two and can then get some sort of rudimentary composition together.

:thumbsup:

[pseudonympending]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1130059776_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1130059776_large.jpg)

I've been adding detail to this thing like a maniac. I'm trying to focus on areas that I know will be seen in the final render but there's still plenty left to do.

I'm going to move onto some shader stuff now and come back and do a final detail pass later.

[hindus]

so only waiting for shaders now ;)

[madshooter]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1130059776_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1130059776_large.jpg)

I've been adding detail to this thing like a maniac. I'm trying to focus on areas that I know will be seen in the final render but there's still plenty left to do.

I'm going to move onto some shader stuff now and come back and do a final detail pass later.



:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Looks awesome dude, nice details, also I guess you will be adding some details on those tyres. For now truck looks real cool, Just Go go go.....:bounce:

[equilibrium]

good job till now, do your best :thumbsup:

[gpepper]

This truck rocks a lot !
Great job David !

[Pooyag]

that's a good improvment David, i really like it.
Keep it up & GooD Luck:thumbsup:

[pseudonympending]

hindus, hey man. Thaks alot. Shader stuffs coming along well aready, should have something to post soon.

madshooter, hiya. Yeah, the tyres will get some detail although they'll be turning and motion blurred so i'll not bother going too mad on them. Cheers.

equilibrium, shall do. Cheers man

gpepper, thanks dude :thumbsup:

3rd user, it's coming along, hopefully the real improvements should be seen in the next post when the shaders are on. Cheers.

[SONIC-X]

Your truck looks very good.

[Lemog]

Not crit about this truck for the moment... that comes really good... just impatient to see the texturing steps... :thumbsup:

[pseudonympending]

SONIC-X, cheers dude.

Lemog,

just impatient to see the texturing steps...
I might have to kkep you waitng a bitlonger there i'm afraid. I've got some basic chrome working on the truck and it looks... well it looks sh*t! :thumbsup:

The problem is clearly that the chrome is only ever going to be as good at what it's reflecting and at the moment that's nothing. I've started on some rudementary buildings, once they're done i'll return to the truck and nail that.

Thanks man.

[hindus]

update please :)

[pseudonympending]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1130164308_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1130164308_large.jpg)

The first building. There's not much geometry in these with most the detail being acocunted for in the textures which are part photoshop part photographs. They're going to be quite blurred/distant in the finished image so no need to go OTT.

[pseudonympending]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1130164401_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1130164401_large.jpg)

And another one. The windows are masked out and given increased secularity and reflectiveness.

[hindus]

start merging all objects into one scene ;) nice work but dont much detail - they be in background ?

[melkao]

i think that the illumination is great, and the buildings too.....good job:thumbsup:

[pseudonympending]

hindus,

they be in background ?
Yep, either in the background or whizzing past with some motion blur going on.

start merging all objects into one scene ;)

These buildings have already gone in - i've built them specifically to test and tweak the chrome/car paint shaders that i've applied to the truck. It's rendering as I type... very, very slowly! As soon as it's done i'll post it...

melkao, thanks man. They're pretty basic but will do the job.

:thumbsup:

[Lemog]

No prob with your building... very good quality for your background I think :thumbsup:

[pseudonympending]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1130231723_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1130231723_large.jpg)

Ok, so i've put the buildings and a basic road texture into the scene and suddenly the chrome has come to life. It's still a bit noisey but that can be tweaked.

I'm most pleased with the subtle niceness of the bodywork reflections - I had to crank the sampling right up to get this to work and the rendering hit was enourmous - 3 1/2 hours for this.

For lighting i'm using a key light and Brazil GI, with 2 bounces.

There's still loads of work I could do to the truck (mainly things like bump mapping in all the seams and rivets), but for now i'm going to concentrate on getting the girl and the zombie into the scene and will add localised detail depending on the final camera view.

[Pooyag]

it is a real Great Start on the shaders David....! Keep em comin:thumbsup:

[Lemog]

A strong guy this David... definitively :banghead:


:beer: I don't know why... I like each time to discover your update... and each time, I'm afraid by your skills... :scream: hahahahaha :thumbsup:

[SweD]

huhu , your skill is really impressive, sure ! the truck rocks.
Maybe the front face is too reflective for me, but anyway it's a really good work !
lightning is ...pfff..wouhaa... :thumbsup:

[sergioKomic]

Hey Dave! to much reflection in the chrome IMO (but you knew that....)


Awesome modeling so far....

[gpepper]

Simply great ! Some dirt all around the truck and it will be fine !
Nice job david !

[jddog]

awersome truck model ! congrats !
jdd

[hindus]

please set camera now sow we could know how it will be look at finish :)

[makaron]

that truck seems like it´s sturdy enough to take some zombieaction.... a lot of shiny chrome and nice stripes too.. me like it... :thumbsup:

[dannyfalch]

coolness!

Looking very good,.
That's one shiny truck!!:D

[melkao]

:eek::eek:wow:eek::eek::eek:amazin rendering and ligthing:eek::eek::eek:i really hate you!:sad:

[melkao]

:eek:wow:eek:amazin rendering and ligthing:eek:i really hate you!:sad:

[SONIC-X]

Your rig looks great with the buildings and the shaders.Great work dude.Your work is awesome and very high standerd.Inspirational dude.Looking forward to more updates.

[madshooter]

Nice work on shaders, truck looks real cool dude:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: and nice buildings too:thumbsup:
Great progress and really very nice skills, Keep going :bounce:

[Dutchman]

Wow David...! :eek: This is indeed spectacular! :twisted:

Cool to see you coming every time with spectacular and amazing/stunning concepts and work! Just every challenge again... Every time again that superb quality! :thumbsup: You're really one of the most inspiring people on the board here! :)

The truck looks awesome, so do the people! Especially that dynamic looking hair of the girl: really amazing!

One little question: about that explosion you said you used Fire and DustDevil... Are that the scripts in the blur-script package? And do they work nice/good/easy... :) Or is it more like a setup for the particle effects...? :shrug:

I'll be watching you!

Have lots of fun and tons of luck! :beer:
-Gijs

[Climax]

• Optimus Prime is on! great 3 1/2 hours render, looking very good, have u planned how to make your composition with all those zombis and the girl? jeez that will be a whole day of rendering time! :scream: you will have enought time for a couple of beers! :buttrock:

Well David, see u in your next post! :thumbsup:

[Agent-Orange]

The truck is looking realy good!!


3 1/2 hr huh? what size did you render at. Just wondering

Keep it coming

[gardogg]

You've got to be freaking kidding me! That's a photo! Amazing work. Awesome lighting and textures. You the man!

[coochaki]

very nice , but needs more work on reflection mat ! it is looks too much!!!
very nice modeling and cool lighting:thumbsup:
I waiting for more ...
good luck man!...

[ThierryS]

Great model and rendering on this picture. It's becoming very realistic. Keep it up:thumbsup:

[pseudonympending]

Wow, what a great response. Cheers all.

3rd User, cheer dude.

Lemog, cheers man, great post :thumbsup:

SweD, thank you. Yeah, chroime is very, very... chromey at the mo, I'll tone it down a bit.

SergioKomic, All my reference stuff is of big trucks at shows where they've been polished and repolished to shine like nithing else - I was copying that but it's bot exactly reslistic of what you'd get on the streets. So yeah, it'll be less reflective. Cheers man.

gpepper, dirt is a must, I agree. Cheers dude.

jddog, Yo, Yo! Where you been man? Thanks for the post.

hindus, some people are never statisfied. Haha :thumbsup:

makaron,

that truck seems like it´s sturdy enough to take some zombieaction
It certainly can. I posed a zombie on top of it last night - looks good apart from the terrible job I did skinning him. Once that's fixed i'll post a render. Cheers man.

3d-empire, Cheers dude.

melkao :thumbsup:

SONIC-X, hey cheers, great post thanks man.

madshooter, thanks a lot mate :thumbsup:

Dutchman, thanks dude. For the explosion I experimented breifly with DustDevil but it wasn't really working as I wanted so I decided just to go for a good old fashioned PArray. There are 4 different PArrays each coloured and timed slightly differently for a different phase of the explosion. The material is textured with opacity fall-off and noise. Hope tht helps, give me a shout if you want a more detailed explaination.

Climax,

Optimus Prime is on! Haha!

I've added in the girl and am trying a render right now. At the lowest exceptable quality it's taking about an hour and 3/4 and 800x600. I expect the final, hi-res render to take at elast a day, possible 2 - i'll have enough time for a whole stag-do!

Cheers man :thumbsup:

Agent_Orange, hey man, I rendered this one at 800x600. Final image has to be around 2657x3636 so that's... erm... bloody ages! Very scarey really I need to be finished a good week before the deadline to make sure everything is rednered and give me time for some post-processing. Cheers dude.

gardogg, haha, thanks man :thumbsup:

coochaki, yeah it's a bit extreme I agree - this topic is reminding me of modeling the girls breats - some like more others like less! :)

thierry2005, Hopefully the chartacters will match the realistic style of the truck... we'll see. Thanks man.

[mmchonghai]

The sence is very nice
I love it

[hindus]

update update update update ;)

[alexichabane]

Great job on the texturing of your scene! I particularily like the buildings in the back ground, but the truck looks good as well. I'd agree with the comments that the chrome is a bit too shinny and reflective, perhaps some scratches and dirt would help. Alexi

[pseudonympending]

mmchonghai, thanks man :thumbsup:

hindus, I should have an update by the morning - i'm going to need overnight to render it :)

alexichabane, scrathces and dirt are a must - this thing hasn't just been driven out the show room. It's just yet another job on an ever increasing list :) Cheers dude.

[hindus]

swamp - whats the deadline date ?

[mosconariz]

swamp - whats the deadline date ?
In 39 days, 2 hours, 38 minutes, 48 seconds.

hehe

David, I'm amazed, your entry is amazing, it will look like a photo, damn, wow

[pseudonympending]

Ok, so I left the PC rendering an 800x600 over night at full quality (I slept teerribly as the noisy bugger and I share a room), and this morning it was only half done! Arse. My quick calculations estimate a 2567/3636 render would take in the region of 8 days! Total arse!

This is unacceptable so i've gone back to the drawing board and rethink the lighting without taking too much of a hit on quality (I hope).

hindus, plenty of time left, provided I can get this render time way down.

mosconariz, cheers for answering that and thanks for your post.

:thumbsup:

[makaron]

My quick calculations estimate a 2567/3636 render would take in the region of 8 days!

so no zombies today?... :cry:

[pseudonympending]

so no zombies today?... :cry:
I would say zombies are unlikely but what I do want to post asap is the girl posed on the front of the truck along with the camera view i've got in mind

[hindus]

so ok - we will wait ;)

[pseudonympending]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1130420394_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1130420394_large.jpg)

Here she is, astride the beast!

There is so much to say about this that I don't even no where to start. Suffice to say that there is still a mountain to climb and everything still needs work - and not a zombie in sight!

The lighting in the background is set up for the explosion. I was able to bring the rendering times down dramatically (this took about an hour) by limiting the amount of GI in the scene - in some ways it looks better too which is nice.

I'm planning to have a helicopter reflected in the windscreen of the truck - this is what she's looking at and how she plans to escape her predicament.

I think i'll work on getting her finished next (including new hair), then i'll finish the cab and finally i'll add some zombies. Oh yeah and the explosion.

And the helicopter.

Phew!

[SONIC-X]

It is looking realy great dude.You should mayby change her shoes to boots or sneakers.Hi heals don't work so well on chrome and nice paint(She's going to scratch that beautiful chrome and paint job on the rig)

[makaron]

I can see a zombie behind the wheel... if I try :P

she is looking good tho, on this shiny truck... :) but a rubbersuIt and fire and explosions, arn´t she gonna melt then?... or does she have rubbersiut so all men melt? .. :bounce:

[sergioKomic]

Niiiiiice.... (still to shiny IMHO) great to see things coming together....


also, the leg is not properly boned (<< is that even an expression?, -got to stop thinking about boning the model....)

[killerlord257]

men your work is really strong. good luck with the rest!:thumbsup:

[Fleury3D]

The scene is very good!:bounce: I liked a lot the idea of helicopter! :thumbsup: Much work to do!:eek: Good luck!:)

[Lemog]

no crit for the moment.. just follow your carry out steps... I imagine yet :thumbsup:

[melkao]

excellent render and texturing, i like how this is going:thumbsup:

[hindus]

excelent ;) but Imo :

background shouldnt be so blur and need some face expresion on character

[pseudonympending]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1130456764_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/7865/7865_1130456764_large.jpg)

I've tweaked pletny in this version, probably the bigest change being to the back-light. I took out the orange (which combined with the blue skylight was making the image too pink).

I've also adjusted the girls head to better show off her face - she'll now be focusing on the on a rope ladder, the very bottom of which will be visible in the foreground the rest in the windscreen reflection leading up to the helicopter. She'll have just dropped her smoking gun ready to make the leap.

I prefer the darker zips although they were a bit of a fluke - they changed when I altered the shoe material, I think i'll change the belt to match...

[angel]

hey I had no idea you changed the composition! The lighting on the bg buildings looks very strange to me, like it doesn't match the rest of the image.

humm, I think she is done for, I mean, what chance does she have against zombies when she's wearing high heels on a slippery metal surface? she will slip and the zombies will have a blond's brain for lunch. ;)

-å

[madshooter]

Vrey nice start on composition:thumbsup: , no crits for now dude, just keep going:bounce: :bounce:

[hindus]

background its to much blured I think - and maybe girl need some face expresion ?
maybe you should change background to highway and add some signs like

http://www.evermotion.org/comm/13-1.jpg

from

http://www.evermotion.org/shop_display_item.php?item=137

think about this please.
cu.