Spectacular 3D Entry: Jim Heathcott

[Cartesius]

Ohhhh, this is going to be fun!

:buttrock:

/Anders

[jddog]

:bounce: here we are again !
jdd

[Gunilla]

Yes! Excellent! :thumbsup:

[DaddyMack]

:D Indeed...
Great to see you here again mate;)
Good luck!

[handlebar]

Hi Soapy http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon7.gifhttp://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon13.gif

[shakes]

bring it on soapy!! can't wait! :buttrock:

[soapy]

Well as usual I will be building a bunch of new toys for this scene. This time I am going to concentrate on tin toys. Which is a pretty good challenge in terms of getting the UV maps and the textures to look decent. I have one idea about a possible scene but I am going to save that for now and just concentrate on doing some models and textures. I will be doing a sketch later but for now I can tell you that this image will have a cast of thousands. Images to follow shortly.

[soapy]

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I decided to start out easy after totally screwing up an attempt at building a robot. Simple model but pretty clean. Needs to have the symmetry sides fixed in place and then the edges worked.

[DaddyMack]

Hi soapy, a typically bent model of yours:thumbsup: I love the feet mate...

[soapy]

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A little test to see how the UV map works. The textures for these tin toys will make or break how they look so I will be pouring a lot of work into them.

[shakes]

agree with DaddyMack- love those feet! the tin toy idea is great fun soapy.

[Gunilla]

Yup - great idea :thumbsup: ... cast of thousands - this will be spectacular for sure, keep going!

[Neeno]

im likin this idea.. very nice..

[alexfalchi]

hi mate....good work...have good luck:)


Alex.

[soapy]

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I decided to convert the birdy model into a Raven. I am sort of thinking of going in a darker direction. But for now I will keep it open and just build a bunch of stuff.

[jddog]

unique concept, wonderful ! I have nothing to say in this moment, just watching what you do ! :beer:
jdd

[soapy]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8691/8691_1126676146_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8691/8691_1126676146_large.jpg)

Progression of a tin toy head. Early modeling, quick texture draw out, line art texture. I will probably go back in with bodypaint and rework some more. I am trying to learn vector drawing, but but I suck at it and getting the maps to play nice with the UVs is tricky.

Guess who?

[handlebar]

Erm Manson i think but i don't think its Charles.

[Gunilla]

Well... not Paris again, is it?

[Cartesius]

Definitely a Marilyn :)

/Anders

[ihamid]

unique concept! and those are some cool style models!:thumbsup:
i'll put my bet on manson too!
cheers!

[jddog]

:buttrock: yeah rock and roll baby... :D

but around eye I would see a more darker blue... no ?
jdd

[soapy]

Yep it is supposed to be Marilyn Manson. I made a different marilyn manson doll in the past and it sucked too. Maybe once I re-paint this one it will look a little better. Hey JDDog you are right about the eyes, well depending which picture you look at, but I will fix that. Plus I think I will make the white skin slightly pinker and I lengthened his nose.

I was thinking the model should be more menacing and kool but the silly toylike qualities are growing on me. Onto building the body.

[shakes]

looking superb soapy- really good turning the bird into a raven- much more creepy.
marilyn manson ..such a great subject- he's a comic icon! his face looks great so far.

[soapy]

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Further progress on the Marilyn Manson tin toy, wind him up and watch him rail against the machine!

It needs more texture work and some doo-dads added.

[jddog]

Excellent :applause: you did a extraordinary pupett here ! I love it !
Hey James why didn't made Alice Cooper too ? That can be a wonderful couple !

jdd

[shakes]

fantastic soapy- love how you've suburbanised and shortened the antichrist..is it a cardigan?

[MacAndre]

yeahh, shake it... :wip: baby

[claudiojordao]

Very funny work soapy, I like your idea very much... good luck.

[handlebar]

Fantastic start Soapy, i like the clockwork element.

[soapy]

Ok, I was thinking I should have an audience participatory element in this project, so if anyone wants to suggest any celebs, famous personages or any other things to be made into toys please post. Post as many and as wacky of ideas as you like. I am going to try and model the top 3 or so most popular suggestions.

For instance, my own tentative to do list at the moment contains:

Jesus
dancing Skull
Dita
race car driving bear
Terminator (the Arnie one)
John Wayne Gacy
Moby Dick, with the Ahab ride along.
Adolf Hitler
50 foot woman

[jddog]

like I told you Mary(lin)popins with Alice Cooper for sure will be the bad rock dudes :buttrock: and why not Malcolm X ... a strong contrast between personality and culture...
jdd

[Gunilla]

I think Prins Charles and Camilla could be a pleasant addition.

You have an idea for the scenery yet?

[handlebar]

Kenny out of Southpark

[soapy]

I should mention that you can vote for as many characters as you want and vote as often as you want, but only one vote per celebrity/idea. Lists are welcome. I will prolly take a tally around the end of this month, and start the modeling on the top pick at that time. Meanwhile I have lots to keep me busy.

Right now it is a 4 way tie for the lead, hahah. I will throw down some swing votes if the voting remains this sparse. I get one vote too. Right now I am praying that a gaggle of Donny Osmond fans do not flock in here... :-)

[handlebar]

Ok Soapy here's a few..... Steven Hawikins, Ghandi, The Red Barron + Triplane, Spock (leonard Nimoy), Freud, and any of the UmpaLumpas as long as they don't sing.

[soapy]

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Moby Dick tin toy. Push down on his tail to make him rock back and forth and watch Ahab's head and limbs loll back and forth...

I guess Moby will need more detail to make the scale feel right?

[DaddyMack]

Hi Soapy, looking unique and great as always my friend! I'm a little suss on the mouth corner of the whale but understand it might be a style choice...

Btw add my votes for
Kenny, Arnie, Michael Jackson (with bubbles in tow), TAFKAP, Krusty, Shrek, Osama and George Dubya, QE2, Thatcher, Di, Jolie, Thurman (in yellow catsuit from Killbill2), Janet...

Top of my list would be Thurman (in yellow catsuit from Killbill2)

Good luck Jim, I always find your work refreshing and thoroughly original (bent!) :thumbsup:

[kromekat]

Hey Soapy!

Looking good man! - best of luck - I am looking forward to how your entry develops! :thumbsup:

Adam

[shakes]

gosh you're going to be busy soapy!! are you going to use a few basic meshes for the characters and modify them , or each one individually?

here's my faves, some of yours plus a few of mine

hitler
jesus
moby dick
elvis(fat version)
michael jackson
george w
usama bin laden?
medusa
minotaur

such a great idea !

[soapy]

Hi Soapy, looking unique and great as always my friend! I'm a little suss on the mouth corner of the whale but understand it might be a style choice...

I wasn't quite sure whether to build an add on for the jaw or build it in. So I went build in, I the polys are folding funny there I will work on it. Or maybe I will build a seperate jaw. Plus I have to build the fin er flipper? and arms for Ahab.

gosh you're going to be busy soapy!! are you going to use a few basic meshes for the characters and modify them , or each one individually?

I will probably recycle some of the meshes once I build them out. But some will probably get fresh starts depending on how unique they are. Plus I think there is going to be a mix of different kinds of toys so that will mean starting from scratch.

Thanks everyone for the kind words. Some of those character suggestions are cracking me up.

[shakes]

just looking at moby/ahab again- love the way you've done them, particularly ahab's pegleg and face!

[handlebar]

Fantastic Soapy http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon7.gifhttp://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon13.gif

[soapy]

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I took a rest from tin toys today and decided to model a vinyl creature toy. It is modeled in parts with bones in the wings.

Can anyone guess who it is?

[shakes]

hmmm..I'm stumped, soapy. can't guess. it's sure cute though..bit of a change of genre for you?!!

[soapy]

hmmm..I'm stumped, soapy. can't guess. it's sure cute though..bit of a change of genre for you?!!
Not really, anything can be co-opted in Billys basement art-gasm. In the past the limiting factor was my modeling ability but I am getting a little better all the time. Plus I am not all that good at designing cutsy models but today I was struck by devine inspiration. Couldn't get it out of my head actually...

[soapy]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, I was also inspired by all the great ghoul toys you have been making lately Shakes.

[shakes]

awww..gee thanks soap- an honour!

[suk-grigorij]

I guess DaddyMack maybe right about whale. What about all the rest... Cool, real cool.

Goodluck

[Cartesius]

That vinyl creature toy is brilliant! Can't guess who it is though...

/Anders

[soapy]

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Pretty much finished the texture for this guy. I thought I would include the sketch and a wire. Sorry about the bad quality on the sketch my scanner is down and dont have decent lights for my camera.
I hate purple but it has to stay and his texture should have short shorts but I like him without.

[samer-salameh]

i like ur style ...:thumbsup: ....good luck

[shakes]

hey soapy, that looks awesome! the colour is great, I wouldn't change it. you've nailed that plastic look. I love the little pock marks.

[Gunilla]

haha - I love that new toy - and the way it present itself to us, awesome work as usual:thumbsup:

[jddog]

:wip: like shakes i like the color too... very cool and great figure here :thumbsup:
jdd

[handlebar]

Lol, you got that vinyl look just right Soapy, great character.http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon7.gifhttp://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon13.gif

[elnady]

Really funny stuff

Good luck:thumbsup:

[DaddyMack]

Your latest character is a riot soapy... Keep em coming mate:thumbsup:

If I may tho, I'd suggest tweekin the corners of his eye... unless they're meant to protrude like that;)

[ihamid]

hi soapy as stylish as ever! and pretty fast progression of modeling man!:thumbsup: you must be thoroughly enjoying this! have fun mate!

[soapy]

Thanks for all the support peeps.

If I may tho, I'd suggest tweekin the corners of his eye... unless they're meant to protrude like that Do you mean the eyeball or the lids? There are a couple of points I could pull back to round out the eyeball. The head and eyeball and teeth are all one mesh I think it helps give it that vinyl look. I am not super fussy, hell its a rubber toy, but I will fix it. edit --> (ok fixed now)

hi soapy as stylish as ever! and pretty fast progression of modeling man!:thumbsup: you must be thoroughly enjoying this! have fun mate! Yeah I burned up my saturday, but I enjoyed it. Then sunday mapped out the textures in a couple hours. It is probably the fastest I have put together a model like this. I guess the speed modeling sessions on renderosity helped.

I had lots of inspiration for this little guy. Saturday morning my son and I listened to the song that inspired this model about 30 times. It was a big hit in the 1950's, it sold 3 million albums and something like 100 million singles or some such craziness. If this song gets in your head it will rot yer brain.

Still dont know this guy? more hints later.

[shakes]

er.."puff the magic dragon" perhaps?!

[soapy]

er.."puff the magic dragon" perhaps?!

Ah no, but if you like I can put Puff down as one of your votes...

Shakes knows where the purple guy comes from, I told him in email, and he is teasing me now. However it is not a bad hint, but if the kid wants to hear the Puff the magic dragon song on my computer he is dreamin... that other song is bad enough.

Get your votes in for tin toys and vinyl for me to model...
Some of the suggestions already made I really like a lot and will try and build out in addition to the vote winning suggestions.

[Spin99]

I just noticed I was missing on the fun here.
That's really humourous work.

Good luck to you :)

[Gunilla]

It was a big hit in the 1950's, it sold 3 million albums and something like 100 million singles or some such craziness. If this song gets in your head it will rot yer brain.

Ah come on - you can't do this... You have to say what song it is!
Could it be - Que sera, sera? With the toy beeing Doris Day? You see - you have to spare me from thoughts like this! :)

[daWinky]

Funny idea with the toys, I really like your little alien and his presentation. But I'm now really, really curious of your concept??? :bounce: If you want to keep it as a secret for a while, I can wait...meanwhile if we can make a proposal for the toys: How about a little Elvis?

-sabrina

[soapy]

Ah come on - you can't do this... You have to say what song it is!
Could it be - Que sera, sera? With the toy beeing Doris Day? You see - you have to spare me from thoughts like this! :) Do the words "It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater." sound familiar? I dunno if that song made it to sweden or not.

But I'm now really, really curious of your concept??? If you want to keep it as a secret for a while, I can wait...meanwhile if we can make a proposal for the toys: How about a little Elvis? OK tommorow sometime I will talk about the concept. Meanwhile I put your vote for Elvis into the list.

Thanks Spin and everyone else for the nice compliments.

[soapy]

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The second try at a vinyl figure. comments? suggestions? I was thinking maybe a belt at the waist. To give the impression the main body part is clothing, like a shorty wet suit or something.

[handlebar]

I like it Soapy, the only thing that bothers me a bit is the forehead above the eyebrows seems a bit odd, try bringing it out a bit more by the bridge of the nose. Keep up the great work, i'm really enjoying your thread.

[Gunilla]

Do the words "It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater." sound familiar? I dunno if that song made it to sweden or not.


No, never heard until now ( found it on the web (http://www.shebwooley.com/ppe.htm)) ... unfortunately - collecting silly songs is one of my favourite hobbies. I can understand how the lyrics affected you - very inspiring! :scream:

About your last figure - I think giving him a belt could be good, a belt with a big buckle as the dwarfs have in "Snowwhite" Keep bringing us goodies like this!

[claudiojordao]

Hello soapy, you models get funny and funny every time I see your thread... great job mate.

[DaddyMack]

Hey soapy... With all due respect.. You're wierd...;)

Another finely bent character mate, my suggestions would be tighten up the 'v' around his neckline for the seam of his clothes, exaggerate the joins you've made just slightly more, and give them all equal bevels and maybe emboss a small logo on his chest... I think he'd like some lips to match his eyes too;)

Keep em coming mate:thumbsup:

[soapy]

I like it Soapy, the only thing that bothers me a bit is the forehead above the eyebrows seems a bit odd, try bringing it out a bit more by the bridge of the nose. Fixed.. I think giving him a belt could be good, a belt with a big buckle as the dwarfs have in "Snowwhite"Yes, I think I will try on a belt, I keep thinking of this guy as an alien powerlifter. my suggestions would be tighten up the 'v' around his neckline for the seam of his clothes, exaggerate the joins you've made just slightly more, and give them all equal bevels and maybe emboss a small logo on his chest... I think he'd like some lips to match his eyes too. The lips are an easy fix. The neckline will be a bit trickier, my polys on this model dont flow very well, but I think something can be done in paint to put in the neckline thing. I am not sure what you mean about the joints, but I will look into it. A chest logo sounds good, Maybe I can fit something twirly like his antennae.

[Spin99]

I like the new creature :)
Also the raven update and Marylin's cameo.
It could become almost like a Goth toy party?

I vote for Blair and Bush, Uncle Sam, and maybe Osama(?) Paris or Pammy(?)
and Godzilla or Puff! Pac Man or Sonic (?)

This looks like a fun light hearted theme.

[shakes]

Hey soapy- you're rolling out some awesome new characters! love this one-those rotating arms rock! such a distinctive style. keep that production line coming!

[soapy]

So as promised a little about the concept: For Spectacular my basic plan is simply building a toy scene with lots of models. I don't have a super duper concept yet. But I have a couple of ideas.

My first idea was to do a sort of 'SPECTACULAR 50 ft. WOMAN" scene with a large central female robot and lots of others all gathered around in a carnival setting.

The second is along the same lines but with more of a Burning man type spectacle freakshow spectacular feeling to it.

There is one other even more nebulous idea I that is about just having a whole bunch of spectacular things going on. A spectacular collection of toys? heheh.

Since I dont have a strong idea yet, I am mostly just going to try and have fun and work through the process. I like to start with the seed of an idea and work along with it and see how it develops. Often I find that if I start out with a rigid set plan and work strictly towards it the image fails. But often the secondary ideas or ideas that spawn out of it along the way work out nicely. So I am mostly flying by the seat of my pants at the moment. Making models and fooling around is my primary concern, winning is secondary and pretty much a long shot in any case. But you never know..

Some specific ideas I am hoping to include are a new stone tile floor and inflatable plastic clouds. But both will require some careful modeling to be successful, so we shall see. Also I was thinking a star-field background in behind all the action.

cheers soap

[shakes]

hey soap, they're both good ideas...tough to pick. I like the 5o ft female robot, but the burning man freakshow would really suit you. could you combine both? maybe have the freakshow as the main concept, and throw in the girl bot as one of the characters?
maybe hovering in the background..?

[handlebar]

I think the burning man idea is great Soapy, you could turn it into an early 90's rave scene with lots of crazy toys being very pagan and going nuts.

[soapy]

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A little update on the gremlin guy. Fixed some problems, added a belt and mapped him out. I am thinking he will get some more modifications and lots of texture work.

[shakes]

classic stuff soapy! i really love the distorted hunched way you've done his arms/shoulders. those eyes look great

[ThierryS]

You've got a funny style man, will come back to see more:) . Thanks for your support!

[daWinky]

Aah, the concept is to have no concept:twisted: ! As long as it is so amusing and entertaining to follow a thread with no straight concept I have nothing to say against it:) . I like the gremlin. By the way, you know this Marsupilami figure...:bounce: ?

-sabrina

[SnoK]

hey soapy!!:thumbsup: Nice style man, very interesting. Only one thing about the gremlin guy, I think the eyes are not looking like a toy eye, they´re too real for a toy :) see you!!

[soapy]

Aah, the concept is to have no concept ! As long as it is so amusing and entertaining to follow a thread with no straight concept I have nothing to say against it. I like the gremlin. By the way, you know this Marsupilami figure... ?sabrina WHo needs a concept! ;-) I went and looked at Marsupilami? Do you want me to add him to the vote?

Only one thing about the gremlin guy, I think the eyes are not looking like a toy eye, they´re too real for a toy :) see you!! Oh well, I guess it is easy to work backwards...

Thanks for the nice comments everyone.

I think I am going to make some changes with the gremlin guy, I cut some corners so I want to go back and fix him up. I am not too happy with him to tell the truth but I think he will be ok for a minor player in the background somewhere.

[Cartesius]

Well, some influential philosophers would say that having no clear concept is really a concept in itself :D

Whatever you come up with, soapy, I'm sure it will be spectacular! :thumbsup:

/Anders

[jddog]

:wip: just what you do here is so cool continue like that, like Anders say it will be for sure spectacular
jdd

[shakes]

eagerly awaiting more soapy!!

[soapy]

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More work on texturing this guy. I tried out a little displacement on the yellow parts and changed the colours around. Also did some fixes on the modeling, better toenails and fingernails. And installed a few bones in the arms.

[handlebar]

Nice one Soapy, black antenae might work better in the specular vinyl material, just a suggestion. Cool update. http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon7.gifhttp://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon13.gif

[Gunilla]

Wonderful rubbertexture! You're doing great, keep going like this!

[shakes]

love the new colours and textures soap. the bump map looks really good.

[ODoul]

Dare I say that little winged alien guy looks ... brace yourself ... cute. GASP!

There, I said it and I'm not f-ing sorry.

[soapy]

Nice one Soapy, black antenae might work better in the specular vinyl material, just a suggestion. Cool update. http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon7.gifhttp://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon13.gif Thats a good idea, I will try something different on the antennae.
the bump map looks really good. Actually it is a displacement map, but I am thinking it might as well be a bump instead. Depending on how far this guy is from the camera it would save a lot of render time to switch the map to bump. At first it stuck up a lot more but I dropped it down and the displacement doesnt show much now.
Dare I say that little winged alien guy looks ... brace yourself ... cute. GASP!There, I said it and I'm not f-ing sorry.. I know, hahah. I tried really hard to make a cute one, it is foreign territory for me. I will try some more cute ones later but I can't garrantee success.

Thanks everyone for the support.

[DaddyMack]

Hey soaps, nice one mate:thumbsup: The bump map has worked wonders and the toes look great

[shakes]

I know, hahah. I tried really hard to make a cute one, it is foreign territory for me. I will try some more cute ones later but I can't garrantee success.



who'd have thought the day would come when we look at soapy's work and say " awww,
ain't that the cutest thing you've ever seen?!" heh heh

[alexfalchi]

Hey Jim, nice work here mate! keep up the great work:thumbsup:


Alex.

[daWinky]

The added details and the displacement for your gremlin are working great!:thumbsup:
I'm looking out for updates now. Oh, and: yes, please put the Marsupilami to your vote list.:)

-sabrina

[Spin99]

This keeps looking very funnnnn :)

[soapy]

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I am going to try and model this guy this weekend. Hopefull I can capture the spirit of the sketch.

[DaddyMack]

Hahaah... I knew that this thread was gonna keep getting wierder and wierder... and wierder... It's great having you 'round here Soapy:buttrock:

[shakes]

nice sketch soap- bring on the little bugger!!

[eboot]

Hey Jim, I´ve always been surprised by the effect of making a good model look like a toy, but yours are actually miniatures!.
Very well done.

[soapy]

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Start of the big boy model. The purple people eater is included to show scale. This guy is big.. in fact he may go a touch bigger. I haven't really decided what details to include in this model yet. Or how the joints will fit together. Any ideas?

[handlebar]

Maybe made out of cloth and stitched together, or even made from patches of leather and rivets. Great character again Soapy, he will fit in well with the others. http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon7.gifhttp://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon13.gif Also a transparent coloured plastic half filled with liquid would be cool. The great thing about your thread is that anything goes, its what makes me want to come back for more. Keep up the great work.

[shakes]

hey soapy- you're a genius at these crazy/ cute characters- they're just fantastic!!
love the new guy, and the scale is hilarious! http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/5996/smileyeye26vj0az.gifhttp://img347.imageshack.us/img347/5996/smileyeye26vj0az.gifhttp://img347.imageshack.us/img347/5996/smileyeye26vj0az.gif

[ODoul]

That purple people eater is too much, I smile every time I see it. I can only imagine what you have planned for him.

[soapy]

Maybe made out of cloth and stitched together, or even made from patches of leather and rivets. Great character again Soapy, he will fit in well with the others. Also a transparent coloured plastic half filled with liquid would be cool. The great thing about your thread is that anything goes, its what makes me want to come back for more. Keep up the great work.Hmm I like the idea but I am pretty lazy. I will see what I can come up with.
That purple people eater is too much, I smile every time I see it. I can only imagine what you have planned for him. This image should be pretty tame, maybe later Purps might become a perp. ;-)
hey soapy- you're a genius at these crazy/ cute characters- they're just fantastic!! love the new guy, and the scale is hilarious! Thanks Shakes, yeah he is so big and so slow his whole bottom third will be tagged up with graffitti.

[soapy]

Oh btw, the new character modeling idea deadline for voting has passed. There was a tie for first place so I called in a panel of expert judges. They have determined Mr Spock the winner. So I will start modeling Spock shortly.

There is probably a lesson in all this...

[shakes]

lookin forward to spocky soaps!! http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/9962/smileyfire21ny.gif http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/2702/smileyeye26vj.gif http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/9609/crazysmiley3rh.gif

[handlebar]

A logical choice Soapy, Lol http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon7.gifhttp://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon13.gif

[soapy]

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I am building a sort of underwater/flying creature toy. Here are some tests for the fins. I wanted to see if I could build some nice flowing diaphanous fins. The curves are all about bones.

[Gunilla]

Beautiful shapes for the fins! They look a bit like a whole new style - but I suppose it will come together fine. Looking forward too se the whole scen now :thumbsup:

[soapy]

Beautiful shapes for the fins! They look a bit like a whole new style - but I suppose it will come together fine. Looking forward too se the whole scen now :thumbsup: I have never really worried all that much about whether the toys match each other or not. If you look in any kids toy box you will find all different styles. But you are right this one is way out there. I was thinking of it as a sort of futuristic high tech toy. To suit that 'future history' thing they mentioned in the mission. If all goes well she will be flying in above the other toys. The upper half will all be all new age and shiny and the bottom portion antique. Antique as in anything from now backwards. That is the plan today, could change. :-)

[eddieellis]

wow great render mate... i love the texturing.. and have nothing to crit :thumbsup:

[makaron]

all your toys are just perfect... :applause: funny and welldone...
are you gonna put some stuffed ones into that gang too?

[DaddyMack]

Aaaahhh honourable soapy pulls out another minor masterpiece to add to his collection:thumbsup:

Love the fins mate;) especially the teardrop details... Keep Rokkin:buttrock:

[shakes]

hey soap- just beautiful!! i love the way it's going to be lots of variety. love the way you've done the shaders-would make a fantastic robot bat wing!!

[ihamid]

hei soapy dem fine progress! like the underwater toy..and the material is pretty nice!
cheers mate!

[soapy]

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Mr Spock to the rescue!

As promised here is the mister Spock doll. He came together really fast.

[handlebar]

Spock rocks, unmistakeable, just needs a tri-quater, Lol. Great progress Soapy http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon7.gifhttp://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon13.gif

[shakes]

@#**!! awesome soapy!! what a great spocky doll. these are all coming together beautifiully.love the hands and body and the face is a crackup!!

[Gunilla]

I have never really worried all that much about whether the toys match each other or not. If you look in any kids toy box you will find all different styles. But you are right this one is way out there. I was thinking of it as a sort of futuristic high tech toy. To suit that 'future history' thing they mentioned in the mission. If all goes well she will be flying in above the other toys. The upper half will all be all new age and shiny and the bottom portion antique. Antique as in anything from now backwards. That is the plan today, could change. :-)

Sounds very cool - and a good idea to have something sticking out like that.
Oh, and the Spock doll is absolutely cute :D
Can't wait for the rest!

[shakes]

any updates coming our way soapy..pretty please? http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/5996/smileyeye26vj0az.gif

[daWinky]

I really enjoy your toys, though still not knowing what your concept is... Mr Spock is too cute:thumbsup: . Some updates, please?!:bounce:

-sabrina

[soapy]

I have been feeling under the weather the past couple weeks. But I do have an update and will try and post it tonight.

As for my theme, it is about the 'arrival of the princess'; a brand new high-tech toy of the future floating in above the antique toys of days past. She is the spectacular brand new high tech wonder... solar powered, lightweight poly-composite psuedo metal tintanium endo skeleton and ectomorphic ultra pliable electrostatic skin. With AI powered by a nano zeus u-7 processor capable of an incredible 385 gigaflops. Her personality is roughly equivalent to a 3 year old child. She is happy and bouyant in disposition. In good weather she can stay aloft indefinitely during daylight hours and has the onboard guidance and navigation programming to execute delicate and sophisticated aerial maneuvers.

[shakes]

sounds like every home should have one, they'd just need a bigger house! love the theme soapy-very nice. great to see you're back on the job! http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2745/elvisbounce81cf.gif

[ODoul]

I have never really worried all that much about whether the toys match each other or not. If you look in any kids toy box you will find all different styles. But you are right this one is way out there. I was thinking of it as a sort of futuristic high tech toy. To suit that 'future history' thing they mentioned in the mission. If all goes well she will be flying in above the other toys. The upper half will all be all new age and shiny and the bottom portion antique. Antique as in anything from now backwards. That is the plan today, could change. :-)

Ain't that the truth! Both of my kids toyboxes are full of toys that are missing appendages. Perhaps I should start to worry ... ;)

[soapy]

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A little test showing what the clouds will look like. I still have to model the thing you blow the air into.

[Gunilla]

Love that cloud, Soapy! Looks like one of them cloth hangers - very cool.
I'm getting more and more cusious about how the comp will look like with all these goodies... any thoughts yet? The princess theme is very interesting.
Keep bringing this hilarious work further! :bounce:

[shakes]

cool cloud soapy- I love the hanger contraption too.

[DaddyMack]

Hmmm There's that clear plastic fetish again...




I thought it was gonna be a submarine from the thumb... Nice one Soapy:thumbsup:

[soapy]

cool cloud soapy- I love the hanger contraption too. They call that thing a snap swivel they use them for fishing and for kites. I am pretty happy with how it came out too, fairly realistic..

Hmmm There's that clear plastic fetish again... I thought it was gonna be a submarine from the thumb... It is an alien condom. You gotta use the transporter beam to get it on.

Hey Gunilla thanks , yeah I have an idea of how it might look, I just havent done a sketch yet. I dont think I am going to bother with an overall sketch this time around.

[DrFx]

Wow, just saw your entry. Your work looks amazing, the shading in that cloud is lovely! The manson toy is funny, it's so him! I like the tin toys better than the vinyl ones. What is your final scene composition going to look like?

[meatpuppet]

that cloud is beautiful. really great lighting and render.

i gotta be honest and say i'm not exactly sure where you're going with this piece, but the individual elements are looking really nice.

looking forward to the final.

cheers,

[jddog]

hahaha alien condom... :scream: man that's rock ! haha...
:wip: you are doing a crazy work, love it... I will see othe rup-dates !
jdd

[TomerEp]

Should make an interesting piece :)

[daWinky]

Now I finally know what you are going to do with all your wonderful toys and I really like your idea:thumbsup: . I hope you find some time for an update, I'm curious to see how all comes together!

-sabrina

[Gunilla]

So, are you hammering away on something new to thrill us with?

It's about time we got some updates now - I'm just so curious :wavey:

[soapy]

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Some foot models I have been working on. I need to make more too.

[soapy]

I havn't decided where this one is going yet. heheh. Could be a hard left turn ahead.

[daWinky]

Nice to see that you are still here! And some nice feet too:) ...a hard left turn...?
I just understood what you are planning to do and now you want to change it again...:scream: !? Okay, you're always good for one more surprise...:bounce:

-sabrina

[Gunilla]

Haha! I'm so glad to see you're up to some more surprises! Those feet are kicking :thumbsup:

[jddog]

I'm very happy to see finally an up-date. You are doing all perfectly! :applause:
jdd

[soapy]

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I textured up the monster foot and did a few SPD tests. That is sub poly displacement. Here are the results, no SPD just straight displacement of course the fastest, but I think I will go with SPD set to subdision level 1 fairly reasonable at 21 sec. I am using cinema 4d 9.1. Subdivision at set at 4 went over 2 min, too slow! Besides I don't think it looks as good as 2 or 3.

[daWinky]

:eek: looks...interesting...Will we see the owner of these feets?!:bounce:

-sabrina

[soapy]

:eek: looks...interesting...Will we see the owner of these feets?!:bounce:

-sabrina nope, just feet. :-)

[soapy]

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The loafers with paint. Kind of dirty I guess, this toy has been through the ringer or maybe it is from a zombie..

[makaron]

hmmm... looks like Soapy gonna open a part-for-toys-that-need-feets-store :p

[Gunilla]

Yep! Must be a foot-fetischist living in that place! ... I'm just getting more and more curious now... which might be the general plan I suppose.
Really like what you're doing here, Soapy! I'm hereby dedicate my current avatar to you :thumbsup:

[shakes]

very funny toy feet soapy! l love that green SPD too. can't even imagine how all this will look together and I can't wait! great to see you back

[soapy]

Heheh, thanks peeps. Well you will all just have to wait and see what transpires. I am not even sure what the image will look like right now. I can tell you that the chrome and plastic flying princess model is on the shelf at the moment. Next up is to build the set and there will be more feet too.

Thanks for the dedication Gunilla, I think I will build some baby feet. :-)

[daWinky]

And some more nice feet:) ...still curious...:bounce: !

-sabrina

[soapy]

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Another foot, just a cheap plastic accessory. The laces were a bit on an experiment, they were modeled on. I think for not too bad of render hit I could have done them more easily and a lot better with SPD. Maybe on the next foot.

[Gunilla]

Love every step of this (pun intended:)
Really - it makes me very inspired... and yes, a baby doll foot is essential for this collection I think. More! :bounce:

[soapy]

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In that movie Belle de Jour there is a scene where Catherine Denueve's character has sex with this really greasy looking young guy and he doesnt bother to take off his socks. One toe is poking through one of his socks. Very nasty... anyway that scene really stuck in my mind and is the inspiration for this model.

[shakes]

HAHA These are so cool soapy! you could do an image just of these! vfunny

[soapy]

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I have to admit I took great pleasure in breaking the feet off this Fairy, Forest Elf? er well whatever damn creature wears these fruit boots. :-)

[soapy]

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A test of some flooring possibilities. I am considering doing an interlocking stone and wood floor like this. It is a little more upscale than than the usual. There are a lot of feasibility issues to work out, with scale, texture, etc. Or it might even be a tabletop scene for a change.

[jddog]

I am considering doing an interlocking stone and wood floor like this. It is a little more upscale than than the usual. There are a lot of feasibility issues to work out, with scale, texture, etc. Or it might even be a tabletop scene for a change.

Great idea for the interlocking mats... the scale als here (scale and dimension) now make sence to giving a puppet dimension at your objects... can be casual, but I find it very interesting :wip:
jdd

[Gunilla]

I agree totally with Julien - this scale really makes those feet look like parts of puppets now.
The Elf feet are hilarious!
How about some teddy bear feet? :twisted:

[ODoul]

Do I detect a foot fetish ... LOL

[soapy]

HAHA These are so cool soapy! you could do an image just of these! vfunny Thanks. Sure this will be that image.

Great idea for the interlocking mats... the scale als here (scale and dimension) now make sence to giving a puppet dimension at your objects... can be casual, but I find it very interesting I usually try to add something into my images to show scale and bring things back to reality. In this case maybe the floor will be enough or I will add something else.

I agree totally with Julien - this scale really makes those feet look like parts of puppets now.The Elf feet are hilarious! How about some teddy bear feet? Thanks. I will try and do some teddy bear feet and or baby feet. I want to do at least a few more sets of feet if not a lot more.

Do I detect a foot fetish ... LOL Hahah, you are the second person to think that. Maybe, I dunno?

[ihamid]

hiya soapy

very cool and nice modeling as always!:thumbsup::thumbsup: !specialy the broken off foot looks coolest!
cheers man!

[soapy]

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Ok Gunilla I made you some teddy bear feet. At least they are supposed to be teddy feet, but then I put in some claws to make them read as feet and they got ferocious. SPD fur.

[Gunilla]

Oh yes - thank you! They look great, claws and all - maybe the fleshy parts under the foot (don't know the english name - sorry) could be pink?

So is this turning into a foot fetish kid's collection? I really like this idea of imagining the whole figure just from the foot - cool concept!

[soapy]

Oh yes - thank you! They look great, claws and all - maybe the fleshy parts under the foot (don't know the english name - sorry) could be pink?

So is this turning into a foot fetish kid's collection? I really like this idea of imagining the whole figure just from the foot - cool concept! Thanks! On animals I think we just call those fleshy parts the pads. Pink? hahah. ok maybe.

I also like the idea of not knowing what the rest of the creature looks like. My son asked me "where is the rest of that green monster?" haha So far I like the creature feet the best so I will try and build some more of those.

The idea wasn't a foot fetish collection, but maybe it should be?

[Gunilla]

Thanks! On animals I think we just call those fleshy parts the pads. Pink? hahah. ok maybe.

I also like the idea of not knowing what the rest of the creature looks like. My son asked me "where is the rest of that green monster?" haha So far I like the creature feet the best so I will try and build some more of those.

The idea wasn't a foot fetish collection, but maybe it should be?

Well - I'm beginning to get the picture of some weird kid who secretly breaks his buddys toys to get hold of the feet - stashing them in a secret place and plays with them in solitude ... haha, it's wonderful how the mind walks off when it's only fed little bits and pieces. :)

Looking forward to the next step!

[shakes]

hey soapy...these feet are FANTASTIC!! love em. the floor looks really good too.
cute concept about the kid and his foot collection. great stuff.

[soapy]

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Another flooring test, I wasn't very fond of the first one. I think this will work better. Once I get the texture tiles looking the way I want I am going to bake them and then overpaint them again as a group in bodypaint. Scratches and stains etc. This set up may be overkill but the poly count is low and I like the expandability of the modular approach. Thoughts?

[Gunilla]

I like this one better too. Maybe you should make it a bit more shiny - right now it looks like it could be a tabletop ... maybe not important.
Great to see the alientoy back!

[soapy]

I like this one better too. Maybe you should make it a bit more shiny - right now it looks like it could be a tabletop ... maybe not important.
Great to see the alien toy back! Thanks Gunilla. I guess I should have mentioned that this is just the colour channel. I will be adding reflection, diffusion, bump and another layer to the colour channel soon. I will try and beat it down so it looks worn in.

[shakes]

Great seeing a scene start! bring it on Soapy!!

[soapy]

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More work on the flooring texture. I adjusted the colours a bit and added some reflection. Do you think there is too much reflection? Maybe I should drop it down or paint a quick reflection map in along with diffusion and drop some areas down?

[daWinky]

AAhh, things are coming together now, good to see:) ! The floor is a little too reflective for my taste...let us see more soon!:bounce:

-sabrina

[jddog]

Reflections looks fine, try eventually to add a minor bump to affect reflections too... :wip: !
jdd

[glenn23]

You're killing me with anticipation! I can't wait for the characters to start arriving on stage. From the snap swivel on the cloud to Marilyn's droopy tin profile every detail has been clever as hell.
Let the party begin!

Glenn
http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/spectacular/view_entries.php?challenger=9224

[Gunilla]

Reflections looks fine to me - goes very well with your style!
Will the rest of the toys be in or just a collection?

[soapy]

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A minor update, I decided to make the floor one big texture map instead of seperate planks. It will be a lot easier now to add the other channels to the texture map. And it is almost as good looking. The floor map is 8000 x 4000 pixels. Maybe a bit bigger than what I need for this image but as always these parts wll be used for future images also. I like to overkill the floor since I often zoom in and need the resolution.

[shakes]

yeehar! they're coming!! can't wait to see the whole collection soapy.your characters look really fantastic..love the way you've gone a bit cuter with this- not that I don't like your non cute stuff!

[soapy]

Thanks for all the nice comments folks. I will take care of all the good suggestions for the floor and get the maps painted out in the next couple days. I am happy that the major work on the new set has come together. I will be painting out the wall and the moldings with a simple beat up paint.

Good news, I do believe I have found my final storyline. Gone are the 50ft woman, burning man and arrival of the princess ideas. The new idea feels pretty solid to me but I am going to keep it secret for now since we are so close to the end it might as well be a surprise. Cheers.

[makaron]

I haven´t done anything, but still I feel a bit quilty :shrug: when I see how the purple guy points like that... haha
and... I wanna know now! what the story is.. :bounce: at once! please :p me? *gnag* naaa... :blush:

[soapy]

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The concrete block of destiny.

[Gunilla]

Good news, I do believe I have found my final storyline. Gone are the 50ft woman, burning man and arrival of the princess ideas. The new idea feels pretty solid to me but I am going to keep it secret for now since we are so close to the end it might as well be a surprise. Cheers.

Ha! You will keep us thrembling with anticipation til the last second!
Well, I didn't expect anything less ... just carry on mate :thumbsup:

"The concrete block of destiny" .... ahh, the curiousity kills me!

[shakes]

ha! that stone is a classic! love your quirky detais like the metal bracing poking out! very soapy.

[soapy]

That model is my idea of a north american version of the Stone of Destiny in Edinburgh castle. You know, the Scots got their stone back from those dastardly brits back in 1996. I was staying in the this B&B near Edinburgh and got an hour dissertation on the whole history of the stone from the proprietor. He insisted I take note of the stone when I went to the castle. After we left the room with the jewels and the stone I asked my lady how she liked the stone and she replied "What stone?" She had to go back and look again. "It is just an old rock?" hahah.

Anyway I thought I should make my own Mad Max style concrete chunk of destiny.

[soapy]

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Still modeling, I decided to make up a lure for that clip. The plastic clouds are out at the moment.

[soapy]

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A little better look at the lure.

[CryingHorn]

Hey man your lure looks very reallistic, I could truly believe that it's a real photo :) awesome work man :D

[shakes]

nice one soapy! you're great with those little gadgets! lotta work in that little lure. I like the hook and the fastener.

[soapy]

Hey man your lure looks very reallistic, I could truly believe that it's a real photo :) awesome work man :D Hey thanks, and sometimes it can be a problem when some parts are very realistic and don't match up with the rest of the elements. I guess I will try and work hard to bring the rest of the models and textures up to the level of the lure.

Shakes was having just opposite problem with his Elvis image where the food he made felt too realistic and he was worried it didn't fit with his cartoon style.

nice one soapy! you're great with those little gadgets! lotta work in that little lure. I like the hook and the fastener. Yep, I learned some new things making this thing. It took me half an hour of fiddling to realize I didnt have to model the spline for the keyrings that hold the lure on, a helix spline was the answer, DOH. Plus I am getting better at reducing the poly counts of sweep nurbs. One thing you can't really see in these renders is the texture for the lure has an alpha and underneath is a metal texture so the scratches and the backside of the lure are shiny metal. Maybe it will show up at high resolution. Or I could make bigger scratches.

I think my subconscious must have zeroed in on Elvis's shorts for that lure colour. hahah. Actually I was thinking leopard colours so I might change my lure to brown and orange? Er brown and black? Or not.

[shakes]

I think my subconscious must have zeroed in on Elvis's shorts for that lure colour. hahah. Actually I was thinking leopard colours so I might change my lure to brown and orange? Er brown and black? Or not.

haha- I'd be honoured! meant to say before, I did notice the lovely texture you made for the lure-i could see those scratches-nice work!

[mmoir]

Hey Jim,

Just read through your thread, interesting collection of models that all look well done.:applause: Don't know where this is going but I did like the princess idea. Keep modeling those feet and good luck.

[jddog]

:applause: the stone is perfect... everything come out in a fantastic, spectacular, crazy way... :bounce: but where did you will finish...? I'm very curious... I really like your work Jim :wip:

jdd

[makaron]

you just lure me into your thread :p
and like the story you have.. hope to see the whole scene soon.. :bounce:

[ODoul]

Looking tops!

[sergioKomic]

Nice concept.... :thumbsup: (surprised)

[soapy]

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The BEeN-DOne Trekkies are all finished and ready for service.

Please bear with me ladies and gents it is going to be a bit of a rollercoaster ride to the finish. But don't worry, some solid soapy goodness is on the way. :-)

[CharlesVarenne]

This is lol ahaha. Keep it up thats cool. Can't find your concept idea...anyway that will be the final surprise:cool: .

[soapy]

you just lure me into your thread :p
and like the story you have.. hope to see the whole scene soon.. :bounce: LOL, yeah a few people took the bait. :-)

Thanks for the posts everyone. I promise you I do have a concept, I even wrote it down. I did not have a good concept for a long time, at least one that made me happy, but now I do.

Right now I am actually pretty close to being done the leg work portion of the image. The one remaining big bit of work I have to do is paint a texture for the big boy model. It is pretty fussy so I am a bit worried. Then it is mostly tweaking textures and the set up of the scene to do. Oh, plus I could use some more feet.

[makaron]

Oh, plus I could use some more feet.

more? :eek: haha... you just pulling our legs here... :p the "spocksgang".. the last update. looks good... are they on find-more-feet-mission? or searching after exploding stones? or just luring around the neibourhood?

[shakes]

go for it soapy!! these trekkies are looking really cool!

[soapy]

Hey thanks peeps. I really enjoyed making the trekkies. It was really easy to adapt them all from the base mesh and texture. Did anybody have any trouble recognizing who was who? I did mostly everyone except Uhura, oh well, she never goes down to the surface anyway... Plus she would require a whole new mesh. :-)

[soapy]

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Just getting started out making the texture for Biggy. More to come.

Q: How big and lazy is he?

A: The homies tagged his ass.

[makaron]

I was there.. :thumbsup: haha... I left my mark...
the Biggy looks great, a really good plastic look:bounce:and lazy...

[shakes]

nice tagging soapy!! what a classic.

[Gunilla]

Ahaha! The trekkies are just fab, and the big guy ... :cry: as shakes says, a real classic!
And my name is on ... what an honour! :D

At this point, I've absolutely no clue as where this is going - which makes it even more fun to follow. Waiting for your next move :thumbsup:

[handlebar]

Great updates Soapy, the big guy is definately my fave character. Maybe could use a bit of fly posting.

[CharlesVarenne]

LOL at Biggy :thumbsup:

[soapy]

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It occurred to me the scene could use some pills, so here they are.

Any ideas for logos or pills, real or otherwise?

[daWinky]

Hey Jim,

hehe, just love your Trekkies and especially the Biggy:thumbsup: ...and now pills...no idea where you are going:rolleyes: ...but still watching and having a lot of fun!:)

-sabrina

[Gunilla]

Of course the scene needs pills! Here are some suggested logos to go on them:

http://pics.computerbase.de/artikel/469/25_m.jpg

http://www.leioawagen.es/imagenesleioawagen/LOGO%20PARPADEO/WW2.gif

http://www.thebelly.net/images/logos/logo-dancing-bw.gif

[shakes]

nice work on the pills soapy..and I like your suggestions Gunilla! that monk is a beauty

how bout: crazy rabbit or playboy bunny head
rolls royce logo
skull
mad dog
cobra

[ODoul]

LOL!!!

I didn't know you were a graffiti artist. The first name I saw on it was Gunilla and then I noticed my tag. Audible laughter ensued.

[soapy]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8691/8691_1133234164_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8691/8691_1133234164_large.jpg)

Ok, that is enough pills. hahah That was fun but I think I might go for more conventional markings in the end and stay with a more realistic look on the pills. Haven't decided yet.

[soapy]

I am glad everyone is enjoying my little project. Hopefully you aren't building up too much of an expectation about it, it is just going to be pretty straight up arrangment of all the elements you have seen thus far. Just a bunch of stuff laid out on a floor. Thats about it, nothing spectacular... Oh damn. Well yeah it will be spectacular, but in a sort of smooth cerebral way. Uhm, whatever. Oh and in spite of all the cute models this one has a dark underbelly, the soapy faithfull won't de disappointed. Of course it will all be laid out in cryptic semiology but there will be a story to clear the mud and mud the clear. Cheers.

[Cartesius]

I have no doubt that this will be classic soapy and thus per definition spectacular (although, like you say, in a more cerebral way)!

The homies tagged his ass

Man, that cracked me up... :D

/Anders

[jddog]

holy s... with the apple one we would see some G5 already with intep cpu ? :D
:wip: lol go Jim... everything looks amazing, I think the grand final wirl seriously rock !
jdd

[soapy]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8691/8691_1133285482_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8691/8691_1133285482_large.jpg)

A little update on the Biggy texture. What do you think of the fleshtone? More tagging and under-painting to come.

[makaron]

I like that plastic skintone... :)
and it goes well with my tagg... :buttrock: ha ha

[daWinky]

Hehe, I also like the skintone and the graffiti!:applause: But will we ever see the whole scene...is there a scene at all...ahh, suspense is killing me...:argh:


-sabrina

[shakes]

you rock soappy! so sweet putting everyone's names as tags! what a great idea! he looks fantastic, and the pills are very cool- I like the skull!!

[Gunilla]

Ah! The new skintone is superb! It looks a bit as if someone has cleaned away a previous set of tags just to see the clean surface damaged again (like on the houses in my neighbourhood). I think you should continue this after the challenge - your thread is wildly addictive and you could probably go on for years ... never revealing the complete picture :)
Good idea?

What are the pills for anyway? http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/sheepholy.gif

[soapy]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8691/8691_1133369301_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8691/8691_1133369301_large.jpg)

Hey you cinema users check out this weird render artifact, the edges on the reflective surfaces are turning pink. There is no pink in my scene. Does anybody know what is causing this?

[sergioKomic]

Dont know, but I would not fear to photoshop it to oblivion....!:wip:

[imbusion]

My videocard will occasionally render edges of reflections with that same pinkish purple. For me, restarting the program and/or computer always fixes the problem. Best of luck to you! :)

[soapy]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I managed to figure out the problem. A big model in behind that stuff was wreaking havoc on the reflection for some reason. I worked around it by using a compositing tag to exclude the big model from rays. Pretty flukey I figured it out actually.
thanks anyways.

[shakes]

go soapy go! go soapy go! :bounce: :buttrock: :wip:

[ODoul]

I got 11 notifications of your reply ... I digress ... you're a super sleuth. Good trouble shooting there.

[jddog]

tags are excellent Jim ! But now is time to speed up Jim... be careful to don't load via ftp at very last moment you image or you will have some trouble...

Time to rock pretty hard now !
jdd

[handlebar]

Its gonna be a great image Soapy. You've kept us guessing all the way http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon7.gifhttp://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon13.gif

[soapy]

I got 11 notifications of your reply ... I digress ... you're a super sleuth. Good trouble shooting there.Hahah, yeah I built a special mailbox that gets all the cgtalk messages.
tags are excellent Jim ! But now is time to speed up Jim... be careful to don't load via ftp at very last moment you image or you will have some trouble...Time to rock pretty hard now ! Lots of time..! ;-)
Its gonna be a great image Soapy. You've kept us guessing all the way Oh Jeez, now you are putting the pressure on.

Well I have assembled all the elements into the scene and rendered it a couple of times. I am getting an out of memory message, when I try to use DOF at full res. So now I am working around that problem. The DOF is pretty important to this image so I need to get that one solved. But otherwise all is well. I just have to find the final arrangement of the players and do a little texture painting. Oh and lighting. Oh and final compositing and editing. Ok maybe I am worried. hahah. Renders at full res are running about 10 minutes long at the moment, but still I highly doubt I will be using radiosity but I might take a quick look into that too.

[Gunilla]

Maybe it's not a good solution for you, but have you tried applying the DoF in Photoshop with lensblur on the Z channel? That's how I did it since I couldn't stand the rendertimes for making it in Max. Works rather well I think. Perhaps it could work for you too?

I just want you to have more time to produce the remaining feet :scream: :thumbsup:

[soapy]

Yep thats an option Gunilla, but I am having a little trouble controlling the DOF in the multipass rendering to get the alpha channel for photoshop. I will keep fiddling and see if I can make it work.

[soapy]

Ok I got the multipass render with the depth channel working nicely. Does anyone have any suggestions for how best to use it in photoshop. I am afraid I am not very expert in that. I've done it a couple times with less than perfect results. :-/

[Gunilla]

I'm certainly no expert - but, you need to have Photoshop CS or above, and then place the depth render ( I don't know how it works in your app, but I got it as a separate greyscale image) as a new alpha channel for your full render. Then use Blur - lens blur and adjust the settings to your liking.
I think Antropus did an explanation in his thread the last challenge for how to do it, you might wanna check it out.

Good luck :thumbsup:

[Cartesius]

Just load the rendered Depth layer in a Photoshop alpha channel (don't have to be CS) and load it as a selection. Now play with the various Blur types (lens blur is CS only, I think). I use a plugin called Lenscare (http://www.frischluft.com/) for this, which is excellent but pricey (was much cheaper when I got it). Another Photoshop plugin I've heard a lot of good things about is Depth of Field Generator (http://www.richardrosenman.com/dofpro.htm).

/Anders

[soapy]

Thanks guys those suggestions were helpfull, it took me a while to get my head around how to get the alpha mask into the right place in photoshop, even though I've done it before. I like the blur that cinema does believe it or not and so I came up with workaround. I managed to get DOF working at half of full res so I upscale that in p-shop and use it with my alpha and original full size multilayer render. It works fine plus you get this kinda trippy blur not blur effect if you want and of course it can be combined with photoshop blurs. Unfortunately I dont have CS so I will have to make do the best I can.

Things are looking up.

[Gunilla]

Good thing you got it solved! There's nothing can stop those little critters from arranging themself into a splendid comp - good luck :thumbsup:

[soapy]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8691/8691_1133542336_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8691/8691_1133542336_large.jpg)

Well I decided to let the cat out of the bag early, I didnt want too much suspense built up over such a mellow picture. The final image will look something like this. The models will probabaly be shifted around a lot and the lighting too. Plus I have some texturing work to do. I am not too crazy about the radiosity but we will see. 3 days 7hours 23 min 11 sec...

[makaron]

looks like they divide the saturdaycandy.. pills and feets.. :p haha.. a funny one...

[shakes]

hey soapy, loving it! fantastic characters. one thing I noticed- the little guy on the brick is a similarish colour to the brick- he might stand out more if the stone were a slightly different shade

[soapy]

looks like they divide the saturdaycandy.. pills and feets.. :p haha.. a funny one...Hahah, I am happy it is coming off as a light and funny picture. Wait till you hear my heavy interpretation..

one thing I noticed- the little guy on the brick is a similarish colour to the brick- he might stand out more if the stone were a slightly different shade Godd idea, I will hammer that stone texture in photoshop. The problem is not so noticeable at high res but it would be better a beige sandstone colour anyways.

When I first put all the models in the scene and rendered I was a bit put off by how it looked, I was like 'huh wha huh?'. Everything sat where I had envisioned it but it wasnt really what I expected. But I have warmed up to it a lot since. It is sort of serene and I thought it was going to be melodramatic. But I like it this way, it flys in under the radar.

It is funny but sometimes for me after some time has passed I start to feel a disconnect from my work. A sort of detachment from it like as if someone else had made it. It has only been a month or so but I already get that feeling, like where the hell did that purple guy come from? He was born in a moment of inspiration that is distant and now he feels a little alien to me. And I am really starting to hate that yellow guy. Kind of like seeing a 20 year old painting and thinking 'Jeez did I really paint that?' Just a small observation, I am not losing my mind or anything.

[shakes]

A sort of detachment from it like as if someone else had made it..

that'd be Satan himself doing it , I'm sure, soapy!!

[makaron]

Just a small observation, I am not losing my mind or anything.

hmmm. but I´m loosing it... :p naaa.. just try to figure out your story... this thread is a powerboost to my imagination... :bounce: go, soapy go... :wip:

[jddog]

Jim what a supa up-date here I love it !
:bounce:
I am not too crazy about the radiosity but we will see. 3 days 7hours 23 min 11 sec...

Take a look at Carles Piles tutorial ;) you will reach an excelent result without radiosity...
I really like the image... a personal feeling... the blur is not a little bit strong...
I like it... just a small (and late -for me-) comment!

(Carles pile resurces (http://www.3dluvr.com/carles/resources.htm))
jdd

[Jaba153]

droppin' mad styles on that crazy toy ! very funny soap'! this is an original amazing one!

[Gunilla]

Haha, loving it! And can't help but wondering who this collection belongs too - really makes my mind go wandering. And the level of DoF is just fine, I think.
Can relate to that disconnected experience too - for me it's probably related to how deeply involved I got with a project. The more obsessed I am when doing it, the more shocking is the waking up.

Oh, and it looks like you're going to make this in good time too - congrats!

[soapy]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8691/8691_1133631207_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/11/8691/8691_1133631207_large.jpg)

A little close at full res to showing the recent work on Biggy and the floor.

[soapy]

Jddog, I think radiosity is out of the question this time the renders are currently taking 6.5 hours versus 9 minutes for regualer renders, haha. I am going to work on the lighting and have already made adjustments to the DOF.

Gunilla, the collection belongs to Billy, you can see some of his other collections here:
soapy on rendo (http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Yes&Artist=soapy&Form.sess_id=2220595&Form.sess_key=1133639856)

Jaba, thanks the graffiti was fun to make.

[shakes]

awesome closeup soap. LOOOVE the detail. those tags are fantastic!! you should post a big closeup of all the tags