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sburgoon
02-13-2006, 10:39 AM
LATEST LINK: http://www.seanburgoon.com/pics/zap1.jpg

So I haven't posted on here in a while because I've been up to my elbows in real life stuff and Animation Mentor, which is, thus far, awesome. I really like getting to go back and focus in such detail, with such great feedback, on the basics. While it can be a bummer to look at your old demo reel and hate it, on the other hand, it is a definate sign that your next one will be a lot better ;)

Anyway, I'm trying to focus in my free time on a short I planned out a while ago called "Owner's Expense...". I don't want to give too much away, but it will feature 3 humanoid characters, and should, if I can pull it off, be pretty funny think. Anyway, it focuses around this guy, a space marine type character. I still have to do detail work on the wrist guards, add elbow pads, then add most of his legs, and then add a visor thingy for him... and then teeth and a tongue... and then... uhg... rig him... but I think he's coming pretty good and wanted to get some opinions. I'm definately not a texture artist, so the textures will stay pretty bland, but I think in motion, once finished, he should look pretty good. Anyway, here's 2 WIP pics. I'll keep updating this thread as I go if anyone proves interested ;)

http://www.seanburgoon.com/movies/sman.jpg

http://www.seanburgoon.com/movies/sman2.jpg
dalmanna
02-13-2006, 03:39 PM
looking cool. one thing though is i would ad more of a knuckle to the thumb as it seems to just stick out of the hand kind straight looking. other than that looks pretty cool. i'll follow it along as you go. :buttrock:
sburgoon
03-08-2006, 11:21 AM
Been lagging, but wanted to post an update. The main character is basically done. I may or may not add a visor depending on how I decide to handle a few scenes, and I need to add a scanning device (which will look like a cross between the old PKE Meter from Ghostbusters and an iPod). The skeleton is built, but I still need to actually bind the mesh to it, setup facial controls and then finish adding/scripting controls to the wrists/ankle for opening and closing the hand and handling footroll (despite my hatred of rigging, I'm trying to do this rig right since I'll be using it for a while). Anyway, here's a rendering of the character as he is right now. Let me know what you think.

http://www.seanburgoon.com/movies/oex - test.mov (http://www.seanburgoon.com/movies/oex%20-%20test.mov)
sburgoon
03-16-2006, 01:44 PM
Just wanted to post another update. I had the time to go over the model again and do some heavy tweaking. I also finished the primary rig. What I have left for sure is figuring out a holster for the gun and maybe changing the leg armor once again. Other than that, I'm knee-deep in morph targets for the face. Anyway, check it out, I think there is a drastic difference between this version and the last. Looking at it I'm actually kind of surprised that its the same model.

http://www.seanburgoon.com/pics/zap1.jpg
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