RAces of Middle Earth-Character-smfjersey

[digital_rhino]

Pretty cool sketch...you gonna give us a story behide him?

[Clanger]

excellent, can't wait to see this in 3D.

[smfjersey]

All Gorih are dayblind so they are very pale and there eyes are "whited over". They usually wear blankets on there faces to hide from the light should they be exposed to it. The Gurih are valued as ruthless villains by the Dark Lord. Though they are hard to manage because they refuse to fight or march during the day.

There is a clan of Gorih who has a wizard fallow them around
middle earth casting a constant cloud overhead darkening the land beneath. These Gorih are free to cause mayhem even during day. Thanks to this wizard and the "Deathcloud".

They are similar to a packrat in that they will remain on the battlefield and collect trophies of any kind. They are demoralizing to the enemy because they carry disease and have no regard for honor.

[smfjersey]

This morning

[Clanger]

Bloody hell I didn't have to wait long!
Great start, one to keep a close eye on.

[p4b10]

Like very much the sketch, and the description is cool... good work!

mmmhh, how are you going to make the fur?

[smfjersey]

Ya,..good question on the fur thing. I sketched him before fur plug-ins were outlawed. I'm trying to figure out what to do myself. If not then I guess he will be the "great bald one"

[nadeemmar]

This morning

:eek: :eek: so what i will expect in evening two or three characters............;)

great start man ...............keep going

[BlueCougar]

Looks great, what software is it in? As far as the fur goes, I'm dealing with the same issue. I'm think of doing some kind of procedural to play with the light then model the "major" aspects of the fur. I'm going to wait until I have everything else done before I do the fur modeling so I can save it as another version to do fur texturing for the portfolio.

[smfjersey]

I'm working in LW. I'd like to thank the mod that cleaned up my double entrys.:p

[smfjersey]

One last for the day

[Remi]

Looking sharp....keep it up...:thumbsup:

[Crime101]

That is awesome. My favorite character so far.

[smfjersey]

Oh wait,..one more

[cerreto]

looking good man like the character sketch alot nad the model is welexecuted !

[smfjersey]

This mornings changes

[leigh]

That's coming along well :thumbsup:

Hehehe it looks like his one tooth is going into his nostril :D

[3D Freak]

Sweet- I love the cloth draped over face... very nice!!!:buttrock:

[smfjersey]

w/ hands

[smfjersey]

a small start on textures

[Hickory]

dude are you modeling a Scaven? It looks really cool. Scavens were this bread of rat like creature in Blood bowl and many other lead based miniatures games. that guy looks rad...nice job...

[smfjersey]

Hey Hickory2.5,
It's been awhile. Hows it going dude? are you in this challenge?

I don't think I've ever heard of a scaven. I'll look it up.

[Odrakir]

wooaa!:eek:

Came here to find motivation for my thread and all I find is humilation...:drool:

Good work!

[Crime101]

Wow, that looks great. I need to learn how to do textures like that.

[Virtuoso]

Heavy on the mauling with this one smfjersey...........Last time I went up to tahoe I missed seeing one of these...............Lucky me,If I had i would,nt be here now I figure...........;)

Nice bad arse beast.Fine high quality modeling,just full of trouble this one. Very nice job thus far. Looking forward to more. Keep up the fine work...............:thumbsup: :beer:

[smfjersey]

Subtle changes, but important I think.

[BlueCougar]

Looking awesome man. I really like the look you got on the teeth.
:applause: :applause: :applause:

[fleedawg]

Wow, this is looking really cool. The teeth and the skin look great!
:thumbsup:

[OZ]

Sooo cool :cool:

[Hunkasaurus]

wow!!!!!

looking good there, keep it up

[smfjersey]

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

I love LW but I wish it handled sub-patched uv's better. It's freakin frustrating.

[Remi]

Good god man...i'm sure you already know what i'm going to say but i'm saying it anyways...great f****** work....can't wait to see more of that texturing you've got:thumbsup: :eek: :D

[seantree]

great looking model and concept. I love the backstory!! I can just picture them traveling under the deathcloud. awesome!

[smfjersey]

base skin layers

[smfjersey]

Sure could use some SSS about right now!

[coCoKNIght]

Awesome textures! Keep posting :thumbsup:

[Faraguay]

Originally posted by coCoKNIght
Awesome textures! Keep posting :thumbsup:

Awesome textures! Keep posting :thumbsup: :beer:

I love it.

[smfjersey]

Must take break,..burnt out. With work and this.

[pigwater]

beautiful:beer:

[leigh]

That's looking superb, smfjersey :applause:

[Remi]

If I could only texture half this good....bah...back to work...great job smfjersey...looking forward to seeing more from you...:thumbsup:

[smfjersey]

Thanks all.

I make it a point to check out all of your work. I must say I'm impressed.

Leigh,....I've been meaning to say this for a long time. Leigh, I appreciate your activity on this forum. You are an overwhelming support to so many people. No matter how new someone is or what there skills may be,..you always make it a point to involve them. Thank you so much.

[leigh]

Thank you, smfjersey, that is a very kind thing to say :blush:
I do what I can "thumbsup:

[Per-Anders]

that's such a great model and amazing texturing... i'm so envious! great work, i can just imagine how he'd walk and move too. really cool:thumbsup:

[smfjersey]

This is a first pass at a base layer. He's going to have fur. Lots of work still.

[vertex]

Your charcter is looking really good. It will be cool when its posed.

Keep up the good work.

Vertex :buttrock:

[Fetus23]

Really nice texture work smfjersey and the armor is looking good on him. I'm curious about how you will pose him. in the end...

:beer:
fetus

[Rhid1en]

Your texture work is amazing, but there was definately something appealing about the gray scale version; perhaps try desaturating the tones a bit and making a good bump and spec map for it! Living mainly in the dark, he ought to be pretty pale, some scars, cuts, ect. would help in telling his story as well. Maybe some primitive branding?

[smfjersey]

Another update.

http://www.cgchallenge.com/entries/4392/20_large.jpg


And the small version.

[Gregwid]

Cool rat beast.I think it will be cool to see him in a proper pose later on. I like the look and the textures as well,but I agree with Rhid1en gray scale version and a pale skin would have been better. But it's a wip anyways,so keep up the good work.:thumbsup:

[smfjersey]

I've been working on rigging and animations which won't do any good for the challenge but I think it's a must. Here's where I've landed so far. Won't apply fur till the animations are done. I'm currently building a giant orc army and animating them for the background.

[azazel]

giant orc army
soundss interesting ;) :thumbsup:
And nice textures:thumbsup:

[smfjersey]

Looks like fur is out. I won't be able to get a good plug in time. I'm going to revisit textures and model. This is by no means the pose I will be using for the contest. It's a crop of a shot from the little movie I've been making.

[coCoKNIght]

It surely looks great! You don't even need fur, it's already so cool! :thumbsup:

[KolbyJukes]

skaven (http://www.games-workshop.com/warhammerworld/warhammer/skaven/SK-artwork/default.htm)

you could have at least come up with a new race, instead of ripping off the skaven (a race of rat men, in the popular table-tob game Warhammer).

Still, a nice model.

-Kol.

[smfjersey]

I have seen the picture of the skaven on the lower left before. There is no doubt that is the influence. Hickory2.5 helped my efforts in finding this resource. I am however surprised and impressed with the amount and quality of "Skaven" art. The hood thing was for sure an influence because I added it after I learned about skaven.

[smfjersey]

Here is a short movie I've been working on. It's by no means finished. I just thought I'd better throw it out there. I'm aware of the massive animation glitches such as moonwalking army, and poor jump and land motion. Lots of glitches, but it's a start. Also no effects like dust yet.

http://www.thesoftshop.com/JohnRAdams/cgt_c1.mov

[Zohnzeith]

DUDE...your character is really awesome!!
But why do you post the same pic like five times or something like that....it is the same pic,...isnt it??

But i really love your char, awesome textures too!!!!!:buttrock:


I must say...: reminds me too of the Skavens.....


Keep up the good work!!!:thumbsup:


Geir...............

[smfjersey]

The last of it.

http://www.thesoftshop.com/johnradams/final.jpg

[Fetus23]

Nice mate!!! Creepy character, he looks to be very vicious...which is a good thing :D...Fine job smfjersey!! hope to see you in a future challenge!!!

:wavey:

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