WIP Gargoyle

[xeno]

lookin sweeeet! love the style!! hurry up with the next update :D:D

[That Adrian Guy]

Squid! You rule!

Nothing to crit until you put the head on... keep it up!

[pit]

Very nice start / WIP.
Arms,hands, legs and feet seem a little square though (box modeling?) - the feet are a tad to flat also. Be sure to post your progress.

[fxgogo]

I like his chest and spine, the lower portion of his legs are a bit too much out of proportion for me. Maybe reduce the size of the heel. I like the little bones or horns that stick out of his body.

[neilyb]

Really not sure about those feet, something flat and Sub-D about them!! Otherwise coming on nice, lets see a head!!!

[DeathCarrot]

great work as usual squid :thumbsup: get that head finished ASAP! :wip:

[bobzilla]

Did you use matrix extrude on the claws? I did a dino and used matrix extrude. Not completly satisfied with the results. Just wondering what method you used.

Looks great all 'round, though!

[mindways]

Hi Squidinc

Verg good organic modeling. I notice you like to put some
image as background. Is this a contrast effect or you are
actually using to boost the GI?? pls advise

Ed, mindways

[mindways]

Is this your own imagination model....can't wait to see the
rigging..

[sebek27]

nice job again !! are you using poly(point by point) modeling or box modeling for your characters ??? any tutorials on how you model ??

[Kotayus]

i agree, squid you need to write a tut! god, your modeling is AWESOME i am lovin everything about it, i think the big feet look great, i think it looks good out of proportion...it gives it a bit more character.

[squidinc]

Hi all, thanks for the feedback so far :thumbsup:

@mindways : I usually put a simple background just bring out the model from the background ( takes a few seconds in photoshop ), I just find it looks nicer than a flat colour, no GI or radiosity, just omni lights

@bobzilla: I just used the extrude and bevel tools, matrix extrude tends to go nuts on me


@sebek27: I use box modelling for all my stuff, I'm still experimenting really as a lot of my stuff is quite simple

and heres a small update :p
its still gonna be a gargoyle type creature but with more of warrior style to it he'll have some sort of staff weapon or big hack n slash kinda sword.

http://www.m1k3.com/cgremote/gargoylewip2.jpg

[squidinc]

another update, should have the head done soon
:)

http://www.m1k3.com/cgremote/gargoylewip3.jpg

[zued]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

:applause: mAn your good....

[Kotayus]

holy freakin crap!

dude, you gotta write a tutorial!

i am SOO lovin it! cant wait to see the head...keep up the good work

[squidinc]

hi all, another update
I think I'm done with the modelling now ( unless you can think of anything else ) :shrug:

I'm still un sure about the head though, I'm not keen on the round eyes, what do you think?:bounce: :)

textures are just placeholders, ignore them

http://www.m1k3.com/cgremote/gargoylewip4.jpg

[Peoples]

:applause: :applause: :applause:

Turn the horns upside and maybe tweak the eyes a bit narrower and more mean - and teach us to do these fabulous guys - cant wait for a tut!!:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[michaeli]

Very nice work!:thumbsup:

[squidinc]

ok, I think I'm done with this one, it aint perfect but I think it looks kinda cool :)

I changed the eyes a bit as suggested but I like the crazy sheep horns :p

http://www.m1k3.com/cgremote/gargoylewip5.jpg

[ThirdEye]

:thumbsup: :applause: :thumbsup:

[slouchcorp]

Hey Squid,

Thats fantastic mate i checked out your site you have some very cool modles.

I hope you dont mind i have a suguestion for the wing texture.


Mike.http://www.slouchcorp.batcave.net/wing0000.jpg

[slouchcorp]

this is the texture i used trying to get a more transllusint feling to it.



keep up the awsome work man its inspiring.

Mike.http://www.slouchcorp.batcave.net/Texture.jpg

[squidinc]

http://www.cgtalk.com/images/icons/icon10.gif cool, I was gonna ask how you did the veiny texture, I'm still experimenting with creating a similar effect using procedurals, cheers Mike :)

[mactabilis]

can you post up some unsmoothed wireframes? Id love to see that.

[Phasmatis]

Yeah, I would love to see a wireframe. :)

[slouchcorp]

Cool no problems mate do you have the dark tree shaders? there is a pre set vainy skin in there you could tweek.

Are you using 7 or 8? i ask because id love to see how you go about rigging him.

Cheers Mike.

[squidinc]

heres a wire :)

http://www.m1k3.com/cgremote/gargoylewire.jpg

[squidinc]

Originally posted by slouchcorp
Cool no problems mate do you have the dark tree shaders? there is a pre set vainy skin in there you could tweek.

Are you using 7 or 8? i ask because id love to see how you go about rigging him.

Cheers Mike.

yup got em, I've not had a look through them to be honest, I 've got r8 with mocca so I might have go at rigging his wings using sofk ik :D

[Phasmatis]

Is that wire shot the cage or the end result? If it's the cage :eek: how do you work with so many polys?

Edit: I meant to say this too... That's a nice mesh. :)

[That Adrian Guy]

I love you squid... no... seriously...I *LOVE* you maaaan...

I stared at it forever and the only thing I can crit is the wing texture, I don't think it quite fits... I like how it's scuffed up but you should probably go for more of a blue tone....

It's your model though!!!

You said by month's end you'd have a tutorial for your scene set up... did you still mean that?

YOU RULE!

[squidinc]

lol :D

erm.. :surprised

yup I'm still working on the spider one, although the end of the month thing is looking a little unlikely, it will be done eventually though :thumbsup:

[squidinc]

Originally posted by Phasmatis
Is that wire shot the cage or the end result? If it's the cage :eek: how do you work with so many polys?

Edit: I meant to say this too... That's a nice mesh. :)

well.. thats actually the cage, ehehe:hmm:
it's still workable though and rigging it isn't a problem so far :)

ignore the wings though they're not really editable mesh they're lofted so they're basically just splines

[squidinc]

and so.. finally.. before this thread vanishes into nowhere :cry:

here is it all finished ( apart from some small texture changes maybe )

http://www.m1k3.com/gallery/83.jpg

[That Adrian Guy]

You gotta animate it now that it's rigged! You have to!

[BiGiNnEr]

Wao he Looks real scary.. I wonder Wat he going to do if u going to animate it.:applause: :bounce:
Cant wait To see More Of ur Great Work:beer:

Dam Im SO Jelos:drool:

[Phasmatis]

Originally posted by squidinc
well.. thats actually the cage, ehehe:hmm:

Wow, good on ya, I could never make a mesh as clean as that with that many polys, I just don't have the patients. :D



That looks great, you'll have to do a short, I'd love to see him animated. :)

[dAfTiE]

Looks REALLY good man!
Only thing I can think of is that the claws looks a little too clean maybe...
Maybe add some dirt and some displacement to simulate some cracks or something like that.

Something strikes me as odd about the wing texture too,
not sure what'd make it look right tho...
Maybe a darker colour,and some veins,and possibly some tearing??
The pattern on there now looks kinda strange.

[DeathCarrot]

looks great squid, you got to be my fav c4d artist :thumbsup:
all procedurals (sp?) as usual?

[Phasmatis]

Squidinc, how did you do the scratches on his wings? I need some scratches for a model I'm doing at the moment and they would be perfect.

[squidinc]

@deathcarrot: yup, all textures are procedural :hmm:
one day I'll start paintin em :D


@Phasmatis its a bhodi nut fusion texture with sema (sp?) and fbm in the two channels, and then use noise for a mask

[Kotayus]

incredofabulously GREAT!

Im so lovin the model, but i do have a wuick question...what do you use for you BG's? how do you make em? i tried using the basic sky texture and blurring it, but it didnt work well.

[DeathCarrot]

Originally posted by Kotayus
what do you use for you BG's? how do you make em? i tried using the basic sky texture and blurring it, but it didnt work well.
I think he just renders the model out with the alpha, then copies, enlarges and blurs it in photoshop, and then just puts a 3rd layer underneath those 2, with a suitable bg colour... am i right squid?

[squidinc]

Originally posted by DeathCarrot
I think he just renders the model out with the alpha, then copies, enlarges and blurs it in photoshop, and then just puts a 3rd layer underneath those 2, with a suitable bg colour... am i right squid?

yup :D

[Phasmatis]

Originally posted by squidinc
@Phasmatis its a bhodi nut fusion texture with sema (sp?) and fbm in the two channels, and then use noise for a mask [/B]

Great Thanks. :)

[Wizzard]

wow!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[lildragon]

Would you quit it already :argh: man that demo can't download fast enough! Excellent work again m8. And to think I never visted this forum much, I'll make it a habit now :)

salud

[JIII]

Its a good habit to keep. everybody is helpful and the behavior wholesome. except for that adrian guys occasional immoral posts thats is. lol

[squidinc]

hehe :) cheers tito

[RickBarrett]

Hey Squid -

Great stuff - you're making us all look good.

PLEASE upload this to the gallery. And I'll be in contact soon to beg for a hi-res version ;)

- Rick -

[squidinc]

no problem :)

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