The Hapless Hero/Villian-Character-Dshelton

[dshelton]

okay here is my idea

SUPER GRAMPS!!!
very elderly, senile, legally blind

decided to become a crime fighter to defend against the horrible threat of the nasty insurance sales people.

age :106
height: 4'6" and still shrinking

working on the concept art now

[Tottebias]

Sound like a cool idead. Looking forward to the sketches.

[coCoKNIght]

HAHAHA, laughed hard :D
That'll be fun! :applause:

[dshelton]

VERY quick concept for the idea of him, will probably change tremendously when I can sit down when I am not at work

[dshelton]

update!! detail of his head, will add glasses drawing later

tell me what you think

[dshelton]

I am going to add a sidekick and a vehicle to it as well
figure it will be a duet

PAPAMAN and NANAWOMAN
flying around in there huge lincoln towncar with papaman not being able to see over the steering wheel so he has a special viewing device that looks through the space between the top of the steering wheel adn the dashboard

:beer:

[dshelton]

part of there downfall is nanawoman always nags pawpawman while he is driving the OLDmobile at top speed-5 miles an hour

[prayas]

am i allowed to say **** on this forums?:) been busy thinking out a concept the whole evening while i was at work and the came back and recognized you got the same idea! maybe not the whole idea but the best parts of my plan are showing up in yours!

Ok i will start doodling again or maybe make a battle instead of a challenge! why not having two people doing this idea!

any complains? no? good! :)

P..:

[MikeRhone]

A colosomy bag? Thats hilarious! There are SO many things you could do with this character.

Liverspots that have a sort of "Liver-sense".
A medic alert braclet.
The benifit of hind site, but the disadvantage of forgetting most of it.
Dentures that stay in place WITHOUT Polydent.

I look forward to seeing this one.

Mike R

[Edouard]

I have read your message and I don't mind sharing the same idea with you. It is more of a challenge for me, because it is interesting to see the same concept in a wholly different way. Good luck and succes with your challenge entry!

maybe on one day they can fight the crime in a home for elderly.
:beer:

[dshelton]

okay going to actually start modelling again tonight, if I am not working too late :beer:
WIPS to be posted this weekend

[dshelton]

okay finally got to model last night 4 hours work so far, doing it in lightwave, so I have a learning disadvantage there but here goes

[dshelton]

and another angle

[dshelton]

and a wire

[dshelton]

one more wire

[dshelton]

okay not much c&c from people but here is an update

[dshelton]

arm

[Gremlin]

You visited my thread, and I figured i'd visit yours. My first impression by your concept sketch was, "oh, another slow old person hero..." but your modeling is superb, such style; such character; such good topology! :D

I hope you add some twists so hes not just another old person... because your model is damn good!! :thumbsup:
Cheers,
:beer:

[Carina]

The head is very cool!

The hand looks slightly odd though, especially the er, underside of the wrist, the other side looks alright though.

The part where the fingers tie onto the hand looks a bit too narrow in comparison with the rest of the hand.

Looking forward to updates!

[santiago]

I agree, that head is looking very very good

[DimitrisLiatsos]

:bounce: dshelton ..old guy rocks...must see more ...u lightwavers.....i hate u ..i hate u (j/k) :scream: :bounce:

[Virtuoso]

Hey he is coming along very well Dshelton.Nice modeling,smooth,clean.Keep going with him,he has lot's of potential.:thumbsup:

Do you have plans to go that extra distance with wrinkles,age spots,etc,etc...?

I'll check on you later,keep up the very nice work,looking good already.:thumbsup: :beer:

[rickycox]

Nice work, gramps is setting the pace :-)

[dshelton]

Thanks people,
I tweaked the hand out adn the underside of the wrist and added a shirt and am started on the bottom half of him, should update this afternoon

[dshelton]

OKAY here is some quick coloring and stuff with an updated model, lots added, not final texture and lots of details still need to be added to the mesh including hair, trying to decide if i want to go the route of sasquatch or poly hair

[Carina]

looking cool!

i'm sure you're not quite finished with the folds etc on the clothes, but they look a little static and.. mirrored atm;)

[fig]

looking good so far, he's a got a lot of potential (and the underwear on the outside is a nice touch). i like the general feel of the model so far, great exaggerations on the proportions. i love the vehicle concept too, i can just picture this tricked-out batmobilesque massive lincoln towncar. keep it up man, looking forward to seeing more...:thumbsup:

chris

[dshelton]

okay, I have gone through and really cleaned up this mesh, and am rebuilding all the clothing from scratch, the mesh was not as clean as I would have liked here are a few updates

C&Cs welcome, always

P.S. the underwear will still be on the outside of the pants :buttrock:

[dshelton]

here are a few more wires showing the cleaner mesh

[dshelton]

more

[dshelton]

1 more of the hand

[dshelton]

a quick update, will start texturing adn modelling his gadgets tomorrow

[Tottebias]

Haha, really cool. Lot's of character. Hiw sweater looks funny where it's wrinkled above his tummy though. Good job!

[Taos]

Good to see someone else put their underwear on last this morning too. :)

Looks great, can't wait to see it. Good practice for you in lightwave too, eh?

[Virtuoso]

Great ol' man Dshelton.I look forward to his gadgets.That will really bring him up a notch to that next level.

Very nice expressive face.Will you be adding even more wrinkles,age spots, etc,etc... come texture time.I think a nice session with Photoshop/painter could really be beneficial with this old guy of your's.Add as much age and detail as possible I think.

Well it's coming along very well thus far,keep up the good work.:beer:

[dshelton]

I am working on his texturing, learning that LW's uv mapping isn't the best it could be :eek: but working it pretty good, adding alot of the wrinkles in bump map to help keep a cleaner mesh, especialy when it comes time for facial morphs, but his texturing is coming along, I have about 2 layers of texture on his head so far, still needs more, will update that when I get the head textured, the rest of the body will just come along fine afterwards, thx for the good feedback people, going to rig him as wel adn here is an updated background on the vehicle, changing from a suped up oldsmobile to:

the XJ5600 5 speed suped up electric scooter w/ sidecar for nanawoman with a mounted large barrel old timey pellet shotgun like from the cartoons


attached is a reference pic for the scooter for those who are unsure what I am talking about ;)

[leigh]

That is SUCH a cool character! :thumbsup:
He is a little too symmetrical, but otherwise fantastic!! :D:D

[dshelton]

okay I haven't updated in a few days, but here is the first workings of his rascal scooter still adding gadgets adn the sidecar, will update the texture work on gramps after this weekend

[dshelton]

and a wire

[Magnusv]

I like him very much.Also the advice to put more age on him is good advice.Come another layer I hope you do it.Nice scooter too.:thumbsup:

[dshelton]

okay latest update on gramps adn his scooter

still need to finish textures and a few more gadgets adn add hair to gramps but here goes

[dshelton]

more

[dshelton]

and the scooter

it needs textures and shader work still

[dshelton]

one more

[icr82nz]

im laughing my ass off as i read through these posts, yet im thinking this is a great idea. if i was more skilled i would love to contribute something ,but oh well not this time. one thing i would like to see is some ear hair with some sort of special use , or maybe a hearing aid with special uses. just some thoughts. keep up the great work

[dshelton]

okay here is first pass at texturing his head, a little bit of stretching in the ears that need to be fixed, still a ways to go but wanted to post adn get some feedback

[BadKarma]

HAHAHAHAH - dshelton, mate this is damn amazing ! this model is cracking me up ! cant wait to see him on his scooter... gunna look tha nuts !

i like the texture on his face.. but i think theres still sumthing wrong wiv it i just cant put my finger on it... hmmm...

BadKarma

[dshelton]

okay another update on his texturing, still need to do the sandals 8) adn give him hair adn then it will be rigging time woohoo

[dshelton]

closeup of the head

[BadKarma]

ouch that is a beast of a model ! lol

- i like that texture on his head alot better... sooo wish i could texture ! grrr

BadKarma

[dshelton]

okay end of weekend work update, hope you guys like it

large image (http://www.cgchallenge.com/gallery_artist.php?artist_id=30366)

[KingMob]

well I figure I should reply since you keep spamming us with the link :beer:

as I said, i love this guy, he seems so frail and unsure...and that logo/costume is what I would pictuer an old man would wear to fight crime... great coke bottle glasses to.

Ill keep following for sure!

[dshelton]

okay guys I got as far as I could for this challenge, not going to be able to do all the things I wanted but check out my entry, I hope you like it

on the cgchallenge site

[Kieguy]

Totally hilairious character you got there! The underwear on the outside of his pants, the potbelly, the sandals over the dark socks, the rocket-scooter...all just make me crack up. :thumbsup:

[BadKarma]

haha thats damn great, his eye brows - OH DEAR ! lol i liek the way its chartoony too, and not all realisum etc.

great work fella.

BadKarma

[dshelton]

okay i guess it is voting time, gl everyone

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