Charcter - Gollum Head Shot- Rhino 3D

[JulianJohnson]

hi there well done it looks like its going well, keep up the good work, would be nice to see it when finished:thumbsup:

[Teyon]

Thanks so much! It means a lot coming from you! Did a render with the eyelids and eyes now. Times like these I wish Rhino had decent texturing abilities. Ah well, at least the NURBS rock. Thanks again.

[kiaran]

Well done. Its too bad about the Rhino renders but even a crappy renderer can't hide the fact that you have a very nice model going on here. Keep up the good work!

Just a side note. There has been a recent influx of people modeling gollum. I know he looked amazing in TTTowers but isn't it a bit repetitive? Just a thought.

[Teyon]

Thanks. Yes, I noticed that too, and it almost made me stop but then, I thought about it and realized I'm doing this for my pleasure first and as a test of my own skill. What other's have done, like Julian_J, is amazing but irrelevant when it comes to finding out if I and my Rhino can do it.

*devilish grin comes on Teyon's face*

I guess I could always model a car...not too many folks doing that. :) Sorry, I couldn't resist. First hting folks say when they hear Rhino, "isn't that the car program?". Making Gullom is just one more chance to show the program's versatility.

Thanks again and I hope to have an update soon!

[Gremlin]

Looks good, but not too much like gollum :hmm: Maybe when you texture it, and make it less shiney it'll look better? :surprised

Good work tho, keep it up!
Cheers!
:beer:

[Teyon]

Thanks, I doubt I can texture anything more than the eye using RHino 1.1. :( AS for the shine, I think I finally took care of it. I had to refamiliarize myself with Rhino's renderer first. I'll post a non shiny image soon. I'm just having the darndest time with his ears though.

[Teyon]

I'm going to put him down for a time...probably until my Rhino3.0 arrives. For now, here's where I am.
http://home.att.net/~teyon.25/models/group1.jpg

The ears aren't attached to well because Rhino 1.1's blend function doesn't have the control of 2.0 nor does it allow for much more input besides "please make a blend here". However, with the ears, he looks more like the character. Not a perfect copy but as I said, I was going sort of inbetween the first two films anyway. Comments welcome.

[TRyanD]

Cool!

:beer:

[Teyon]

Thanks. Here's a shaded view of him so you can see his details without the lights getting in the way. I also removed his eyeballs...

[JulianJohnson]

that's looking pretty good teyon well done, nice eyes:thumbsup:

[Teyon]

WOW! Thanks. I'm really happy you think so. I'm trying to learn Maya now with the PLE and all I can say is my hat's off ta ya. That program's a beast on my machine. :) Thanks again.

[JulianJohnson]

hi there, maybe you might like to try the free version of xsi as well Link (http://www.softimage.com/products/exp/v3/) . i've not tried it but from what i have heard its alot more user freindly then the free verson of maya.

[Teyon]

Yes, it is. I've already jumped on it but thanks. Of all the available learning editions, I've found Lightwave's to be the one I took to fastest with XSI a distant second and Maya bringing up the rear. I made a batwing in Maya thanks to 3dbuzz but I'm finding the learning curve for the interface to both XSI and Maya a little steep. I expected to be able to use nurbs the same way in Maya as I do in Rhino but it seems I have to get used to using primitives...something I avoid like the plague in RHino. Ah well, it's only been two weeks for both XSI and Maya...maybe after a month I'll feel different. LW is a dream...I just wish the Discovery Edition's point count wasn't so limited.

Thanks again. I hope to be seeing some new stuff from you soon.

[Teyon]

I worked out a body for him. Still much to do and I'm reworking his eyes too.

[davidSingha]

A nice start. Waiting for a completed project. Keep it up.

cheers:beer:

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