Ghosts, Ghouls and Goblins... oh my!

[Ethereal]

And here is what I have of the body so far. Again, I'm only an hour into it, but I'd like to get feedback before I get lost in the details.

[betelgeuse]

Don't really have any criticism at this stage. Does he have a neck - you know, with the protruding bolts? If not, I think he should have one.

[Ethereal]

The bolts will be on there eventually, I didn't forget about them. But I first want to get further along on the body.

[Ethereal]

I ran into a bit of a snag. I am trying to make Frankie's hands and I seem to be getting close but am just a bit off. I want him to have nice hands, but I don't want them to be super detailed because I don't want it to become a rigging nightmare. I was wondering if anybody has a good technique for hands or knows a good tutorial or anything. I want him to have hands like Sully from Monsters Inc. Where they look really chubby and soft, almost paw like. Any thoughts?

This is as far as I got on the one finger...

[leigh]

Hehehe cool character :thumbsup:

Right now, the head seems to be floating in the air though - does he have a neck? :surprised
C'mon, you can't have a Frankie without a big old neck with some nasty bolts through it ;)

The body could do with a little more shaping. Right now it's a bit balloony, well the torso is, in any case. Try working on the shapes a little more, give it some more definition :)

The hands look fine, I think. Show a wireframe though, so we can get a good idea of how your poly count is, as well as your actual structure. The way you are doing it doesn't look like it would be problematic for rigging :)

Oh, and by the way, welcome to CG Talk!! :beer:

[Maximus Groff]

I like it man... just push more details and u got a very funny char!

:beer:

[Ethereal]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. It seems I better get that neck and bolts on there quick, everybody mentions them.

Leigh - I have some plans for the details in the body. I want to make his coat really tight with the buttons straining to stay attached. I'm wondering if I should put "Frankie" on the coat right above a chest pocket. Then I want to have one of his shoes torn with his toes sticking out. I wish I had more time to work on him though. Right now its just an hour here and there. Anyway, here is the wireframe of the finger. I didn't get to work on it since last night. I don't have much experience with rigging and animating characters yet so if you think the knuckles won't bend right please let me know.

[leigh]

Hmmm... I haven't done a hell of a lot of rigging and animating in my day (I detest it), but it looks to me like you shouldn't have any problems with that :thumbsup:

[Ethereal]

Okay, I'm in the process of texturing Frankenstein. This is the first time I've done a custom texture to this degree so I'm looking for tips and pointers if you guys have any. I've seen some awesomely textured characters on this board so I know some of you should have some decent tips for me. Her are the files...

Frankenstein Face (http://amcmahon.250free.com/Frankenstein/frankensteinface.jpg)
Frankenstein Body (http://amcmahon.250free.com/Frankenstein/frankensteinbody.jpg)
Frankenstein Hand (http://amcmahon.250free.com/Frankenstein/frankhand.jpg)

oh, I haven't gotten to texturing the bolts yet, they will be pretty rusty.

[ZVAN]

Haha, i like the s2upid look of the face... cool character! :applause:

[digital NUT]

oh darn, you already textured him. I would think that cel shading him might've looked real cool. But good work anyways!!!:thumbsup:

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