DW III - 3D - blindsyte - Clericon

[blindsyte]

The other 2 heads in the image above are earlier versions of my character. The first one looked too much like a santa with goggles on, and the second one looked cool, but he seemed a bit cliched and not very original.

More to come soon!
Go CG SOC!

[blindsyte]

i added a few more details to the uper mandible neck area and added a color pass to test... i'm pretty solid on the colors, cg soc for all the body and shield, and blue green accents for the armor and artifact.

i'm not quite sure how I'll resolve the bottom half of the body... it's still the body of santa with goggles... too dwarf like...

plus i'm probably going to give him bigger shoulder pads... the ones he has now are a bit wimpy.

http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq2.jpg

[StacyOgie]

I like your concept alot so far especially the staff. Can't wait to see more updates.

[blindsyte]

thanks Stacy! I'll be sure to post every day or so... :D Do see anything wrong with the finished parts?

[marsyas]

Cool, original concept!

I like your presentation too.

[blindsyte]

THANKS Marsyas!

[blindsyte]

I think my concept is really starting to come together... I'm really trying to incorporate the CG Society colors and logo. The logo will appear on the shield and some armor that has yet to be incorporated on the middle of the body. The competition is fierce! Within forums and on all forums, but one thing is clear! Someone must win from CG Society. We have no excuse. CG Land won last time. It's CG Society's turn.

I have a few ideas for the legs... but maybe you have one better.

http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq3.jpg

[blindsyte]

he kind of looks cool floating there like that... but i still think he needs some big alien legs...
i was also considering a robe... but that didn't seem very bulletproof to me...

[blindsyte]

that shoulder armor looks cool, but it's still not quite there... i might scrap the shoulder armor all together... we'll see

plus he'll also be getting some back armor, and don't forget his scaly crusty skin is already bulletproof because of mineral deposits.

[Loukor]

That is a really wierd/unique but cool.. concept. Can't wait to see it in 3D, cheers.

[irritated1]

Love the weapon design, can't wait to see this in 3D



My DWarIII Thread (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=234&t=598238)

[blindsyte]

So here's the final polished concept image. If you guys see anything wrong here or have any questions, I'd be happy to change anything... the thing he has in his bottom right hand is a device to add power to his banishing artifact. His skin is super tough and armored and resistant to the attacks that come from all metal creatures!

His banishing channeler also acts as a spiker! So he can spike into the metal enemies, and as he does so small wormhole portals open on the metal monsters, and parts of them get teleported. So the spiker in essence takes big chunks out of them as he stabs! SWEET!

But his main weapon is his artifact, opening wormholes that take out several metalites at a time!

Go CG Society!
Time for 3D!!! JOY!
(Maya-Mudbox)

http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq4.jpg

[madshooter]

Beautifull concept Dude, I like it very much:cool:. This gonna look awesome in 3d. I like your idea of him floating in air.
All the best:thumbsup: Waiting for your next update:).

[blindsyte]

w00t Many many thanks Roshan!

[viky70in]

Hey nice concept with color. Something different I like to see always.
All the best for your final character.
:)

[blindsyte]

thank you viky!! *bows
do you see anything that needs changing?

[fluxist8070]

nice staff idea! The character looks good too!

[mikas]

wow, very unique concept
keep up!:thumbsup:

[MattR]

Looks cool blindstyle, I was trying to find something to critique, but it's hard since it's so different, in a good way.

The only thing I noticed was the shield could be implemented/used in a better way then just sitting on his forearm. One thought is when he is battling one arm puts up the shield and the other arm supports his weight like a leg so he hops around. But when he is not fighting he can put the shield on the ground and glide around on it like a sled. You could even make the shield magical so you could still have the glowing area under him or have sparks shoot out from under it.

Anyways, if you do it justice in 3D you could have something really sweet.

[marsyas]

Hehe, I like what you did with his feet!

Cool that he's floating with four arms now. :thumbsup:

[Pigeon Lord]

Nice sketches! I like the "hovering with 4 arms" idea.

[Grindil]

dude, its looking amazing, I like the thought you have put into how he fights and acts, it really adds to the conept. I will have something posted tonight.

[viky70in]

thank you viky!! *bows
do you see anything that needs changing?
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Sorry for late reply.
I didn’t find anything wrong or need to change in ur character. It is different :)
Waiting for 3d one.

BEST OF LUCK

[blindsyte]

i should have some 3d by tomorrow

[blindsyte]

just updating... this low rez proxy is already unwrapped and ready to be mudboxafied!
notice that some arms are bigger than others... that is intentional... also notice that i'm still pretty low right now, at 1880 tris, but it will fill up, i'm sure...
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq5.jpg

[blindsyte]

Here's a more revised body structure. the shoulders are lower poly, because they'll be covered with armor... the uv layout will change as more things are added, like the main head, little heads, staff, boy and spiker... and glowing effects.
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq6.jpghttp://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq7.jpg
do you think these uv's are looking okey :d

[Pigeon Lord]

Holy bovine quadraped! (I love coming up with complicated ways of saying stupid stuff)

But seriously man, wow. It's looking awesome. I just wish I had more time to work on my own.

So are you going to model the inner half as a seperate model inside the one you've got made?

[DDS]

I also wonder that. Apart from this...can't wait to see how this turns out :)

[blindsyte]

here's my first pass in mudbox. it's on level 3. the skin will look armored when done... hopefully. the arms look different because the magic has atrophied and warped and deformed each limb in different ways... sounds cool... right?

i'm trying to strengthen the silhouette by smearing the overall piece, but that might result in rigging problems... any marshmallowy looking muscles will be resolved and detailed soon enough...

again any critiques are greatly appreciated! maya > roadkill uv > maya > mudbox > internets
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq8.jpg

[blindsyte]

here's the current low poly version... :}
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq9.jpg

[madshooter]

Wow Dude, nice progress. Great sculpting:thumbsup:. No crits from me:D
waiting for more updates:)

[blindsyte]

thank heavens for roadkill uv... what a sweet app!
without it i wouldn't be able to fix some uv problems i'm having right now.

[blindsyte]

i'm just noticing that my normals in maya are misbehaving... it was partly mudbox's fault, and mostly maya's fault, but right now... it looks like max is doing cleaner sexier renders of my normals on the converted low res model... the torso has 1886 tris... so i still have a LOT of tri's to play with, so expect more or possibly different armor, and i now have a good budget for effects and sprites...

more mudbox details to come...
lots more 3d to come...
thanks for looking.
btw, the fingers are malformed on purpose.
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq10.jpg

[RobThornely]

Hey, had a look at your thread. Like the way you have just gone for it, very weird imagination. You have inspired me to get a little weirder with my own stuff now. I too thought of the four arm thing but probably won't go there as I'm going for a fat thing primarily but it looks like it's working for you. I like the artefact and how well thought through your design is.
Looking forward to your 3d stuff.

[blindsyte]

so i found this program called xNormal, thanks to an old post by fx81, and it is a total gem in the rough!
i had change of heart on the armor... i'm still going to have those cool little heads poking out, but i'll have to rework the layout a bit. i sketched up my new armor ideas, crudely at a service station, and i am now finishing modeling.

i want to finish modeling by this sunday, so i have 2 full weeks for texturing and rigging, and then a full week for rendering but that is pushing it! yikes!

let me know what you think...
currently around 6000 tri's
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq11.png
i can still see where the squareness is on the main torso, so i'm going to do a bit more low poly refinement there.
i was at a service station when i started brainstorming for this new armor... here are my doodles...
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq12.png

[blindsyte]

the face is mostly modeled, and by contrast you can see that the torso needs some work, although it holds up at a longer view. the torso will have some more armoring detail, but as my concept work indicates, it has a ribbing throughout the skin and all over his body, but mudbox tests from today showed me that it made things look a bit busy on certain parts, so it might not be those bumps as you see in my concept, but cankles and pores, and skin folds...
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq13.jpg
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq14.jpg
i'm also having a tiny issue with xNormal, although overall i'm SUPER impressed with that program. Even when i render these temp textures out for normals at 2K, it still pixelates parts of the image... it could be my anti aliasing in xNormal, or some deeper more sinister problem... oh well.

I sure need to HUFF it. I still have so much more to do!
Go 'us'!

[madshooter]

great progress dude. I see there are some pointed edges on your lowres model, the one which is normal mapped, last image. You can fix it later even after normal mapping is done.
Everything else is looking cool. Keep up the good work dude:)

[madshooter]

The new post looks cool:). You can also try adding little blur in photoshop to reduce those pixelated feel on your normal map.

[blindsyte]

So here's the callow fully modeled and ready to paint... i migt fix some of the topology in the low res model... cuz it sucks... but i promise it'll look uber before alls said and done.
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq16.jpg
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq15.jpg

[jogshy]

Even when i render these temp textures out for normals at 2K, it still pixelates parts of the image... it could be my anti aliasing in xNormal, or some deeper more sinister problem... oh well.
Try to decrease a bit the "AA Threshold"... from 0.1 to 0.05. Also change minimum AA from 1/4 to 1 or 4 and increase maximum from 1 to 4/16. Use the AA diagnostics to see where the program is putting more samples.

Hope it helps.

[The Flork]

haha that callow is cool! i think he gets lost when you put him in the crumpled up position, you should keep him how he is in the turn arounds, but just cross his legs or something cool with it so we can see him. :-D

[blindsyte]

jogshy: again, thank you very much for xNormal! AWESOME PROGRAM! I'll try out your suggestions...

the flork: i agree. i'm thinking i might pose him just a bit and then chain him to the staff, and then dress it up a bit, but your right, his face and belly folds are part of the cool factor, so i might leave that showing... if i were smart, i would have modeled and then mudbox'd him in his posed position... oh well live and learn.

[blindsyte]

holy crap, an update:
i have no excuse not to finish with the 5 day extension...
behold aeonseraph's dragons take flight... or not...
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq17.jpg

[Grindil]

You sicken me with your awesomeness! I love the new stuff, did you use x-normals? anyways its looking fantastic. keep up the good work.

[madshooter]

Beautifull. Looks great:thumbsup: Nice details.

[blindsyte]

i hope this works out in the end... i'm kind of new to it.
this is 1 of 2 texture sets... 1 for lamberty fleshy stuff and 1 for blinny metallic stuff.
max normal render coming soon.
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq18.jpg

[Ivan0129]

nice model!!!

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=5018997#post5018997

[blindsyte]

so much to do... so little time to chat...
i sure have learned a lot on this competition!!!
well i'm at 9000 tris, and i have all my uv's on one 2k sheet... we'll see if i can get them textured posed and rendered for submission by wednesday or thursday night...
i'm just afraid if i wait till the last day the servers will be too busy...
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq20.jpg

[blindsyte]

basic difuse pass and some alpha stuff... i'm GOING to FINISH!http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq21.jpg

[blindsyte]

tell me this doesn't grab ya...
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq22.jpg

[blindsyte]

It's coming together... MAD RUSH TIME! *I am the reason the game industry has crunch times! wah wah wah
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq23.jpg

[Pigeon Lord]

Man, that's awesome! Can't wait to see it finished.

[blindsyte]

more to come... soon i hope...
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq24.jpg

[blindsyte]

almost there baby... apparently no c & c, so i'll just keep going...
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/bbq25.jpg

[blindsyte]

here it is boys and girls! i'm so joyful! *joygasm
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/CGS_blindsyte_callow_winning.jpg
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/CGS_blindsyte_callow_beauty.jpg
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/CGS_blindsyte_callow_construction.jpg
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/CGS_blindsyte_callow_concept.jpg
http://www.artofnick.com/storage/CGS_blindstye_callow_texture.jpg

[blindsyte]

i'm working on my construction shot right now btw...

[The Flork]

good work man! i gotta say i love that ittle dude! im glad you didnt go with the curled up version :-D

[blindsyte]

Thanks florky! i'm glad i took your suggestion... he IS pretty creepy.

[DDS]

Congrats on finishing man! sweet UV layout dude :bounce: I like the design too. Funny, reminds me of some old school games...ahh good times :)

[blindsyte]

thanks. it was fun. i learned a lot! :D

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