HMC #13 Louvre: Nike of Samothrace

[robo3687]

good luck.....

[spiritmouse]

Just started to do some blocking for the base mesh in maya.
Hoping to have more time after this week to work on it more
http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/NikeWIP_030408_01.jpg

[spiritmouse]

Still really basic form, but here is another update. I'll put more time on it on the next few days:
http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/NikeWIP_032208_01.jpg

[spiritmouse]

Added the base for the sculpture:
http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/NikeWIP_032408_01.jpg

[spiritmouse]

Finally took the base mesh into zbrush. Here is the first pass on it:
http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/NikeWIP_032408_02.jpg

[spiritmouse]

It has been about 9.5 hours on this model so far, worked on the wings a little bit, and trying to work on the legs and the folds around it, seems to be a little challenging.
http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/NikeWIP_032508_01.jpg

[spleek]

This is really coming along, spiritmouse. Looking good. :thumbsup:

[spiritmouse]

spleek, thank you. I hope I can finish it on time. :)

Spent another few hours on retopology, since I didn't have enough geometry on the bottom half.
http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/NikeWIP_032708_01.jpg
And another few hours fixing the posture
http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/NikeWIP_032708_02.jpg

[spiritmouse]

Did a little changes on the wings to match the real sculpture a little closer, then, it took me a good afternoon to do some R&D trying to find a way to render this model.
I tried exporting back to maya, but I couldn't figure out a good setting to export normal/displacement map. And when I tried exporting the hi-res model into maya, crashed infinite times...:banghead:
After few hours struggling, searching online and with some tips from my classmates, I figured out the render settings in ZBrush, up the document to double size, view as half-size anti-alias, and finally make a render to look nice from ZBrush itself.
http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/NikeWIP_040108_01.jpg

[Jeepster]

wow O_O
looks incredible!

[spiritmouse]

Thankz, Jeepster :)
I wasn't sure if I was even going to pull it off when I picked it... only second time I've a complete character done with ZBrush. I'm so glad at when it is at least recognizable ^^

[spiritmouse]

After many hours struggling with rendering, here are my final renders and I've also compiled some WIP images more neatly.

I've put all the images here (http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/Nike_HMC), not sure if I'm suppose to put everything in this thread or not, so I'm just putting a few here for now.

WIP from building base mesh in maya:
http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/Nike_HMC/sNike_MayaWIP.jpg (http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/Nike_HMC/Nike_MayaWIP.jpg)
Here are the WIP from ZBrush, front view, then three quarter view:
http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/Nike_HMC/sNike_ZBrushFntWIP.jpg (http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/Nike_HMC/Nike_ZbrushFntWIP.jpg)
Wireframes:
http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/Nike_HMC/sNike_Wire_Fnt.jpg (http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/Nike_HMC/Nike_Wire_Fnt.jpg)
Orthographic:
http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/Nike_HMC/sNike_Ortho_Fnt.jpg (http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/Nike_HMC/Nike_Ortho_Fnt.jpg)
http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/Nike_HMC/sNike_Ortho_Lft.jpg (http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/Nike_HMC/Nike_Ortho_Lft.jpg)
Final Renders:
http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/Nike_HMC/sNike_Final.jpg (http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/Nike_HMC/Nike_Final.jpg)http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/Nike_HMC/sNike_Final_Whole.jpg (http://www.spirit-mouse.net/net_storage/cg/Nike_HMC/Nike_Final_Whole.jpg)

[RobertoOrtiz]

Heads up!

HCR Treasures of the Louvre - POST YOUR FINAL ENTRY (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=617156)

-R

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