Modern mercenary WIP

[CodeVeroby]

Nice progress but try to better capture his "awesomeness" by defining the muscles and try to give his face a more hard feel instead of a curved one !

[antodonnell]

Hi Simon, good start. I had a look at the conceptart.org thread there was a paint over on the original 3d models head. I would recommend using that to get the head correct. The jaw line on your model tapers too much towards the chin I think, even if it is not based strictly on the concept it still looks strange. Also the eyes need work. Get some reference shots of eyes or look in the mirror it ll help a lot.

example your model is frowning, the eyelids should not frown with it at the same angle as the brow the eye lids tend to be horizontal and straight as fat and muscle push them down. These little details will strengthen your model.

[SimonTG]

Thanks for the replies guys,

CodeVeroby: Yes I agree, getting the arms "right" is gonna play a big part into this whole model "right". What I have done in max is really a base mesh I plan on defining the muscles entirely in Zbrush. (well, for the highpoly).

Antodonnell: Yea I saw that paintover of the face model as well. I will propably sorta follow it even though ive got my own plans for the head. I wasnt really too careful trying to capture a particular face and was mostly trying to layout the topoly right when I modeled it.
I will try and cature a "sharper/stronger" in ZBrush using some 3dsk reference or something similar when I get to the head. Thanks though.

Here is an update, Ive had time to put most of the pieces in Zbrush and started doodling a bit. Also started to work on the handguns in max.

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/attachment.php?attachmentid=92834 (http://javascript%3cb%3e%3c/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2792834%27,%27ArmyDude_EarlyWip_02_BodyCompo01%20copy.jpg%27,1,0%29)
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/attachment.php?attachmentid=92835 (http://javascript%3cb%3e%3c/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2792835%27,%27ArmyDude_EarlyWip_02_HeadCompo01%20copy.jpg%27,1,0%29)
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/attachment.php?attachmentid=92836 (http://javascript%3cb%3e%3c/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2792836%27,%27ArmyDude_EarlyWip_02_GunAnimation.gif%27,1,0%29)
Arms/hands really need work, head was just a quick doodle... will go back to work on it later down the road. Shoes are really WIP... and everything needs a whole lot more details but an update is an update http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/images/smilies/smile.gif

Comments/critiques welcome

[riverbook]

looks good. I'd pretty much do as many have mentioned. Harden him up. Look up muscle mass. No gumbys he's kinda looking soft and gumby'ish. So yeah harden him up a little

[CodeVeroby]

Looks good ,only critic for now is that you need to fix the deformation on his lips and the weird crotch :)

[SimonTG]

Here is an update http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/images/smilies/smile.gif

Had time to work on the head's base mesh in max to fix the lips. I also
tweaked some proportions a bit, added some details in the back, and started to work on the arms, hands, pants, shoes, knee pads and leg
straps...

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/attachment.php?attachmentid=93360 (http://javascript%3cb%3e%3c/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2793360%27,%27ArmyDude_WIP3_Compo_01.jpg%27,1,0%29)

I think the profile (side view) needs a bit of work the pants dont seem wide enough now that I look at it... but anyways im quite happy with my progress so far.

Let me know what ya think, comments good or bad are welcome.

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