HMC #17 - Star Wars SteamPunk - General Kenobi

[SantoAnderson]

Okay, Wacom tablets are good for filling, but not that great for sketching, at least for me. So I spent this afternoon making a better concept, personally. I'm kind of taking off on the Obi-wan character when he's wearing clone trooper armor, during the clone wars. The colors of the initial drawing will closely resemble the final color scheme, so it isn't a total waste.

http://imaynaya.com/images/obisketcheshalf.jpg

So, basically, I'm designing for two different types of characters: Jedi and Trooper. Meh, it'll be fun, and I figured nobody else would pick the same topic.

EDIT:
Here's an example of Obi in Trooper Garb:
http://images.entertainmentearth.com/%5CAUTOIMAGES%5CGE9224lg.jpg

[robo3687]

i certinaly do like the idea.....look forward to seeing the modeling start

[DogBreath]

Nice, I like the Clone Wars idea Santo , looking foward to seeing this develop.

[WyattHarris]

Great idea, I never noticed how much Boba Fett's mandalorian armor resembles a boiler until I saw your concept. This'll be great.

[Intervain]

really loving the costume designs so far! Looking forward to more:wip:

[Nothingness]

waiting on the modeling :bounce:

[SantoAnderson]

Getting started on the head, the mask will come next:

http://www.imaynaya.com/OBI/OBIsteampunkheadrender.jpg

[SantoAnderson]

Mask/Goggle start. Maya base mesh, ZBrush everything else.

http://www.imaynaya.com/OBI/headrender4.jpg

[WyattHarris]

Nice, you are doing a great job matching the concept.

[lightcache]

cool. love the stitching.

[sapienz]

Were the stitch done with a stencil or stamp?
How easy is it to do fabric in zbrush?

[SantoAnderson]

Zbrush has some built-in stitching alphas. But I decided to create my own with a different design. It's essentially a home-made alpha using the dot tool.

[SantoAnderson]

Working on the torso, blocking for now. Ready for Zbrush. Second image is a color test, and fixes all the one sided geometry that Zbrush imported, that I'm too lazy to fix right now.

http://www.imaynaya.com/OBI/torsobase.jpg

http://www.imaynaya.com/OBI/torsocolors.jpg

[Nothingness]

good progress,

but maybe get everything modeled before moving onto zbrush?
I'm still kind of old fashioned that some things just gotta be modeled
the old way. Zbrush still has great potential to adjust them some to
your needs. I think this workflow is too confusing :argh:

just my 2 cents, or 4, or 10 or 50 cent :banghead:
never understood that saying.

cheers

[SantoAnderson]

On a typical challenge I'd do everything to a more organized workflow, but Pixologic finally released ZB3 for Mac and I've been needing to practice as much as possible. So yea, I guess you could say this is my "Zbrush" entry. If I can get it finished that is. I lost my job and am currently starting a business, which is requiring 25 hours a day of my attention. This is quickly turning into a weekend entry. I'll try and have an update ready before November. :rolleyes:

[Nothingness]

sorry to hear about the job,

i can imagine all things fall apart and you can't put your mind at one thing fully.

hope you get on your feet soon.

cheers

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