HARDCORE MODELING!: 80's Cartoon: He-Man & BattleCat Diorama

[Omnilight]

some work-in-progress of He-Man, more revisions needed
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/he-man_110309.jpg

and BattleCat, just roughing out the forms for now, 1st time making a muscular cat, should be fun. I'm using the toy as reference, unable to find photos for such a muscular cat.

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/he-man_120309.jpg

[Omnilight]

A paint-over to test the proportions before making the costume
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/heman_test_01.jpg
Seems pretty decent

[Azereus]

loved it.

what program are you using for modeling?

[TheRazorsEdge]

Very nice work so far!

Your anatomy looks rather weird in some places though, ie in the quadriceps area (the rectus femoris seems way to big and the vastus medials appears to be attaching to the wrong place on its upper insertion) as well as the serratus and brachioradialis. Judging from this angle, the tibia does not seem to have its characteristic curvature. Just my two cents. ;)

Cheers!

[Omnilight]

hi Azereus, thank you, i'm using max & zbrush.
hi TheRazorsEdge, i really appreciate this kind of feedback, thank you!

BattleCat Update:
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/he-man_130309.jpg

[varunbondwal]

its looking good man !! good luck

[Omnilight]

akhenaten: thanks, good luck to you too!

Here's an update
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/pose_test_01.jpg

a pose test, any comments would be most helpful ,
cheers

[robo3687]

hey omnilight!

man it's good to see you've entered....it was your dragon ball z work that was the base inspiration for me entering this challenge...

i can see a lot of similarities in your he-man anatomy and your goku anatomy and thats only a good thing...cos its nice and stylised and awesome...

look forward to following this one....

any new dbz stuff in the works as well? i check your site every now and then but there hasn't been an update recently

[Omnilight]

robo3687: hey, your models are looking great so far, looking forward to your final entry. i didnt have much time for personal projects until recently, so no updated dbz models yet, thanks for dropping by!

[TheRazorsEdge]

Looks like a very cool pose! To my eyes, the guy looks like he is just about to loose balance and fall off though. Bending him a tad forward at the waist might fix that. For some reason it also looks to me as if the beasty is trying to throw him off, rather then rising/charging with him. Maybe fixing the angle of the head can correct that.



Cheers!

[Omnilight]

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/HM_280308.jpg
finally an update!

[Omnilight]

quick update with test paint over, he's got an axe attached to his back, shield in left hand

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/HM_010409.jpg

[Omnilight]

beginnings of the battlecat armour, added teeth, tongue and claws too.

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/BC_010409.jpg

[Slashmore]

It's perfect!

[energise]

this is lookin great!!


the pose is perfect, cant wait to see the final piece! =)

[Omnilight]

thank you Slashmore & energise, i can't wait to finish it as well

[Airflow]

Wow, thats looking really nice.

[razeverius]

oh man why'd I just see this thread now. This looks cool!:buttrock:

[RTjunior]

Outstanding work so far. I am loving this!

[jhasse]

i really like, great:applause:

[Omnilight]

Thank you Airflow,razeverius,RTjunior and jhasse :)

BattleCat Helmet:

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/bc_helmet.jpg
The rest of the armour, BattleCat looks too bulky from this perspective
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/bc_armour_030409.jpg
needs more polishing, but i'll proceed to make He-Man's armour and weapons next.

[TheRazorsEdge]

Battlecat's pose looks way better now. Sweet! I'd still tweak He-Man though to make them appear to move more in unison. Right now they still seem a bit disjointed. Great work on the armor so far. I guess its a bit early to say, but I do have some trouble following you on the feline anatomy.

Cheers!

Btw, I really liked your work on Dragonball/Goku since I first saw it on ZBC a while back.

[RageOfAges]

Really nice armor. Very remeniscent of the cartoon. Props.

-Rage

[AJ]

Excellent progress... Can't wait to see it all come together :)

[Senseicapi]

WoW!!! so far He-man Characters and Thundercats are owning! keep posting!!! I want to see more! :thumbsup:

[Slashmore]

Please finish it soon! haha

[Omnilight]

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/HM_050409.jpgHe-man Accesories Update , still have tons to do ~ hair, hands, face, and furry boots..

TheRazorsEdge: thanks :), i'll do an overall tweak when i assemble everything together.
RageOfAges: thank you, glad that u liked it
AJ: yes, putting them together is a joy
Senseicapi: of cos!
Slashmore: trying my best to hit the deadline

[scottimation]

Everything is looking really good here, very true to the original design. Nice dynamic posing too. What are your plans for the hair and fur? Also, what software are you rendering with?

[axiomatic]

looks very promising. i think the weight of he-man as he sits on this rearing cat will be worth keeping in mind during final tweak of the pose. in your rough draw-overs so far i think he looks a little disconnected from the cat and a little slipping of the back far side of the saddle.

looking forward to seeing how this turns out :)

[Omnilight]

hair for he-man is tedious work, phew!

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/HM_hair01.jpg

scottimation : Thanks, i'm drawing all the hair and fur in Zbrush, rendering with vray+max.

axiomatic : thankyou too, his left hand would be grabing onto a handle and his seat's backing should be high enough for him to counter-balance... in theory, hopefully i can pull it off convincingly.

[Omnilight]

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/HM_060409.jpgFurry Briefs are done, used rake brush with lazy stroke, so much easier now

[Slashmore]

It's great!
I really check this forum every 3 hours to see if there is any update! haha

[Gatewave]

This is incredible! really giving me something to live up to.

are you really just using max and zbrush? I'd really like to see more on how you went about building that mesh in the first picture. It just doesn't really look like something out of max.

Awesome work though! Looks just like 'em!

[jasonfeiner]

You really know your anatomy! Great job so far, very dynamic pose. I have to know what your poly count is looking like though, detail like that comes at a price!
Again, very impressive.

[TheRazorsEdge]

The fur and hair look great! Overall everything looks like a really high-quality version of the original 80's toy. Very nice! You might want to consider getting this printed when its done. It surely would make a nice statue.

Cheers!

[stage-gr]

simply loving it! :cool:

also loved the paintovers on the hair's WIP ... hahaha

[Omnilight]

Slashmore: thx for ur support, i appreciate it
Gatewave: i used max to create rough forms, then onto zbrush for sculpting
jasonfeiner: thank you, my current zbrush file is 12 million polys, each subtool i try not to exceed 2 million. most of the subtools are hidden while i work, so its still very smooth.
TheRazorsEdge: nice idea :-)
stage-gr: :-D

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/HM_070409.jpg
updated hands and boots, coming next would be BattleCat's refinements.

[razeverius]

oh yeah that is simply amazing!:applause: nicenice

[WyattHarris]

Excellent work so far Omni. I'd consider this one for a 3D print. It really is coming out well.

http://www.ownage.com/

[sapienz]

Hi TengChia,

Don't see alot of singaporeans active around here.
i was gonna do something similar as well but my schedule @ work didn't permit
This is some nifty sculpting i must say...


May i know where u are workin atm ?

[maxloeser]

Incredible Job!

i follow further steps, good luck!

[japetus]

Man, you did a great job on the anatomy! Wish I was half that good, keeps me away from doing guys like He-Man. Feels exactly like the ol' action figure I used to have! Great job

[FICTIS]

Omnilight... You are sick man... What an awesome model... His muscles are about to explode!! I love the level of detailing... this is incredible. :bowdown:

[Omnilight]

thanks to all who commented, here's the final entry:

ENTRY: He-Man & BattleCat Diorama

ARTIST NAME: TengChia Koh

BEAUTY RENDER:
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/dz_final_SSS3.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/dz_color_02.jpghttp://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/dz_colour_01_SSS.jpg

Hi-Resolution (http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/dz_final_Hires_SSS3.jpg)

ORTHOGRAPHIC:
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/dz_right_back.jpg

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/dz_left_front.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/dz_top.jpg

Wires:
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/dz_wire.jpg

WIP THREAD : Please Click Here (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=740895)

DESCRIPTION: Hello :-) , I wanted to create a model of He-man and Battlecat in a dramatic pose, and I hope I've faithfully captured their essence here. I used Zbrush, 3dsMax and Vray. Spent about 90 hours total. Look for more close-ups shots in my work-in-progress thread.

Cheers!

[japetus]

Amazing...no words.... :bowdown: I'm blown away!

[Senseicapi]

Just WOW, awesome work Omnilight. Good Luck; not that you need it though :beer:.

[eldee]

holy crap, this turned out great! awesome job man!

[PasKal]

Incredible !!!
Look like the original as magic ! Do you use sss shader ?
I was fan of the cartoon and I hesitate to create mine !! You've done fantastic work !:drool:

[Oberyn]

Fantastic, man! This is so reminiscent of the toy. Your use of materials is perfect!

[samartin]

Missed this thread until you posted in the final section, flawless execution, amazing renders and amazing sculpt. Amazing all round!

[Slashmore]

Oh god... oh god...

Perfect in every way

11 out of 10

[Slashmore]

I just can't understand how did you get that model from zbrush to 3dstudio without any collateral effects... do you know any guide on how to do this? because the times i've done this, I never get an exact model from zbrush to 3d studio. The only option is to export de model with the higher subdivs, but that is too painful for my PC!

thx

[REZI-st]

one word :) amazing :applause:

[waterlilly]

Hooly mooooley!!!

Samartin, don't feel bad this one slipped past my Radar too. I wish I'd seen it earlier so I could drool and marvel :)

[Omnilight]

hello to all left comments, thank you!
now that i have gotten enough sleep,
i think i am able to reply properly.

WyattHarris: the link u posted was really excellent, can't thank you enough for highlighting it to me.

sapienz: looking forward to your upcoming entries, great to see a fellow singaporean here. btw, i am freelancing now.

japetus: thanks, u did a wonderful piece as well, u 've made a toy that i always wanted to have.

Senseicapi: thank you, i'm very lucky to be able to compete and complete.

eldee: thanks! glad u liked it

PasKal: hi :-), i did not use SSS shader because of time constrain, but i am making another render with SSS now that the deadline is extended, it takes ages to render SSS.

Oberyn: thank you, there are still plenty of room for improvements regarding my materials.

samartin: thank you! i like your entry, your renders are very charming.

Slashmore: haha, its not really perfect but i feel i've learned alot of stuff from this model. thank you for your continuous support. Regarding your question, i tried to squeeze as much polygon into 3dsmax as possible. I managed to get 1.4 million polys in with the 64bit 3dsmax, final file size is 270mb. i did not use any displacements, just bump maps. haha, plainly i just used brute force, my workstation suffered but it was still able to render.

REZI-st: thank you very much

waterlilly: Thank You too!

will be tweaking materials/shaders, hope i'm not breaking any rules if i post an updated render before friday.

Cheers!

* just replaced beauty render with a version that has some slight SSS
original (http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/dz_final_15april2009.jpg) vs SSS (http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/omnilight/dz_final_SSS3.jpg)

[shin4]

nice job~:bowdown:

[Brainsample]

Great work. Perfect model, great lighting. The hair on BattleCat reminds me of the fuzz that was on the old toys.

[WyattHarris]

No prob Omni, I hope it works out for you. This model came out excellent, I really love the way Battlecat came out. Flawless realization.

[theKid123]

amazing work ..... looks fantastic .... great job ...:applause:

[JM-art]

Hey Omnilight, i don´t know how i missed this thread...its brilliant what you made here, very sharp look, everething is excelent. Congrats for this.

Cheers.

[TheRazorsEdge]

Fantastic work here! :buttrock:
Now you should really get this printed.

Cheers!

[gua]

Tengchia, u will win!

Cheers
gua

[Powermaennchen]

Tengchia, u will win!

Cheers
gua

i could not agree more :)

this result is very much the essence of what i imagined when i read the challenges topic .. maybe even better :)

[avillabon]

WOW! AMAZING WORK!!

Alex

[gacisoft]

Congratulations is the best He-man i ever seen.

AMAZING.

[Omnilight]

to everyone who commented, thank you so much. :-D

[BigPixolin]

Why is this not front page?

[PKT]

Totally awesome!

[RobertoOrtiz]

Congratz!
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b216/robertoortiz1/cgtalk/17.gif

Good job!

[shin4]

Congrats! Well done, wish to see your new work soon~

[TheRazorsEdge]

Congrats! :applause:

[RageOfAges]

Congratulations man. You deserve it!

-Rage

[Omnilight]

A big Thank you to everybody! Thanks for the motivation!!

[jojo1975]

Soooo cool ! perfect render also. the modelling in zbrush is so amazing ! keep posting your work please :)

[vshen]

Congrats on the win. Impressive work!

[Tora_2097]

That just blew me away.
So many great childhood memories brought back to the surface. :)
Truly a masterpiece.

Benjamin

[japetus]

Congrats on winning! You truly deserve it! Your piece blew me away :)

[jazzistoobad]

This is absolutely beautiful work! You have totally outdone yourself & your skkills are really inspirational. I saw this on your blog & tracked you here & registered just to commend you on this Awesome work. :D

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