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TheSphinx
04-19-2009, 04:58 AM
Ok, I've started working on my first 3D model for a contest, and I'm here to let you know how it will look like!

His name is Gunnar Katsuro (Gunnar - From the Old Norse name Gunnarr which was derived from gunnr "war" and arr "warrior"; Katsuro - From Japanese 勝 (katsu) "victory" and 郎 (rou) "son"), which would make him something like a victorious warrior =D

Race: Norms
Class: Warlord

Story: Gunnar Katsuro was born to a Norwegian mother and a Japanese father when humanity was already assuming positions for the upcoming greatest war of all times. He was trained to be a warlord ever since he was a little child in the arts of war from his parents' by the elders of his race, mastering either the ninja and the new-viking hand-to-hand combat and weapons fighting, a recent martial art called Viniia (Viking + Ninja). He cannot manipulate any kind of magic, but his armoured suit is not anything near vulnerable to it, bringing fairness to a possible confrontation. Today, as a Master Viniia and a major guardian of the cities, he's also the perfect choice for missions that require high skills on inflitrating and assaulting.



This is the only sketch I've made so far:

[/url][url="http://img10.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nordsoldiercgtalk1.jpg"]http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8863/nordsoldiercgtalk1.jpg (http://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nordsoldiercgtalk.jpg)
TheSphinx
04-24-2009, 01:51 AM
I started modeling Gunnar, the body is yet too general, only the head has started to look like the final result.

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/5859/gunnar1cgtalk.jpg (http://img2.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gunnar1cgtalk.jpg)

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/8950/gunnar2cgtalk.jpg (http://img2.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gunnar2cgtalk.jpg) http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/5619/gunnar3cgtalk.jpg (http://img2.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gunnar3cgtalk.jpg)
TheSphinx
05-02-2009, 02:19 AM
After lots and lots of tries on modeling the arm pads, I finally got to something i actually like!

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/1667/gunnar5cgtalk.jpg (http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gunnar5cgtalk.jpg)

http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/4429/gunnar6cgtalk.jpg (http://img396.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gunnar6cgtalk.jpg)

This is taking me a long time to do cause of works for school.. I don't know if I'm gonna be able to finish this model on time... :S well, anyways, I'm thinking of finishing it some day lol
Surrealix
05-02-2009, 01:34 PM
This is taking me a long time to do cause of works for school.. I don't know if I'm gonna be able to finish this model on time... :S well, anyways, I'm thinking of finishing it some day lol

Keep up a bit of pressure on yourself, and try to find an hour a day to work on it, and you'll be surprised how much you can get done (and how you'll find yourself eschewing assignments for online competitions that don't count for anything :scream: )

Best of luck whether you decide to push for this deadline, or finish it up at a later date.
TheSphinx
05-04-2009, 03:59 PM
Thank you for your support, Surrealix ;) I have been working hard on my model, despite having lots of work for school...

Here are a couple renders of my model so far:

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5356/gunnar7cgtalk.jpg (http://img149.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gunnar7cgtalk.jpg)

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1525/gunnar8cgtalk.jpg (http://img149.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gunnar8cgtalk.jpg)
TheSphinx
05-06-2009, 08:44 PM
I'm done with the torso and began with the legs, though I'm not very happy with them yet...
I'll make changes to them till they please me xD
And I'm not happy with his back too... It friken looks like a swimsuit to me loool

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1470/gunnar9cgtalk.jpg (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gunnar9cgtalk.jpg)

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4986/gunnar10cgtalk.jpg (http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gunnar10cgtalk.jpg)
TheSphinx
05-07-2009, 10:59 PM
So i made the changes and completed his suit, buuuut, I'm still not completely happy with it...

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4408/gunnar11cgtalk.jpg (http://img230.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gunnar11cgtalk.jpg)

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5245/gunnar12cgtalk.jpg (http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gunnar12cgtalk.jpg)
TheSphinx
05-12-2009, 02:39 PM
I'm done with modeling Gunnar, and decided to create his weapon, a ninja sword ;) I enjoyed modeling it so much that I also textured it in the process xD here's a kind of step-by-step of it:

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/5535/sword1cgtalk.jpg (http://img528.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sword1cgtalk.jpg) http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1103/sword4cgtalk.jpg (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sword4cgtalk.jpg) http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6168/sword5cgtalk.jpg (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sword5cgtalk.jpg)

And I thought of "tattooing" our insignia on his back... I made a render of it, which actually pleased me :P

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/5909/gunnaracgtalk.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gunnaracgtalk.jpg)

I'll be texturing the rest of the model and rigging it for the next couple days, if works for school don't bother me much xD
TheSphinx
05-17-2009, 10:35 PM
Ahhhh the last days have been a little stressing, I had NEVER rigged a character before, so it was kind of a tough task to put Gunnar in a pose that would please me!

So here you have him, already on his final pose, and textured.. I don't think I will make an attempt on any other kind of map, since I haven't learned how, yet, and don't have much time left xD

Any comments are welcome, but please, do remember that I'm just a beginner!..

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2247/gunnarc4cgtalk2.jpg (http://img269.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gunnarc4cgtalk2.jpg)

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7452/gunnard1cgtalk.jpg (http://img194.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gunnard1cgtalk.jpg)

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/654/gunnare3cgtalk.jpg (http://img30.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gunnare3cgtalk.jpg)

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2237/gunnarf2cgtalk.jpg (http://img198.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gunnarf2cgtalk.jpg)
TheSphinx
05-18-2009, 05:19 PM
Finally, I have finished...

Here go my 6 Final Images:

1. Text Image:

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7323/1textimage.jpg (http://img139.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1textimage.jpg)

2. Beauty Shot:

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3907/2beautyshot.jpg (http://img198.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2beautyshot.jpg)

3. Presentation Shot:

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/5995/3presentationshot.jpg (http://img30.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3presentationshot.jpg)

4. Construction Shot:

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6469/4constructionshot.jpg (http://img198.imageshack.us/my.php?image=4constructionshot.jpg)

5. Texture Sheet:

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9783/5texturesheet.jpg (http://img139.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5texturesheet.jpg)

6. Concept Image:

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7143/6conceptimaget.jpg (http://img139.imageshack.us/my.php?image=6conceptimaget.jpg)
Surrealix
05-19-2009, 11:16 PM
Congratulations on finishing, I know how hard the last bit always is. The model looks good, but the texture could probably do with a bit more work, if you plan to polish this model up in the future.

You could add seams in the material, or rivets/dents/scratches in any bits that are metal (it's hard to tell from the picture at the moment). You can do quite a lot with just a diffuse texture map, so you're probably right not to worry about the other maps until that one is sorted out.

Best of luck!
TheSphinx
05-20-2009, 01:24 AM
Once again, Surrealix, I thank you for your advice, and for the time you spent commenting my work :)

I know there are lots and lots more I could do with the textures, but as you probably already figured out, I have only started working and learning 3D this year, and with the lots of works I have to do for school (and these being the last weeks of the school year, which is worse!), I haven't had the time to learn, by myself, how to texture better! But I'm definitely aiming to be way better at this, some day ;)

I'm thinking of improving this character when I have the time, in the future, but for now, I have to get back to school works and exams, or else I'm screwed! xD

Thank you very much, it's always nice to have some feedback on our work :)
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