Beast of Burden - Character/Contraption - hypercube

#21

Awesome model!!:eek: No crits - i love it!
And yeah - join forces with ZrO-1 - that would make for some sleepless nights - creepy!

#22

Rock Lobster, Definitely. I also love the beginning of your harness.

one crit: It seems like yopur creature has an exoskeleton. unlike the BoB’s with a skeleton on the inside, it would be nice to see some sharper creases on the model. just my thoughts…

-Nate

#23

Hmmm, good point…I’m almost to an update so will see how it’s working now, but kind of unsure about the outer surface…thinking porpoiselike on the head, elephant-turtle on the legs…tough to mix hard/soft like that, it’s a rather mixed up creature. Let me get some more changes in and see what you think. :slight_smile:

#24

Aha!! Multiples legs rules!!! Cool .
Yep i think the mammal way is much more original for a multy legs bobs. About the shell look some other armored mamals like tatoos, armadillo, etc…mmm let’s seee…

Here is one

#25

maybe too many legs?? the thick legs give it a cute kind of look. I don’t know?? I like the peircings around the lips. Keep going

#26

Thanks again for the replies… I think if I can get a more ‘leathery’ armadillo surface on the shell once I get to bump maps, that’ll be a good way to go…and I am concerned about it looking ‘cute’…will have to see how it goes. Farley’s earlier comment about the legs is coming home to roost as well…working on it.

Ok, on to the update, if you can call it one…as I’ve been lamenting, I have had no time at all to work on this guy, and it looks like I may have less time coming up…but I did get a little in yesterday, so here goes:


Mainly just some more leg definition (no in the end they won’t all be cheap clones of each other!), refined shell/back-thing, less of a hardness to it, and have started in with some harness pieces. Now for the “wtf are those things?”, I’m imagining that since they salvage, they’ve found some cool bits of air and spacecraft that are made of exotic strong materials…they can’t really shape them, but they can use them, so they still look like o-rings and misc. These are mixed together with parts they could get made.

Here’s a kindergarten style paintover to show the rigging:

The green lines represent cables and wires(think like on a bridge instead of rope), the orange lines represent the lines pulling at the ‘bit’ on its mandibles (I’d actually like to have them go through a pulley system back at the vehicle, since they should need quite a lot of mechanical advantage). The little filled in sections will be canvas and/or solar panels. May add some.

This is getting long, so I’ll shut up…let me know what you think! Crits, Ideas, Suggestions, Phone numbers of beautiful women, all appreciated.

#27

That rigging looks great! Just make sure it doesn’t get too cluttered. You don’t want to lose the beautiful simplicity of the beast. Then again, you’ve done a fantastic job so far, so a huge bunch of wire-work may turn out to be amazing! :thumbsup:

#28

the last update is really great!

I’m not sure about his face expression…I know it’s hard with 4 eyes and without eyelids, but I think if you would open his moth and show some teeth he would look more agressive

just one thing…you said kindergarten style paintover, and you are from LA, and I’m wondering because kindergarten is a german word?! do you really say kindergarten? :smiley:

#29

I agree with erilaz :smiley: On the one hand small wires will make it give even more of that huge feeling, but that might hurt the simplicity that gives it that certain style.

As for the model so far, think it looks great :slight_smile: Really like the size of the thing aswell. Hope you’ll make an animation with this, would be really cool to see it moving.

#30

For the face - a drooping lip and most of the expression could come through the eyes - where the pupil is looking - any plans for a lid?

Legs are looking much better - final move would be some bumpmaps to show the elephant like folds etc. (think right where they attach especially). The sagging is good.

http://www.liv.ac.uk/~sdb/Safari/Images/405%20Elephant.jpg
http://www.liv.ac.uk/~sdb/Safari/Images/447%20Baby%20Elephant.jpg

Just to give it that extra softness/wear and tear.

Also, one less leg might work to uncramp the sides, and show detail. Can’t wait for the rigging structure - should add some nice detail.

Farley13

#31

Cool! I didn’t read all posts so I don’t know if someone said this—maybe the creature needs some damage to it’s toenails and feet to show wear and tear, and possibly damage where a loop has torn away from the skin and been replaced. I suppose scars and such could be added with textures later and they wouldn’t count towards the challenge, but they’d be damn cool. OK, I’ve rambled enough–excellent work!:beer:

#32

yo 'cube, great stuff man! I love the idea of using ‘found’ items for parts of the harness. i also like the ‘mass of cables’ idea.
The legs are coming along well. i like the thickness to them, but I have one suggestion: try removing one pair of legs and spacing out the rest to compensate. I like the multi-leg idea, I just think you might have one pair too many in there.

Just my 2 cents.

#33

the size of that thing!!! It looks amazingly powerfull!!my only comment is for the chariot If I where you, i would remove the weels… this beast could pull mountains!!

#34

brrrrr
it gets me frighten!
what a monster !!!
please let me try it for a ride !!!

#35

WOW

That just got so much better as it progressed. :thumbsup: Amazin job, and I would have gone for the lobster too!

#36

yes…wow!

#37

Great point fromPascal. If youve got a beast of this size, then make it work:wip: Romove the wheels and slide in a sled underneith Id recommend. I thought about this a bit for ine to…If you want a real beast it has to have really worked hard…and a contraption with wheels wouldnt have the smae strain on the beaast as one without.

Overall, very cool. Love the size.:thumbsup:

#38

Wow is right! Lots of great replies! Thanks everyone! :love:

Looks like 10 legs is definitely it…it just feels better…originally I was thinking of making the ‘back six’ much smaller, but that seemed off. I thought I’d have trouble with there being an ‘extra’ segment after removing a pair (ouch), but since there’s the other in the front I can balance it out without messing up the shape… Good call guys.

Definitely gonna try for roughed up elephant style bump map…really like the idea of ‘story scars’ as well, assuming I can get to all of this of course :hmm:

On the burden, I think you’re right, it’s probably too little effort to move with the big wheels…not sure a sled would fit the idea tho…will have to think of stuff. I like the idea of a massive burden to match the size. I’m glad he comes off as powerful though :slight_smile:

Anyway, I should quit yappin’ and go to buildin’ while I have time. Thanks again.

#39

:hmm: Did I miss something??? In the last pics I can see the beast still has 6 legs per side. When did you try my suggestion and remove a pair?

Can I see it? Can I see it now? What about now? Will you please let me see it? c’mon, please let me see it? :smiley: hehehe

For real though is there a pic missing or something?

#40

hah, doh…no, no pic yet…still confusticating the underside around a little to make it fit, and trying to work in a few more improvements…so, no, your eyes aren’t playing tricks… I can do a screengrab in a few tho :smiley:

P.S. Forgot, yes we do say kindergarten, it’s preschool here, like before grade 1 :slight_smile: