Lookin cool! although it seems like there might be some intersection errors with the dragon’s scales and the other neck, not totally sure tho. As far as knees goes, you have kneecaps in your drawing but not in your model. The more you can do to simulate realistic bone and muscle structure the better. Aside from that I can’t wait to see it finished! Are you going to also model a rider or just the saddle? Also will the rider be tall, because otherwise he/she is not going to be able to see over the shell with the saddle so far back on the tail. I might move it up to the top of the shell.
Beast of Burden - character - kokoro
kokoro
#7
dosadi - yes you are right, there is some intersection. i will fix this later. also i try again with the legs. i do not like them anymore. will try to get the kneekaps…
i am not decided about a rider yet. yes, there is the problem with the height, and thats why i am not decided yet.
but i biuld something to haul…
ZrO-1
#8
I think this is pro’lly the weirdest BoB in this challenge 
hehehe very cool. The only thing I could suggest for the legs is to model them straight and then add in a simple 2-bone rig to bend the knee after the modeling is done. That way you can get it all set up to control the bend first then bend it after. Otherwise you’ll just have to go in and begin pushing and pulling the CV’s around to get the knee more rounded.
As far as the necks and arms go, since you know that you’re going to have two necks and two arms try making one simple object that is just a blob at the base and with four “fingers” coming out of the top of it. That will let you have a basic shape that is already one object and you can modify it as you need.
kokoro
#9
i remodeled the leg. not attached to the body yet. want to hear first what you think now.
ZrO-1 - i had a rig in the leg, but i think dosadi was right. i forgot to model the kneecap, so it didnot want to bend correctly, i think this new one is better.
ZrO-1
#10
I drew what I think should be changed to the model of the leg. I’m sorry for messing with your pic…I just thought it would be easier to show you than try and explain it.
Crode
#11
also make sure you have lots of edges wrapping around the joint area so that it stretches correctly when you rig it. yes the mix of multiple creatures is very creative. great work
kokoro
#12
ZrO-1, I updated the legs, and tried to use your tut. they are better now, but still i will work on them to improve. thanks for your help.
kokoro
#14
i am having a lot of fun with this snailbeast.
i did some parts of the harness, and the luggage…
also, i am thinking whether i should remove the legs ??? they seem not to fit into the sheme. what do you think about the legs ?
kokoro
#16
:drool:
I think that´s it.
is there a way to post images larger than 50K ?
otherwise this small one must do.
ZrO-1
#17
That looks good kokoro. I really like the scales you made on the one neck. They look great. The modeling on the carriage rocks and the “wells fargo” etching on the shell is funny. Very nice work. 
:applause:
As far as posting a pic larger than 50K: what yu need to do is upload a larger version on to some other server. (Do you have a personal webpage? you could put it there) Then you do an “[img]” link with the full address of the remote pic (http://www.yoursite.com/yourfolder/yourpic.jpg).
kokoro
#18
hi zro-1
thanks for the comments ! and thanks for the tip ! yes i do have a homepage, and i will try tomorrow ! then you can see details better.
its good to have some positive feedback. the challange is so big, that it is really difficult to see all the posts. i tried, but gave up. have only slow modem connection…
then tomorrow. hope i get the thing working. thanks again zro-1 for your tips.
AJ1
#19
The carriage looks really good - and the concept is original to say the least!
The only things that seem off (to me) as it is, are the levels of detail - there’s plenty of detial in there, but some areas seem to have more than others. Not a bad thing in itself, but it makes it tricky to assess the modelling as a whole… Some close ups would be really cool
The other thing is the flag, make it blow the other way - think of the speed this (these?) fellas will be kicking up!
As Zr0-1 said - Wells Fargo, very nice touch
kokoro
#21
hi aj-23
i put some closeups today. and you will see that you are right about the details. someparts i had no fun to model more details… and someparts looked too difficult, so i did not try… i do not have that much experience.
anyway, thanks for your encouraging words.
