Beast of Burden - Character - Steve Warner

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newest render - 7/30/02

Here’s the basic concept for my BOB:

The character/contraption is a BC-2000 prehistoric lawnmower/fertilizer. :wink: The dinosaur eats the grass and excess plant growth in your yard. He is outfitted with a steel waste containment diaper with a lightbulb on the end to tell you when it is working. There is a hose connected to the diaper which runs to a processing tank. The processing tank is on wheels and is hauled around by the dinosaur. The unit processes the waste from the dinosaur and redistributes it to the lawn as fertilizer.

Additional accessories consist of “devices” to limit the movement and range of the dino’s movement. :slight_smile:

The sketches below show both the character and the apparatus he’ll wear/haul around.

I’ve written up the instruction sheet that comes with the BC-2000. Here it is:

Steve

#2

Concept Art #1

#3

Concept #2

#4

nice concept and head :thumbsup:

#5

they look just like the skecth ,nice start ,i have a question for you are you working with lightwave ,iam sure yes ,this really look like it ,i work with lightwave …keep it up man …and good luck:thumbsup: :bounce: :bounce:

#6

IC4-, thanks! It’s my first WIP and I’m having a blast so far!

Gabe, Sharp eye! :wink: I’m working in Lightwave 7.5. :thumbsup: I’ve been learning it slowly since last September. I was thinking that your WIP looked like a Lightwave screencapture but I couldn’t be sure. All I can say with yours is that it’s damn fine work!

Thanks for the comments! I’ll be posting an update soon. :slight_smile:

Steve

#7

nice character design. I like it’s stubby little chicken-butt. hehehe :smiley:

#8

ZrO-1, thanks! I originally wanted to build something that had the influeces of domestic farm animals like chickens and rabbits, which is why the body and feet turned out like they did. :slight_smile:

Here’s my latest update:

#9

I spent a little while on the arm this evening. I’m not sure I actually like it. What do you think? :shrug:

#10

what a cool way to show different options…
hmm…i like the big cartoony hands but maybe the feet could be bigger if you use them…

#11

Fetus23, the feet are in dire need of detailing, but would you make the feet even bigger than they are in the pencil sketch?

#12

like they say…big hands, big feet, big …

big,large,huge,humongous,gargantuan…well maybe not that big

but big

#13

i like the smaller muscular arms, seems more state-of-the-art to me than some big bulky cartoon hands. as for the feet big all the way. :buttrock:

#14

Updates…

I went with the smaller hands as those reflected better my original sketches. I liked the cartoony look, and that matched my inspiration (the Flintstones), but the cartoony look didn’t really offer any modeling challenges. With this being my first-ever character model, I wanted to try things like wrinkles, muscles, etc.

My understanding of basic anatomy leaves quite a bit to be desired, but I’m pretty happy with how this is turning out so far.

Crits and comments??? :shrug:

Steve

#15

Update2

#16

Update3

For the most part, the body portion is complete. I’m still working on the legs and hope to have those done in the next day or two…

#17

I spent some time today working on the feet. :slight_smile:

Crits and comments are certainly welcome.

#18

Another foot shot

#19

lovley detail ,love the feat ,your on the right track dude ,keep it up

#20

Nice ditales Steve! Love the idea :thumbsup: Keep it up :buttrock: