VERY nice micke! 
The artifact look really cool, though i dont quite get it, but that matters less… 
I do see the ice thingys! I do think you could mess around a bit more with the barktextures, right now its looks kind of the bark has been ripped of very clean and showing whats underneath. Its works well for parts of it, like the end of the bransh holding the artifact. Good stuff! keep it up!
-Niklas
Thank you MartinNielsen and FrozZT.
I wrote a story for him at first page, it kind of explains the artifact and so on.
But to sum it up, the artifact chills everything that gets to close to near absolute zero, making things brittle so they can get smashed to pieces by the artifact that Trelok uses as a wrecking ball. Haven’t really thought out why it doesn’t freeze his right ‘arm’ though. 
Anyway, some more progress. Made the legs on him. He’s still pretty rough, I’m at ~1000 tris now. Going to do the arm and all branches next. But now I need a break.
I feel pretty bad at modelling, hopefully I can make him resemble the sketches.
Oh and some reference for different materials. Red leaves, minerals for the armour and bark. I’m planning to use the snow flake for the artefact design in some way.
Let me know what you think. :buttrock:
Looks good man, i can really see where you’re going with it.
Great basemesh by the way.
How big are you planning on making the treecrown?
Very cool concept, I love the strong profile this creature has. Very unique, can’t wait to see some hi-detail!
Hey that’s a cool tree in your reference pics. Will be useful for my project as well, thanks. Can’t wait to see how your creature turns out.
nicely drawn concept!
I think it needs to be more intimidating though… it’s kind of cute atm 
the mouth is a bit odd imo… but I like the overall look of the head… but those small teeth (and does he eat or just bite? looks like they’re made for eating) …and the cut off nose… it looks a bit odd and unnatural.
otherwise it’s really cool!
maybe what makes him look sort of cute is the size of the head contra body… if he had a smaller and more integrated head he’d probably look bigger?
so I’d decide if he bites or not… if he bites… current head size is needed but then teeth need to be big… if he doesn’t bite… might aswell make him look bigger? maybes…
sry for lateness of conceptual crits
imagining it’ll look great with the canopy anyways!
nice to have another tree:ish ally! (even though it’s other way around with race/element)
kör hårt!
Hellö!!
The modell looks pretty good, though i wouldnt know for sure. 
I agree to some parts of what erik_j said. It could be a bit more intimidating, though i think it would do with just some minor changes/details. Experiment with it… Lets see some new stuff! Keep it up!
-Niklas
I like your idea! It stands out, and it is a bit different, love to see where your going with this!
I like your concept about making the tree goes life! it look so powerful and scary! very good for the stalker class, when I see your sketches it make a big noise like “Bang bang bang brrrmmmm”, can’t help to imagine that when this character walking around to smash the enemies with a big earthquake!!!
Wonderful!
You have a really nice concept here, now all depends on quality of textures to make it spectacular enough. Will keep my eye on it for sure. Always loved “living tree’s” stuff
John Ahlborg Thank you! The tree crown will be about as big as his lower area, the legs etc. I have no idea right now how to do the crown though.
kadeschui Thanks man.
inneractive Thanks, glad you got some use for the refs too.
Brutikong Hehe thanks.
erik_j Thank you! I wish you gave me those crits earlier. I will change some things you mentioned, the teeth for example.
FrozZT Ya! I will experiment with him. I will certainly add details later on.
NPL-the-artist Thank you!
darren white Thanks a lot.
funkydog Yeah I guess he makes some noise when walking around, maybe will help intimidate his enemies.
mime1 Yeah, I hope I manage to make him look good. The 3D part is something I’m not as familiar with. Maybe I’ve taken water over my head but at least I’ll learn a lot from this.
Nothing new to show yet. School has taken lots of my time, I’m trying to get it done so I can focus on this.
Fun and interesting idea, your concept art looks great. Can’t wait to see the finished product!
Treebeard would be proud
the last sketch looks really tight, love the face/jaw, cool stuff mate i dig the adjustments in terms of legs/balance as well.
Uff, been awhile. Here’s a small update. Damn I really feel behind now when I see how far many have come. Anyway, I read somewhere how the mesh should be for best results in zbrush/mudbox so there’s probably a lot of unnecessary polygons, I’ll make it optimized when the time comes.
Still got the arm left to do, probably going to make the tree crown even bigger and still thinking how to do his armor… if any at all. Hmm.
A wire and a crappy render to show some shape etc.
Your thoughts are most welcome. :buttrock:
looks really cool man.
really original shape with the tree…i mean three legs! (sorry for the bad gag…tired been up all night finishing my submission.)
good luck mate.
Thanks Darren.
But I’m gonna have to call it, didn’t have enough time. 
I will finish it, but I’m gonna have to save it for when I find time.
Good luck to all!